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Joanna Olszewska BSc(Hons) MSc(EPFL) PhD(UCL) CEng CSci FBCS FHEA is a British computer scientist. She is a lecturer (Asst. Prof.) with UWS, UK, and leads research in Algorithms and Softwares for Trustworthy Intelligent Vision Systems.
Senior Member of IEEE, she stands on the IEEE Artificial Intelligence Standard Committee, she is part of the IEEE Global Initiative for Ethical Considerations in Artificial Intelligence and Autonomous Systems, and she is Chair of the IEEE Technical Committee on Verification of Autonomous Systems. She has given talks, e.g., at conferences such as ICRA, at events such as the Canadian Mathematical Society (CMS) Anniversary Meeting, at ENS Paris, etc. She has delivered webinars at IEEE and BCS, tutorials at conferences such as ICAART, and keynotes, e.g., at SBESC. She has been invited to be panel speaker at the University of Edinburgh Union Debate on 'The Future of AI', to give invited talks, e.g., at the ACM Sacramento Future Worlds, and at Industry forums such as DDD Scotland, as well as podcasts and interviews, e.g., for the BBC Lunch Time 'Women in Engineering' Program. She has been TPC member of over 100 international conferences such as IJCAI and has chaired over 70 conference/workshop sessions, e.g., at IROS. She has served as Technical Program Chair of the IEEE International Conference on Engineering Reliable Autonomous Systems (ERAS). She has been appointed Guest Editor for the Knowledge Engineering Review Journal, Cambridge University Press, and Associate Editor for the Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence Journal, the Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence Journal, and the Machine Learning with Applications Journal, Elsevier. She has contributed to 20+ ISO/IEC/IEEE standards in various roles, e.g. Vice-Chair of ISO/IEC/IEEE P41062, and she is an author of 150+ peer-reviewed publications and one book.
She holds several awards, e.g., ESWA Outstanding Reviewer Award, and distinctions, e.g., ACM Distinguished Speaker. She has received grants as PI, e.g. StandICT.eu Fellowship, and she has been supervisor for 70 BSc(Hons)/MSc/PhD students, including the supervision of the Best BSc Thesis awarded by the GCHQ Prize and the supervision of the Best MSc Dissertation awarded by the AGD Prize.
External positions
Chair, Technical Committee on Verification of Autonomous Systems, IEEE Robotics and Automation Society
Jan 2026 → …
Technical Program Chair, IEEE International Conference on Engineering Reliable Autonomous Systems (ERAS 2025)
Jan 2025 → …
Associate Editor for Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence Journal, Elsevier
Jan 2024 → …
Associate Editor for Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence Journal
Feb 2023 → …
Associate Editor for Machine Learning with Applications Journal, Elsevier
Jul 2022 → …
Co-Chair, Technical Committee on Verification of Autonomous Systems, IEEE Robotics and Automation Society
Jan 2021 → …
ACM Distinguished Speaker, Association for Computing Machinery
Aug 2020 → …
Vice Chair of ISO/IEC/IEEE Standard on Software Engineering - Life Cycle Processes, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Mar 2020 → …
Guest Editor for the Knowledge Engineering Review Journal, Cambridge University Press
Jan 2019 → …
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 4 Quality Education
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SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
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SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
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SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
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SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
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SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Open-world verification: a grand challenge for autonomous systems
Leahy, K., Asgari, H., Dennis, L. A., Feather, M. S., Fisher, M., Ibanez-Guzman, J., Logan, B., Olszewska, J. I. & Redfield, S., 24 Feb 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Proceedings of IEEE.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Active closure: symbolic active contour for spatial automated reasoning
Olszewska, J. I., 1 Oct 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) Robotics, Computer Vision and Intelligent Systems: 5th International Conference, ROBOVIS 2025, Porto, Portugal, February 25–27, 2025, Proceedings. Röning, J. & Filipe, J. (eds.). Springer Cham, 18 p. (Communications in Computer and Information Science).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
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Automation testing framework for reliable autonomous agentic AI
Martin, G. & Olszewska, J., 27 Aug 2025, 2025 IEEE Engineering Reliable Autonomous Systems (ERAS). IEEE, 8 p. 1113591Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
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Bridging ontologies and semantic mapping through standardization and modern artificial intelligence
Olszewska, J. I., Lee, J., Kuc, T.-Y. & Noh, D., 25 Aug 2025.Research output: Contribution to conference › Presentation
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Foreword to the Proceedings of the 2025 IEEE International Conference on Engineering Reliable Autonomous Systems (ERAS)
Leahy, K., Pinto, A. & Olszewska, J. I., 27 Aug 2025, 2025 IEEE Engineering Reliable Autonomous Systems (ERAS). IEEE, 1 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Foreword/postscript
Prizes
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Elsevier ESWA Outstanding Reviewer Award 2017
Olszewska, J. I. (Recipient), 2017
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IEEE SA Emerging Technology Award Recipient
Olszewska, J. (Recipient), Dec 2021
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IEEE WI-IAT 2024 Certificate of Merit
Olszewska, J. (Recipient), 2024
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KEOD 2021 Best Poster Award
Olszewska, J. (Recipient), Oct 2021
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Winner: Independent Press Award 2023 - Category: Technology
Olszewska, J. (Recipient), 2023
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Activities
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The Scottish Informatics & Computer Science Alliance (SICSA) (External organisation)
Olszewska, J. (Member)
2017 → …Activity: Membership › Membership of committee
Press/Media
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Meet Featured ACM Distinguished Speaker Joanna Isabelle Olszewska
22/12/21
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2021 IEEE SA Awards - IEEE SA Emerging Technology Award Given to IEEE P7007™ Working Group
10/12/21
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