Dr. Evangelos Eleftheriou, Electrical Engineer (CTO & Co-Founder, Axelera AI) – IBM Fellow, Director of the Cloud and Computing Infrastructure Department, IBM Research, and also a Founding Member of Komvos, offers his perspective on Artificial Intelligence in the The N Society column of the newspaper Naftemporiki. With deep expertise in the field and an active presence in public discourse, Mr. Eleftheriou highlights not only the opportunities but also the responsibilities that Greece faces in transitioning from vision to practice.

In his article, he emphasizes that Greece possesses significant scientific and research capital, which often remains underutilized due to institutional and financial gaps. He stresses the need for targeted investments, infrastructure development, and access to data, as well as a regulatory framework that allows innovation to flourish without undermining the protection of rights. At the same time, he underlines the challenge of disseminating AI applications among small and medium-sized enterprises and the necessity of creating strong incentives to reverse brain drain. The text also presents specific proposals, such as the establishment of AI Clinics, sectoral innovation centers, and leveraging Greece as a hub for data and computing power over the next fifteen years.

The article is part of the series “Node of Ideas – Greece 2025-2040”, initiated by the Secretary General of Komvos, Prof. Konstantinos Drosatos, and Dr. Athena Coustenis (founding members of Komvos), in collaboration with Naftemporiki.

The main sponsor of Komvos is Piraeus Bank, which supports the organization in realizing its vision.

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