ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42 Artificial Intelligence is a standardization subcommittee of the Joint Technical Committee ISO/IEC JTC 1 of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC). ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42 develops and facilitates the development of international standards, technical reports, and technical specifications within the fields of Artificial Intelligence (AI). The international secretariat of ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42 is the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), located in the United States of America. The Chair of SC 42 is Wael William Diab. The first meeting of the committee took place in Beijing, China in April 2018. SC 42 meets face-to-face twice a year in an opening and closing plenary format with its subgroups meeting concurrently during the week. SC 42 organizes bi-annual AI workshops that target all stakeholders interested in AI and the committee's work.

History

At the 32nd ISO/IEC JTC 1 Plenary in Vladivostok, Russia, Resolution 12 established SC 42 as a system integration entity for Artificial Intelligence. The resolution also appointed Mr. Wael William Diab as Chair of the SC and Ms. Heather Benko was appointed as the Committee Manager. The inaugural meeting was held in Beijing, China on April 18th – 20th.

Scope

The scope of ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42 is:

Standardization in the area of Artificial Intelligence
Serve as the focus and proponent for JTC 1's standardization program on Artificial Intelligence
Provide guidance to JTC 1, IEC, and ISO committees developing Artificial Intelligence applications

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42 is set up as a Systems Integration Entity.

Members

Membership in SC 42 is open to any national body. A member can be either participating (P) or observing (O). The current list of countries active in SC 42 include:

39 p-members: Australia (SA), Austria (ASI), Azerbaijan (AZSTAND), Belgium (NBN), Canada (SCC), China (SAC), Cyprus (CYS), Democratic Republic of the Congo (OCC), Denmark (DS), Egypt (EOS), Finland (SFS), France (AFNOR), Germany (DIN), India (BIS), Ireland (NSAI), Israel (SII), Italy (UNI), Japan (JISC), Kazakhstan (KAZMEMST), Korea, Republic of (KATS), Luxembourg (ILNAS), Malaysia (DSM), Malta (MCCAA), Netherlands (NEN), Norway (SN), Philippines (BPS), Portugal (IPQ), Russian Federation (GOST R), Rwanda (RSB), Saudi Arabia (SASO), Singapore (SSC), Slovakia (UNMS SR), Spain (UNE), Sweden (SIS), Switzerland (SNV), Turkey (TSE), Uganda (UNBS), United Kingdom (BSI), United States (ANSI), Zimbabwe (SAZ).

25 o-members

Structure

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42 is currently made up of five working groups, each of which carries out specific tasks in standards development within the field of Artificial Intelligence. The working groups, study groups, and advisory group of ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42 are: ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42 - Artificial intelligence

The subcommittee also administers a number of Joint Work Groups with other subcommittees:

Collaborations

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42 works in close collaboration with a number of other organizations or subcommittees, both internal and external to ISO and IEC. Organizations internal to ISO or IEC that collaborate with or are in liaison to SC 42 include:

JTC 1 Committees and Groups

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7, Software and systems engineering
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 27, IT security techniques
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 29, Coding of audio, picture, multimedia and hypermedia information
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 34, Document description and processing languages
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 36, Information technology for learning, education and training
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 38, Distributed application platforms and services (DAPS)
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 39, Sustainability for and by Information Technology
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 40, IT Service Management and IT Governance
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 41, Internet of Things and related technologies
JTC 1/WG 11 - Smart cities

ISO Committees

ISO/TC 69, Applications of statistical methods
ISO/TC 215, Applications of statistical methods
ISO/TC 299, Applications of statistical methods
ISO/TC 307, Blockchain and distributed ledger technologies
ISO/TC 309, Governance of organizations

IEC Committees

IEC SyC Smart Cities
IEC SyC Active Assisted Living
IEC SyC Smart Manufacturing
IEC/TC 45A Instrumentation, control and electrical power systems of nuclear facilities
IEC/TC 56 Dependability
IEC/TC 62 Medical equipment, software, and systems
IEC/TC 65 Industrial-process measurement, control and automation
IEC/TC 65A System aspects
IEC/TC 100 Audio, video and multimedia systems and equipment

Organizations external to ISO or IEC that collaborate with or are in liaison with SC 42 include:

Category A Liaisons

Big Data Value AISBL (BDVA)
Consumers International (CI)
European Commission (EC)
European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC)
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC)
Small Business Standards (SBS)
UNESCO
World Trade Organization (WTO)

ISO/IEC also collaborates with CEN/CENELEC through the Vienna Agreement, specifically with CEN/CENELEC JTC 21, charged with writing standards to support the EU's Artificial Intelligence Act.

Standards

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42 currently has published a number of standards, as well as various other standards or technical reports under development within the field of artificial intelligence. These include:

Awards

In 2023, the ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42 has won ISO's Lawrence D. Eicher Award.

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