UIL Researchers @ Global Sandpit

The UKRI Trustworthy Autonomous Systems Programme is the UK’s flagship multi-disciplinary research programme that looks to address the challenge of developing best practices for the design, operation, and governance of trusted and trustworthy autonomous systems for the benefit of society. One of its goals is to establish international collaborations that will ensure that the research it funds in the UK is informed by and complements research carried out in other parts of the world on trustworthy autonomous systems.

As a first step, the TAS Hub aims to organise an in-person 4-day sandpit in collaboration with US institutions to co-create 12 month research projects with a view to establishing new relationships and address the challenges of building, operating, and regulating autonomous systems across different countries and cultures.

This call is only open to post-doctoral research fellows and early career assistant professors, from the TAS Hub in the UK, and John Hopkins University and the University of Texas at Austin in the US.

Two members of the Urban Information Lab attended the workshop in Washington D.C.: Dr. Arya Farahi and Dr. Kijin Seong. In a successful show for the UIL, Dr. Farahi’s research ideas were chosen to receive funding anywhere from $50k – $250k from the UKRI.