PhD Defence: Ali Nouri – Accelerating DevSafeOps for Autonomous Driving
On 22 September 2026, Ali Nouri will defend his doctoral thesis, “Accelerating DevSafeOps for Autonomous Driving via Generative-AI and Synthetic Data”, at Chalmers University of Technology.
Ali’s research focuses on how the development and safety assurance of autonomous driving systems can be accelerated through DevSafeOps, generative AI and synthetic data. His work addresses an increasingly important challenge for automated driving: how to develop complex software rapidly and continuously while maintaining rigorous safety processes and evidence throughout the development lifecycle.
The thesis explores how modern AI-based methods and synthetic data can support more efficient development, testing and safety assurance of autonomous driving systems – contributing to the transition towards more agile yet safety-critical software development.
Opponent
- Dr Jonas Nilsson, NVIDIA, USA
Grading Committee
- Prof. Krzysztof Czarnecki, University of Waterloo, Canada
- Prof. Yiannis Papadopoulos, University of Hull, UK
- Prof. Jakob Axelsson, Mälardalen University, Sweden
Chair of the Defence
- Prof. Robert Feldt
Supervisors
- Christian Berger, University of Gothenburg
- Håkan Sivencrona, Volvo Cars
- Fredrik Törner, Volvo Cars
The doctoral thesis is available here.
Direction: Styrbord is located on Campus Lindholmen. Go to building Äran. Entrance from Hörselgången 7. Entrance Floor. Room 115.
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Welcome to attend the defence!
