Nancy Leveson is Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics at MIT. She is an elected member of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE). Prof. Leveson conducts research on the topics of system safety, software safety, software and system engineering, and human-computer interaction. She has received many awards for her work including the IEEE Medal for Environmental and Safety Technologies, the ACM Allen Newell Award for outstanding computer iscience research and an AIAA Information Systems Award for "developing the field of software safety and for promoting responsible software and system engineering practices where life and property are at stake." She has published over 400 research papers and is author of three books, "Safeware: System Safety and Computers" published in 1995 by Addison-Wesley, "Engineering a Safer World" published in 2012 by MIT Press, and "An Introduction to System Safety Engineering" published in 2023 by MIT Press. She consults extensively in many industries on the ways to prevent accidents.