Meet the Team

Professor Dame Muffy Calder
Chair Vice-Principal, University of Glasgow
Professor Steven Meers PhD MEng CEng FIET
Dstl Fellow & Technical Strategy Leader for AI & Data Science
Professor Marion Oswald
Professor in Law, University of Northumbria Alan Turing Institute Fellow
Dr Alexander (Sacha) Babuta
Director, National Security and Policy Director, Centre for Emerging Technology and Security (CETaS)
Lindsey Chiswick
Director of Intelligence at Met Police National Police Chiefs’ Council Lead for Facial Recognition
Gaven Smith CB FREng
Former Director General for Technology, GCHQ
Ann S
DD Strategy & Policy, GCHQ

Purpose of Working Group

  • Identify technical, socio technical, and policy challenges for responsible AI that are distinctive to the two domains and scope research required to address them for RAi UK (and other) strategic funding calls.
  • Identify and develop existing and new strategic stakeholders and/or partnerships in these areas, nationally and internationally.
  • Review and further develop guidance for responsible AI in the relevant government organisations.
  • Develop mechanisms for achieving impact and adoption of research results in Defence & Security and the Judicial System, with special consideration for legislation concerning Defence & Security.
  • Engage with media and researchers within RAi UK assessing and developing public perceptions and dialogues related to Judicial systems.
  • Co-develop, with bodies such as CETaS, public discussion events.
  • Consider whether and how the skills needs for AI developers, third party users, end users, and commissioners differ between these domains and other domains, and articulate these differences.
  • Propose and promote networking activities, research workshops, and events/activities that are aimed explicitly at bringing in ECRs new to Defence & Security and the Judicial System.