Jorge Villagrá Serrano is a CSIC Research Professor and Head of the Autonomous Systems and Artificial Intelligence Research Unit at the Centre for Automation and Robotics (CSIC-UPM), where he leads the AUTOPIA group. An Industrial Engineer from the Polytechnic University of Madrid and PhD in Real-Time Computing, Robotics and Automation from Mines Paris, his research focuses on autonomous systems, trustworthy AI and critical systems, with particular emphasis on their validation and deployment in real-world environments. He has participated in nearly 50 R&D projects, many of them European and with a strong industrial component, combining research with technology transfer and collaboration with companies and Public Administrations, including in the Defence sector. He coordinates the CSIC Mobility2030 platform, represents the CSIC in the European association EPOSS, and regularly participates as a European Commission project evaluator and as an expert in scientific, technological and civil-society forums on AI and autonomous systems.