Dimitris Spathis is a research scientist with 11 years of experience specializing in multimodal and self-supervised learning for health, currently working on AI for consumer health at Google and serving as a visiting researcher at the University of Cambridge. His work spans academia and industry—PhD and postdoc training at Cambridge, senior research leadership at Nokia Bell Labs, and impactful internships at Microsoft Research and others—producing top-tier publications, patents, and an award-winning open foundation model for biosignals. He has driven practical on-device solutions (respiration pipelines, event/speech recognition) and investigated fairness and bias in pre-training, translating research into products and policy advice for bodies like the UK ICO. A seasoned mentor and educator, he supervises students from BSc to PhD and convenes research communities (workshops at AAAI, FairComp), reflecting a rare blend of rigorous theory, real-world deployment, and cross-sector collaboration.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Artificial Intelligence / Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Artificial Intelligence / Computer Science at University of Cambridge
Master’s Degree Artificial Intelligence, Master’s Degree Artificial Intelligence at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH)
Bachelor’s Degree Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree Computer Science at Ionian University
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