Dependable Integration Concepts for Human-Centric AI-Based Systems

The rising demand for adaptive, cloud-based and AI-based systems is calling for an upgrade of the associated dependability concepts. That demands instantiation of dependability-orientated processes and methods to cover the whole life cycle. However, a common solution is not in sight yet That is especially evident for continuously learning AI and/or dynamic runtime-based approaches. This work focuses on engineering methods and design patterns that support the development of dependable AI-based autonomous systems. The emphasis on the human-centric aspect leverages users’ physiological, emotional, and cognitive state for the adaptation and optimisation of autonomous applications. We present the related body of knowledge of the TEACHING project and several automotive domain regulation activities and industrial working groups. We also consider the dependable architectural concepts and their applicability to different scenarios to ensure the dependability of evolving AI-based Cyber-Physical Systems of Systems (CPSoS) in the automotive domain. The paper shines the light on potential paths for dependable integration of AI-based systems into the automotive domain through identified analysis methods and targets

TEACHING-Trustworthy autonomous cyber-physical applications through human-centred intelligence

This paper discusses the perspective of the H2020 TEACHING project on the next generation of autonomous applications running in a distributed and highly heterogeneous environment comprising both virtual and physical resources spanning the edge-cloud continuum. TEACHING puts forward a human-centred vision leveraging the physiological, emotional, and cognitive state of the users as a driver for the adaptation and optimization of the autonomous applications. It does so by building a distributed, embedded and federated learning system complemented by methods and tools to enforce its dependability, security and privacy preservation. The paper discusses the main concepts of the TEACHING approach and singles out the main AI-related research challenges associated with it. Further, we provide a discussion of the design choices for the TEACHING system to tackle the aforementioned challenge