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SOTIRIA’s domain expertise is deployed in the area of underwater intelligence and security by developing AI-as-a-Partner software solutions and designing state-of-the-art, ultra-sensitive magnetic and acoustic sensing equipment.

According to NATO, national security infrastructure – such as underwater communication cables responsible for 90 per cent of all communication between North America and Europe – remain under adversaries’ threat and over 80 per cent of our oceans remain unobserved. Navies increasingly need to accurately detect near-zero noise threats.

Developed by Zafeirakis’ SOTIRIA, Nereid is a scalable, AI-powered underwater surveillance solution for the protection of key maritime domain and national security assets. Utilising neural network architectures and fusing data from multiple sensing sources, it augments legacy systems’ capabilities and safeguards national security in the underwater domain.

Within 14 months of operations SOTIRIA has participated in NATO’s exercise REPMUS22 in Portugal at the invitation of the Portuguese Navy; engaged with five navy forces in Europe and North America; and has become European Defence Agency partners in the field of AI.

Dr Freideriki (Frida) Michailidou is a researcher and lecturer at ETH Zurich in Switzerland where she develops sustainable processes for creating fragrant materials by combining biotechnology with perfumery and consumer science.

Little more than 3,000 fragrance chemicals currently supply a growing multi-million dollar industry with products containing up to 300 distinct chemicals. Michailidou is advancing an eco-friendly biocatalysis technique that will allow scientists to harness renewable raw materials using less energy, shifting the paradigm towards sustainable production of high-value chemicals.

As part of her research, she led an expedition to Mount Olympus, Greece’s highest mountain, to collect volatile emissions from rare, protected plants growing at nearly 7,000 feet above sea level. Using cutting-edge analytical technology, Michailidou identified the molecular structures contributing to the unique scents of these plants. She now focuses on advancing eco-friendly biocatalysis techniques to harness renewable raw materials, to promote consumer safety while reducing the use of experimental animals.

A high demand for advanced chemical materials and a finite availability of natural resources compels the development of sustainable production technologies for high-value chemicals in fragrances. Michailidou’s research in sustainable fragrance creation has the potential to impact multiple industries including the food, pharmaceutical, agrochemical and advanced materials industries.

Yannis Assael

Dr Yannis Assael is a Staff Research Scientist working on Artificial Intelligence at Google DeepMind. A graduate from the Department of Applied Informatics, University of Macedonia, Yannis completed an MSc at the University of Oxford – finishing first in his year – and an MRes at Imperial College London, both with full scholarships.

He returned to Oxford for a DPhil degree on a Google DeepMind scholarship and, after a series of research breakthroughs and entrepreneurial activities, began working as a researcher at Google DeepMind.

His contributions in the field of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning range from audio-visual speech recognition to multi-agent communication and AI for culture, studying damaged ancient texts. His research, which focuses on contributing to and expanding the greater good, has attracted much media attention for example, featuring on the cover of the the world’s leading multidisciplinary science journal, Nature.

Στις φωτογραφίεςμε τη σειρά:Angelos Tsereklas Zafeirakis, Freideriki (Frida) Michailidou, Yannis Assael