Dr. Edward Griffor serves as the Associate Director for Cyber Physical Systems at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) within the US Department of Commerce. Before joining NIST in July 2015, he held the prestigious position of Walter P. Chrysler Technical Fellow, a top technical role in the automotive industry that spans various sectors including transportation, aerospace, science, defense, energy, and medicine. He chaired the Chrysler Technology Council until 2015 and continues to lead The MIT Alliance, a professional group of scientists, engineers, and business experts trained at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Dr. Griffor completed his doctoral studies at MIT in Mathematics and earned a Habilitation in Mathematics and Electrical Engineering from the University of Oslo. He was recognized as a National Science Foundation/NATO Postdoctoral Fellow in Science and Engineering. From 1980 to 1997, Dr. Griffor was a faculty member at Uppsala University in Sweden before returning to the US to advance research in Electrical Engineering related to the automotive industry.
His academic experience includes faculty roles at the University of Oslo in Norway, Uppsala University in Sweden, and the Catholic University of Santiago in Chile, as well as at Harvard, MIT, and Tufts University in the U.S. Dr. Griffor is renowned globally for his AI expertise and for utilizing mathematical methods in the design and assurance of technologies in adaptive cyber physical systems, particularly those crucial for the safety and security of autonomous systems. Alongside his contributions at Chrysler, he has spearheaded research in bio-systems modeling and simulation. Additionally, he is an Adjunct Professor at Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit, MI, at the Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics.
Dr. Griffor's impactful work in the automotive sector has led to the development of advanced algorithms for Voice Recognition and Autonomous and Connected Vehicles. He has authored three notable books, including the Handbook of Computability Theory and Handbook of System Safety and Security published by Elsevier, Theory of Domains by Cambridge University Press, and Logic's Lost Genius: The Life of Gerhard Gentzen by the American Mathematical Society. His extensive publications in professional journals and invited presentations have reached audiences at the American Mathematical Society, Association for Symbolic Logic, North American Software Certification Consortium, Society of Automotive Engineers, the Federal Reserve Bank, and various US government agencies, including NIST, DARPA, DHS/Coast Guard, DOE, DOT, and NASA. His expertise also extends to providing expert witness services in his fields of specialization.