Demis Hassabis

Demis Hassabis
Demis Hassabis at the Royal Society admissions day in London, July 2018
Born (1976-07-27) 27 July 1976 (age 47)
London, England, UK
NationalityBritish
Education
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Awards
Scientific career
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ThesisNeural processes underpinning episodic memory (2009)
Doctoral advisorEleanor Maguire[1]
Chess career
CountryEngland
TitleCandidate Master
FIDE rating2220 (March 2019)
Peak rating2300 (January 1990)
Websitedemishassabis.com

Sir Demis Hassabis CBE FRS FREng FRSA[2][3] (born 27 July 1976) is a British computer scientist, artificial intelligence researcher and entrepreneur. In his early career he was a video game AI programmer and designer, and an expert board games player.[4][5][6] He is the chief executive officer and co-founder of DeepMind[7] and Isomorphic Labs,[8][9][10] and a UK Government AI Advisor.[11]

He is a Fellow of the Royal Society, and has won many prestigious awards for his work on AlphaFold including the Breakthrough Prize, the Canada Gairdner International Award, and the Lasker Award. In 2017 he was appointed a CBE and listed in the Time 100 most influential people list. In 2024 he was knighted for services to AI.[12]

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  2. ^ "Demis HASSABIS, Order of the British Empire". The London Gazette. Archived from the original on 24 January 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  3. ^ "Demis Hassabis". Royal Society. Archived from the original on 13 June 2018. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
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  5. ^ Demis Hassabis rating card at FIDE
  6. ^ "Demis Hassabis: the secretive computer boffin with the £400 million brain". The Daily Telegraph. 28 January 2014. Archived from the original on 10 May 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  7. ^ Anon (2017). "Demis HASSABIS". companieshouse.gov.uk. London: Companies House. Archived from the original on 27 April 2017. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
  8. ^ Crist, Ry (4 November 2021). "Alphabet launches Isomorphic Labs, an AI-driven drug discovery startup". CNET. Archived from the original on 4 November 2021. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  9. ^ Coldeway, Devin (4 November 2021). "Isomorphic Labs is Alphabet's play in AI drug discovery". TechCrunch. Archived from the original on 2 July 2022. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  10. ^ Bonifacic, Igor (4 November 2021). "Alphabet's Isomorphic Labs is a new company focused on AI-driven drug discovery". www.msn.com. Archived from the original on 4 November 2021. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  11. ^ "World-leading expert Demis Hassabis to advise new Government Office for Artificial Intelligence". GOV.UK. Archived from the original on 14 June 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  12. ^ "Leading AI figures awarded honours". The Independent. 28 March 2024.

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