Copyright © 2023 Vlad Stirbu
Certifying artificial intelligence
Vlad Știrbu
ESHRE 2023
Copenhagen
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Copyright © 2023 Vlad Stirbu
Who am I?
Current
● University of Jyväskylä, PostDoc Researcher
● University of Helsinki, PostDoc Researcher
● CompliancePal, Founder and lead developer, Expert
witness
● RegOps Days, Organizer
Past
● Nokia Technologies, Principal Software Engineer
● Nokia Research Center, Researcher
Copyright © 2023 Vlad Stirbu
No conflict of interest
Copyright © 2023 Vlad Stirbu
Learning objectives
● Regulatory landscape awareness
● Tools and techniques
● Avoid regulatory pitfalls
Copyright © 2023 Vlad Stirbu
AI regulations in media vs reality
● General product safety (2001)
● Medical Device Directive (2007)
● Medical Device Regulation (2017)
● AI Act (2023)
Copyright © 2023 Vlad Stirbu
Definitions
Artificial intelligence: the theory and development of computer systems that are
able to perform tasks that normally require human intelligence, such as visual
perception, speech recognition, learning, decision-making, and natural language
processing (IEEE Position Statement)
Medical software: medical device functionality that is implemented in software
Copyright © 2023 Vlad Stirbu
Design Control
Safety
Effectiveness
Adapted from FDA 1997
Copyright © 2023 Vlad Stirbu
AI Development Phases
Deployment
Software engineers
● Integrate model into the
larger software system
● Deploy and operate
✓ Application
Data preparation
Data engineers
● Data sources
● Label data
✓ Training data
Training
Data scientists
● Develop algorithms
● Perform experiments
with model candidates
✓ Models
Copyright © 2023 Vlad Stirbu
Technical debt in machine learning systems
Sculley et al. 2015
Copyright © 2023 Vlad Stirbu
AI development in medical products
Deployment
Capability to detect data and
concept drifts
Continuous quality assurance
Model redeployment (see FDA
2023)
Automation: DevOps, RegOps
(Stirbu et al 2022)
Data preparation
Data assessments
Data management
Data Cards (Pushkarna et al. 2022)
Training
Monitoring metrics
Assessment of actual medical
benefits
Model Cards (Mitchell et al 2019)
Regulatory lock
Copyright © 2023 Vlad Stirbu
Cybersecurity, Privacy, Information Security
● Connected systems
● Regulations
○ MDR/FDA Guidelines
○ GDPR
○ HIPAA
● Standards
○ ISO 27001
Copyright © 2023 Vlad Stirbu
Regulatory approache differences
USA
● Risk-benefit centered
● Recognized Third Parties
UE
● Conformance centered
● Notified Bodies
Copyright © 2023 Vlad Stirbu
Design Control Revisited
Adapted from FDA 1997
AI alignment
Traceability
Explainability
Interpretability
Copyright © 2023 Vlad Stirbu
Conclusions
Establish QMS provisions covering AI development
Documented proof of AI alignment
Copyright © 2023 Vlad Stirbu
[1] IEEE Position Statement Artificial Intelligence,
https://globalpolicy.ieee.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/IEEE18029.pdf
[2] FDA - Center for Devices and Radiological Health: Design Control Guidance for Medical Device Manufacturers,
1997
[3] Sculley, D., Holt, G., Golovin, D., Davydov, E., Phillips, T., Ebner, D., Chaudhary, V., Young, M., Crespo, J.-F.,
Dennison, D.: Hidden technical debt in machine learning systems. In: Proceedings of the 28th International
Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems. NIPS’15, 2015
[4] FDA - Marketing Submission Recommendations for a Predetermined Change Control Plan for Artificial
Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML)-Enabled Device Software Functions, 2023
[5] Mahima Pushkarna, Andrew Zaldivar, and Oddur Kjartansson. 2022. Data Cards: Purposeful and Transparent
Dataset Documentation for Responsible AI. In 2022 ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and
Transparency (FAccT '22)
[6] Margaret Mitchell, Simone Wu, Andrew Zaldivar, Parker Barnes, Lucy Vasserman, Ben Hutchinson, Elena
Spitzer, Inioluwa Deborah Raji, and Timnit Gebru. 2019. Model Cards for Model Reporting. In Proceedings of
the Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency (FAT* '19)
[7] Stirbu, V., Granlund, T. & Mikkonen, T. Continuous design control for machine learning in certified medical
systems. Software Qual J (2022).
Bibliography

More Related Content

PPTX
Adequate directions for use "In the Age of AI and Watson"
PDF
What regulation for Artificial Intelligence?
DOCX
A Proposed Framework for Regulating AI Based Applications in SaMD
PPTX
SW Validation of AI-Based Medical Devices- MedDev Soft
PDF
Health information professionals and Artificial Intelligence
PPTX
20190819 artificial intelligence machine learning sa md_yuan愿 song宋_20190819
PDF
The Future of Quality and Regulatory for SaMD
PDF
AI Regulation Is Coming to Life Sciences: Three Steps to Take Now
Adequate directions for use "In the Age of AI and Watson"
What regulation for Artificial Intelligence?
A Proposed Framework for Regulating AI Based Applications in SaMD
SW Validation of AI-Based Medical Devices- MedDev Soft
Health information professionals and Artificial Intelligence
20190819 artificial intelligence machine learning sa md_yuan愿 song宋_20190819
The Future of Quality and Regulatory for SaMD
AI Regulation Is Coming to Life Sciences: Three Steps to Take Now

Similar to Certifying artificial intelligence-2.pdf (20)

PDF
Ai for life sciences - are we ready
PPTX
Seminar on Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare.pptx
PDF
Challenges and-opportunities-in-software-driven-medical-sciences
DOCX
The FDA’s Medical Device Action Plan for Artificial Intelligence and Machine ...
PPTX
Evidence base for AI regulation.pptx
PPTX
presentation_karl_stoger.pptx
PPTX
best Artificial intelligence. current trends
PDF
Artificial Intelligence Medical Device -Regulatory.pdf
DOCX
Quality Systems and Good Machine Learning Practices
PPTX
Salami medical article https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anclin.2019.04.007
PDF
Conscious design of ethical AI systems or “AI Ethics by Design”
PDF
GRC 2020 - IIA - ISACA Machine Learning Monitoring, Compliance and Governance
PPTX
ISPE 2019 Driving Step Changes in Manufacturing Operations with Predictive In...
PDF
Machine Learning in Medical Devices Webinar
 
PPTX
What healthcare executives should know about artificial intelligence
PDF
The Future of Artificial Intelligence and Quality Management in Hospitals By....
PDF
6-Thurau_PQRI_AIlifecyclemanagement_finalversion-1.pdf
PDF
Teacher Education: AI - Ethical, legal and societal implications
DOCX
11 Role of Artificial Intelligence in Medical Device Quality Assurance and Re...
PPTX
Artificial Intelligence (AI), Robotics and Computational fluid dynamics (CFD)
Ai for life sciences - are we ready
Seminar on Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare.pptx
Challenges and-opportunities-in-software-driven-medical-sciences
The FDA’s Medical Device Action Plan for Artificial Intelligence and Machine ...
Evidence base for AI regulation.pptx
presentation_karl_stoger.pptx
best Artificial intelligence. current trends
Artificial Intelligence Medical Device -Regulatory.pdf
Quality Systems and Good Machine Learning Practices
Salami medical article https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anclin.2019.04.007
Conscious design of ethical AI systems or “AI Ethics by Design”
GRC 2020 - IIA - ISACA Machine Learning Monitoring, Compliance and Governance
ISPE 2019 Driving Step Changes in Manufacturing Operations with Predictive In...
Machine Learning in Medical Devices Webinar
 
What healthcare executives should know about artificial intelligence
The Future of Artificial Intelligence and Quality Management in Hospitals By....
6-Thurau_PQRI_AIlifecyclemanagement_finalversion-1.pdf
Teacher Education: AI - Ethical, legal and societal implications
11 Role of Artificial Intelligence in Medical Device Quality Assurance and Re...
Artificial Intelligence (AI), Robotics and Computational fluid dynamics (CFD)
Ad

More from Vlad Stirbu (9)

PDF
Quantum Computing: Current Landscape and the Future Role of APIs
PDF
APIs, data formats and the growing might of FHIR
PDF
Medical device software the devops way
PDF
Bringing the software architecture back into agile
PDF
In Search of Regulatory Grail
PDF
Delivering Features at High Velocity in Regulation Intensive Environments
PPTX
What about compliance?
PPTX
A picture is worth a thousand lines of code
PDF
Developing medical grade IoT systems
Quantum Computing: Current Landscape and the Future Role of APIs
APIs, data formats and the growing might of FHIR
Medical device software the devops way
Bringing the software architecture back into agile
In Search of Regulatory Grail
Delivering Features at High Velocity in Regulation Intensive Environments
What about compliance?
A picture is worth a thousand lines of code
Developing medical grade IoT systems
Ad

Recently uploaded (20)

PDF
Getting started with AI Agents and Multi-Agent Systems
DOCX
search engine optimization ppt fir known well about this
PDF
Unlock new opportunities with location data.pdf
PDF
From MVP to Full-Scale Product A Startup’s Software Journey.pdf
PDF
How ambidextrous entrepreneurial leaders react to the artificial intelligence...
PPT
Geologic Time for studying geology for geologist
PDF
STKI Israel Market Study 2025 version august
PPTX
Modernising the Digital Integration Hub
PDF
A review of recent deep learning applications in wood surface defect identifi...
PDF
1 - Historical Antecedents, Social Consideration.pdf
PDF
DP Operators-handbook-extract for the Mautical Institute
PDF
Hybrid horned lizard optimization algorithm-aquila optimizer for DC motor
PDF
Enhancing emotion recognition model for a student engagement use case through...
PDF
TrustArc Webinar - Click, Consent, Trust: Winning the Privacy Game
PDF
A novel scalable deep ensemble learning framework for big data classification...
PDF
A contest of sentiment analysis: k-nearest neighbor versus neural network
PDF
Assigned Numbers - 2025 - Bluetooth® Document
PDF
Getting Started with Data Integration: FME Form 101
PDF
Video forgery: An extensive analysis of inter-and intra-frame manipulation al...
PDF
Architecture types and enterprise applications.pdf
Getting started with AI Agents and Multi-Agent Systems
search engine optimization ppt fir known well about this
Unlock new opportunities with location data.pdf
From MVP to Full-Scale Product A Startup’s Software Journey.pdf
How ambidextrous entrepreneurial leaders react to the artificial intelligence...
Geologic Time for studying geology for geologist
STKI Israel Market Study 2025 version august
Modernising the Digital Integration Hub
A review of recent deep learning applications in wood surface defect identifi...
1 - Historical Antecedents, Social Consideration.pdf
DP Operators-handbook-extract for the Mautical Institute
Hybrid horned lizard optimization algorithm-aquila optimizer for DC motor
Enhancing emotion recognition model for a student engagement use case through...
TrustArc Webinar - Click, Consent, Trust: Winning the Privacy Game
A novel scalable deep ensemble learning framework for big data classification...
A contest of sentiment analysis: k-nearest neighbor versus neural network
Assigned Numbers - 2025 - Bluetooth® Document
Getting Started with Data Integration: FME Form 101
Video forgery: An extensive analysis of inter-and intra-frame manipulation al...
Architecture types and enterprise applications.pdf

Certifying artificial intelligence-2.pdf

  • 1. Copyright © 2023 Vlad Stirbu Certifying artificial intelligence Vlad Știrbu ESHRE 2023 Copenhagen This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
  • 2. Copyright © 2023 Vlad Stirbu Who am I? Current ● University of Jyväskylä, PostDoc Researcher ● University of Helsinki, PostDoc Researcher ● CompliancePal, Founder and lead developer, Expert witness ● RegOps Days, Organizer Past ● Nokia Technologies, Principal Software Engineer ● Nokia Research Center, Researcher
  • 3. Copyright © 2023 Vlad Stirbu No conflict of interest
  • 4. Copyright © 2023 Vlad Stirbu Learning objectives ● Regulatory landscape awareness ● Tools and techniques ● Avoid regulatory pitfalls
  • 5. Copyright © 2023 Vlad Stirbu AI regulations in media vs reality ● General product safety (2001) ● Medical Device Directive (2007) ● Medical Device Regulation (2017) ● AI Act (2023)
  • 6. Copyright © 2023 Vlad Stirbu Definitions Artificial intelligence: the theory and development of computer systems that are able to perform tasks that normally require human intelligence, such as visual perception, speech recognition, learning, decision-making, and natural language processing (IEEE Position Statement) Medical software: medical device functionality that is implemented in software
  • 7. Copyright © 2023 Vlad Stirbu Design Control Safety Effectiveness Adapted from FDA 1997
  • 8. Copyright © 2023 Vlad Stirbu AI Development Phases Deployment Software engineers ● Integrate model into the larger software system ● Deploy and operate ✓ Application Data preparation Data engineers ● Data sources ● Label data ✓ Training data Training Data scientists ● Develop algorithms ● Perform experiments with model candidates ✓ Models
  • 9. Copyright © 2023 Vlad Stirbu Technical debt in machine learning systems Sculley et al. 2015
  • 10. Copyright © 2023 Vlad Stirbu AI development in medical products Deployment Capability to detect data and concept drifts Continuous quality assurance Model redeployment (see FDA 2023) Automation: DevOps, RegOps (Stirbu et al 2022) Data preparation Data assessments Data management Data Cards (Pushkarna et al. 2022) Training Monitoring metrics Assessment of actual medical benefits Model Cards (Mitchell et al 2019) Regulatory lock
  • 11. Copyright © 2023 Vlad Stirbu Cybersecurity, Privacy, Information Security ● Connected systems ● Regulations ○ MDR/FDA Guidelines ○ GDPR ○ HIPAA ● Standards ○ ISO 27001
  • 12. Copyright © 2023 Vlad Stirbu Regulatory approache differences USA ● Risk-benefit centered ● Recognized Third Parties UE ● Conformance centered ● Notified Bodies
  • 13. Copyright © 2023 Vlad Stirbu Design Control Revisited Adapted from FDA 1997 AI alignment Traceability Explainability Interpretability
  • 14. Copyright © 2023 Vlad Stirbu Conclusions Establish QMS provisions covering AI development Documented proof of AI alignment
  • 15. Copyright © 2023 Vlad Stirbu [1] IEEE Position Statement Artificial Intelligence, https://globalpolicy.ieee.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/IEEE18029.pdf [2] FDA - Center for Devices and Radiological Health: Design Control Guidance for Medical Device Manufacturers, 1997 [3] Sculley, D., Holt, G., Golovin, D., Davydov, E., Phillips, T., Ebner, D., Chaudhary, V., Young, M., Crespo, J.-F., Dennison, D.: Hidden technical debt in machine learning systems. In: Proceedings of the 28th International Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems. NIPS’15, 2015 [4] FDA - Marketing Submission Recommendations for a Predetermined Change Control Plan for Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML)-Enabled Device Software Functions, 2023 [5] Mahima Pushkarna, Andrew Zaldivar, and Oddur Kjartansson. 2022. Data Cards: Purposeful and Transparent Dataset Documentation for Responsible AI. In 2022 ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency (FAccT '22) [6] Margaret Mitchell, Simone Wu, Andrew Zaldivar, Parker Barnes, Lucy Vasserman, Ben Hutchinson, Elena Spitzer, Inioluwa Deborah Raji, and Timnit Gebru. 2019. Model Cards for Model Reporting. In Proceedings of the Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency (FAT* '19) [7] Stirbu, V., Granlund, T. & Mikkonen, T. Continuous design control for machine learning in certified medical systems. Software Qual J (2022). Bibliography