Professor Simon Burton
Professor Burton currently holds the chair of systems safety at the University of York.
His research explores the intersection of systems safety engineering, artificial intelligence and the legal/ethical and regulatory considerations necessary to form convincing safety assurance arguments for complex, autonomous and AI-based systems.
He has several decades of experience in research, development and consulting including at DaimlerChrysler (Mercedes) and Bosch. Most recently he was scientific director for safety assurance at the Fraunhofer Institute of Cognitive Systems. He is very active in several standardisation committees including being a convenor of the ISO working group (ISO TC22/SC32/WG14) on safety and AI for road vehicles. This work led to the development of the ISO PAS 8800 Road vehicles - Safety and artificial intelligence standard.
Contact us
Short courses in systems safety engineering; MSc Safety Critical Systems Engineering
Toshiko Smith, Postgraduate Student Services Team
cs-safety-courses@york.ac.uk
01904 325536
Bespoke courses for industry; Short course: Assured Software Engineering and Proof
Tom Rawle, Business and Partnerships Team
cs-cpd@york.ac.uk
01904 323561
Short course: Generative AI in Engineering and Manufacturing
University of York CPD team
Contact us
Short courses in systems safety engineering; MSc Safety Critical Systems Engineering
Toshiko Smith, Postgraduate Student Services Team
cs-safety-courses@york.ac.uk
01904 325536
Bespoke courses for industry; Short course: Assured Software Engineering and Proof
Tom Rawle, Business and Partnerships Team
cs-cpd@york.ac.uk
01904 323561
Short course: Generative AI in Engineering and Manufacturing
University of York CPD team