Francesco Leofante
Assistant Professor at Imperial College London
England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolFrancesco Leofante is an Assistant Professor and Explainable AI researcher with a decade of experience focusing on counterfactual explanations and the transparency of AI in high-stakes decision-making. Based at Imperial College London following a PhD from RWTH Aachen, he has progressed through research roles into faculty leadership while also consulting on applied AI through Imperial Consultants. His work bridges rigorous academic methods and practical deployment, aiming to make consequential automated decisions auditable and human-interpretable. Trained originally in robotics and electronics, he brings a systems-level view to XAI that blends control, perception and ethical considerations—an approach that informs both his research and industry engagements.
10 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Laurea Magistrale, Robotics Engineering, Laurea Magistrale, Robotics Engineering at Università degli Studi di GenovaPhD, Computer Science, PhD, Computer Science at RWTH Aachen UniversityMaster of Science (MSc), Advanced Robotics, Master of Science (MSc), Advanced Robotics at Ecole centrale de Nantes
English, Italian
Github Skills (5)
modulo10
planning8
optimization7
python6
theorem4
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
fraleo/robust_counterfactuals_aaai24
Dec 2023 - Feb 2024
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
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