Dr. Alejandra Ruiz holds a Ph.D. degree in Telecommunications and Computer
Engineering, a MSc in Advanced Artificial Intelligence. She joined Tecnalia in 2007 and is a Research Engineer in the Cyber Security and Safety group. She currently leads the area of Modular Assurance and Certification of Safety-critical Systems with particular focus on automotive, aerospace, railway and medical device industries. She is the main contributor in these areas for European projects such as RECOMP (Reduced Certification Costs for Trusted Multicore Platforms), OPENCOSS (Open Platform for EvolutioNary Certification of Safety-critical Systems) SafeAdapt (Safe Adaptive Software for Fully Electric Vehicles) and EMC2 (Embedded Multi-Core systems for Mixed Criticality applications in dynamic and changeable real-time environments).