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Foundations
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Foundations of Trusted
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HusseinA.Abbass Darryn J.Reid
Schoolof Engineering andIT Defence Science andTechnology Group
University of NewSouthWales JointandOperations Analysis Division
Canberra,ACT Edinburgh,SA
Australia Australia
Jason Scholz
Defence Science andTechnology Group
JointandOperations Analysis Division
Edinburgh,SA
Australia
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To a future where humans and machines live
together in harmony.
Foreword
Technology-dependent industries and agencies, such as Defence, are keenly seek-
inggame-changingcapabilityintrustedautonomoussystems.However,behindthe
research and development of these technologies is the story of the people, collab-
oration and the potential of technology.
The motivation for Defence in sponsoring the open publication of this exciting
new book is to accelerate Australia’s Defence science and technology in Trusted
Autonomous Systems to a world-class standard. This journey began in July 2015
withafirstinvitationalsymposiumhostedinAustraliawithsomeoftheworld-class
researchersfeaturedinthisbookinattendance.Sincethattime,engagementacross
the academic sector both nationally and internationally has grown steadily. In the
near future in Australia, we look forward to establishing a Defence Cooperative
Research Centre that will further develop our national research talent and sow the
seeds of a new generation of systems for Defence.
Looking back over the last century at the predictions made about general pur-
poseroboticsandAIinparticular,itseemsappropriatetoask“sowhereareallthe
robots?”Whydon'tweseethemmoreembeddedinsociety?Isitbecausetheycan't
dealwiththeinevitableunpredictabilityofopenenvironments—inthecaseforthe
military, situations that are contested? Is it because these machines are simply not
smart enough? Or is it because humans cannot trust them? For the military, these
problemsmay well bethehardest challenges ofall, asfailure may comewithhigh
consequences.
Thisbookthenappropriatelyinthespiritoffoundationsexaminesthetopicwith
an open and enquiring flavour, teasing apart critical philosophical, scientific,
mathematical, application and ethical issues, rather than assuming a stance of
advocacy.
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The full story has not yet been written but it has begun, and I believe this
contribution will take us forward. My thanks in particular to the authors and the
editors, Prof. Hussein A. Abbass at the University of New South Wales for his
sustained effort and art of gentle persuasion, and my own Defence Scientist,
Research Leader Dr. Jason Scholz and Principal Scientist Dr. Darryn J. Reid.
Canberra, Australia Dr. Alex Zelinsky
April 2017 Chief Defence Scientist of Australia
Preface
Targeting scientists, researchers, practitioners and technologists, this book brings
contributions from like-minded authors to offer the basics, the challenges and the
state of the art on trusted autonomous systems in a single volume.
On the one hand, the field of autonomous systems has been focusing on tech-
nologies including robotics and artificial intelligence. On the other hand, the trust
dimension has been studied by social scientists, philosophers, human factors spe-
cialistsandhuman–computerinteractionresearchers.Thisbookdrawsthreadsfrom
thesediversecommunitiestoblendthetechnical,socialandpracticalfoundationsto
the emerging field of trusted autonomous systems.
The book is structured in three parts. Each part contains chapters written by
eminent researchers and supplemented with short chapters written by high calibre
and outstanding practitioners and users of this field. The first part covers founda-
tional artificial intelligence technologies. The second part focuses on the trust
dimension and covers philosophical, practical and technological perspectives on
trust.Thethirdpartbringsaboutadvancedtopicsnecessary tocreatefuturetrusted
autonomous systems.
The book is written by researchers and practitioners to cover different types of
readership.Itcontainschaptersthatshowcasescenariostobringtopractitionersthe
opportunities and challenges that autonomous systems may impose on the society.
Examples of these perspectives include challenges in Cyber Security, Defence and
Space Operations. But it is also a useful reference for graduate students in engi-
neering, computer science, cognitive science and philosophy. Examples of topics
coveredincludeUniversalArtificialIntelligence,GoalReasoning,Human–Robotic
Interaction, Computational Motivation and Swarm Intelligence.
Canberra, Australia Hussein A. Abbass
Edinburgh, Australia Jason Scholz
Edinburgh, Australia Darryn J. Reid
March 2017
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Acknowledgements
The editors wish to thank all authors for their contributions to this book and for
their patience during the development of the book.
AspecialthanksgototheDefenceScienceandTechnologyGroup,Department
of Defence, Australia, for funding this project to make the book public access.
ThanksalsoareduetotheUniversityofNewSouthWalesinCanberra(UNSW
Canberra) for the time taken by the first editor for this book project.
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