Isobel Standen
Postgraduate researcher
Thesis
Thesis
'Common sense' as a path to resilient autonomous systems
Supervisors: Professor Alan Thomas and Professor Radu Calinescu
Research
Overview:
Funded Projects:
- UKRI TAS node in Resilience
To improve the socio-technical resilience and trustworthiness of autonomous systems through elicitation of social, legal, ethical, empathetic and cultural (SLEEC) requirements. - DOMINOs (Disruption Mitigation for Responsible AI)
To elicit requirements for socially responsible Al co-creation, and evaluate a methodology to identify SLEEC disruptions that autonomous systems might encounter. Collaboration with University of Toronto. - Social and Ethical Requirements for LLM-based companionship systems.
This research aims to establish a universal set of SLEEC requirements for AI chatbots for human companionship, setting new standards for AI ethics and serving as guardrails for future AI companionship applications. Collaboration with University of Toronto.
Publications
Nick Feng, Lina Marsso, Sinem Getir Yaman, Isobel Standen, Yesugen Baatartogtokh, Reem Ayad, Victória Oldemburgo de Mello, Beverley Townsend, Hanne Bartels, Ana Cavalcanti, Radu Calinescu, and Marsha Chechik. Proceedings of the 32nd IEEE International Requirements Engineering. 2024.
Nick Feng, Lina Marsso, Sinem Getir Yaman, Beverley Townsend, Yesugen Baatartogtokh, Reem Ayad, Victória Oldemburgo de Mello, Isobel Standen, Ioannis Stefanakos, Calum Imrie, Genaina Rodrigues, Ana Cavalcanti, Radu Calinescu, and Marsha Chechik. Proceedings of the 46th International Conference on Software Engineering. 2024.
*ACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Paper Award*