Roles and Affiliations: José María Alonso Moral is an Associate Professor at the Department of Electronics and Computing within the Higher Technical School of Engineering at the University of Santiago de Compostela (USC). He is affiliated with the Center for Research in Intelligent Technologies (CiTIUS-USC) and leads research in the Intelligent Systems Group (GSI). Education: PhD in Telecommunication Engineering from Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (2007) with Outstanding Cum Laude and Doctor Europeus distinctions Senior Engineer in Telecommunications (2003) from UPM Research Interests: His work focuses on Explainable and Trustworthy AI , Interpretable Fuzzy Systems , and Natural Language Generation . He explores AI applications in healthcare, environmental science, and ethical AI frameworks. His efforts emphasize human-centric AI systems that balance technical performance with transparency and accountability. Key Projects and Contributions: Principal Investigator in projects like TRUST and CONFIA addressing trustworthy AI and human trust dynamics Developed tools like ExpliClas for natural language explanations of machine learning models Authored over 190 publications in journals like IEEE Computational Intelligence Magazine and Information Sciences Awards and Roles: Recipient of the prestigious Ramón y Cajal Fellowship (2016–2022) Editorial roles at IEEE Computational Intelligence Magazine and International Journal of Approximate Reasoning Chair of Doctoral Consortium at ECAI 2020 and member of IEEE-CIS committees Labs and Teams: Leads research in the Intelligent Systems Group (GSI) and collaborates with CiTIUS-USC on interdisciplinary AI projects.











