Jan 22, 2025

The Institute of Science and Technology has appointed Dr Oldfield as liaison to the EU standard body CEN/CENELEC. As a liaison body the IST is able to provide input and expert opinion to standards within the EU. Alongside sitting on the BSI ART/1 committee for the UK this provides the IST with a key opportunity to enable member’s views to be elevated to an international stage. Providing critical expertise is a key mission for the IST and both Dr Oldfield and the IST are looking forward to this opportunity for collaboration.

As this post is written the IST has already commented on 34 pieces of standards work within the first 4 months of membership. These have ranged from philosophical and ethical standards to competency frameworks and in depth statistical standards on neural networks.

The IST is proud to be able to provide an opportunity for our body of AI practitioners to directly influence standards, policy and legislation that will be a key element of their work moving forwards.

The current spotlight on AI within CEN/CENELEC is an ideal time for the IST to establish liaison channels.