Dr Atif Riaz PhD, CEng, MRAeS is a senior lecturer in Aircraft Engineering and Design at Centre for Aeronautics, Cranfield University, UK. His research interests focus on the development of methods and tools for complex systems design and analysis, utilising Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), Multidisciplinary Design and Optimisation (MDAO), and Set-Based Design (SBD). He has been a key collaborator and academic advisor to multiple EU and ATI-Innovate UK research projects, including CRESCENDO, CONGA, TOICA, WOTF, DAVINCI, PIPS, APROCONE, COLIBRI, SENECA, IMPACT MONITOR, and ONEHEART, in partnership with Airbus and Rolls-Royce. Dr Riaz has been a key player in the development of an in-house software named AirCADia, which is a model-based design and analysis environment for complex systems. AirCADia has been installed on IDLab at Airbus (Toulouse) and is being used by Airbus in various research projects under non-transferable license.