Dr Elahe Arani

Elahe Arani serves as the Head of AI Research at Wayve, UK, where she leads the development of foundation models for embodied intelligence, including GAIA and LINGO, to enable safe, adaptable, and scalable autonomous vehicles. Additionally, she holds the position of Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands. With a unique background as both a neuroscientist and a computer scientist, her research is dedicated to advancing next-generation AI by integrating insights from the functional and learning mechanisms of the human brain. Her work focuses on pushing the boundaries of AI in behavior learning, perception, world modelling, and language, with the ultimate goal of creating robust, efficient, and reliable solutions for real-world applications, including autonomous driving and healthcare.