IEEE CertifAIEd™

There are several steps to becoming a CertifAIEd Authorized Assessor per the IEEE CertifAIEd program.

• During the registration process, the participant submits a signed IEEE license agreement to complete the enrollment process
• Participants then attend the IEEE CertifAIEd Assessor training which typically is 4 to five days in length. At the end of the session participants can take an exam to demonstrate competence for the IEEE CertifAIEd Authorized Assessor role
• A participant who successfully completes the exam is sent a training certificate and badge, and is invited to submit a Case for Competence and apply to become an IEEE CertifAIEd Authorized Assessor
• Based on the outcome of an evaluation of the Case for Competence, a recommendation may be made to approve the applicant as an IEEE CertifAIEd Assessor
• Following approval to become an IEEE CertifAIEd Authorized Assessor, the applicant signs an Authorized Assessor agreement with the IEEE which specifies the expectations between both parties with respect to the Authorized Assessor credential
• Upon signing this agreement, the applicant is designated as an IEEE CertifAIEd Authorized Assessor and is listed in the IEEE CertifAIEd Authorized Assessor registry
• The registry can be consulted by parties that are interested in IEEE CertifAIEd assessment and/or certification

The license agreement specifies that any content and material provided during the training can only be used for training and evaluation purposes only. By signing the license agreement, the registrant agrees to respect the confidentiality and intellectual property terms and conditions stipulated in the agreement.

IEEE SA offers a Train-the-Trainer (TTT) program to enable qualified IEEE CertifAIEd Authorized Assessors to deliver IEEE CertifAIEd Assessor trainings through an authorized IEEE CertifAIEd Training Provider partner.

Eventually IEEE would like to get to the point where IEEE CertifAIEd partners (e.g., CertifAIEd Training Institutes, CertifAIEd Assessment Collaborators, CertifAIEd Certification Collaborators), have enough certified assessors to meet market demand for CertifAIEd training, assessor, or certification services. In this steady state environment, IEEE partners would license the use of IEEE CertifAIEd Intellectual Property (e.g., documentation, training material, assessment criteria) from the IEEE. IEEE partners would then offer services to their markets under their own pricing, marketing, and resourcing approaches. IEEE will maintain a master registry of Authorized Trainers, Assessors, and collaborator entities, regularly updated CertifAIEd material and provide high level marketing support.

The CertifAIEd program is currently in the ramp up stage, so the IEEE is actively working with partners to help develop a resource pool of Authorized Trainers and Authorized Assessors to meet market demand (see below).

IEEE CertifAIEd is a global program that includes ecosystem members from every geographic region. The IEEE CertifAIEd Registry lists Authorized Assessors from Europe, North America, South America, and Asia Pacific region and represents fluency with at least six international languages. Additionally, the contextual capacity of IEEE CertifAIEd allows for tailoring services towards specific regions.

IEEE CertifAIEd training is offered on a global basis including both in person and virtual training sessions. These sessions are scheduled at various time zones around the world to accommodate global participation.

There are several types of organizations or individuals that we envision being interested in the program:

• Training Institutes, Research Institutes or Governments that would like to train individuals to become CertifAIEd Authorized Trainers as part of their portfolio of training offerings, or to build up a cadre of certified assessors for internal organizational needs. We anticipate a significant increase in market demand for Authorized Trainers and Assessors, and these training institute partners could help meet this need.
• Secondly, we envision organizations that provide consulting, testing or certification services (Assessment Collaborators) for other technologies, might be interested in offering assessments and or certifications to companies who want to ensure that their products, systems, or processes are developed based on ethical AI design considerations. These organizations would use CertifAIEd authorized assessors to provide these services as an extension of their current consulting, testing or verification services.
• Thirdly individual organizations (e.g., corporate entities, government agencies, regulatory bodies, universities) might want to have CertifAIEd Authorized Assessors in house to help ensure that the organization’s products and services are developed in accordance with ethical AI design considerations.

Per the above discussion regarding types of organizations likely to be interested in providing CertifAIEd services, we currently envision two types of partners:

• • Training Institutes who would sign agreements to become authorized CertifAIEd training partners. This would involve a licensing agreement between the specific training organization and the IEEE, including the provision of the required CertifAIEd training material, licensing terms and IEEE support to the organization.
  • Consulting, Certification, Testing or Lab organizations who would sign agreements to become authorized CertifAIEd Assessor Collaborators. This would include a licensing agreement between the specific organizations and the IEEE, including the provision of required CertifAIEd assessment/certification material, licensing terms and IEEE support to the organization.

Some organizations may choose to offer both training and assessment/certification services. This is possible although there should be a separation between the provision of these services by a particular organization.

Other types of partnering arrangements may be developed and the IEEE is open to input from potential partners with regards to additional use cases for licensing IEEE CertifAIEd material.