John Alexander McDermid, OBE FREng

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• 2025

  AI Safety and Security

  McDermid, J. A., 4 Feb 2025, Developing Safer Complex Systems: Proceedings of the 33rd Safety-Critical Systems Sympoium,. Parons, M. (ed.). UK: Safety Critical Systems Club, Vol. 199. p. 279-292

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

• Evidencing responsibility for use of AI in safety critical systems

  Ryan, P. M., Porter, Z., Fearnley, L. C. A., McDermid, J. A., Habli, I., Al-Qaddoumi, J. & Morgan, P. D. J., 2025.

  Research output: Working paper › Preprint

• Risk of What? Defining Harm in the Context of AI Safety

  Fearnley, L. C. A., Cairns, E., Stoneham, T., Ryan, P. M., Chubb, J. A., Iacovides, J., Iglesias Urrutia, C. P., Morgan, P. D. J., McDermid, J. A. & Habli, I., 2025.

  Research output: Working paper › Preprint

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• The BIG Argument for AI Safety Cases

  Habli, I., Hawkins, R., Paterson, C., Ryan, P., Jia, Y., Sujan, M. & McDermid, J., 12 Mar 2025, Arxiv (Cornell University).

  Research output: Working paper › Preprint

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• 2024

  AI Safety: Navigating the Expanding Landscape of Potential Harms

  Habli, I. & McDermid, J. A., May 2024, Safety-Critical Systems Club Newsletter, 32, 2.

  Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article

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• A principles-based ethics assurance argument pattern for AI and autonomous systems

  Porter, Z., Habli, I., McDermid, J. A. & Kaas, M. H. L., May 2024, In: AI and Ethics. p. 563-616

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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• Bridging the reality gap: assurable simulations for an ML-based inspection drone flight controller

  Ryan Conmy, P. M., von Essen, M., Shakley, L. & McDermid, J. A., 2024.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

• Contextual design requirements for decision-support tools involved in weaning patients from mechanical ventilation in intensive care units

  Hughes, N., Jia, Y., Sujan, M., Lawton, T., Habli, I. & McDermid, J. A., 1 Jul 2024, In: Applied ergonomics. 118, 17 p., 104275.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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• Hazard and Safety Analysis of Machine-Learning-Based Perception Capabilities in Autonomous Vehicles

  Molloy, J., Shahbeigi Roudposhti, S. & McDermid, J. A., 15 Oct 2024, In: Computer. 57, 11, p. 60-70 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• International Scientific Report on the Safety of Advanced AI: (Interim Report)

  Bengio, Y. & McDermid, J. A., 11 May 2024, 131 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Other report

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• Safety Analysis of Autonomous Railway Systems: An Introduction to the SACRED Methodology

  Hunter, J., McDermid, J. A. & Burton, S., 18 Mar 2024, Arxiv (Cornell University).

  Research output: Working paper

• The Safety of Autonomy: A Systematic Approach

  McDermid, J. A., Calinescu, R., Habli, I., Hawkins, R. D., Jia, Y., Molloy, J., Osborne, M., Paterson, C., Porter, Z. & Ryan, P. M., 3 Apr 2024, In: Computer. 57, 4, p. 16-25 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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• Using GPT-4 to Generate Failure Logic

  Clegg, K. D., McDermid, J. A. & Habli, I., 16 Jul 2024.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

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• Will the real Operating Domain please stand up?

  Ryan, P. M. & McDermid, J. A., Sept 2024.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

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• 2023

  AI for Lawyers: A Gentle Introduction

  McDermid, J. A., Jia, Y. & Habli, I., 2023, (Accepted/In press) The Cambridge Handbook of Private Law and Artificial Intelligence. Lim, E. & Morgan, P. (eds.). Cambridge University Press

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• Closing the gaps: Complexity and uncertainty in the safety assurance and regulation of automated driving

  Burton, S. & McDermid, J. A., 11 Jan 2023, 24 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Other report

• Context-aware Graceful Degradation for Mixed-Criticality Scheduling in Autonomous Systems

  Zou, J., Dai, X. & McDermid, J. A., 7 Nov 2023, In: IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Graceful Degradation with Condition-and Inference-Awareness for Mixed-Criticality Scheduling in Autonomous Systems

  Zou, J., Dai, X. & McDermid, J. A., 9 May 2023, Proceedings of Cyber-Physical Systems and Internet of Things Week 2023. Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, p. 215–220

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

• Introducing Autonomous Systems into Operation: How the SMS has to Change

  McDermid, J. A. & Parsons, M. S., 7 Feb 2023, The Future of Safe Systems: Proceedings of the 31st Safety Critical Systems Symposium, 2023. Parsons, M. (ed.). UK: Safety Critical Systems Club, Vol. 179. p. 317-333 17 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

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• Safe, Ethical and Sustainable: Framing the Argument

  McDermid, J. A., Burton, S. & Porter, Z., 7 Feb 2023, The Future of Safe Systems: Proceedings of the 31sr Safety-Critical Systems Symposium, 2023. Parsons, M. (ed.). UK: Safety Critical Systems Club, Vol. 179. p. 297-316 20 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

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• Safety engineering, role responsibility and lessons from the Uber ATG Tempe Accident

  Ryan Conmy, P. M., Porter, Z., Habli, I. & McDermid, J. A., 11 Jul 2023, First International Symposium on Trustworthy Autonomous Systems (TAS '23). Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, 10 p. 25

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

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• The need for the human-centred explanation for ML-based clinical decision support systems

  Jia, Y., McDermid, J., Hughes, N., Sujan, M., Lawton, T. & Habli, I., 2023, Proceedings - 2023 IEEE 11th International Conference on Healthcare Informatics, ICHI 2023. IEEE, p. 446-452 7 p. (Proceedings - 2023 IEEE 11th International Conference on Healthcare Informatics, ICHI 2023).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

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• Unravelling Responsibility for AI

  Porter, Z., Conmy, P. R., Morgan, P., Al-Qaddoumi, J., Twomey, B., McDermid, J. & Habli, I., 4 Aug 2023.

  Research output: Working paper › Preprint

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• What's my role? Modelling responsibility for AI-based safety-critical systems

  Ryan Conmy, P. M., Habli, I., Al-Qaddoumi, J., Porter, Z. & McDermid, J. A., 2023, 22 p.

  Research output: Working paper

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• 2022

  Analysing the Safety of Decision-Making in Autonomous Systems

  Osborne, M., Hawkins, R. D. & McDermid, J. A., 13 Apr 2022, (Accepted/In press) SAFECOMP 2022 (41st International Conference on Computer Safety, Reliability and Security).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

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• A Principle-based Ethical Assurance Argument for AI and Autonomous Systems

  Porter, Z., Habli, I. & McDermid, J. A., 30 Mar 2022.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper

• Consumerism, Contradictions, Counterfactuals: Shaping the Evolution of Safety Engineering

  McDermid, J. A., Porter, Z. & Jia, Y., 8 Feb 2022, Safer Systems: The Next 30 Years: Proceedings of the 30th Safety-Critical Systems Symposium. Parsons, M. & Nicholson, M. (eds.). Safety Critical Systems Club, Vol. 170. p. 15-36 22 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• Could the Introduction of Assured Autonomy Change Accident Outcomes?

  Daniels, D., Hobbs, C., McDermid, J. A., Parsons, M. S. & Twomey, B., 8 Feb 2022, Safer Systems: The Next 30 Years: Proceedings of the 30th Safety-Critical Systems Symposium. Parsons, M. & Nicholson, M. (eds.). Safety Critical Systems Club, Vol. 170. p. 229 264 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• Distinguishing two features of accountability for AI technologies

  Porter, Z., Zimmermann, A., Morgan, P. D. J., McDermid, J. A., Lawton, T. & Habli, I., 22 Sept 2022, In: Nature Machine Intelligence. 4, p. 734-736 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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• Guidance on the Safety Assurance of Autonomous Systems in Complex Environments (SACE)

  Hawkins, R. D., Osborne, M., Parsons, M. S., Nicholson, M., McDermid, J. A. & Habli, I., 1 Aug 2022, 82 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

• Investigating Human Error Within GoA-2 Metro Lines

  Hunter, J. & McDermid, J. A., 20 May 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) Reliability, Safety, and Security of Railway Systems. Modelling, Analysis, Verification, and Certification. RSSRail 2022. Collart-Dutilleul, S., Haxthausen, A. E. & Lecomte, T. (eds.). Springer, Vol. 13294. p. 179-191 18 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

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• Resilience-Aware Mixed-Criticality DAG Scheduling on Multi-cores for Autonomous Systems

  Zou, J., Dai, X. & McDermid, J. A., 1 Jun 2022, ACM SIGAda Ada Letters. 2 ed. ACM, Vol. 43. p. 81-85 5 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

• reTSN: Resilient and Efficient Time-Sensitive Network for Automotive In-Vehicle Communication

  Zou, J., Dai, X. & McDermid, J. A., 12 Jul 2022, In: IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Safe, Ethical & Sustainable: A Mantra for All Seasons?

  McDermid, J. A., 10 Feb 2022, In: Safety Systems. 30, 1, p. 5-10 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Special issue › peer-review

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• The Role of Explainability in Assuring Safety of Machine Learning in Healthcare

  Jia, Y., McDermid, J. A., Lawton, T. & Habli, I., 5 May 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computational Intelligence. 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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• 2021

  A Framework for Assurance of Medication Safety using Machine Learning

  Jia, Y., Lawton, T., McDermid, J. A., Rojas, E. & Habli, I., 11 Jan 2021, (arXiv).

  Research output: Working paper › Preprint

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• An Initial Framework Assessing the Safety of Complex Systems

  McDermid, J. A., Burton, S., Garnett, P. & Weaver, R. A., Feb 2021, Systems and Covid-19: Proceedings of the 29th Safety-Critical Systems Symposium Virtual Conference . Parsons, M. & Nicholson, M. (eds.). Safety Critical Systems Club, Vol. 161. p. 109-111 3 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• Artificial intelligence explainability: the technical and ethical dimensions

  McDermid, J. A., Jia, Y., Porter, Z. & Habli, I., 16 Aug 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Philosophical Transactions: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences. 379, 2207, 20200363.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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• Binding Fault Logic to System Design: A SysML Approach

  McDermid, J. A., Clegg, K. D. & Stamp, D., 19 Sept 2021, Proceedings of the 32st European Safety and Reliability Conference: ESREL 2021. Castanier, B., Cepin, M., Bigaud, D. & Berenguer, C. (eds.). Research Publishing Services, p. 880-887 8 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

• Enhancing the Value of Counterfactual Explanations for Deep Learning

  Jia, Y., McDermid, J. A. & Habli, I., 15 Jun 2021, AIME 2021 : Artificial Intelligence in Medicine in Europe.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

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• Safer Complex Systems: An Initial Framework

  Burton, S., McDermid, J. A., Garnett, P. & Weaver, R., 15 Jul 2021, 130 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

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• Safety, Complexity, and Automated Driving: Holistic Perspectives on Safety Assurance

  Burton, S., McDermid, J. A., Garnett, P. & Weaver, R., 3 Aug 2021, In: Computer. 54, 8, p. 22-32 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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• Safety-Driven Design of Machine Learning for Sepsis Treatment

  Jia, Y., Lawton, T., Burden, J., McDermid, J. A. & Habli, I., May 2021, In: Journal of Biomedical Informatics. 117, 16 p., 103762.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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• 2020

  An Enhanced Vehicle Control Model for Highly Automated Driving Safety

  Monkhouse, H., Habli, I. & McDermid, J. A., 10 Jun 2020, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Reliability Engineering and System Safety. 202, p. 1-12 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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• An Initial Framework Assessing the Safety of Complex Systems

  Burton, S., McDermid, J. A., Garnett, P. & Weaver, R., 7 Dec 2020, CCS2020 - Conference on Complex System 2020. Zenodo, p. 69 1 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

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• Enhancing COVID-19 decision making by creating an assurance case for epidemiological models

  Habli, I., Alexander, R., Hawkins, R. D., Sujan, M., McDermid, J. A., Picardi, C. & Lawton, T., 7 Sept 2020, In: BMJ Health and Care Informatics. p. 1-5 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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• Safety of Artificial Intelligence: A Collaborative Model

  McDermid, J. A. & Jia, Y., 2020, AISafety@IJCAI. CEUR Workshop Proceedings

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

• 2019

  A SysML Profile for Fault Trees: Linking Safety Models to System Design

  Clegg, K. D., McDermid, J. A., Grigg, A. & Mole, L., 8 Aug 2019, Computer Safety, Reliability, and Security: SAFECOMP 2019. Romanovsky, A. & Troubitsyna , E. (eds.). Springer, Vol. 11698. p. 85-93 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; vol. 11698).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

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• Certification of Highly Automated Vehicles for Use on UK Roads: Creating An Industry-Wide Framework for Safety

  Koopman, P., Hierons, R., Khastgir, S., Clark, J., Fisher, M., Alexander, R., Eder, K., Thomas, P., Barrett, G., Torr, P., Blake, A., Ramamoorthy, S. & McDermid, J. A., Oct 2019, Five AI Ltd.

  Research output: Book/Report › Other report

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• Integrating Existing Safety Analyses into SysML

  Clegg, K. D., McDermid, J. A., Grigg, A. & Mole, L., 11 Oct 2019, Model-Based Safety and Assessment (IMBSA) 2019: Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Papadopoulos, Y., Aslansefat , K. & Katsaros , P. (eds.). 2019 ed. Springer, Vol. 11842. p. 63-77 15 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

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