Team | AI V&V Lab

We are a team of researchers passionately studying the intersection of AI and safety, optimization, and planetary sustainability.

Faculty Director

Dr. Mansur M. Arief

Assistant Professor, Industrial & Systems Engineering

Previously Executive Director of the Stanford Center for AI Safety and Research Engineer at Stanford Intelligent Systems Lab (SISL) and Mineral-X. Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University (Safe AI Lab). Research integrates machine learning, optimization, and simulation to create trustworthy AI systems for safety-critical and sustainability applications.

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Alumni

Riya Kinnarkar

Research Mentee (2025) — now at University of Pennsylvania, USA

Nur Ahmad Khatim

Research Assistant (2023-2025) — now at NARA Institute of Science and Technology, Japan

Ahmad Azmul Asmar Irfan

Research Assistant (2023-2025) — now at UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta, Indonesia

Yan Akhra Pratama

Research Assistant (2023-2025) — now at Pupuk Indonesia

Abhibha Gupta

Research Intern (2023) — now at NVIDIA, USA

Zulkifli Palinrungi

Research Intern (2022) — now at PLN, Indonesia

Muhammad Ziyad

Research Intern (2022)

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We are actively looking for postdocs, PhD students, master's students, research interns, and visiting faculty.

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AI V&V Team and INTERSECT 2025 conference attendees at Stanford