Policy

Our staff are experienced in communicating ideas and practices across a wide range of audiences, including government (e.g. participating at round-tables with ministers, DSIT), policy making bodies/societies (RAEng, Royal Society), funding agencies and the public. We have a track-record in creating evidence-based reports and briefings for funders, researchers, investors, public, government, as well as contributing to shaping national strategies and policy papers.

AI Taxonomy Policy Impact CEF

AI Taxonomy

In order to provide a common language for discussing the key facets of AI, Academy Chair in Emerging Technologies, Themis Prodromakis and Alex Serb worked with the Royal Academy of Engineering to develop an AI taxonomy. This can enable researchers, developers, and policymakers to understand where they are intervening within the wider AI system and encouragesconsideration of the implications of design decisions at other layers. This report has also been featured in a video available on RAEng’s website.

raeng.org.uk/engineering-responsible-ai

Shaping National strategy

The Centre for Electronics Frontier’s impact is further evidenced through its input into the creation and delivery of technologyroadmaps and engineering practices, including the ASTRID DSTL-funded initiative that led to the establishment of the ‘Novel Compute’ programme, the UK National Semiconductor Strategy and a range of rapid technology assessments (RTAs), policy papers and reports on ‘Neuromorphic Computing’ and Future AI compute capabilities.

National Policy Impact CEF
Contributing Policy Impact CEF

Contributing to International roadmaps and standards

We are recognised as an international centre of excellence across semiconductor technologies and AI. Our members participated in the international Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC) Emerging Research Devices Working Group, shaping the International Technology Roadmap on Semiconductors (ITRS). We have also contributed as international experts in DARPA’s Electronics Resurgence Initiative (ERI) that led to the US CHIPS and Science Act 2022. At a European level, Themis Prodromakis has served as one of three UK ambassadors for the European Innovation Council (EIC) and is a member of the British Standards Institute (BSI) “ART/1 - Artificial Intelligence” Committee, which brings together a wide range of stakeholders to feed their views into establishing international standards for AI. Themis has also served as a member of the IEEE Nanotechnology Council, a multi-disciplinary group created to advance and coordinate research and education in the field of nanotechnology.

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