Prof. Dr. Monika Ulrike Reif

Work at ZHAW

Position

• Head of Research/Focus Area Safety Critical Systems Research Lab
• Professor of Safety Critical Systems
• Lectures in Safety and Systems Engineering, RAMS, Mathematics and Physics
• Applied Research on Safety Critical Systems

Focus

• Safety and Certification of Artificial Intelligence (Safe AI)
• Safety of autonomous Systems
• Functional Safety ISO26262, DIN EN 5012x, IEC 61508
• Reliability, Availability and Safety (RAMS) of complex programmable Systems (E/E/PE systems)
• Reliability and Availability of mechanical Systems

Teaching

Lectures in Safety and Systems Engineering, RAMS, Mathematics and Physics

Professional development teaching

• WBK Funktionale Sicherheit
• CAS Safe and Secure AI – Standards, Methods and Best Practices

Experience

• Co-Head of the Safety Critical Systems Research Lab; Professor of Safety-Critical Systems
  ZHAW
  06 / 2023 - today
• Senior Lecturer in the Safety Critical Systems Research Lab
  ZHAW
  03 / 2014 - 05 / 2023
• Safety engineer in the locomotive division
  Bombardier Transportation
  06 / 2012 - 02 / 2014
• Development Engineer Functional Safety Chassis Control Systems
  BMW
  01 / 2007 - 05 / 2012
• Scientific assistent at the Institute of Machine Components (Reliability Engineering)
  University of Stuttgart
  06 / 2003 - 12 / 2006

Education and Continuing education

Education

• Dr. Eng. / Mechanical Engineering, Reliability Engineering
  University of Stuttgart
  06 / 2003 - 10 / 2008
• Dipl. Eng. / Mechanical Engineering
  University of Stuttgart
  08 / 1998 - 05 / 2003

Continuing Education

• IEEE CertifAIEd Authorized Lead Assessor
  IEEE
  04 / 2024
• Certificate for University Didactics
  Universities of Baden-Württemberg
  10 / 2016

Network

Awards

• Top 100+ Women in AI+Data in Switzerland
  ETH AI Center + Greater Zurich Area
  09 / 2025
• VDI Ring of Honors
  VDI - The Association of German Engineers
  12 / 2010
• Artur-Fischer-Preis
  Artur-Fischer-Stiftung
  07 / 2003

Projects

• Safe and Automated Logistics Vehicles for all-weather hilly outdoor Environments / Deputy project leader / ongoing
• CHORUS – Coordination of Heterogeneous Actors in Mixed Traffic within CCAM / Project leader / ongoing
• Innovative and Challenging Verification Environments for AI-enabled Autonomous Systems / Project leader / ongoing
• Verification and Validation Framework for Safe Railway AI Systems Across Their Lifecycle / Project leader / ongoing
• AI-based supervision System for Ropeway Systems / Deputy project leader / ongoing
• Certification program for assessing ethics of Autonomous Intelligent Systems (IEEE CertifAIEd Assessor Training) / Team member / completed
• Simulation tool for autonomous railway systems / Project leader / completed
• certAInty – A Certification Scheme for AI systems / Team member / completed
• Triggering conditions for autonomous cars / Team member / completed
• Sensitivity Analysis / Deputy project leader / completed

Publications before appointment at the ZHAW

• Trost, M: Gesamtheitliche Anlagenmodellierung und -analyse auf Basis stochastischer Netzverfahren. Dissertation 2008, Universität Stuttgart, Institutsbericht Nr. 128. (Holistic Modelling and Analysis of Production Facilities based on Stochastic Nets).
• Trost, M.; Jäger, P.; Bertsche, B.: Realitätsnahe Analyse und Verbesserung von Instandhaltungsprozessen. AKIDA 2006, Aachen, 14.-15.11.2006.
• Trost, M.; Nebel, S.; Bertsche, B.: An Approach to Integrate Uncertainties in Petri Nets to Evaluate the Worthiness of Repair. ESREL 2006-Conference, Estoril, Portugal, 18. - 22.09.2006.
• Trost, M.; Nebel, S.; Bertsche, B.: Modellierungs- und Simulationsumgebung REALIST. EKA 2006, Braunschweig, 29.-31.05.2006.
• Trost, M.: Modellierung und Analyse eines Logistikszenarios einer Ersatzteilversorgung. VDI-Seminar „Neue Methoden in der Zuverlässigkeitstechnik“, Hamburg, 04.-05.04.2006.
• Müller, J.; Trost, M.: Tutorial Petrinetze – Grundlagen, Modellierungsaspekte, Beispiele. VDI-Seminar „Neue Methoden in der Zuverlässigkeitstechnik“, Hamburg, 04.-05.04.2006.
• Jäger, P.; Trost, M. Bertsche, B.: A new Approach to Evaluate the Worthiness of Repair. RAMS 2006 Conference, Newport Beach, CA, USA, 23.01.-26.01.2006.
• Trost, M.; Bertsche B.: Optimisation of the Design Process by Means of Availability Modelling. ICED 2005-Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 16.08. – 18.08.2005.
• Trost, M.; Bertsche B.: Petri Net Modeling of Production Systems in Consideration of System Properties, Maintenance and Production Processes. ESREL 2005-Conference, Gdansk, Poland, 27.07. – 30.07.2005.
• Trost, M.; Nebel, S.; Pozsgai, P.; Bertsche B.: Modellierung komplexer Systeme mit Hilfe stochastischer Netzverfahren. TTZ 2005, Stuttgart, 07./08.04.2005.

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