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'''Demis Hassabis''',<br/>
a British computer scientist, neuroscientist, [[Artificial Intelligence|artificial intelligence]] researcher, computer game developer, entrepeneurentrepreneur, and founder and CEO of [[DeepMind]] <ref>[https://twitter.com/demishassabis Demis Hassabis (@demishassabis) | Twitter]</ref>. He was a child prodigy in chess starting with age 4, with an Elo rating of 2300 at the age of 13, is an accomplished [[Shogi|shogi]] and [[Poker|poker]] player <ref>[http://demishassabis.com/biography/ DH - Bio]</ref>, and further won the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_Sports_Olympiad Mind Sports Olympiad] in 1999, aged 23, and four more times in consecutive years <ref>[http://www.theguardian.com/technology/shortcuts/2014/jan/28/demis-hassabis-15-facts-deepmind-technologies-founder-google Demis Hassabis: 15 facts about the DeepMind Technologies founder | Technology] by [http://www.theguardian.com/profile/samuel-gibbs Samuel Gibbs], [[The Guardian]], January 28, 2014</ref>. At age 8, he baught his first computer, a [[ZX Spectrum]] from a prize money of a chess match, and made his first practical AI experiences in developing chess and [[Othello]] programs.
At age 16, Demis Hassabis began his game developer career at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullfrog_Productions Bullfrog Productions], working with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Molyneux Peter Molyneux] on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theme_Park_%28video_game%29 Theme Park], later continuing his collaboration with Molyneux at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionhead_Studios Lionhead Studios] on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_%26_White_%28video_game%29 Black & White]. His further games [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic:_The_Revolution Republic: The Revolution] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evil_Genius_%28video_game%29 Evil Genius] were already developed under his 1998 founded [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elixir_Studios Elixir Studios] . He graduated in computer science from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Cambridge University of Cambridge] in 1997 and defended his Ph.D. from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_College_London University College London] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_neuroscience cognitive neuroscience] in 2009, followed by postdocs at [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]] and [[Harvard University|Harvard]].
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