Abstract
The International Workshop for Autonomous System Safety (IWASS) is a joint effort by the B. John Garrick Institute for the Risk Sciences at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA-GIRS), the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), and the Institute of Industrial Automation and Software Engineering of the University of Stuttgart.
IWASS is an invitation-only event, designed to be a platform for cross-industrial and interdisciplinary effort and knowledge exchange on autonomous systems’ Safety, Reliability, and Security (SRS). The workshop gathers experts from academia, regulatory agencies, and industry to identify and propose solutions for common challenges related to SRS of autonomous systems. It complements existing events organized around specific types of autonomous systems (e.g., cars, ships, aviation) and the safety or securityrelated aspects of such systems (e.g., cyber risk, software reliability). IWASS envisions a future where autonomous systems enrich human life while upholding the highest safety, reliability, and security standards.
Previous editions of IWASS (2019 – Trondheim, Norway; 2021 - online; 2022 – Dublin, Ireland, 2023 – Southampton, UK; 2024 – Krakow, Poland) successfully assembled a broad and diverse field of experts from different organizations and countries. The IWASS proceedings summarize the discussions held during the events and provide a strong foundation concerning autonomous systems SRS, ranging from risk analysis methods and cascading failures to “human in and/or on the loop” and
regulations: 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024.
IWASS 2025 took place on January 25th - 26th in Miramar Beach, Florida, U.S., gathering various participants from academia, industry and regulatory bodies. In addition,
IWASS hosted a Panel Session at the European Safety and Reliability (ESREL) and Society for Risk Analysis Europe (SRA-E) joint conference on Tuesday, June 17th in Stavanger, Norway. This report summarizes 2025 discussions and main points raised by a community of experts at both events on the status of autonomous systems’ SRS and outlines research directions for safer, more reliable, and secure autonomous systems.