Decoding autonomous vehicle safety: AI measurement and the AI fallacy

Prof Siddartha Khastgir CEng MIMechE, WMG

University of Warwick

Professor Siddartha Khastgir is the Head of Safe Autonomy at WMG, University of Warwick. With a research portfolio spanning over £18million, he leads several R&D projects with 100+ partners globally. His research focuses on AI safety and proving the safety of autonomous transport across aviation, road, and marine domains. He has been appointed as a member of the UK Govt’s Department for Transport’s Science Advisory Council, and the Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles Expert Advisory Panel to provide guidance for Automated Vehicles Act secondary legislation.

Siddartha is the Director of Partners for Automated Vehicle Education United Kingdom (PAVE UK) which is the country’s first initiative to deliver inclusive and accurate public awareness and education programmes to enable the public's acceptance of Automated Vehicles. Siddartha represents the UK on various standardisation and regulatory committees, including ISO, SAE and United Nations (UNECE) serving as the lead author for four ISO standards. He has also received numerous national and international awards for his research contributions, including the prestigious UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship and a Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe list maker.