Verification of Autonomous Systems
The overarching aim of the Verification of Autonomous Systems group is to develop novel computational methods and tools for providing safety guarantees to a wide range of autonomous systems, including autonomous vehicles, robotic systems, and swarm systems.
We are particularly active in the following topics:
- Scalable methods and tools for the verification of neural networks, including CNNs, and RNNs.
- Parameterised model checking methods for the verification of swarm systems.
- AI-based specification languages and logic-based verification methods for reasoning about agent-based systems.
- Safe reinforcement learning for agent-based systems.
Our work is guided by a passion for Artificial Intelligence and the belief that AI should be safe and secure for society to use.
We have a history of development and maintenance of open-source state-of-the-art toolkits for Safe AI and international collaboration both with academia and the industry.
We presently benefit from strong links with the Assured Autonomy DARPA program and the Centre for Doctoral Training in Safe and Trusted AI.
News
11 September 2023Paper on verification of key point detection accepted at KR2023
09 August 2023Panagiotis Kouvaros awarded prestigious IJCAI Early Career Spotlight Award
06 July 2023VAS Group has a paper on verification against LVM-based specifications accepted at CVPR23
08 June 2023VAS Group has a paper on verification-friendly networks accepted at IJCNN23
11 May 2023VAS Group has a paper on robust explanations accepted at AAMAS23
02 May 2023VAS Group has a paper on verification of agents accepted at AAMAS23