Alberto Topini is an Assistant Professor in Robotics and Artificial Intelligence (AI) at the Department of Industrial Engineering of the University of Florence (Florence, Italy). He completed his Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering at the University of Florence in 2023, focusing on decision-making, probabilistic world modeling, and deep learning-based automatic target recognition methods for underwater robotics. Currently, he serves as technical lead for several research projects, contributing to cutting-edge developments in trustworthy AI technologies for subsea robots.