Yossi Matias

Under Yossi’s leadership, world-class global teams are leading breakthrough research on Foundational Machine Learning & Algorithms, Computing Systems & Quantum, Science, AI for Health, Climate, Sustainability, Education and Socio-technical research, and advancement of Generative AI - driving real-world impact and shaping the future of technology. Yossi was previously on Google Search leadership for over a decade, driving strategic features and technologies, and pioneered Conversational AI innovations to help transform the phone experience and help remove barriers of modality and languages. He was also the founding lead of Google center in Israel, and supported other global sites. During his tenure at Google Yossi founded and spearheaded initiatives such as Google's AI for Social Good, Crisis Response, Google for Startups Accelerator, social and cultural initiatives, seeding Google Arts & Culture,and programs fostering startups, sustainability, and STEM and AI literacy for youth.Prior to Google Yossi was on the Computer Science faculty of Tel Aviv University, a visiting professor at Stanford, and a Research Scientist at Bell Labs.  A prolific computer scientist with publications in diverse fields, Yossi is a recipient of the Gödel Prize, the ACM Kanellakis Theory and Practice Award and is an ACM Fellow.