•   When: Thursday, April 10, 2025 from 01:00 PM to 02:00 PM
•   Speakers: Dr. Aliasghar (Al) Arab
•   Location: Nguyen Engineering Building, Room 4201
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Abstract:

How agility can improve safety of autonomous systems, especially in high-pace socio-technological ecosystems. Agile maneuvering, inspired by professional stunt drivers, can be used as a safety feature in case of emergency as evasive obstacle avoidance. One of the main challenges for these types of features in product development is a need for extensive verification and validation. A brief introduction on how integrating generative AI models with advanced system assessment theories helps address challenges in real-world autonomous system applications. This talk addresses autonomous vehicles cutting-edge research on planning and control and also walkthrough a product development process and standard and regulatory challenges in the autonomous vehicle ecosystem.

Bio:

Dr. Aliasghar (Al) Arab is a research director at Agile Safe Autonomous Systems (ASAS) Labs and an adjunct research professor at Tandon School of Engineering of New York University (NYU). He has over eight years of industrial experience in Artificial Intelligence, Telecommunications, Industrial Automation, and Autonomous Vehicles. He has worked in academia and with companies of varying sizes, from early-stage startups to prestigious research labs. He is passionate about enhancing the safety and reliability of robotic and autonomous systems for future sustainable autonomous communities. His goal is to advance state-of-the-art control theories using AI for autonomous robotic applications. He believes that his efforts will have a positive impact on human life.