Demis Hassabis
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Demis Hassabis (born July 27, 1976 in London ) is a British AI researcher, neuroscientist , computer game and software developer , chess player and co-founder of the London-based company DeepMind Technologies, which was acquired by Google in 2014 for around 400 million US dollars .
Hassabis received his PhD in cognitive neuroscience from University College London in 2009 .
In chess he has held the title of Candidate Master since 2002 and played from 1998 to 2001 in Division 1, the top division of the Four Nations Chess League . In the 1998/99 season he played for Home House , in the 1999/2000 season for the team of Index-IT , which was formed by the merger of Home House with the Invicta Knights , and in the 2000/01 season for the second team by Beeson Gregory , which in turn was created through the merger of Index-IT with The AD's .
In 2018 Hassabis was elected to the Royal Society . In 2020 he was awarded the Dan David Prize .
Web links
- deepmind.com Homepage from Google DeepMind
- Demis Hassabis at the World Chess Federation FIDE (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ 15 facts about Demis Hassabi's DeepMind. businessinsider.com (English).
- ↑ Technology Review: Google's Intelligence Designer. In: Technology Review. Retrieved March 15, 2016 .
- ↑ Demis Hassabis - Knight of the digital round table. süddeutsche.de.
- ↑ Portrait - DeepMind Chef Demis Hassibis. businessinsider.com.
- ^ Dan David Prize 2020
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hassabis, Demis |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British AI researcher, manager, neuroscientist, computer game designer and chess player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 27, 1976 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London , UK |