Roberto Sabatini is a Professor of Aerospace Engineering at Khalifa University of Science and Technology (UAE) and an Honorary Professor at RMIT University (Australia). He has three decades of experience in Avionics, Spaceflight and Robotics/Autonomous Systems research and education. Throughout his career, Prof. Sabatini has led several industry and government funded research projects and he has authored or co-authored more than 300 peer-reviewed international publications and several books. Prof. Sabatini is a Fellow and Executive of the Institution of Engineers Australia, Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society, Fellow of the Royal Institute of Navigation, and Senior Member of IEEE and AIAA. In addition to his primary academic duties and various honorary/consulting appointments in Europe, North America, Australia, Asia and South Africa, he contributes to the IEEE community as member of the AESS Board of Governors, Chair of the AESS Avionics Systems Panel, and AESS Distinguished Lecturer, as well as editorial board member for various IEEE journals and book series, including the IEEE Transaction on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, the IEEE Series on Aeronautics and Astronautics Systems, and the AESS Systems Magazine.