Abolfazl Lavaei

Abolfazl Lavaei is an Assistant Professor at the School of Computing, Newcastle University, United Kingdom, specializing in safety-critical AI for cyber-physical systems.

Education:

• Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Technical University of Munich (TUM), 2019

Prior Experience:

• Postdoctoral Associate, Institute for Dynamic Systems and Control, ETH Zurich (January 2021 - July 2022)
• Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Computer Science, LMU Munich (November 2019 - January 2021)

His research integrates Control Theory, Formal Verification, and Machine Learning to address Safe Verification and Control of Large-Scale Stochastic Cyber-Physical Systems, with direct applications to Autonomous Systems safety. Current work emphasizes data-driven techniques for enhancing system reliability in complex stochastic environments.

Recipient of multiple international awards. During July-September 2024, he conducts sabbatical research at KTH Royal Institute of Technology with Professor Henrik Sandberg's group to advance cyber-physical system security.