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Zicari was born in Milan, Italy. He earned a Doctor of Engineering degree from the Politecnico di Milano, where he also served as an associate professor in computer science.

From 1992 to March 2021, Zicari was a full professor of database and information systems at Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany, where he also founded the Frankfurt Big Data Lab.{{cite web|title=Z-inspection: a holistic process to assess ethical AI|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUamliFze5Q|website=AIM Research Center, emlyon business school| date=20 October 2020 |access-date=2025-05-15}} He has held visiting positions at several institutions, including:

• IBM Almaden Research Center, United States
• University of California, Berkeley
• École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland
• National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Mexico City
• Copenhagen Business School, Denmark

He represented the Object Management Group (OMG) in Europe for over 15 years.

Zicari leads the international team behind Z-Inspection®, a methodology for assessing the trustworthiness of AI systems, especially in healthcare and public sector contexts.{{cite web|title=Trustworthy AI Lab highlights key insights from Z-Inspection® Conference|url=https://www.hiof.no/iio/ing/english/research/groups/innovation/news/trustworthy-ai-lab-highlights-key-insights-from-.html|website=Østfold University College|access-date=2025-05-15}} The method is designed to align with the European Union's guidelines for ethical and trustworthy AI.

Z-Inspection® has been applied in evaluating real-world AI systems, including the EU-funded ExplainMe project.{{cite web|title=ExplainMe Project Assessment|url=https://z-inspection.org/general/explainme-project/|website=Z-Inspection.org|access-date=2025-05-15}}

Zicari is the founder and editor of ODBMS.org, an online portal focused on big data and data management technologies. He also curates the ODBMS Industry Watch{{cite web | url=https://www.odbms.org/blog/ | title=ODBMS Industry Watch }} blog.

Zicari has authored or co-authored over 60 academic publications and has more than 1,800 citations.{{cite web|title=Roberto V. Zicari – ResearchGate profile|url=https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Roberto-Zicari|website=ResearchGate|access-date=2025-05-15}} His notable publications include:

• Zicari, R. (2000). Succeeding with Object Databases: A Practical Look at Today's Implementations with Java and XML. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-0471383842https://www.amazon.co.uk/Succeeding-Object-Databases-Implementations-publishing/dp/0471383848
• Zicari, R., et al. (2003). XML Data Management. Addison-Wesley.
• Zicari, R., et al. (1997). Advanced Database Systems. Morgan Kaufmann.
• Zicari, R., et al. (1992). Conceptual Modeling, Databases and CASE. John Wiley & Sons.
• Helbing, D., Frey, B.S., Gigerenzer, G., Hafen, E., Hagner, M., van den Hoven, J., Zicari, R.V., Zwitter, A. (2017). Will Democracy Survive Big Data and Artificial Intelligence? Scientific American.{{cite web | url=https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/will-democracy-survive-big-data-and-artificial-intelligence/ | title=Will Democracy Survive Big Data and Artificial Intelligence? | website=Scientific American }}

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• [https://www.odbms.org/ Official website – ODBMS.org]
• [https://www.odbms.org/blog/ ODBMS Industry Watch – Blog]
• [https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Roberto-Zicari ResearchGate profile]
• [https://dblp.org/pid/z/RZicari DBLP Bibliography]

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:Category:Italian computer scientists

:Category:Academic staff of Goethe University Frankfurt

:Category:Politecnico di Milano alumni

:Category:Database researchers

:Category:Artificial intelligence ethicists

:Category:Year of birth missing (living people)

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