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Dr. Edward Griffor (Fed)

Edward Griffor serves as associate director for cyber-physical systems (CPS) and Internet of Things (IoT) in the Smart Connected Systems Division at NIST. He has 10 years’ experience as chief scientist in the auto industry, where he led the development of technologies for self-driving vehicles. Griffor is adjunct professor at the Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics at Wayne State University and at the University of Grenoble Alpes in France for artificial intelligence. His books include the Handbook of System Safety and Security, the Handbook of Computability and the Mathematical Theory of Domains. Griffor has a Ph.D. in mathematics from MIT and a habilitation (European academic designation) in electrical engineering from the University of Oslo. His current work combines methods of physics, computing, mathematics and biosciences to the assurance of CPS and IoT systems, including automated driving system (ADS), reactor protection system (RPS) and biomedical system assurance. 

Awards

NATO-NSF Postdoctoral Fellow in Engineering and Science

Publications

Feature Description for Assessing Autonomous Vehicle Performance

Author(s)
Edward Griffor, Hadhoum Hajjaj, Thoshitha Gamage, Thomas Roth, Wenqi Guo
This technical report presents a structured methodology for describing and assessing auto-mated vehicle (AV) features, with a focus on ensuring consistent and

Standards and Performance Metrics for On-Road Automated Vehicles

Author(s)
Craig I. Schlenoff, Zeid Kootbally, Prem Rachakonda, Suzanne Lightman, Apostol Vassilev, David A. Wollman, Edward Griffor
On September 5–8, 2023, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) held the second Standards and Performance Metrics for On‐Road Automated
Created October 9, 2019, Updated March 25, 2024