Scope
The scope of the Joint Coordination Activity on Artificial Intelligence (JCA-AI) is to coordinate the ITU-T work programme on applications of artificial intelligence, including machine learning, as well as the related standardization work for telecommunications/ICTs. JCA-AI actively seeks cooperation and collaboration from external standards development organizations, consortia, forums, and academia studying artificial intelligence, including machine learning, applications and their relevant works. The JCA-AI operates under the Recommendation ITU-T A.18 (Joint coordination activities: Establishment and working procedures).
Objectives
The objectives of JCA-AI are as follows:
- The JCA-AI ensures that the ITU-T work programme on applications of artificial intelligence, including machine learning, and its related standardization work for telecommunications/ICTs is progressed in a well-coordinated manner among all ITU-T study groups and their relevant Questions.
- JCA-AI monitors the work programmes of other SDOs to detect duplication and promotes the usage of standardized terms and definitions in a manner consistent with existing standardized definitions in this area.
- Whenever duplication of effort or planning issues are discovered, the JCA-AI reports this to the parent study group to coordinate all activities with other relevant groups.
- The JCA-AI considers and encourages possibilities of cooperation and collaboration on applications of artificial intelligence, including machine learning, with relevant groups such as ITU-R SG6, ITU-R WP6C, ITU-D SG2, ISO/IEC JTC 1, ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42, ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 29, ISO/TC37, IEC TC 62, IEC SMB Advisory Committee on Information security and data privacy, IEC SMB Strategic Group 11 and 12, IETF, IEEE, Khronos Group, MPAI, W3C, as well as open-source communities where artificial intelligence, including machine learning, experts eagerly participate and contribute.
- The JCA-AI periodically reviews the roadmaps in ITU-T (e.g., Artificial Intelligence Standardization Roadmap [ITU-T Y Suppl. 72 (11/2022)]) to collect relevant information of the on-going and published deliverables from ITU-T, other relevant standard development organizations, consortia and forums, including support to a gap analysis.
- The JCA-AI considers the work of standards development organizations, consortia and forums for use in its coordination function and provides information on this work for use by the relevant study groups in their works and activities.
- To facilitate internal coordination within ITU-T, the JCA-AI invites representatives of all ITU-T study groups and focus groups to its meetings.
- To foster external collaboration, the JCA-AI invites representatives from other relevant standards development organizations, regional/national organizations, consortia and forums to join the JCA.
Administrative support
ITU-T Telecommunications Standardization Bureau (TSB) provides the secretariat and facilitates the operation of the JCA-AI within its resource limits.
Meetings
The JCA-AI meets three times a year to consider timely updates and reports from different parties. The JCA-AI works electronically using teleconferences and face-to-face meetings as needed. Meetings will be held as determined by the JCA-AI and will be announced to its participants and on the ITU-T website. Online and face-to-face meetings will usually be scheduled, where possible, during meetings of ITU-T Study Groups with works on AI or in conjunction with major AI/ML standardization events, to ensure timely coordination and participation from key stakeholders.
Parent group and progress reports
The JCA-AI reports its activities to Telecommunication Standardization Advisory Group (TSAG), a group responsible for overseeing the JCAs at its meetings. Progress reports and proposals will be sent to relevant study groups as necessary in accordance with clause 6.6 of Recommendation ITU-T A.18.
Lifetime
See Clause 6.9 of Recommendation ITU-T A.18.