On September 6th the TRUSTY consortium met in Västerås, at the Mälardalen University, to give the official start to the project activities. The aspiration of this new SESAR 3 Joint Undertaking project is to investigate and develop an Artificial Intelligence solution for use in  the Remote Digital Tower (RDT) environment, through the optimisation of  a trusted intelligent system design. 

Remote Digital Towers  stand as one of the most recent innovations in air traffic management , providing airports with remote traffic flow and capacity management. In contrast to conventional control towers, RDTs utilise video transmission, allowing the provision of airport air traffic services from virtually any location. This advancement holds the potential for substantial improvements in operational efficiency and effectiveness. 

In the air traffic control sector, where management of safety is critical, the reliability and trustworthiness of AI-based decisions are essential. For this reason TRUSTY’s research activities rely on state-of-the-art developments in interactive data visualisation and user-centric explanation, coupled with recent technological advancements in AI accuracy, robustness, interpretability, fairness, and accountability.  

“The potential result will be a proof-of-concept of a trustworthy intelligent system for RDTs which will lead to higher automation to ensure safe and reliable decision support” states Prof. Mobyen Uddin Ahmed, project coordinator and expert in explainable artificial intelligence.

The achievement of the above mentioned outcome relies on the cooperative efforts of four partners from three countries: Sweden, Italy, and France. This consortium comprises three academic institutions and a research/consultancy company. Each partner brings a unique set of skills and expertise, combining academic, technical,scientific, and operational capabilities to contribute to the project outcome realisation.

 

Consortium: 

Mälardalen University (MDU, SE)  

Ecole Nationale de l’Aviation Civile (ENAC, FR) 

Deep Blue Srl (DBL, IT)

Università di Roma “La Sapienza” (UNIROMA1, IT)