Evangelia Balatsou, PhD
Cognitive Neuroscientist
Consultant
STEM Ambassador
Welcome!
About Me
Short bio
Working in the AI industry has been quite a ride. Creating natural interactions between people and machines is one of the greatest schemes of AI. While my engagement in this field has been ethically rewarding to me, it is the blend of scientific knowledge and the potential for concrete societal value that builds my main daily drive and quenches my thirst for a more humanised AI.
I currently work as a Conversational AI Expert, reinventing the way voicebots and chatbots are communicating with humans.
I previously worked as a Speech Scientist & Project Manager, where I optimized algorithms and platforms to understand human language better and designed more naturalistic human-computer dialogues. I also coordinated these implementations across multidisciplinary teams in projects in the banking and telecommunications sectors in the EU.
In November 2020 I received a PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience from Bangor University, UK. My research focused on the behavioural and electrophysiological underpinnings of single word production. My PhD is available for reading here.
My work has been published in scientific journals (find me on Google scholar), presented in international and European conferences (AMLaP, IWLP, CoNSALL) and invited talks in Universities across the UK and Germany. I have been an investigator in five scientific laboratories in academic institutions in Greece, the UK and Germany, while I have taught, supervised and mentored in research numerous undergraduate and postgraduate students in Psychology.
Prior to my doctoral research at Bangor University, I obtained a BA in English Language and Literature from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, GR and a MSc in Psychology of Language from the University of Edinburgh, UK.
I am also the founder of Greek Girls Code, a social enterprise aiming to support Greek women’s work and activities in science, research and technology.
Consulting
what i do: x-y axis
Neuromanagement
What does brain activity show? Blending human behavioural and neural characteristics with technical expertise into employing various methods to sell a product or service.
Human factors & AI
Multi-disciplinary industrial projects, case management, data visualisation and processing strategies for big data of human factors and automation of processing pipelines.
Featuring
Latest work
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Media
Recent Interviews
2021
CogniHub Podcast: From Linguistics to AI
The relationship between Linguistics, Neuroscience and AI. How hard is it to transition from a non-STEM education to a career in science? Follow this very interesting discussion here.
2021
Greek Women in
STEM interview
How is language wired in the human brain? What happens with bilinguals? How can you process language in a computer? I answer these and many more questions in Greek (original) and English (translated) here for the first time!
2021
Neuroscience & Linguistics YouTube
What is a speech scientist? What is a cognitive neuroscientist? What do I do in my everyday life? In this youtube interview I share tips and tricks about my journey in industry and academia.
2020
Lefteris Asks
Science Podcast
How does the human brain work? How does it choose the words to say at any given situation? In this podcast I tried to answer some of these questions.
2020
46 Questions
Interview
Fostering a sense of community in the sciences requires a broader representation of the diversity in scientists. Read my answers to the rapid fire 46 questions here.
2020
ResearcHers Code
Twitter Takeover
As I transitioned to the AI industry and finishing my PhD, in this takeover I shared parts of my journey, inspos and tips for young women who started coding.
Want me to speak?
usual topics of my talks
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Brain & Language
How is the human brain wired for language? What happens to our minds before we say a single word?
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Conversational AI
How to use virtual assistants & speech technologies to understand people’s needs and intentions in user interfaces and human-computer interactions.
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The electric brain
The science of brain waves through Electroencephalography (EEG). What EEG activity tells us about the human mind.
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Women in STEM & Tech
As the founder of Greek Girls Code I always aspire to encourage more women to join the sciences in Greece.
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Get in touch
Talks, interviews, queries
Dr. Evangelia Balatsou
Cognitive Neuroscientist &
Consultant
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Location:
Athens, GR -
Phone:
+30 6979063417 -
E-mail:
info@ebalatsou.com
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