BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Dublin BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240331T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:IST END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20241027T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1SU;BYMONTH=10 TZNAME:GMT END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240430T210133Z UID:D90C6866-0EA2-44D2-8166-F63BC7A45962 DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20240430T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20240430T190000 DESCRIPTION:Prof Mary (Missy) Cummings (Director of the Mason Autonomy and Robotics Center (MARC) at George Mason University\, USA) will present "Sel f-Driving Cars: The Good\, the Bad & the Ugly" at 6pm (UTC+1) / 1pm EDT on 30 April '24. Click [here to convert to your local time](https://www.time anddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=IEEE+SSIT+Lecture%3A+Self-Drivin g+Cars%3A+The+Good%2C+the+Bad+%26+the+Ugly&iso=20240430T18&p1=78&ah=1)\n\n [IEEE UK and Ireland SSIT Chapter](https://www.ieee-ukandireland.org/chapt ers/society-on-social-implications-of-technology/) and SSIT IST-Africa SIG HT are cooperating with a number of IEEE OUs including: New Jersey Coast S ection SIGHT\; New Jersey Coast IM/Computer Joint Chapter\; IEEE Region 1\ ; IEEE Region 2\; Vancouver Section Jt. Chapter\,TEM14/PC26/E25/SIT30\; No rth Jersey Section SSIT Chapter\; Susquehanna Section Computer Chapter\; S outheast Michigan Section Vehicular Technology Chapter\; Phoenix Section C omputer Chapter\; Vancouver Section Jt Transportation Chapter\, [UK and Ir eland Computational Intelligence Chapter](https://www.ieee-ukandireland.or g/chapters/computational-intelligence/)\; [UK and Ireland Computer Society Chapter](https://www.ieee-ukandireland.org/chapters/computer-society/)\, [UK and Ireland Vehicular Technology Chapter](https://www.ieee-ukandirelan d.org/chapters/vehicular-technology/) [UK and Ireland Oceanic Engineering Chapter](https://www.ieee-ukandireland.org/chapters/oceanic-engineering-ch apter/)\, Chicago Section Computer Society Chapter and Vehicular Technolog y Chapter to organise this SSIT Lecture as a joint Webinar on 30 April '24 .\n\nRegistration\n\nIEEE and SSIT Members as well as non-IEEE Members are invited to [Register](https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/406173) and partic ipate.\nIEEE Members should include their IEEE Membership Number when regi stering.\n\nAccess to online Meeting\n\n[Registered participants](https:// events.vtools.ieee.org/m/406173) will be provided with the link prior to t he event.\n\nGuest Lecture Focus\nSelf-driving cars have been a dream from almost the time the automobile was invented. With the rise of artificial intelligence (AI)\, this dream has seemingly become reality with driverles s commercial operations already taking place in a handful of cities around the world. However\, the recent tragic accident involving a pedestrian an d a Cruise self-driving car\, as well as a number of high-profile Tesla cr ashes\, raise the possibility that such\nsystems may not actually be as ca pable as envisioned\, and questions have arisen about their safety both na tionally and internationally. Given these concerns\, it is important to st ep back and analyze both the actual safety records of these vehicles and j ust why AI is struggling to operate safely under all conditions in autonom ous vehicles.\n\nThis lecture will highlight the strengths and weaknesses of AI in self-driving cars\, as well as in all safety-critical application s\, and lay out a roadmap for safe integration of these technologies on pu blic roadways.\n\nSpeaker(s): Prof Missy Cummings\, \n\nAgenda: \n18:00 (U TC+1) Welcome and Introduction to Guest Speaker\n18:05 Lecture\n18:45 Ques tions and Discussions\n\nVirtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/406173 LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/406173 ORGANIZER:miriam@iimg.com SEQUENCE:47 SUMMARY:IEEE SSIT Lecture: Self-Driving Cars: The Good\, the Bad & the Ugly URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/406173 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p><strong>Prof Mary (Missy) Cummings</strong > (Director of the Mason Autonomy and Robotics Center (MARC) at George Mas on University\, USA) will present "<strong>Self-Driving Cars: The Good\, t he Bad &amp\; the Ugly</strong>" at <strong>6pm</strong> (UTC+1) / <strong >1pm EDT</strong> on <strong>30 April '24</strong>. Click <a href="https:/ /www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=IEEE+SSIT+Lecture%3A+Se lf-Driving+Cars%3A+The+Good%2C+the+Bad+%26+the+Ugly&amp\;iso=20240430T18&a mp\;p1=78&amp\;ah=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here to convert to you r local time</a></p>\n<p><a href="https://www.ieee-ukandireland.org/chapte rs/society-on-social-implications-of-technology/" target="_blank" rel="noo pener">IEEE UK and Ireland SSIT Chapter</a> and SSIT IST-Africa SIGHT are cooperating with a number of IEEE OUs including: New Jersey Coast Section SIGHT\; New Jersey Coast IM/Computer Joint Chapter\;&nbsp\; IEEE Region 1\ ; IEEE Region 2\;&nbsp\; Vancouver Section Jt. Chapter\,TEM14/PC26/E25/SIT 30\; North Jersey Section SSIT Chapter\; Susquehanna Section Computer Chap ter\; Southeast Michigan Section &nbsp\;Vehicular Technology Chapter\; Pho enix Section Computer Chapter\;&nbsp\; Vancouver Section Jt Transportation Chapter\, <a href="https://www.ieee-ukandireland.org/chapters/computation al-intelligence/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">UK and Ireland Computatio nal Intelligence Chapter</a>\; <a href="https://www.ieee-ukandireland.org/ chapters/computer-society/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">UK and Ireland Computer Society Chapter</a>\, <a href="https://www.ieee-ukandireland.org/ chapters/vehicular-technology/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">UK and Irel and Vehicular Technology Chapter</a> <a href="https://www.ieee-ukandirelan d.org/chapters/oceanic-engineering-chapter/" target="_blank" rel="noopener ">UK and Ireland Oceanic Engineering Chapter</a>\, Chicago Section Compute r Society Chapter and &nbsp\;Vehicular Technology Chapter to organise this SSIT Lecture as a joint Webinar on 30 April '24.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><strong>R egistration</strong></p>\n<p>IEEE and SSIT Members as well as non-IEEE Mem bers are invited to <a href="https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/406173" targ et="_blank" rel="noopener">Register</a> and participate.&nbsp\; <br>IEEE M embers should include their IEEE Membership Number when registering.</p>\n <p><strong>Access to online Meeting</strong></p>\n<p><a href="https://even ts.vtools.ieee.org/m/406173" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Registered par ticipants</a> will be provided with the link prior to the event.</p>\n<p>< strong>Guest Lecture Focus</strong><br>Self-driving cars have been a dream from almost the time the automobile was invented. With the rise of artifi cial intelligence (AI)\, this dream has seemingly become reality with driv erless commercial operations already taking place in a handful of cities a round the world. However\, the recent tragic accident involving a pedestri an and a Cruise self-driving car\, as well as a number of high-profile Tes la crashes\, raise the possibility that such&nbsp\; <br>systems may not ac tually be as capable as envisioned\, and questions have arisen about their safety both nationally and internationally. Given these concerns\, it is important to step back and analyze both the actual safety records of these vehicles and just why AI is struggling to operate safely under all condit ions in autonomous vehicles.</p>\n<p>This lecture will highlight the stren gths and weaknesses of AI in self-driving cars\, as well as in all safety- critical applications\, and lay out a roadmap for safe integration of thes e technologies on public roadways.</p><br /><br />Agenda: <br /><p>18:00 ( UTC+1) Welcome and Introduction to Guest Speaker<br>18:05 Lecture<br>18:45 Questions and Discussions</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR