Demis Hassabis Demis Hassabis, chief executive officer and cofounder of DeepMind and winner of 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. DeepMind's artificial intelligence program AlphaFold2 has calculated the structure of almost all known proteins. (more) Demis Hassabis British computer scientist Actions Share Share Share to social media Facebook X URL https://www.britannica.com/biography/Demis-Hassabis Share Share Share to social media Facebook X URL https://www.britannica.com/biography/Demis-Hassabis Written by Erik Gregersen Erik Gregersen is a senior editor at Encyclopaedia Britannica, specializing in the physical sciences and technology. Before joining Britannica in 2007, he worked at the University of Chicago Press on the... Erik Gregersen, John P. Rafferty John P. Rafferty writes about Earth processes and the environment. He serves currently as the editor of Earth and life sciences, covering climatology, geology, zoology, and other topics that relate to... John P. Rafferty•All Fact-checked by The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica Encyclopaedia Britannica's editors oversee subject areas in which they have extensive knowledge, whether from years of experience gained by working on that content or via study for an advanced degree. They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors. The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica Last Updated: Oct 11, 2024 • Article History Table of Contents Quick Facts Born: July 27, 1976, London, England (Show more) Ask the Chatbot a Question Ask the Chatbot a Question Demis Hassabis (born July 27, 1976, London, England) is an English computer scientist who was awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work using artificial intelligence (AI) to predict protein structures. He shared half the prize with his colleague, American computer scientist John M. Jumper, and the other half of the prize was awarded to American biochemist David Baker. Hassabis spent his early life in north London. The eldest son of a Greek Cypriot father and a Chinese Singaporean mother, Hassabis developed a keen interest in chess and computer programming. A chess player from age four, Hassabis obtained ...(100 of 910 words)

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