Artificial Intelligence

My fellowship addresses three critical gaps in the European AI standardization landscape: The first gap concerns the harmonisation of Documentation Development, as there is an urgent need for technical documentation (Annex ZA, HAS checklists) to connect developing standards with AI Act requirements following the M/593 request. Without this work, standards risk delayed OJEU citation, creating regulatory uncertainty. I've worked on developing preliminary harmonization documents for JT021008 (Trustworthiness), JT021039 (QMS), and JT021024 (Risk Management). The second gap is related to cross-Standard Technical Coherence. As multiple AI standards are developed simultaneously, it creates potential inconsistencies in terminology, requirements, and implementation approaches. I've created mapping documents highlighting interconnections between standards, particularly focusing on how QMS requirements interface with other M/593 standards, to ensure a coherent framework. The third gap focuses on the alignment with EU AI Act Articles, as technical specifications in draft standards must precisely align with AI Act articles to support regulatory compliance. I have contributed targeted technical refinements to clauses 6.4 (transparency) and 6.5 (human oversight) in the Trustworthiness Framework to strengthen alignment with Articles 13 and 14 of the AI Act.

I addressed priorities and gaps on three specific AI areas, including: 

• Metadata Persistence in Dynamic Content Environments: Addressing the gap of traditional identification systems when metadata bindings are disrupted as content is altered. ISCC-soft binding techniques create resilient content-metadata bonds without centralized registries, maintaining reference integrity along numerous axes of change using similarity-preserving identification algorithms.
• Cross-Domain Identification Interoperability: Resolving constraints of isolated content recognition systems. ISCC's composability enables standardized cross-format identification across text, image, audio and video content formats, enabling metadata discovery across previously disparate identification ecosystems without relying on proprietary integration methods.
• Decentralized Authentication Systems: Developing technological infrastructure for decentralized content provenance verification. Classical authentication mechanisms create single points of failure and privacy problems. This project evaluates soft binding methods that enable verifiable content provenance while maintaining compatibility with European digital sovereignty principles and facilitating transparent content verification without trusted centralized authorities.

The main priorities of my fellowship are to support the development of two European standards for AI systems, Risk Management and Cybersecurity, which will enable organisations to manage risks and address cybersecurity concerns in alignment with the AI Act.

The s-X-AIPI project endeavour is to research, develop, test, and validate a bespoke suite of trustworthy self-X AI  technologies tailored for process industries. This initiative aims to bridge the gap between AI capabilities and traditional automation processes, ensuring that AI tools are both accessible and effective across various industrial applications.

With the support of this fellowship, I tackle specific bias detection and mitigation requirements with accompanying illustrative example within CEN/CLC/JTC21 WG3 "Concepts, measures and requirements for managing bias in AI systems" standard that are aligned/harmonised with relevant EU AI Act legislation.

 It aims to develop technical specifications and standards to efficiently manage terminology work ensuring seamless information exchange, minimizing misunderstandings, and enhancing both human-human and human-AI interactions.

The work I am leading in European Standardisation through the CEN and CENELEC JTC 21 WG 2, answers directly the main operational pillars of the Standardisation request received from the European Commission as to provide technical specifications through standards (candidate for harmonization) in support of the EU AI Act.

In this fellowship, the main priority focuses on helping organisations to drive innovation and technological transformation using the Centre of Excellence (CoE) as the best management mechanism in a context of a shortage of professional profiles with expertise in Artificial Intelligence and other disruptive technologies.

My work to date has been seeking to promote trustworthiness through fundamental rights protections in European harmonised technical standards concerning AI,  in particular JTC21.

My fellowship focuses on researching the feasibility of developing an international (e.g. ISO) standard for deploying Artificial Intelligence (AI) in climate action, culminating in a Technical Report following consultation with chairs of relevant ISO technical committees. 

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a key component of the Rolling Plan for ICT standardisation, supporting the European Commission’s Standardisation Request issued to back the AI Act. My contribution is aligned with the objectives of the AI Key Enablers, particularly in the areas of Cybersecurity in AI and the Data Economy.

There is currently no standard addressing the cybersecurity of AI systems. In ISO/IEC JTC1 SC27 WG4  27090 is under development; and I contribute directly to this work.