Dr Zeyn Saigol is a Principal Technologist with the Connected Places Catapult, specialising in verification, validation and regulatory approval of autonomous vehicles. He’s technical lead for the MUSICC project, which is working with the Department for Transport to explore practical certification methods for AVs, starting from a shared library for storing test scenarios. He is also interface architect for VeriCAV, a collaborative R&D project creating a smart simulation testing framework. His background includes a PhD in AI planning, MSc in machine learning, and roles in both academia and industry focused on creating autonomous robots.