--- title: "Yannis Assael" description: "Yannis Assael is a Senior Staff Research Scientist at Google DeepMind and the National Delegate for Greece to GPAI at the OECD. His research has been featured on the cover of Nature." url: https://www.assael.gr/ --- ![Yannis Assael](https://www.assael.gr/images/photo_new.jpg) # Yannis Assael Senior Staff Research Scientist at Google DeepMind National Delegate for Greece to GPAI, OECD [MIT Innovators Under 35 Europe](https://www.innovatorsunder35.com/the-list/yannis-assael/) [Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe](https://www.forbes.com/profile/yannis-assael/?list=30under30-europe-science-healthcare) ## News & Media ### International media - Communications of the ACM [AI Helps Scholars See a Clearer Past](https://cacm.acm.org/news/ai-helps-scholars-see-a-clearer-past/) 5 Oct 2026 - Google DeepMind Blog [Conversing with antiquity: An agentic AI partner for expanding historical research](https://deepmind.google/science/workflows/conversing-with-antiquity/) 7 Jul 2026 - DigWatch [Greece launches public AI literacy guide for citizens](https://dig.watch/updates/greece-launches-public-ai-literacy-guide-for-citizens) 26 May 2026 - Politico Morning Tech [Greece wants an EU crackdown on deepfakes](https://pro.politico.eu/news/212611) 6 Apr 2026 - OECD.AI [Tracking Europe’s progress on AI: Insights from the implementation of the EU Coordinated Plan on Artificial Intelligence](https://oecd.ai/en/wonk/tracking-europes-progress-on-ai-insights-from-the-implementation-of-the-eu-coordinated-plan-on-artificial-intelligence) 10 Nov 2025 - Wall Street Journal [AI Is Helping Historians With Their Latin](https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/aeneas-ai-ancient-latin-texts-b53b1a27) 6 Aug 2025 - University of Oxford [Aeneas: an AI model for restoring and contextualizing Latin inscriptions](https://www.classics.ox.ac.uk/article/aeneas-an-ai-model-for-restoring-and-contextualizing-latin-inscriptions) 28 Jul 2025 - Der Spiegel [KI in der Archäologie: Neue KI soll römische Inschriften entziffern und ergänzen](https://www.spiegel.de/geschichte/ki-archaeologie-und-kuenstliche-intelligenz-neue-ki-soll-roemische-inschriften-entziffern-und-ergaenzen-a-b39eb934-3105-4ba2-a066-ec3532f91787) 28 Jul 2025 - Associated Press News [AI helps historians decipher ancient Roman texts](https://youtu.be/zeDznXo7yNg) 28 Jul 2025 - The Jerusalem Post [Google’s AI Aeneas aids historians with Roman inscriptions](https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-862081) 25 Jul 2025 - Spektrum der Wissenschaft [KI füllt Lücken in lateinischen Inschriften](https://www.spektrum.de/news/ki-fuellt-luecken-in-lateinischen-inschriften/2279200) 25 Jul 2025 - Smithsonian Magazine [Google Just Released an A.I. Tool That Helps Historians Fill in Missing Words in Ancient Roman Inscriptions](https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/google-just-released-an-ai-tool-that-helps-historians-fill-in-missing-words-in-ancient-roman-inscriptions-180987046/) 25 Jul 2025 - Agencia SINC [Nueva IA completa inscripciones romanas y las ubica en su contexto histórico](https://www.agenciasinc.es/Noticias/Una-nueva-IA-completa-inscripciones-romanas-y-las-ubica-en-su-contexto-historico) 23 Jul 2025 - New York Times [A.I. May Be the Future, but First It Has to Study Ancient Roman History](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/science/ai-history-ancient-rome-google-deepmind.html) 23 Jul 2025 - El País [Aeneas, a new AI tool that aims to revolutionize our understanding of ancient Rome](https://elpais.com/tecnologia/2025-07-23/eneas-una-nueva-herramienta-de-ia-que-quiere-revolucionar-nuestra-idea-de-la-antigua-roma.html) 23 Jul 2025 - Google DeepMind Blog [Aeneas transforms how historians connect the past](https://deepmind.google/discover/blog/aeneas-transforms-how-historians-connect-the-past/) 23 Jul 2025 - Science News [AI reveals new details about a famous Latin inscription](https://www.sciencenews.org/article/ai-latin-inscription) 23 Jul 2025 - The Guardian [Google develops AI tool that fills missing words in Roman inscriptions](https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/jul/23/google-ai-tool-roman-inscriptions-aeneas) 23 Jul 2025 - New Scientist [AI helps reconstruct damaged Latin inscriptions from the Roman Empire](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2489138-ai-helps-reconstruct-damaged-latin-inscriptions-from-the-roman-empire/) 23 Jul 2025 - France 24 [AI helps Latin scholars decipher ancient Roman texts](https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250723-ai-helps-latin-scholars-decipher-ancient-roman-texts) 23 Jul 2025 - The Economist [Fragmentary Latin inscriptions can be completed with AI](https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2025/07/23/fragmentary-latin-inscriptions-can-be-completed-with-ai) 23 Jul 2025 - Nature [Meet Aeneas: the AI that can fill in the gaps of damaged Latin texts](https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-02335-x) 23 Jul 2025 - BBC [News at 10](https://photos.app.goo.gl/z1JwrtsLjPL2UtyF6) 23 Jul 2025 - DW [AI finds Dead Sea Scrolls are older than first thought](https://www.dw.com/en/ai-finds-dead-sea-scrolls-are-older-than-first-thought/a-72788163) 4 Jun 2025 - ZME Science [AI Is Deciphering Ancient Inscriptions That Experts Have Struggled With for Centuries](https://www.zmescience.com/science/agriculture-science/ai-is-deciphering-ancient-inscriptions-that-experts-have-struggled-with-for-centuries/) 5 Mar 2025 - Nature [How AI is unlocking ancient texts - and could rewrite history](https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-04161-z) 30 Dec 2024 - Gizmodo [How AI Is Deciphering Lost Scrolls From the Roman Empire](https://gizmodo.com/ai-herculaneum-scrolls-computer-vision-transformers-2000481322) 28 Aug 2024 - Sifted by FT [Greeking out](https://sifted.eu/intelligence/reports/greeking-out) 13 Jul 2024 - The Guardian [Second renaissance: tech uncovers ancient scroll secrets of Plato and co](https://www.theguardian.com/books/article/2024/may/03/how-scholars-armed-with-cutting-edge-technology-are-unfurling-secrets-of-ancient-scrolls) 3 May 2024 - EuroNews [Medicina personalizada y educación para todos: cómo la IA está rompiendo todos los esquemas](https://es.euronews.com/2024/01/29/medicina-personalizada-y-educacion-para-todos-como-la-ia-esta-rompiendo-todos-los-esquemas) 29 Jan 2024 - ACM News [AI Deepnets Throw Light on Ancient History](https://cacm.acm.org/news/279169-ai-deepnets-throw-light-on-ancient-history/fulltext) 9 Jan 2024 - Scientific American [AI Reads Ancient Scroll Charred by Mount Vesuvius in Tech First](https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/ai-reads-ancient-scroll-charred-by-mount-vesuvius-in-tech-first/) 17 Oct 2023 - Nature [AI reads text from ancient Herculaneum scroll for the first time](https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-03212-1) 12 Oct 2023 - Wolfson College, University of Oxford [MIT names Wolfson Alumnus on Innovators Under 35 list](https://www.wolfson.ox.ac.uk/news/mit-names-wolfson-alumnus-innovators-under-35-list) 24 Apr 2023 - MIT Technology Review [How AI is helping historians better understand our past](https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/04/11/1071104/ai-helping-historians-analyze-past/) 11 Apr 2023 - MIT Technology Review [Yannis Assael - MIT's Innovators Under 35 Europe](https://emtecheurope.com/innovators-2023/) 23 Mar 2023 - Engadget [AI is already better at lip reading than we are](https://www.engadget.com/ai-is-already-better-at-lip-reading-that-we-are-183016968.html) 29 Sep 2022 - University of Oxford Inspired Research [Alumni Profile - Yannis Assael](https://www.cs.ox.ac.uk/innovation/inspiredresearch/InspiredResearch-summer2022.pdf) 13 Jul 2022 - CERN Courier [Epigraphy turns to AI](https://cerncourier.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/CERNCourier2022MayJun-digitaledition.pdf) 1 Jun 2022 - El País [Una herramienta de inteligencia artificial ayuda a la restauración y atribución de textos antiguos](https://elpais.com/ciencia/2022-05-24/una-herramienta-de-inteligencia-artificial-ayuda-a-la-restauracion-y-atribucion-de-textos-antiguos.html) 24 May 2022 - The Jerusalem Post [AI can help historians unravel ancient texts](https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-701716) 19 Mar 2022 - Smithsonian Magazine [A New A.I. Can Help Historians Decipher Damaged Ancient Greek Texts](https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-new-ai-can-help-historians-decipher-damaged-ancient-greek-texts-180979736/) 16 Mar 2022 - The Recursive [How AI helps historians restore ancient texts and rediscover the past](https://therecursive.com/how-ai-helps-historians-restore-ancient-texts-and-rediscover-the-past/) 15 Mar 2022 - Wired [DeepMind’s New AI Helps Restore Damaged Ancient Texts](https://www.wired.com/story/deepmind-ai-restore-ancient-texts/) 13 Mar 2022 - TechCrunch [AI helps historians complete ancient Greek inscriptions damaged over millennia](https://techcrunch.com/2022/03/09/ai-helps-historians-complete-ancient-greek-inscriptions-damaged-over-millennia/) 10 Mar 2022 - The Times [AI fills the gaps in ancient texts to clear Pericles](https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/ai-fills-the-gaps-in-ancient-texts-to-clear-pericles-3qccs25fv) 10 Mar 2022 - Google DeepMind Blog [Predicting the past with Ithaca](https://deepmind.google/discover/blog/predicting-the-past-with-ithaca/) 9 Mar 2022 - The Telegraph [Ancient mysteries to be revealed as AI fills in the blanks of damaged manuscripts](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/03/09/ancient-mysteries-revealed-ai-fills-blanks-damaged-manuscripts/) 9 Mar 2022 - The Verge [DeepMind’s new AI model helps decipher, date, and locate ancient inscriptions](https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/9/22968773/ai-machine-learning-ancient-inscriptions-texts-deepmind-ithaca-model) 9 Mar 2022 - VentureBeat [DeepMind claims its AI can decipher ancient Greek texts from damaged artifacts](https://venturebeat.com/2022/03/09/deepmind-claims-its-ai-can-decipher-ancient-greek-texts-from-damaged-artifacts/) 9 Mar 2022 - The Guardian [AI could decipher gaps in ancient Greek texts, say researchers](https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/mar/09/ai-could-decipher-gaps-in-ancient-greek-texts-say-researchers) 9 Mar 2022 - NewScientist [AI can help historians restore ancient texts from damaged inscriptions](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2311657-ai-can-help-historians-restore-ancient-texts-from-damaged-inscriptions/) 9 Mar 2022 - University of Oxford [Alumni profile: Yannis Assael](https://www.cs.ox.ac.uk/news/2241-full.html) 8 Dec 2021 - Wolfson College, University of Oxford [Forbes names Wolfson Alumnus on 30 Under 30 list](https://www.wolfson.ox.ac.uk/news/forbes-names-wolfson-alumnus-30-under-30-list) 14 Apr 2021 - Dept. Computer Science, University of Oxford [Department alumnus Yannis Assael featured in Forbes 30 under 30 list for Europe](http://www.cs.ox.ac.uk/news/1904-full.html) 8 Apr 2021 - Forbes [30 Under 30 Science & Healthcare](https://www.forbes.com/30-under-30/2021/europe/science-healthcare?profile=yannis-assael) 7 Apr 2021 - Forbes [30 Under 30 Europe 2021: Changing The World From Artificial Intelligence To Covid-19](https://www.forbes.com/sites/leahrosenbaum/2021/04/07/30-under-30-europe-2021-changing-the-world-from-artificial-intelligence-to-covid-19/) 7 Apr 2021 - Slator [DeepMind Says Impact of New End-to-End Machine Dubbing Tech May Be Widespread](https://slator.com/machine-translation/deepmind-says-impact-of-new-end-to-end-machine-dubbing-tech-may-be-widespread/) 10 Nov 2020 - Financial Times [How AI helps historians solve ancient puzzles](https://www.ft.com/content/2b72ed2c-907b-11ea-bc44-dbf6756c871a) 1 Aug 2020 - VentureBeat [DeepMind and Google recreate former NFL linebacker Tim Shaw’s voice using AI](https://venturebeat.com/2019/12/18/deepmind-and-google-recreate-former-nfl-linebacker-tim-shaws-voice-using-ai/) 18 Dec 2019 - DeepMind [Using WaveNet technology to reunite speech-impaired users with their original voices](https://deepmind.com/blog/article/Using-WaveNet-technology-to-reunite-speech-impaired-users-with-their-original-voices) 18 Dec 2019 - The Times [Oracle of AIsolves classic ancient conundrums](https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/oracle-of-ai-solves-classic-conundrums-v6pdtsps0) 4 Nov 2019 - University of Oxford [Restoring ancient Greek inscriptions using AI deep learning](https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/arts-blog/restoring-ancient-greek-inscriptions-using-ai-deep-learning) 31 Oct 2019 - Dept. Computer Science, University of Oxford [New research uses deep learning to restore ancient Greek texts](https://www.cs.ox.ac.uk/news/1741-full.html) 22 Oct 2019 - Observer [Google’s DeepMind AI Beats Humans Again—This Time By Deciphering Ancient Greek Text](https://observer.com/2019/10/google-deepmind-ai-machine-learning-beat-human-ancient-greek-text-prediction/) 21 Oct 2019 - NewScientist [DeepMind AI beats humans at deciphering damaged ancient Greek tablets](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2220438-deepmind-ai-beats-humans-at-deciphering-damaged-ancient-greek-tablets/) 18 Oct 2019 - DeepMind [Restoring ancient text using deep learning: a case study on Greek epigraphy](https://deepmind.com/research/publications/Restoring-ancient-text-using-deep-learning-a-case-study-on-Greek-epigraphy) 15 Oct 2019 - TechCrunch [Al is helping scholars restore ancient Greek texts on stone tablets](https://techcrunch.com/2019/10/18/ai-is-helping-scholars-restore-ancient-greek-texts-on-stone-tablets) 1 Oct 2019 - Science [Lip-reading artificial intelligence could help the deaf—or spies](https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/07/lip-reading-artificial-intelligence-could-help-deaf-or-spies) 31 Jul 2018 - NVIDIA Blog [Lip Reading AI More Accurate Than Humans](https://developer.nvidia.com/blog/lip-reading-ai-more-accurate-than-humans/) 18 Nov 2016 - Mashable [New software could give lip-reading powers to everyone](https://mashable.com/2016/11/09/lipnet-lipreading-software/?europe=true) 10 Nov 2016 - BBC News [AI that lip-reads 'better than humans'](https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-37911135) 8 Nov 2016 - The Verge [Can deep learning help solve lip reading?](https://www.theverge.com/2016/11/7/13551210/ai-deep-learning-lip-reading-accuracy-oxford) 7 Nov 2016 - Business Insider [See if you can solve the '100 hat riddle' used by Google in job interviews](https://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-solve-googles-100-hat-riddle-2016-2) 24 Feb 2016 - Dept. Computer Science, University of Oxford [AI solves a version of the 100 hat riddle](https://www.cs.ox.ac.uk/news/1072-full.html) 23 Feb 2016 - Independent [Can you solve the '100 hat riddle' used by Google in job interviews?](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/can-you-solve-100-hat-riddle-set-google-job-interviews-a6886326.html) 20 Feb 2016 - IFL Science [Google's Artificial Intelligence Solves Riddle Used In Google Interviews](https://www.iflscience.com/technology/google-ai-solves-riddle-used-google-interviews/) 19 Feb 2016 - NewScientist [AI solves 100-hat puzzle used in Google job interviews](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2078074-ai-solves-100-hat-puzzle-used-in-google-job-interviews/) 17 Feb 2016 ### Greek media - Το Βήμα [Οι Έλληνες που πρωταγωνιστούν στην τεχνητή νοημοσύνη](https://www.tovima.gr/2026/10/27/texnologia/oi-ellines-pou-protagonistoun-stin-texniti-noimosyni/) 27 Oct 2026 - Mononews [Τεχνητή Νοημοσύνη & Πολιτισμός: To mononews στο διάλογο της Πρέσβειρας Καλής Θελήσεως της UNESCO Κωστάντζας Σμπώκου με την Amal Clooney](https://www.mononews.gr/politismos/techniti-noimosyni-politismos-oi-presveires-kalis-theliseos-tis-unesco-amal-clooney-kai-kostantza-sbokou-se-dialogo) 11 Sep 2026 - 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Το Βήμα [«Αινείας»: Ένα μοντέλο «μελετά» λατινικά και ανασυνθέτει το Ρωμαϊκό κόσμο](https://www.tovima.gr/2025/07/23/science/aineias-ena-montelo-meleta-latinika-kai-anasynthetei-to-romaiko-kosmo/) 23 Jul 2025 - ΣΚΑΙ [Ορίστηκαν τα 15 νέα μέλη του Εθνικού Συμβουλίου Έρευνας, Τεχνολογίας και Καινοτομίας](https://www.skai.gr/news/business/oristikan-ta-15-nea-meli-tou-esetek) 4 Jun 2025 - ΕΡΤ News [Ορίστηκαν τα 15 νέα μέλη του Εθνικού Συμβουλίου Έρευνας, Τεχνολογίας και Καινοτομίας](https://www.ertnews.gr/eidiseis/epistimi/technologia/oristikan-ta-15-nea-meli-tou-ethnikou-symvouliou-ereynas-texnologias-kai-kainotomias/) 3 Jun 2025 - Ναυτεμπορική [Τα 15 νέα μέλη του Εθνικού Συμβουλίου Έρευνας, Τεχνολογίας και Καινοτομίας](https://www.naftemporiki.gr/finance/economy/1964211/ta-15-nea-meli-toy-ethnikoy-symvoylioy-ereynas-technologias-kai-kainotomias/) 3 Jun 2025 - Υπουργείο Ανάπτυξης [Ορίστηκαν τα 15 νέα μέλη του Εθνικού Συμβουλίου Έρευνας, Τεχνολογίας και Καινοτομίας](https://www.mindev.gov.gr/oristhkan-ta-15-nea-melh-tou-ethnikou-symvouliou-erevnas-texnologias-kai-kainotomias/) 3 Jun 2025 - Fortune Greece [Η Ελλάδα δεν είναι απλός παρατηρητής στον διεθνή διάλογο για την Τεχνητή Νοημοσύνη](https://www.fortunegreece.com/article/i-ellada-den-einai-aplos-paratiritis-ston-diethni-dialogo-gia-tin-texniti-noimosini/) 6 Apr 2025 - ΑΠΕ-ΜΠΕ [Γ. Ασσαέλ: «Η Ελλάδα δεν είναι πλέον απλός παρατηρητής στον διεθνή διάλογο για την Τεχνητή Νοημοσύνη»](https://www.amna.gr/macedonia/article/895331/G-Assael-I--Ellada-den-einai-pleon-aplos-paratiritis-ston-diethni-dialogo-gia-tin-Techniti-Noimosuni) 6 Apr 2025 - ΣΕΒ [Ρίχνοντας φως στην ιστορία με Τεχνητή Νοημοσύνη](https://www.sev.org.gr/podcasts/r-u-ai-talks-ep-3-dr-giannis-assael-staff-research-scientist-tis-google-deepmind/) 23 Sep 2024 - Fortune Greece [«R U AI? Talks»: Πρωτοβουλία ενημέρωσης των επιχειρήσεων για την Τεχνητή Νοημοσύνη αναλαμβάνει ο ΣΕΒ](https://www.fortunegreece.com/article/r-u-ai-talks-protovoulia-enimerosis-ton-epixeiriseon-gia-tin-texniti-noimosini-analamvanei-o-sev/) 17 Sep 2024 - Οικονομικός Ταχυδρόμος [ΣΕΒ: Συνεχίζει η πρωτοβουλία «R U AI?» για την Τεχνητή Νοημοσύνη](https://www.ot.gr/2024/09/17/texnologia/sev-synexizei-i-protovoulia-r-u-ai-gia-tin-texniti-noimosyni/) 17 Sep 2024 - Έθνος [ΣΕΒ: Πρωτοβουλία ενημέρωσης των επιχειρήσεων για την Τεχνητή Νοημοσύνη](https://www.ethnos.gr/Economy/article/333216/sebprotoboyliaenhmeroshstonepixeirhseongiathntexnhthnohmosynh09) 17 Sep 2024 - Startupper [Ο αντίκτυπος της διασποράς και πώς θα μοιάζει η Ελλάδα στο μέλλον](https://startupper.gr/news/139167/o-antiktypos-tis-diasporas-kai-pos-tha-moiazei-i-ellada-sto-mellon-part-1/) 3 Aug 2024 - Ελεύθερος Τύπος [Ο ερευνητής της Google Γιάννης Ασσαέλ στον ΕΤ: «Η Τεχνητή Νοημοσύνη δεν θα αντικαταστήσει τον άνθρωπο»](https://eleftherostypos.gr/tech/o-erevnitis-tis-google-giannis-assael-ston-et-i-techniti-noimosyni-den-tha-antikatastisei-ton-anthropo) 13 May 2024 - Υπουργείο Ψηφιακής Διακυβέρνησης [AI Talks – ο Υπουργός Ψηφιακής Διακυβέρνησης, Δ. Παπαστεργίου και ο επιστήμονας, Γ. Ασσαέλ συζητούν για την ΤΝ](https://www.nationalcoalition.gov.gr/event/ai-talks-o-ypoyrgos-psifiakis-diakyvernisi/) 24 Apr 2024 - ΝΟΗΣΙΣ [AI Talks – ο Υπουργός Ψηφιακής Διακυβέρνησης, Δ. Παπαστεργίου και ο επιστήμονας, Γ. Ασσαέλ συζητούν για την ΤΝ](https://www.noesis.edu.gr/ai-talks-26-4-2024/) 12 Apr 2024 - Το Βήμα [Τεχνητή Νοημοσύνη και Πολιτισμός](https://www.tovima.gr/print/afieromata/opa/texniti-noimosyni-crkai-politismos/) 27 Feb 2024 - ΣΚΑΙ [Σήμερα - MIT EmTech Europe](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ljvm31y5DQ) 18 Jan 2024 - ΣΚΑΪ [MIT «EmTech Europe»: Τρεις Έλληνες βραβευμένοι «Innovators Under 35» μοιράζονται την εμπειρία τους](https://www.skai.gr/news/technology/mit-emtech-europe-treis-ellines-vraveymenoi-innovators-under-35) 17 Jan 2024 - ΕΡΤ News [Κεντρικό Δελτίο Ειδήσεων - MIT EmTech Europe](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeyd43FsFnw) 17 Jan 2024 - EuroNews [Γιάννης Ασσαέλ (Google): Πώς η Τεχνητή Νοημοσύνη βελτιώνει τη ζωή μας και η ευκαιρία της Ελλάδας](https://gr.euronews.com/2024/01/17/giannis-assael-google-pos-i-texniti-noimosini-beltionei-ti-zoi-mas-efkairia-gia-tin-ellada) 17 Jan 2024 - Καθημερινή [MIT «EMTECH EUROPE»: Τρεις Ελληνες βραβευμένοι «Innovators Under 35» μοιράζονται την εμπειρία τους](https://www.kathimerini.gr/society/562834498/treis-ellines-vraveymenoi-innovators-under-35-moirazontai-tin-empeiria-toys/) 17 Jan 2024 - ΧΑΝΘ [Ο Γιάννης Ασσαέλ ένας από τους πιο επιδραστικούς του κόσμου](https://ymca.gr/xanthfamily/#xanth_family_dec_2023_2/1/) 21 Dec 2023 - Τα Νέα [Γιάννης Ασσαέλ: Ελληνας ερευνητής της DeepMind σύμβουλος ΑΙ της κυβέρνησης](https://www.tanea.gr/2023/12/08/science-technology/giannis-assael-ellinas-ereynitis-tis-deepmind-symvoulos-ai-tis-kyvernisis/) 8 Dec 2023 - in.gr [Γιάννης Ασσαέλ: Έλληνας ερευνητής της DeepMind o σύμβουλος ΑΙ της κυβέρνησης](https://www.in.gr/2023/12/08/in-science/technology/giannis-assael-ellinas-ereynitis-tis-deepmind-o-neos-symvoulos-ai-tis-kyvernisis/) 8 Dec 2023 - Πρώτο Θέμα [Ο Γιάννης Ασσαέλ της Google Deepmind ανέλαβε σύμβουλος του Κυρανάκη σε θέματα Τεχνητής Νοημοσύνης](https://www.protothema.gr/politics/article/1444119/o-giannis-assael-tis-google-deepmind-anelave-sumvoulos-tou-kuranaki-se-themata-tehnitis-noimosunis/) 8 Dec 2023 - Μακεδονία [Ένας Θεσσαλονικιός ειδικός της Τεχνητής Νοημοσύνης στο επιτελείο Κυρανάκη](https://www.makthes.gr/enas-thessalonikios-eidikos-tis-technitis-noimosynis-sto-epiteleio-kyranaki-fot-679336) 8 Dec 2023 - iefimerida [Ο Γιάννης Ασσαέλ της Google Deepmind σύμβουλος τεχνητής νοημοσύνης στο Υπουργείο Ψηφιακής Διακυβέρνησης](https://www.iefimerida.gr/ellada/o-giannis-assael-tis-google-deepmind-symboylos-tehnitis-noimosynis-sto-ypoyrgeio-psifiakis) 8 Dec 2023 - Καθημερινή [Ερευνητής της Google DeepMind σύμβουλος του υπ. Ψηφιακής Διακυβέρνησης](https://www.kathimerini.gr/politics/government/562770700/ereynitis-tis-google-deepmind-stin-omada-toy-yp-psifiakis-diakyvernisis/) 8 Dec 2023 - ΕΡΤ [Δελτίο Ειδήσεων](https://youtu.be/sstRJRv6p3Q?si=OOCyggWc4Ub-ZP3P&t=2072) 30 Nov 2023 - Πρώτο Θέμα [15 χρόνια Google στην Ελλάδα: Πώς η Τεχνητή Νοημοσύνη συμβάλλει στην πρόληψη φυσικών καταστροφών](https://www.protothema.gr/greece/article/1441426/15-hronia-google-stin-ellada-pos-i-tehniti-noimosuni-sumvallei-stin-prolipsi-fusikon-katastrofon/) 30 Nov 2023 - Αθηναϊκό - Μακεδονικό Πρακτορείο Ειδήσεων [15 χρόνια Google στην Ελλάδα](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVtzgHlPqF8&t=63s) 30 Nov 2023 - Anatolia College [2023 Mediterranean Machine Learning (M2L) summer school & panel discussion](https://anatolia.edu.gr/en/press/press-releases/2023/6743-2023-mediterranean-machine-learning-m2l-ai-opportunities-in-the-mediterranean-region) 7 Sep 2023 - Μακεδονία [To Σεπτέμβριο ξεκινάει η ψηφιοποίηση των Υποθηκοφυλακείων](https://www.makthes.gr/kyranakis-ktimatologio-to-septemvrio-xekinaei-i-psifiopoiisi-ton-ypothikofylakeion-662614) 31 Aug 2023 - Καρφίτσα [Η επόμενη ημέρα για την τεχνητή νοημοσύνη στη Μεσόγειο](https://www.karfitsa.gr/reportaz/i-epomeni-imera-gia-tin-techniti-noimosyni-sti-mesogeio-technologikos-anavrasmos-kai-sti-thessaloniki-foto/) 31 Aug 2023 - Η Εφημερίδα των Συντακτών [Κορυφαίοι επιστήμονες της Τεχνητής Νοημοσύνης στη Θεσσαλονίκη](https://www.efsyn.gr/epistimi/epistimonika-nea/401962_koryfaioi-epistimones-tis-tehnitis-noimosynis-sti-thessaloniki/) 26 Aug 2023 - EMEA.gr [2023 Mediterranean Machine Learning summer school](https://emea.gr/epilogi-syntakton/704319/2023-mediterranean-machine-learning-m2l-summer-school/) 26 Aug 2023 - ΕΡΤ News [Θεσσαλονίκη: Θερινό σχολείο για την Τεχνητή Νοημοσύνη και τη Μηχανική Μάθηση](https://www.ertnews.gr/ert3/thessaloniki-therino-sxoleio-gia-tin-texniti-noimosyni-kai-ti-mixaniki-mathisi/) 26 Aug 2023 - Αθηναίος - Κολλέγιο Αθηνών [Η τεχνητή νοημοσύνη στην υπηρεσία του ανθρώπου](https://www.athenscollege.edu.gr/docs/default-source/portal-files/athenscollege/high-school/2022-2023/%CE%BD%CE%AD%CE%B1/%CE%AD%CE%BD%CF%84%CF%85%CF%80%CE%B1/%CE%B1%CE%B8%CE%B7%CE%BD%CE%B1%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%83-2023.pdf?sfvrsn=49afe2e9_3) 1 May 2023 - Delphi Economic Forum VΙΙΙ [Internationalization of Greek Higher Education (Διεθνοποίηση της Ελληνικής Τριτοβάθμιας Εκπαίδευσης)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGfa_IryP28&t=2322s) 26 Apr 2023 - LIFO.gr [Γιάννης Ασσαέλ: Από το Πανεπιστήμιο Μακεδονίας στη λίστα του Forbes και του ΜΙΤ](https://www.lifo.gr/articles/giannis-assael-apo-panepistimio-makedonias-sti-lista-toy-forbes-kai-toy-mit) 9 Apr 2023 - Newsbeast.gr [Ο Έλληνας εφευρέτης που μπήκε στη λίστα του «MIT» παντρεύοντας την Τεχνητή Νοημοσύνη με την Αρχαία Ελλάδα](https://www.newsbeast.gr/technology/arthro/9552325/o-ellinas-efevretis-pou-bike-sti-lista-tou-mit-pantrevontas-tin-techniti-noimosyni-me-tin-archaia-ellada) 9 Apr 2023 - Το Βήμα [Η Τεχνητή Νοημοσύνη είναι εργαλείο για τη βελτίωση της ζωής](https://www.tovima.gr/print/science/i-texniti-noimosyni-einai-ergaleio-gia-lfti-veltiosi-tis-zois/) 9 Apr 2023 - ΣΚΑΙ [Κεντρικό Δελτίο Ειδήσεων - MIT's Innovators Under 35 Europe](https://youtu.be/UpdaLBLjkfw) 2 Apr 2023 - Τα Νέα [Η «Ιθάκη» που διαβάζει αρχαίες επιγραφές](https://www.tanea.gr/print/2023/03/15/lifearts/i-ithaki-pou-diavazei-arxaies-epigrafes/) 15 Mar 2023 - Οικονομική Επιθεώρηση [Καινοτομίες με θετικό κοινωνικό αποτύπωμα](https://www.economia.gr/issue/1028-march-2023/) 7 Mar 2023 - ΙΚΥ [Επετειακή εκδήλωση εορτασμού των 70 χρόνων λειτουργίας](https://youtu.be/FigXngrDjq8?t=4814) 16 May 2022 - Το Βήμα [Η «βαθιά» ανάγνωση των επιγραφών](https://www.tovima.gr/printed_post/i-vathia-anagnosi-ton-epigrafon/) 23 Apr 2022 - ΕΡΤ3 [Όμικρον Τρία - Τεχνητή Νοημοσύνη για τον Πολιτισμό](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QWzPUuANLk) 28 Mar 2022 - Υπουργείο Πολιτισμού και Αθλητισμού [«Ιθάκη»: Ανακαλύπτοντας την αρχαία Ελλάδα μέσα από την Τεχνητή Νοημοσύνη](https://digitalculture.gov.gr/2022/03/ithaki-anakaliptontas-tin-archea-ellada-mesa-apo-tin-techniti-noimosini/) 14 Mar 2022 - ΕΡΤ [DeepMind: Σύστημα τεχνητής νοημοσύνης αποκατέστησε για πρώτη φορά κείμενα σε αρχαιοελληνικές επιγραφές](https://www.ertnews.gr/eidiseis/epistimi/deep-mind-systima-technitis-noimosynis-apokatestise-gia-proti-fora-keimena-se-archaioellinikes-epigrafes/) 10 Mar 2022 - Οικονομικός Ταχυδρόμος [Τεχνητή νοημοσύνη: Αποκατάσταση κειμένων σε αρχαιοελληνικές επιγραφές με το σύστημα «Ιθάκη»](https://www.ot.gr/2022/03/09/texnologia/texniti-noimosyni-apokatastasi-keimenon-se-arxaioellinikes-epigrafes-me-to-systima-ithaki/) 9 Mar 2022 - Τα Νέα [Tεχνητή νοημοσύνη της Google αποκρυπτογράφησε αρχαία ελληνικά κείμενα](https://www.tanea.gr/2022/03/09/science-technology/texniti-noimosyni-tis-google-apokryptografise-arxaia-ellinika-keimena/) 9 Mar 2022 - Το Βήμα [Tεχνητή νοημοσύνη της Google αποκρυπτογράφησε αρχαία Ελληνικά κείμενα](https://www.tovima.gr/2022/03/09/science/texniti-noimosyni-tis-google-apokryptografise-arxaia-ellinika-keimena/) 9 Mar 2022 - Καθημερινή [«Ιθάκη» εκεί που η τεχνητή νοημοσύνη συναντά την Αρχαία Ελλάδα](https://www.kathimerini.gr/society/561754495/apokleistiko-ithaki-ekei-poy-i-techniti-noimosyni-synanta-tin-archaia-ellada/) 9 Mar 2022 - Μακεδονία [Έλληνες κατασκεύασαν την «Ιθάκη» και αποκαθιστούν κείμενα σε αρχαιοελληνικές επιγραφές](https://www.makthes.gr/ellines-kataskeyasan-tin-ithaki-kai-apokathistoyn-keimena-se-archaioellinikes-epigrafes-528620) 9 Mar 2022 - ΕΡΤ1 [Με νέα ματιά - Τεχνητή Νοημοσύνη](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHklhMKsL9M) 10 Oct 2021 - ΒΗΜΑgazino Πρόσωπα [A.I. και Πολιτισμός](https://www.tovima.gr/2021/09/26/vimagazino/giannis-assael-a-i-kai-politismos/) 26 Sep 2021 - Οικονομικός Ταχυδρόμος [Ποιοι είναι οι Έλληνες ερευνητές που μπήκαν στη λίστα του Forbes](https://www.ot.gr/2021/05/05/texnologia/poioi-einai-oi-ellines-ereynites-pou-mpikan-sti-lista-tou-forbes/) 5 May 2021 - Το Βήμα [Τέσσερις νέοι Ελληνες στη λίστα «Forbes»](https://www.tovima.gr/printed_post/tesseris-neoi-ellines-sti-lista-forbes/) 30 Apr 2021 - ΕΡΤ3 [Όμικρον Τρία - Τεχνητή Νοημοσύνη](https://youtu.be/9ba3GZMipDc?t=285) 16 Apr 2021 - newsbeast.gr [Γιάννης Ασσαέλ στο newsbeast.gr: Νιώθω περηφάνια ως Έλληνας που βρίσκομαι στη λίστα του Forbes](https://www.newsbeast.gr/technology/arthro/7299980/giannis-assael-sto-newsbeast-gr-niotho-perifania-os-ellinas-pou-vriskomai-sti-lista-tou-forbes) 15 Apr 2021 - Τα Νέα [Forbes : Αυτοί είναι οι Έλληνες που κατάφεραν να μπουν στη λίστα με τους πιο επιτυχημένους νέους της Ευρώπης](https://www.tanea.gr/2021/04/14/economy/forbes-aytoi-einai-oi-ellines-pou-kataferan-na-mpoun-sti-lista-me-tous-pio-epityximenous-neous-tis-eyropis/) 14 Apr 2021 - LiFO.gr [Τέσσερις Έλληνες επιστήμονες κάτω των 30 ετών στη λίστα του Forbes](https://www.lifo.gr/now/economy/tesseris-ellines-kato-ton-30-eton-sti-lista-toy-forbes) 13 Apr 2021 - Καθημερινή [Τρεις Ελληνες επιστήμονες κάτω των 30 ετών στη λίστα του Forbes](https://www.kathimerini.gr/society/561326653/oi-neoi-poy-charassoyn-dromoys/) 12 Apr 2021 - Capital.gr [Ποιοι είναι οι Έλληνες που μπήκαν στην ευρωπαϊκή λίστα του Forbes "30 κάτω των 30" 2021](https://www.capital.gr/forbes/3538165/poioi-einai-oi-ellines-pou-mpikan-stin-europaiki-lista-tou-forbes-30-kato-ton-30-2021) 11 Apr 2021 - Glow [Γιάννης Ασσαέλ: Ποιος είναι ο Θεσσαλονικιός που φιγουράρει στη λίστα του Forbes Under 30](https://glow.gr/giannis-assael-poios-einai-o-thessalonikios-poy-figoyrarei-sti-lista-toy-forbes-under-30-35775) 8 Apr 2021 - Αθηναϊκό - Μακεδονικό Πρακτορείο Ειδήσεων [Όταν η τεχνητή νοημοσύνη «μεταφράζει» τον ήχο, προς όφελος της εκπαίδευσης](https://www.amna.gr/macedonia/article/505087/Otan-i-techniti-noimosuni-metafrazei-ton-icho--pros-ofelos-tis-ekpaideusis) 12 Nov 2020 - Anatolia College [Δρ Γιάννης Ασσαέλ ‘08: Εντυπώσεις από την Τελετή Αποφοίτησης του High School 2020](https://anatolia.edu.gr/el/high-school/nea/5564-dr-giannhs-assael-%E2%80%9808-entypwseis-apo-thn-teleth-apofoithshs-toy-high-school-2020) 8 Sep 2020 - Αθηναϊκό - Μακεδονικό Πρακτορείο Ειδήσεων [Γιάννης Ασσαέλ: «Φυσικά πιστεύω πως μπορούμε ν' αλλάξουμε τον κόσμο»](https://www.amna.gr/macedonia/article/474853/GAssaelFusika-pisteuo-pos-mporoume-n-allaxoume-ton-kosmo) 19 Aug 2020 - Ελεύθερος Τύπος [To σύστημα «Πυθία» Έλληνα ερευνητή «διαβάζει» μισοκατεστραμμένες αρχαίες επιγραφές](https://www.eleftherostypos.gr/tech/476229-to-systima-pythia-ellina-ereyniti-diabazei-misokatestrammenes-arxaies-epigrafes) 20 Oct 2019 - Capital.gr [Η "Πυθία" διαβάζει καλύτερα και από ανθρώπους μισοκατεστραμμένες αρχαίες ελληνικές επιγραφές](https://www.capital.gr/diethni/3388788/i-puthia-diabazei-kalutera-kai-apo-anthropous-misokatestrammenes-arxaies-ellinikes-epigrafes/) 20 Oct 2019 - Kαθημερινή [«Πυθία»: Ο γόνος της Google και Ελληνα ερευνητή που «διαβάζει» μισοκατεστραμμένες αρχαίες επιγραφές](https://www.kathimerini.gr/life/science/1047963/pythia-o-gonos-tis-google-kai-ellina-ereyniti-poy-diavazei-misokatestrammenes-archaies-epigrafes/) 20 Oct 2019 - Parallaxi [Θεσσαλονικιός πίσω από σύστημα τεχνητής νοημοσύνης της Google που «διαβάζει» τα χείλη](https://parallaximag.gr/epikairotita/ellada/thessalonikios-piso-apo-systima-technitis-noimosynis-tis-google-pou-diavazei-ta-cheili) 1 Aug 2018 - 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LiFO.gr [Αυτός είναι ο γρίφος των 100 καπέλων που σε βάζουν να λύσεις η Google και η Goldman Sachs αν τους ζητήσεις δουλειά](https://www.lifo.gr/lifoland/mikropragmata/aytos-einai-o-grifos-ton-100-kapelon-poy-se-bazoyn-na-lyseis-i-google-kai-i) 1 Mar 2016 - PC Magazine [Η HTC βράβευσε τους νικητές του GRAND - Greek Android Developers Challenge](https://gr.pcmag.com/ekdeloseis/7237/e-htc-brabeuse-tous-niketes-tou-grand-greek-android-developers-challenge) 8 Dec 2010 ## Curriculum Vitae [Download CV](https://www.assael.gr/cv.pdf) Dr. Yannis Assael is a Senior Staff Research Scientist at Google DeepMind specialising in Artificial Intelligence, and is featured in “MIT's Innovators Under 35” and “Forbes' 30 Under 30” lists of distinguished scientists in Europe. Additionally, he serves as a member of the National Council for Research, Technology and Innovation of Greece, a Special Advisor on AI for the Hellenic Ministry of Digital Governance, and is the Greek delegate to the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence of the OECD. In 2013, he graduated from the Department of Applied Informatics of University of Macedonia. With full scholarships, he completed an MSc in Computer Science at the University of Oxford, finishing first in his year, followed by an MRes in Machine Learning at Imperial College London. In 2016, he returned to Oxford to pursue a DPhil degree, and after a series of research breakthroughs and entrepreneurial ventures, he started as a researcher at Google DeepMind. His contributions span audio-visual speech recognition, multi-agent communication, foundational model evaluations and post-training, as well as AI for Culture and the study of damaged ancient texts. His research has been featured on the cover of the scientific journal Nature, and focuses on expanding and contributing to the greater good. ### Experience - **Google DeepMind** 2017 – present [deepmind.google](https://www.deepmind.google) - Senior Staff Research Scientist (2026 – ) - Staff Research Scientist (2022 – 2026) - Senior Research Scientist (2018 – 2022) - Research Scientist (2017 – 2018) - **LipNet Artificial Intelligence Inc** 2017 [lipnet.ai](http://www.lipnet.ai) - CEO/Founder, audio-visual speech recognition - **AccuInstruments** 2015 – 2020 [accuinstruments.com](http://www.accuinstruments.com) - Director/Founder, Machine Learning to improve accuracy and performance of scientific measurement instruments. (Deep Blue Labs Ltd.) - **Legend 3D** 2016 [legend3d.com](http://www.legend3d.com) - Machine learning for video annotation and 2D to 3D movie conversion - **Ocado** 2014 [ocado.com](http://www.ocado.com) - Cybersecurity consulting - **Tessera Multimedia** 2013 – 2014 [tessera.gr](http://www.tessera.gr) - Lead Developer on finite elements design and analysis for simulating heat conduction of fluids and solids - **PinApps.com Mobile Applications Development** 2011 – 2013 [pinapps.com](http://www.pinapps.com) - Senior Mobile Application Developer - **Freelance Developer** 2007 – 2017 [assael.gr](http://www.assael.gr) - Undertaking a wide-range of freelance projects ### Strategy & Advisory - **National Council for Research, Technology and Innovation, Greece** 2025 – present [esetek.gov.gr](https://esetek.gov.gr/en/home/) - Member - **Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (OECD)** 2023 – present [gpai.ai](https://gpai.ai/) - National Delegate for Greece and Steering Group member - **Hellenic Ministry of Digital Governance and Artificial Intelligence** 2023 – present [mindigital.gr](https://www.mindigital.gr) - Special Advisor on Artificial Intelligence - **Hellenic Special Secretariat of Foresight** 2023 – 2024 [foresight.gov.gr](https://foresight.gov.gr/en/) - Member of the Innovation and Education & Research working groups of the National AI Strategy Committee - **Anatolia College** 2021 – present [anatolia.edu.gr](https://anatolia.edu.gr/en/governance/trustee-directory) - Member of the Board of Trustees ### Certifications - **Certified Scrum Master (CSM®)** Scrum Alliance, 2021. ### Education - **DPhil in Machine Learning** 2015 - 2019 University of Oxford - Supervisor: Shimon Whiteson, Nando de Freitas - Oxford – Google DeepMind Graduate Scholarship - **MRes in Machine Learning** Distinction, 81.8%, 2nd best overall performance 2014 - 2015 Imperial College - Supervisor: Marc P. Deisenroth - HiPEDS Scholarship (EPSRC) - **MSc in Computer Science** Distinction, 83.5%, best overall performance 2013 - 2014 University of Oxford - Supervisor: Nando de Freitas - Tony Hoare Prize for best overall performance in the MSc in Computer Science 2014 - Hellenic State Scholarships Foundation (IKY) - **Security in IT Summer School** Distinction A, ECTS 7.5 2011 Engineering College of Copenhagen (IHK) - **Diploma of Applied Informatics** 83.7%, 4-Years 2008 - 2013 University of Macedonia - Supervisor: Konstantinos G. Margaritis - **High School** 17.8 / 20 2002 - 2008 Anatolia College, Greece ### Scholarships - **Oxford - Google DeepMind Graduate Scholarship** full scholarship for DPhil in Machine Learning, 2015 - 2018. - **Imperial College London** full scholarship for MRes program of "HiPEDS", 2014 - 2015. - **Hellenic State Scholarships Foundation** full scholarship for MSc in University of Oxford, 2013-2014. - **Advanced Training in Open Source Multimedia Instruments** Blender 3D Design, EU Media Program Scholarship, 2011 - Sofia, Bulgaria. - **Training in Open Source Multimedia Instruments** Blender 3D Design, EU Media Program Scholarship, 2010 - Sofia, Bulgaria. ### Honors & Awards - **Distinguished Member, State Scholarships Foundation (IKY) Scholars** 2026 State Scholarships Foundation (IKY) - [IKY Scholars](https://ikyscholars.gr/2026/02/03/%cf%84%ce%b5%ce%bb%ce%b9%ce%ba%cf%8c-%cf%80%cf%81%cf%8c%ce%b3%cf%81%ce%b1%ce%bc%ce%bc%ce%b1-%ce%b5%cf%80%ce%b9%cf%83%cf%84%ce%b7%ce%bc%ce%bf%ce%bd%ce%b9%ce%ba%ce%ae%cf%82-%ce%b7%ce%bc%ce%b5%cf%81/). - **MIT Innovators Under 35 Europe** 2023 MIT Technology Review - [Profile](https://emtecheurope.com/innovators-2023/). - **Featured on the cover of Nature journal** 2022 Nature Publishing Group - [Predicting the past, Volume 603 Issue 7900](https://www.nature.com/nature/volumes/603/issues/7900). - **Featured in top scholars of the Hellenic State Scholarships Foundation** 2022 Event for the 70-year anniversary - [Event's video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FigXngrDjq8&t=4814s). - **Best paper award** 2022 Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery - Global Open - [PRS Global Open Best Papers 2022](https://journals.lww.com/prsgo/Pages/collectiondetails.aspx?TopicalCollectionId=97). - **Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe** 2021 Science & Healthcare - [Forbes profile](https://www.forbes.com/profile/yannis-assael/). - **Distinction in MRes in Machine Learning** 2015 Imperial College London - **Tony Hoare Prize for "Best overall performance in the MSc in Computer Science"** 2014 University of Oxford - [Student Prizes](https://www.cs.ox.ac.uk/currentstudents/studentprizes). - **Distinction in MSc in Computer Science** 2014 University of Oxford - **1st place in University of Oxford: Machine Learning Competition** Michaelmas 2013 University of Oxford - 1st out of 77 teams ([leaderboard](http://goo.gl/ePvgjo)). - **Distinction in Security in IT** 2011 Copenhagen University College of Engineering (IHK) - **3rd place in the HTC "Grand" Competition** 2010 HTC - A competition for Google Android developers, under the "airquality.gr" application. [\[link\]](https://gr.pcmag.com/ekdeloseis/7237/e-htc-brabeuse-tous-niketes-tou-grand-greek-android-developers-challenge) [Download CV](https://www.assael.gr/cv.pdf) ## Publications & Patents [Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=DwHtHE8AAAAJ) ### Publications - **Science skills for Antigravity: towards efficient and reliable scientific workflows** Taylor Applebaum, Žiga Avsec, Yannis Assael, Souradeep Basu, David Belanger, Ottavia Bertolli, Lara Román Castellanos, Jun Cheng, Alexey Cherepanov, Winnie Chow, Lucy Colwell, Doug Fritz, Andreea Gane, Adam Gayoso, Alexander Karollus, Serhii Kashubin, Pushmeet Kohli, Oleg Kovalevskiy, David La, Natasha Latysheva, Michael V. LeVine, Victor Martin, Tanya Marwah, Sebastian Nowozin, Michael O’Neill, Joshua Pan, Filip Radlinski, John Reid, Luca Schulz, Sukhdeep Singh, Jamie Smith, Artem Sobolev, Kyle Taylor, Fei Tian, Ashok Thillaisundaram, Zoi Tsangalidou, Kathryn Tunyasuvunakool, Niels uit de Bos, Jue Wang, Tom Ward, Wei-Hung Weng, Lindsay Willmore, Zachary Wu, Yunhan Xu, Augustin Žídek Tech Report, Google DeepMind · 2026 - **Evaluating Gemini in an arena for learning** Abhinit Modi, Aditya Srikanth Veerubhotla, Aliya Rysbek, Andrea Huber, Ankit Anand, Avishkar Bhoopchand, Brett Wiltshire, Daniel Gillick, Daniel Kasenberg, Eleni Sgouritsa, Gal Elidan, Hengrui Liu, Holger Winnemoeller, Irina Jurenka, James Cohan, Jennifer She, Julia Wilkowski, Kaiz Alarakyia, Kevin R. McKee, Komal Singh, Lisa Wang, Markus Kunesch, Miruna Pîslar, Niv Efron, Parsa Mahmoudieh, Pierre-Alexandre Kamienny, Sara Wiltberger, Shakir Mohamed, Shashank Agarwal, Shubham Milind Phal, Sun Jae Lee, Theofilos Strinopoulos, Wei-Jen Ko, Yael Gold-Zamir, Yael Haramaty, Yannis Assael arXiv preprint arXiv:2505.24477 · 2025 - **Gemini 2.5: Pushing the frontier with advanced reasoning, multimodality, long context, and next generation agentic capabilities** Google Gemini Team arXiv preprint arXiv:2507.06261 · 2025 - **Contextualizing ancient texts with generative neural networks** Yannis Assael, Thea Sommerschield, Alison Cooley, Brendan Shillingford, John Pavlopoulos, Priyanka Suresh, Bailey Herms, Justin Grayston, Benjamin Maynard, Nicholas Dietrich, Robbe Wulgaert, Jonathan Prag, Alex Mullen, Shakir Mohamed Nature, 645, 8079, 141-147, Nature Publishing Group · 2025 - **LearnLM: Improving Gemini for learning** Google LearnLM Team, Abhinit Modi, Aditya Srikanth Veerubhotla, Aliya Rysbek, Andrea Huber, Brett Wiltshire, Brian Veprek, Daniel Gillick, Daniel Kasenberg, Derek Ahmed, Irina Jurenka, James Cohan, Jennifer She, Julia Wilkowski, Kaiz Alarakyia, Kevin McKee, Lisa Wang, Markus Kunesch, Mike Schaekermann, Miruna Pîslar, Nikhil Joshi, Parsa Mahmoudieh, Paul Jhun, Sara Wiltberger, Shakir Mohamed, Shashank Agarwal, Shubham Milind Phal, Sun Jae Lee, Theofilos Strinopoulos, Wei-Jen Ko, Amy Wang, Ankit Anand, Avishkar Bhoopchand, Dan Wild, Divya Pandya, Filip Bar, Garth Graham, Holger Winnemoeller, Mahvish Nagda, Prateek Kolhar, Renee Schneider, Shaojian Zhu, Stephanie Chan, Steve Yadlowsky, Viknesh Sounderajah, Yannis Assael arXiv preprint arXiv:2412.16429 · 2024 - **Gemini 1.5: Unlocking multimodal understanding across millions of tokens of context** Google Gemini Team arXiv preprint arXiv:2403.05530 · 2024 - **Evaluating frontier models for dangerous capabilities** Mary Phuong, Matthew Aitchison, Elliot Catt, Sarah Cogan, Alexandre Kaskasoli, Victoria Krakovna, David Lindner, Matthew Rahtz, Yannis Assael, Sarah Hodkinson, Heidi Howard, Tom Lieberum, Ramana Kumar, Maria Abi Raad, Albert Webson, Lewis Ho, Sharon Lin, Sebastian Farquhar, Marcus Hutter, Gregoire Deletang, Anian Ruoss, Seliem El-Sayed, Sasha Brown, Anca Dragan, Rohin Shah, Allan Dafoe, Toby Shevlane arXiv preprint arXiv:2403.13793 · 2024 - **Machine Learning for Ancient Languages: A Survey** Thea Sommerschield, Yannis Assael, John Pavlopoulos, Vanessa Stefanak, Andrew Senior, Chris Dyer, John Bodel, Jonathan Prag, Ion Androutsopoulos, Nando de Freitas Computational Linguistics, 2, 49, 1-44, MIT Press · 2023 - **Restoring and attributing ancient texts using deep neural networks** Yannis Assael, Thea Sommerschield, Brendan Shillingford, Mahyar Bordbar, John Pavlopoulos, Marita Chatzipanagiotou, Ion Androutsopoulos, Jonathan Prag, Nando de Freitas Nature, 603, 7900, 280-283, Nature Publishing Group · 2022 - **Effective gene expression prediction from sequence by integrating long-range interactions** Ziga Avsec, Vikram Agarwal, Daniel Visentin, Joseph R Ledsam, Agnieszka Grabska-Barwinska, Kyle R Taylor, Yannis Assael, John Jumper, Pushmeet Kohli, David R Kelley Nature Methods, 18, 10, 1196-1203, Nature Publishing Group · 2021 - **Interactive decoding of words from visual speech recognition models** Brendan Shillingford, Yannis Assael, Misha Denil arXiv preprint arXiv:2107.00692 · 2021 - **Machine learning demonstrates high accuracy for disease diagnosis and prognosis in plastic surgery** Angelos Mantelakis, Yannis Assael, Parviz Sorooshian, Ankur Khajuria Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery - Global Open, 9, 6, e3638, LWW · 2021 - **Large-scale multilingual audio visual dubbing** Yi Yang, Brendan Shillingford, Yannis Assael, Miaosen Wang, Wendi Liu, Yutian Chen, Yu Zhang, Eren Sezener, Luis C Cobo, Misha Denil, Yusuf Aytar, Nando de Freitas arXiv preprint arXiv:2011.03530 · 2020 - **Recurrent neural network transducer for audio-visual speech recognition** Takaki Makino, Hank Liao, Yannis Assael, Brendan Shillingford, Basilio Garcia, Otavio Braga, Olivier Siohan IEEE automatic speech recognition and understanding workshop (ASRU), 905-912, IEEE · 2019 - **Restoring ancient text using deep learning: a case study on Greek epigraphy** Yannis Assael, Thea Sommerschield, Jonathan Prag Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing · 2019 - **Large-scale visual speech recognition** Brendan Shillingford, Yannis Assael, Matthew W. Hoffman, Thomas Paine, Cían Hughes, Utsav Prabhu, Hank Liao, Hasim Sak, Kanishka Rao, Lorrayne Bennett Interspeech, 4135-4139 · 2019 - **Speech bandwidth extension with WaveNet** Archit Gupta, Brendan Shillingford, Yannis Assael, Thomas C Walters IEEE Workshop on Applications of Signal Processing to Audio and Acoustics · 2019 - **Sample Efficient Adaptive Text-to-Speech** Yutian Chen, Yannis Assael, Brendan Shillingford, David Budden, Scott Reed, Heiga Zen, Quan Wang, Luis C Cobo, Andrew Trask, Ben Laurie arXiv preprint arXiv:1809.10460 · 2018 - **Using deep Q-learning to understand the tax evasion behavior of risk-averse firms** Nikolaos D Goumagias, Dimitrios Hristu-Varsakelis, Yannis M Assael Expert Systems with Applications, 101, 258-270, Pergamon · 2018 - **Cortical microcircuits as gated-recurrent neural networks** Rui Ponte Costa, Yannis Assael, Brendan Shillingford, Nando de Freitas, Tim Vogels Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems, 272-283 · 2017 - **From analog timers to the era of machine learning: The case of the transient hot-wire technique** Yannis M Assael, Konstantinos D Antoniadis, Marc J Assael AIP Conference Proceedings, 1866, 1, 20001, AIP Publishing · 2017 - **LipNet: End-to-End Sentence-level Lipreading** Yannis M Assael, Brendan Shillingford, Shimon Whiteson, Nando de Freitas GPU Technology Conference, 2017 · 2016 - **Multi-Objective Deep Reinforcement Learning** Hossam Mossalam, Yannis M Assael, Diederik M Roijers, Shimon Whiteson NIPS Deep Reinforcement Learning Workshop · 2016 - **Learning to Communicate with Deep Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning** Jakob N Foerster, Yannis M Assael, Nando de Freitas, Shimon Whiteson Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems · 2016 - **Learning to Communicate to Solve Riddles with Deep Distributed Recurrent Q-Networks** Jakob N Foerster, Yannis M Assael, Nando de Freitas, Shimon Whiteson IJCAI Workshop · 2016 - **Data-Efficient Learning of Feedback Policies from Image Pixels using Deep Dynamical Models** John-Alexander M. Assael, Niklas Wahlström, Thomas B Schön, Marc Peter Deisenroth NIPS Deep Reinforcement Learning Workshop · 2015 - **From Pixels to Torques: Policy Learning using Deep Dynamical Convolutional Networks** John-Alexander M. Assael, Marc Peter Deisenroth Imperial College London · 2015 - **A Novel Portable Absolute Transient Hot-Wire Instrument for the Measurement of the Thermal Conductivity of Solids** Marc J Assael, Konstantinos D Antoniadis, Ifigeneia N Metaxa, Sofia K Mylona, John-Alexander M. Assael, Jiangtao Wu, Miaomiao Hu International Journal of Thermophysics, 36, 11-Oct, 3083-3105, Springer US · 2015 - **A Hybrid Parallel Implementation of the Aho-Corasick and Wu-Manber Algorithms Using NVIDIA CUDA and MPI Evaluated on a Biological Sequence Database** Charalampos S. Kouzinopoulos, John-Alexander M. Assael, Themistoklis K. Pyrgiotis, Konstantinos G. Margaritis International Journal on Artificial Intelligence Tools, 24, 1, 1540001, World Scientific · 2015 - **Heteroscedastic Treed Bayesian Optimisation** John-Alexander M. Assael, Ziyu Wang, Bobak Shahriari, Nando de Freitas NIPS Workshop on Bayesian Optimization · 2014 - **String Matching on hybrid parallel architectures, an approach using MPI and NVIDIA CUDA** John-Alexander M. Assael, Konstantinos Margaritis http://www.yannisassael.com/publications/assael\_uom\_dissertation.pdf, University of Macedonia · 2013 - **Correlation of the Thermal Conductivity of Normal and Parahydrogen from the Triple Point to 1000 K and up to 100 MPa** MJ Assael, Y. M. Assael, ML Huber, RA Perkins, Y Takata Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data, 40, 3, 033101-033101-13, American Institute of Physics · 2011 - **Applying Thermal Comfort Indices to Investigate Aspects of the Climate Change in Greece** M.J. Assael, K.E. Kakosimos, K.D. Antoniadis, John-Alexander M. Assael International Review of Chemical Engineering, 2, 204-209, Praise Worthy Prize · 2010 - **Study and Application of Discomfort Indices in Greece** M.J. Assael, K.E. Kakosimos, A. Alexandridis, John-Alexander M. Assael 7th National Scientific Chemical Engineering Conference, Patra, Proceedings · 2009 - **Discomfort Indices - www.airquality.gr** M. J. Assael, John-Alexander M. Assael, K. Kakosimos Technographima (Journal of the Technical Chamber of Greece), 362, 13-Dec, Technical Chamber of Greece · 2008 ### Patents - **Visual speech recognition by phoneme prediction** Brendan Shillingford, Ioannis Alexandros Assael, Joao Ferdinando Gomes De Freitas WO Patent 219968A1 · 2019 - **Cross-modal sequence distillation** Brendan Shillingford, Ioannis Alexandros Assael, Joao Ferdinando Gomes de Freitas US Patent 0160843A1 · 2022 - **Training video data generation neural networks using video frame embeddings** Ioannis Alexandros Assael, Brendan Shillingford WO Patent 053523A1 · 2022 - **Sample-efficient adaptive text-to-speech** Yutian Chen, Scott Ellison Reed, Aaron Gerard Antonius van den Oord, Oriol Vinyals, Heiga Zen, Ioannis Alexandros Assael, Brendan Shillingford, Joao Ferdinando Gomes de Freitas US Patent 11,355,097 · 2022 - **Interactive decoding of words from phoneme score distributions** Ioannis Alexandros Assael, Brendan Shillingford, Misha Denil US Patent App. 18/285,345 · 2024 - **Bandwidth extension of incoming data using neural networks** Ioannis Alexandros Assael, Thomas Chadwick Walters, Archit Gupta, Brendan Shillingford US Patent App. 18/780,377 · 2025 - **Adaptive visual speech recognition** Ioannis Alexandros Assael, Brendan Shillingford, Joao Ferdinando Gomes de Freitas US Patent App. 18/986,673 · 2025 - **Enhancing images from a mobile device to give a professional camera effect** Ioannis Alexandros Assael, Brendan Shillingford US Patent App. 18/852,940 · 2025 - **Variable resolution variable frame rate video coding using neural networks** Ioannis Alexandros Assael, Brendan Shillingford US Patent App. 18/864,656 · 2025 - **Resolving time-delays using generative models** Jakob Nicolaus Foerster, Ioannis Alexandros Assael US Patent 12,561,108 · 2026 ### Thesis - DPhil Thesis **Deep learning for communication: emergence, recognition and synthesis** University of Oxford · 2019 · [link](https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:794592eb-d957-49c4-8d46-c4eb19bd0125) - MRes Thesis **From pixels to torques: policy learning using deep dynamical convolutional networks** Imperial College London · 2015 - MSc Thesis **Bayesian Optimization for Heteroscedastic Functions** University of Oxford · 2014 · [link](https://www.cs.ox.ac.uk/msctheses/1351/) - Bachelor Thesis **String matching on hybrid parallel architectures, an approach using MPI and Nvidia CUDA** University of Macedonia · 2013 [Download CV](https://www.assael.gr/cv.pdf) ## Contact - [Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=DwHtHE8AAAAJ) - [LinkedIn](https://linkedin.com/in/iassael) - [X](https://x.com/iassael) - [GitHub](https://github.com/iassael) - [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/yannisassael/) - [Flickr](https://flickr.com/photos/iassael/)