Justyna Zander

Doctor of Engineering Sciences in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering


Dr. Justyna Zander is a founder who works on engineering software-defined devices using AI, digital simulation and computational infrastructure to foster continuous innovation and raise quality standards. Formerly, she spent 5.5 years with NVIDIA Autonomous Vehicles. Before, she was at Ford, Intel, MathWorks, White House, German car industry, and Fraunhofer Institutes. She earned two BSc-s, MSc, and PhD in Germany, and did a postdoc at Harvard University.


Dr. Zander holds 3 citizenships (Polish, German, and American) and speaks 5 languages. Frequent keynote speaker, filed for ~40 patents, published 3 books and coauthored ~40 science publications, reviewed ~1000 academic papers on simulation, model-based testing and embedded systems design.


Acknowledged internationally with countless awards (IEEE, European Union, NIST, SWE, SAE, Falling Walls, etc.). For over 20 years she has served as a technical committee member for more than 50 journals and conferences. Advises government strategy and research roadmaps; invited by NSF, EU Commission, national councils; member of multiple Steering Committees at various conferences.   

 

She was listed on Business Insider’s annual list of the Most Powerful Women Engineers and she won SWE Emerging Leader Award as an international recognition for breakthrough work in computer science and engineering. In 2023, she won SWE Global Leader Award, Patent Recognition Award, and was nominated as IEEE Fellow.  


As a student, she was recognized among very best students in Poland (<0.04%), in Germany (<1%), USA (<3%). See the documentation here


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