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DESCRIPTION:Abstract: In October 2023\, the Onboard Planner (OBP) took cont
 rol of the Perseverance rover on Mars\, over 200 million miles from Earth.
  As of December 2025\, OBP has operated for over 400 tactical plans coveri
 ng over 700 Martian days (sols) and has: executed over 12000 activities re
 quested by scientists and engineers\, driven over 20 kilometers\, acquired
  over 100\,000 images\, and collected more than 10 rock core samples. In c
 ontrast to the traditional form of operations\, where operators provide a 
 rigid set of instructions for the rover\, with OBP Perseverance revises it
 s schedule an average of 16 times each day to stay responsive in a dynamic
  Martian environment where things don’t always go as expected. This flexib
 ility allows the mission to manage resources such as energy more efficient
 ly and therefore accomplish more science.In this talk\, we discuss the app
 roach to ensuring that a search-based AI system\, specifically the Onboard
  Planner\, would (1) achieve mission objectives\; and critically (2) prote
 ct the rover\, a multi-billion dollar one of a kind asset. We describe the
  “whole lifecycle” approach to developing trusted autonomy software for M2
 020\, spanning: conception\, design\, analysis\, prototyping\, and testing
 . We then describe the incremental rollout and training to smooth the tran
 sition to operations with increased onboard autonomy. Next we discuss how 
 the OBP software has improved mission return in quantity and quality in se
 veral ways. Finally we describe the even greater challenges of autonomy in
  future missions to hunt for life beyond Earth.Bio: Steve Chien is a Techn
 ical Fellow in Artificial Intelligence and Co-head of the Artificial Intel
 ligence Group at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory\, California Institute of T
 echnology. He has spent decades deploying AI/Autonomy to numerous space mi
 ssions including: Earth Observing One\, Sensorweb\, ESA’s Rosetta Orbiter\
 , and M2020. He has been awarded five NASA Medals in 1997\, 2000\, 2007\, 
 2015\, and 2025 for development and deployment of AI technologies for spac
 e missions. He has supported numerous government bodies including the Defe
 nse Science Board and the Air Force Scientific Advisory Board.  He was app
 ointed by Congress to the National Security Commission on Artificial Intel
 ligence (2018-2021).  He also served on the Army Science Board from 2023-2
 025.
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LOCATION:Aula Magna - DIAG
SUMMARY:Trusted AI on Mars - Steve Chien
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