Meet the Volume Editor

Ali Hessami is currently Director of R&D and Innovation at Vega Systems and a UK expert on the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (CENELEC) and International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) systems, hardware and software safety, and security standards. He chaired the Institute of Electronic and Electrical Engineers (IEE) 7000 standard "Addressing Ethical Concerns in System Design" and was later appointed as the VC

and process architect of IEEE's Certification Program for Autonomous and Intelligent Systems (CertifAIEd). He also chairs BSI's GEL/9/6 subcommittee focused on machine learning (ML), artificial intelligence (AI), and cybersecurity standardization in railways. He is a visiting professor at London City University's Centre for Systems and Control and at Beijing Jiaotong University, China. He is also a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (RSA) and the UK Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), as well as a life senior member of the IEEE.

Roderick (Rod) Muttram is a system and safety engineer with more than 40 years of experience. He is a fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (REng) and the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), a fellow and vice president of the Institution of Railway Signal Engineers (IRSE), a senior member of the Institute of Electronic and Electrical Engineers (IEE), and an advisory professor at Beijing Jiaotong University, China. His rail

career began in 1994 when he joined Railtrack as Director of Electrical Engineering and Control Systems. He was promoted to Director of Safety and Standards in 1997. In 2003, he set up the Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB) and joined Bombardier Transportation as a vice president as well as served as a lead auditor for critical projects worldwide. In May 2012, he left Bombardier and established Fourth Insight Ltd., an engineering consultancy.
