https://www.linkedin.com/in/sepi-chakaveh/Dr Sepideh (Sepi) Chakaveh has a degree in Electronics Engineering & a PhD in Experimental Astrophysics & Space Sciences. She has worked both in the UK & Germany as senior scientist/academic including, Imperial College, Max Planck Institute in Heidelberg, Fraunhofer Society & Southampton University where she was the co-founder and the former Director of Southampton Data Science Academy, the first UK on-line Data Science academy.
Sepi is a Course Director and Lecturer in Data Science, and a Research Common Room Member of Wolfson College, University of Oxford. She also serves on the Advisory Board of the Cyber Security Doctoral Training Centre at Royal Holloway, University of London.
An accomplished technology entrepreneur, researcher, and innovator, Sepi has received numerous industry and academic accolades. Her awards include the Everywoman Innovator Award (2020), Technology Gamechanger Award (2021), Innovation Excellence Streaming Platform of the Year (2022), Video AI Technology Specialists of the Year (2022), 5V DeepTech Ambassador (2023), and the OLLIE Researcher Award (2025).
Her work spans artificial intelligence, data science, cybersecurity, digital innovation, and emerging technologies, with a particular focus on translating cutting-edge research into practical solutions that create meaningful impact across industry, academia, and society.
Sepi is the inventor of PixselChat (flagship product of Pixsellar) the first Sovereign AI and multiple award winning next generation of Telecommunication platforms with embedded real-time translation capabilities in text, voice, and video in over 70 languages.
