Trustworthy Autonomous Systems (TAS): Engaging TAS experts in curriculum design
This work is incremental, focusing on curriculum design for TAS education, relevant to educators and researchers in the field.
The study addresses the lack of discussion on how Trustworthy Autonomous Systems (TAS) impact education curricula and required skills for future engineers, by gathering insights from TAS experts to highlight challenges and potential skills needed.
Recent advances in artificial intelligence, specifically machine learning, contributed positively to enhancing the autonomous systems industry, along with introducing social, technical, legal and ethical challenges to make them trustworthy. Although Trustworthy Autonomous Systems (TAS) is an established and growing research direction that has been discussed in multiple disciplines, e.g., Artificial Intelligence, Human-Computer Interaction, Law, and Psychology. The impact of TAS on education curricula and required skills for future TAS engineers has rarely been discussed in the literature. This study brings together the collective insights from a number of TAS leading experts to highlight significant challenges for curriculum design and potential TAS required skills posed by the rapid emergence of TAS. Our analysis is of interest not only to the TAS education community but also to other researchers, as it offers ways to guide future research toward operationalising TAS education.