Dr. Ali Mosleh, Ph.D.

Dr. Mosleh is Professor and Director of the Reliability Engineering Program at the University of Maryland and Director of the Center for Risk and Reliability. Dr. Mosleh has made many contributions to diverse fields of theory and applications including methods for reliability data classification and analysis, Bayesian inference methods, inference with uncertain evidence, risk and reliability of hybrid systems of hardware, human and software elements, human reliability assessment, particularly cognitive models of man-machine interactions, space systems probabilistic risk analysis, nuclear power risk methods and applications, and information security risk analysis. He is the developer of the Accident Precursor Analysis methodology, methods for treatment of common cause failures, models for assessing the influence of organizational factors on system safety, and methodology for elicitation and use of expert judgment in systems reliability and risk analysis. He has authored more than 200 technical articles and books, holds several patents, and has led the development team for many large scale software tools for reliability data analysis, systems analysis, and risk assessment of complex systems. Dr. Mosleh is a Fellow of the Society for Risk Analysis (SRA), has chaired or organized numerous technical conferences on reliability and risk assessment, has been awarded several scientific achievement awards, and is a consultant and technical advisor to many national and international organizations. Dr Mosleh holds a PhD in Nuclear Science and Engineering from UCLA.

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