The Project is funded by EPSRC UK-RAS Network

 https://www.ukras.org.uk/

Title of the Project: Scoping research challenges for secure and private interaction with interconnected multimodal assistive robotic and autonomous systems in health and care

Under this project, two events will be organised. The events include talks & discussion from experts of different fields (Cybersecurity, AI, Robotics, IoT and Healthcare services) and conduct research scoping to produce a roadmap of multidisciplinary research on security and privacy for remote and autonomous operation of interconnected RAS in health and care. It also provides an excellent opportunity to showcase assistive care robots to public at Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre, Sheffield Hallam University (AWRC received a £14m strategic investment from the Department of Health for world-class R&D capabilities dedicated to technological and clinical research. It hosts a University Enterprise Zone (UEZ) funded by Research England) and gather feedback from participants pertaining to issues and concerns regarding security and privacy to help researcher design an adoptable and acceptable assistive robotic systems to general public in health and care domain.

Activity 1: Public Showcase of Digital and Robotics Technologies for Health and Wellbeing

This public engagement event is to demonstrate cutting-edge robotics technologies to general public. These robotics technologies support clinicians and empower people to stay healthy and live independently for longer. However, security and privacy preserving robotic systems are at its infant stage. Thus, this is also an opportunity for the researchers to understand the issues and challenges pertaining to security and privacy need from the end-user's perspective. Privacy is complex in nature, and it is a daunting task to define because it could mean different things to different persons, and it also varies from individual-to-individual perspective. This public engagement event will help researcher understand the concerns and issues around the need for designing a secure and a privacy preserving assistive robotic system. This activity will help the researchers shape their research questions and directions and develop secure by design robotic solutions by developing and incorporating security and privacy mechanisms that fits user's need, preferences, and acceptance of the technology to enhance trust and transparency.

Anyone is Welcome to JOIN us!

Activity 2: Workshop on Research Scoping of Security and Privacy in an Assistive Multimodal Robotic System 

  It will enable the collaboration of a group of academic with multidisciplinary expertise, including assistive robotics, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, IoT, sensors technology, health services, representatives from industry, healthcare sector and the end-users. The workshop aims to (1) produce a roadmap for secure and private interaction, trust building and safe adoption of interconnected RAS system in health and care; (2) build a partnership for applying to EPSRC Healthcare Technologies funding opportunities.

Activity 3: Develop a White Paper 

Security and Privacy in Assistive Multimodal RAS:

Protect RAS and safeguard user’s data to promote quality Independent Living

Open Call for Workshop Presentation

You are invited to present your work on Security and Privacy of autonomous robotic systems for health and care which is to be organised on the 30th June, 2022. You are invited to submit an abstract of your presentation to jims.marchang@shu.ac.uk on or before 18th June and the abstract will be reviewed by 2 experts in the field and provide the acceptance notification by 20th June 2022. The key topics are highlighted below:

• Assistive multimodal Robotic security architectures • Safety and Security modelling of Assistive multimodal Robotic systems • Secure IoT integration with Assistive multimodal Robotic systems • Secure and privacy safeguarding techniques for Assistive multimodal Robotic systems • Cross-disciplinary Solutions for Building Trust in Assistive multimodal Robotic systems • Trust and Transparency • Continuous authentication techniques for Assistive multimodal Robotic system.

Funding: Travel Cost for the Participants will be funded (If Abstract/Paper is Accepted)