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Topics
Machine learning components are enabling advances in self-driving cars, the power grid, and robotic medicine, but what are the implications for safety?
Decades of research and practice in safety engineering have created rigorous approaches to design, model, and analyze systems that meet stringent safety criteria, but extending such techniques to include machine learning components brings new challenges.
This National Academies’ report explores ways to design machine learning algorithms that align with safety engineering standards, noting that this will require changes in research, training, and engineering practice—and a shift away from focusing on the performance of machine learning algorithms in isolation.
Events
Machine Learning for Safety-Critical Applications: Report Release Webinar
- September 25, 2025
- 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM (ET)
- Webinar
- Past
Advances in artificial intelligence, and specifically in machine learning, are enabling new capabilities across nearly every sector of the economy. Many of these applications—such as automated vehicle...
Using Machine Learning in Safety-Critical Applications: Setting a Research Agenda (Meeting 23)
- February 1, 2024
- 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM (ET)
- Closed
- Meeting
- Past
The committee will continue to work on the report draft.
Using Machine Learning in Safety-Critical Applications: Setting a Research Agenda (Meeting 22)
- January 25, 2024
- 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM (ET)
- Closed
- Meeting
- Past
The committee will continue to work on the report draft.
Using Machine Learning in Safety-Critical Applications: Setting a Research Agenda (Meeting 21)
- January 18, 2024
- 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM (ET)
- Closed
- Meeting
- Past
The committee will continue to work on the report draft.
Using Machine Learning in Safety-Critical Applications: Setting a Research Agenda (Meeting 20)
- January 11, 2024
- 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM (ET)
- Closed
- Meeting
- Past
The committee will continue to work on the report draft.
Using Machine Learning in Safety-Critical Applications: Setting a Research Agenda (Meeting 19)
- January 4, 2024
- 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM (ET)
- Closed
- Meeting
- Past
The committee will continue to work on the report draft.
Using Machine Learning in Safety-Critical Applications: Setting a Research Agenda (Meeting 18)
- December 21, 2023
- 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM (ET)
- Closed
- Meeting
- Past
The committee will continue to work on the report draft.
Using Machine Learning in Safety-Critical Applications: Setting a Research Agenda (Meeting 17)
- December 7, 2023
- 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM (ET)
- Closed
- Meeting
- Past
The committee will continue to work on the report draft.
Using Machine Learning in Safety-Critical Applications: Setting a Research Agenda (Meeting 16)
- November 30, 2023
- 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM (ET)
- Closed
- Meeting
- Past
The committee will continue to work on the report draft.
Using Machine Learning in Safety-Critical Applications: Setting a Research Agenda (Meeting 15)
- October 19, 2023
- 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM (ET)
- Closed
- Meeting
- Past
The committee will continue to work on the report draft.
Using Machine Learning in Safety-Critical Applications: Setting a Research Agenda (Meeting 14)
- October 5, 2023
- 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM (ET)
- Closed
- Meeting
- Past
The committee will continue to work on the report draft.
Using Machine Learning in Safety-Critical Applications: Setting a Research Agenda (Meeting 13)
- September 21, 2023
- 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM (ET)
- Closed
- Meeting
- Past
The committee will continue to draft the report.
Using Machine Learning in Safety-Critical Applications: Setting a Research Agenda (Meeting 12)
- September 7, 2023
- 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM (ET)
- Closed
- Meeting
- Past
The committee will continue to work on the draft of the report.
Using Machine Learning in Safety-Critical Applications: Setting a Research Agenda (Meeting 11)
- August 24 - 25, 2023
- Meeting
- Past
To view the vimeo, click here https://vimeo.com/event/3634170 The committee will hear from NHTSA on vehicle safety research and Zico Kolter from Carnegie Mellon University on LLM Safety from 1:30 pm –...
Using Machine Learning in Safety-Critical Applications: Setting a Research Agenda (Meeting 10)
- July 14, 2023
- 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM (ET)
- Meeting
- Past
To view the vimeo, click here https://vimeo.com/event/3549969 10:00 am AI Threats and Defenses Taylor Kulp-McDowall, IARPA Kristopher Reese, IARPA
Using Machine Learning in Safety-Critical Applications: Setting a Research Agenda (Meeting 9)
- June 30, 2023
- 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM (ET)
- Meeting
- Past
The committee will be hearing from Dr. Christian Heinzemann, senior expert for verification of autonomous systems at Bosch Research. To view the livestream click here: https://vimeo.com/event/3521254...
Using Machine Learning in Safety-Critical Applications: Setting a Research Agenda (Meeting 8)
- June 2, 2023
- 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM (ET)
- Meeting
- Past
The committee will be hearing from Phil Koopman (CMU) on autonomous vehicle safety and dependability, Aleksander Madry (MIT) on decision-making facilitated through machine learning, and Tim Chung (Mic...
Using Machine Learning in Safety-Critical Applications: Setting a Research Agenda (Meeting 7)
- May 19, 2023
- 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM (ET)
- Meeting
- Past
The committee will hear from Peter Lee on the AI revolution in medicine and from Jared Kaplan on his work with Anthropic. To view the meeting video vimeo, click here https://vimeo.com/event/3394996.
Using Machine Learning in Safety-Critical Applications: Setting a Research Agenda (Meeting 6)
- May 5, 2023
- 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM (ET)
- Meeting
- Past
The committee will hear from Missy Cummings on AI safety for systems and aviation applications, Sergey Levine on LLMs for robotics, and Rishi Bommasani on foundation model transparency and HELM. To v...
Using Machine Learning in Safety-Critical Applications: Setting a Research Agenda (Meeting 5)
- April 21, 2023
- 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM (ET)
- Closed
- Meeting
- Past
The committee will hear from fellow committee members on AI and safety-critical applications.
Using Machine Learning in Safety-Critical Applications: Setting a Research Agenda (Meeting 4)-CANCELLED
- April 7, 2023
- 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM (ET)
- Closed
- Meeting
- Past
This meeting was cancelled in its entirety.
Using Machine Learning in Safety-Critical Applications: Setting a Research Agenda (Meeting 3)
- March 24, 2023
- 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM (ET)
- Meeting
- Past
The committee will hear from Reva Schwartz on the NIST risk management framework and from Sandeep Neema on DARPA Assured Autonomy program. To view the meeting via vimeo, please click here: https://vim...
Using Machine Learning in Safety-Critical Applications: Setting a Research Agenda (Meeting 2)
- March 10, 2023
- 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM (ET)
- Closed
- Meeting
- Past
The committee will meet to discuss the scope of the study.
Using Machine Learning in Safety-Critical Applications: Setting a Research Agenda (Meeting 1)
- February 24, 2023
- 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM (ET)
- Meeting
- Past
To view the vimeo, click here: https://vimeo.com/event/2915112 The inaugural meeting of the committee will include introductions from committee members, a review of committee composition, balance, and...