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

Dr. Mansur M. Arief
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.

Lab Members

Nur Ahmad Khatim

Nur Ahmad Khatim

Research Assistant — Trustworthy Healthcare Decision Making

Yan Akhra Pratama

Yan Akhra Pratama

Research Assistant — Supply Chain Optimization

Ali Akarma

Ali Akarma

Research Intern — Robust UAV Wildfire Control Agent

Ahmad Alfan Alfian Irfan

Ahmad Alfan Alfian Irfan

Research Intern — Test-Time Optimized Machine Learning

Tirtha Debnath

Tirtha Debnath

Research Intern — AI for Biodiversity Management

Ali Balfaqih

Ali Balfaqih

Research Mentee (KFUPM Inbound Summer Research Program) — Explainable AI

Alumni

Riya Kinnarkar

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

Armaan Sharma

Research Mentee (2025) — now at Purdue University, USA

Ahmad Azmul Asmar Irfan

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

Abhibha Gupta

Research Intern (2023) — now at NVIDIA, USA

Zulkifli Palinrungi

Research Intern (2022) — now at PLN, Indonesia

Muhammad Ziyad

Research Intern (2022)

We're growing

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

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