Prof. Dr. Monika Ulrike Reif

Personal profile

Management role

Head of Research/Focus Area, Safety Critical Systems Research Lab

Position at the ZHAW

Professor of Safety Critical Systems
Lectures in Safety and Systems Engineering, RAMS, Mathematics and Physics
Applied Research on Safety Critical Systems

www.zhaw.ch/de/engineering/institute-zentren/iamp/sicherheitskritische-systeme/

Professional development teaching

WBK Funktionale Sicherheit

Expertise and research interests

Reliability, availability and safety of complex programmable systems (E/E/PE systems)
Reliability and availability of mechanical systems
Functional safety ISO26262, DIN EN 5012x, IEC 61508
Safety of autonomous systems
Safety and certification of artificial intelligence

Educational background

2016 Certificate for university didactics
2008 Dr.Ing.: University of Stuttgart, doctorate in the field of reliability engineering from the Institute for Machine Elements (awarded the VDI Ring of Honour)
2003 Dipl.Ing. Mechanical Engineering: University of Stuttgart (awarded the Artur Fischer Prize)

Professional milestones

since 2023 ZHAW: Co-Head of the Safety Critical Systems Research Lab; Professor of Safety-Critical Systems
2014-2023 ZHAW: Lecturer in the Safety Critical Systems Research Lab
2012-2014 Bombardier Transportation: Safety engineer in the locomotive division
2007-2012 BMW: Development Engineer Functional Safety Chassis Control Systems

Projects

• certAInty – A Certification Scheme for AI systems / Team member / Project ongoing
• Sensitivity Analysis / Deputy project leader / Project completed
• Relevanz von Risikomodellparameter / Team member / Project completed
• Mitentwicklung einer sicheren Hard- und Softwareplattform für Drohnen / Team member / Project completed
• Mitentwicklung eines Sicherheitssystems für Drohnen / Team member / Project completed
• Anwendung von STPA auf digitale Leit- und Reaktorschutztechnik / Team member / Project completed

Publications

• Antille, Yasmine Sheila; Reif, Monika Ulrike,

  2022.

  Designing a driverless system architecture [paper].

  In:

  Yang, Xin-She; Sherratt, Simon; Dey, Nilanjan; Joshi, Amit, eds.,

  Proceedings of Seventh International Congress on Information and Communication Technology.

  7th International Congress on Information and Communication Technology (ICICT 2022), London, UK, 21-24 February 2022.

  Singapore:

  Springer.

  pp. 499-507.

  Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems ; 465.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-2397-5_46

• Brunner, Stefan; Frischknecht-Gruber, Carmen; Reif, Monika Ulrike; Senn, Christoph,

  2022.

  Deep Gaussian mixture model : a novelty detection method for time series [paper].

  In:

  Leva, Maria Chiara; Patelli, Edoardo; Podofillini, Luca; Wilson, Simon, eds.,

  Proceedings of the 32nd European Safety and Reliability Conference.

  32nd European Safety and Reliability Conference (ESREL 2022), Dublin, Ireland, 28 August - 1 September 2022.

  Singapore:

  Research Publishing.

  pp. 1291-1298.

  Available from: https://rpsonline.com.sg/rps2prod/esrel22-epro/pdf/R22-12-325.pdf

• Frischknecht-Gruber, Carmen; Reif, Monika Ulrike; Senn, Christoph,

  2022.

  Global efforts towards establishing safety directives for intelligent systems : review [paper].

  In:

  Proceedings of the 32nd European Safety and Reliability Conference.

  32nd European Safety and Reliability Conference (ESREL 2022), Dublin, Ireland, 28 August - 1 September 2022.

  Singapore:

  Research Publishing.

  pp. 2420-2427.

  Available from: https://rpsonline.com.sg/rps2prod/esrel22-epro/pdf/S11-11-472.pdf

• Doran, Hans Dermot; Reif, Monika Ulrike,

  2020.

  Examining redundancy in the context of safe machine learning [paper].

  In:

  Proceedings of the Forum for Safety & Security 2020.

  Forum Safety & Security, online, 23-24 June 2020.

  WEKA.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-20248

• Doran, Hans Dermot; Reif, Monika Ulrike; Oehler, Marco; Stöhr, Curdin; Capone, Pierluigi,

  2020.

  Conceptual design of human-drone communication in collaborative environments [paper].

  In:

  2020 50th Annual IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks Workshops (DSN-W).

  International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks Workshops (DSN-W), Valencia, Spain, 29 June - 2 July 2020.

  IEEE.

  pp. 118-121.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/DSN-W50199.2020.00030

• Reif, Monika Ulrike; Weng, Joanna; Zaugg, Christoph,

  2020.

  Global sensitivity analysis of input variables for a train accident risk model [paper].

  In:

  Baraldi, Piero; Di Maio, Francesco; Zio, Enrico, eds.,

  Proceedings of the 30th European Safety and Reliability Conference and 15th Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management Conference.

  30th European Safety and Reliability Conference and 15th Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management Conference (ESREL2020 PSAM15), Venice, Italy, 1-5 November 2020.

  Singapore:

  Research Publishing.

  pp. 4923-4928.

  Available from: https://www.rpsonline.com.sg/proceedings/esrel2020/pdf/3879.pdf

• Weng, Joanna; Reif, Monika; Chavarriaga, Ricardo; Schilling, Frank-Peter,

  2023.

  certAInty : a certification scheme for AI systems (Innosuisse project) [poster].

  In:

  Datalab Symposium, Winterthur, Schweiz, 11. Januar 2023.

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-27261

• Hilbes, Christian, ed.,

  2018.

  Sicherheit von autonomem Fahren.

  Winterthur:

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3689

• Frischknecht-Gruber, Carmen; Krauss, Sven Stefan; Reif, Monika Ulrike,

  2018.

  STPA-STRIDE : Safety & Security Analyse für komplexe Systeme [paper].

  In:

  Safe.tech 2018, München, Deutschland, 24.-25. April 2018.

• Hilbes, Christian, ed.,

  2016.

  Towards a modeling language for Systems-Theoretic Process Analysis (STPA) : Proposal for a domain specific language (DSL) for model driven Systems-Theoretic Process Analysis (STPA) based on UML.

  IAMP Safety Critical Systems

  .

  Winterthur:

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-1175

• Reif, Monika Ulrike; Krauss, Sven Stefan; Rejzek, Martin; Hilbes, Christian,

  2015.

  Sicherheitsgerichtet entwickeln mit STPA.

  Design & Elektronik.

  2015(9), pp. 37-41.

• Lobsiger, Christian; Reif, Monika Ulrike; Schnüriger, Stefan; Würgler, Dieter,

  2022.

  Portables Onboard Zugbeeinflussungssystem für den kostengünstigen Einsatz in Fahrzeugen mit kurzen Einsatzzeiten.

  In:

  Safe.tech 2022, München, Deutschland, 10.-11. Mai 2022.

• Reif, Monika Ulrike; Krauss, Sven Stefan,

  2019.

  Safety und Security Analyse für vernetzte autonome Systeme.

  In:

  9. Tagung Automatisiertes Fahren, München (Deutschland), 21.-22. November 2019.

• Reif, Monika Ulrike; Krauss, Sven Stefan; Frischknecht-Gruber, Carmen,

  2018.

  An approach to analyse functional safety, security and SOTIF based on a comprehensive analysis technique.

  In:

  ISO 26262 - 2nd edition, Autonomous Driving & Cybersecurity, Stuttgart, Germany, 22-24 October 2018.

• Frischknecht-Gruber, Carmen; Senn, Christoph W.; Krauss, Sven Stefan; Reif, Monika Ulrike,

  2018.

  Safety & cyber-security analysis based on systems-theory.

  In:

  International Cross-Industry Safety Conference and European STAMP Workshop and Conference 2018, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 31 October - 2 November 2018.

• Reif, Monika Ulrike,

  2017.

  Risikoanalyse leicht gemacht – Gefahren identifizieren und beurteilen.

  In:

  Eurolabs: Welche Risiken bestehen für die Unparteilichkeit Ihres Labors?, Dübendorf, 2. November 2017.

  SNV-Academy.

• Krauss, Sven Stefan; Reif, Monika Ulrike; Moser, Martin; Schibig, Gregor,

  2017.

  CAST analysis of a railroad accident in Switzerland.

  In:

  5th European STAMP/STPA Workshop and Conference, Reykjavik, Iceland, 13-15 September 2017.

• Krauss, Sven Stefan; Reif, Monika Ulrike; Rejzek, Martin; Senn, Christoph; Hilbes, Christian,

  2016.

  STPA - Sicherheitsanalyse für komplexe Systeme.

  In:

  Safe.tech 2016, München, Deutschland, 26.-27. April 2016.

• Reif, Monika Ulrike; Rejzek, Martin; Krauss, Sven Stefan; Hilbes, Christian,

  2015.

  Sicherheitsgerichtete Entwicklung mit Hilfe von STPA und codeBeamer.

  In:

  Forum Funktionale Sicherheit, Munich, Germany, 7-9 July 2015.

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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