Dr. Christian Schwarzl began his career after finishing the Information and Computer Engineering studies as researcher at Virtual Vehicle Research Center in Graz. He started his computer sciences dissertation in parallel, which he finished with honours in 2012. He became Lead Researcher in 2013 and managed the activities in the field of verification and validation. Since 2014 he is head of the Dependable Systems Group, which primarily focusses on the verification and validation of autonomous vehicles, functional safety and security. Since 2016 he is active member of the ISO/TC22/SC 32/WG 8 committee for functional safety and contributes to standards like ISO 26262 and ISO PAS 21448 – Safety of the intended functionality.

VIRTUAL VEHICLE – Enabling future vehicle technologies VIRTUAL VEHICLE is a leading international research and development center for the automotive and rail industries, located in Graz, Austria. 250+ researchers focus on the advanced virtualization of development. An essential element is the linking of numerical simulations and hardware testing which leads to a powerful HW-SW system design.