Proceedings of the
35th European Safety and Reliability Conference (ESREL2025) and
the 33rd Society for Risk Analysis Europe Conference (SRA-E 2025)
15 – 19 June 2025, Stavanger, Norway
Evolving Perspective of Safety, Reliability, and Security of Autonomous Systems - Findings from IWASS 2024
1Institute of Industrial Automation and Software Engineering, University of Stuttgart, Germany.
2B. John Garrick Institute for the Risk Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), United States.
3Department of Marine Technology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway, Norway.
4Department of Software Engineering, Safety, and Security, SINTEF Digital, Trondheim, Norway.
ABSTRACT
This paper summarizes the key insights and discussions from the International Workshop on Autonomous System Safety (IWASS) 2024, held in Krakow, Poland. As the fifth iteration of the IWASS series, the workshop brought together experts from academia, industry, and regulatory bodies to address critical challenges in the safety, reliability, and security (SRS) of autonomous systems. The event highlighted the interdisciplinary nature of SRS, focusing on diverse domains such as automotive, maritime, robotics, and industrial automation. Key themes included human-autonomous system interaction, methods to address the risk of autonomous systems, regulatory challenges, and advancements in sensor technologies. Discussions underscored the need for robust frameworks to ensure safe and reliable system operations, emphasizing the integration of real-time monitoring, explainable AI, and continuous safety assessments. The findings from IWASS 2024 offer a roadmap for future research and industry collaboration, aiming to overcome existing barriers and foster the safe and widespread adoption of autonomous technologies.
Keywords: Autonomous systems, Safety, Reliability, Security, Risk.
