Dr. Ricardo Simon Carbajo is the Director of Innovation and Development in CeADAR and is in charge of the RD&I strategy and projects at the centre. Ricardo is also the Director of CeADAR’s European Digital Innovation Hub (EDIH) in AI programme and leads the European RD&I activities of the centre. He acts as AI advisor at national level and represents the centre in EU associations such as BDVA and ADRA. He regularly engages with government and industry stakeholders and his work bridges applied research and commercial deployment, supporting Ireland’s ambition to lead in responsible and impactful AI innovation. Ricardo joined CeADAR in 2017 and has a PhD and MSc in Computer Science from Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. He has worked as senior researcher, lecturer and has experience in entrepreneurship as co-founder of start-ups.