Ibrahim Habli is a Professor of Safety-Critical Systems at the University of York, where he leads interdisciplinary research on the design and assurance of software-intensive systems, with a focus on AI and autonomous technologies. He is the Director of the UKRI Centre for Doctoral Training in Safe AI Systems (SAINTS), an initiative spanning five academic departments and over 36 partners across industry, policy and regulation. Professor Habli also serves as the Research Director of the Centre for Assuring Autonomy (CfAA), a partnership with Lloyd’s Register Foundation dedicated to advancing safety assurance for AI and robotics. He has advised leading organisations, including NHS England, NASA and Jaguar Land Rover, and serves on several national and international safety standardisation committees, including the British Standards Institution (BSI).