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
Yan Akhra Pratama
Research Assistant — Supply Chain Optimization
Ali Akarma
Research Intern — Robust UAV Wildfire Control Agent
Ahmad Alfan Alfian Irfan
Research Intern — Test-Time Optimized Machine Learning
Tirtha Debnath
Research Intern — AI for Biodiversity Management
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
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