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Professor Ibrahim Habli

Professor Ibrahim Habli. A man with olive skin, wearing glasses and a white shirt is looking directly into the camera and smiling.

As Research Director at the CfAA,  Professor Ibrahim Habli specialises in the design and safety assurance of software-intensive systems, with a particular focus on AI and autonomous applications.

Previously serving on several national and international safety standardisation committees, including BSI DS/1, EUROCAE/RTCA, IEEE and MISRA, his research is inherently interdisciplinary, involving close collaborations with ethicists, lawyers, social scientists and clinicians across a range of industries.

He currently serves as the Director of the UKRI Centre for Doctoral Training in Safe AI Systems (SAINTS), a £16M PhD programme that brings together five academic departments (Computer Science, Law, Philosophy, Health Sciences and Sociology) and 35 industry, policy and regulatory partners. Professor Habli is also the Research Director of the Centre for Assuring Autonomy (CfAA), a £10m partnership between Lloyd’s Register Foundation and the University of York, dedicated to pioneering evidence-based and impactful research at the intersection of AI and safety.