Yossi Matias

{{short description|Israeli computer scientist}}

{{Infobox scientist

| name = Yossi Matias

| native_name = יוסי מטיאס

| native_name_lang = he

| image = File:Yossi Matias (4108387033).jpg

| fields = Computer Science

| workplaces = Google, Tel Aviv University

| known_for = Streaming Algorithms, Sketches, Google Trends, Google Autocomplete, Conversational AI, Google Duplex, AI for Social Good, Flood Forecasting, AI Co-Scientist

| awards = Gödel Prize, ACM Fellow, Paris Kanellakis Theory and Practice Award

}}

Yossi Matias (Hebrew: יוסי מטיאס) is an Israeli-American computer scientist, entrepreneur and Google executive.

Matias is Vice President, Engineering & Research at Google, and the Head of Google Research. He was the founding managing director of Google's Center in Israel.{{cite web|last=Ungerleider |first=Neal |url=http://www.fastcompany.com/1699742/google-israel-yossi-matias |title=Google Israel's Chief Geek Yossi Matias Offers a Peek Inside the R&D Center | Fast Company | Business + Innovation |publisher=Fast Company |date=2010-11-03 |access-date=2013-10-22}} He has been on the leadership team of Google's Research, the global exec lead overseeing Google’s Health AI,{{Cite web |first=Greg Corrado|last= Yossi Matias and |title=Google Research, 2022 & beyond: Health |url=https://ai.googleblog.com/2023/02/google-research-2022-beyond-health.html |website=AI Blog |date=February 23, 2023 |access-date=February 23, 2023}}{{Cite web |first=Yossi Matias|last= Greg Corrado and |title=Our latest health AI research updates |url=https://blog.google/technology/health/ai-llm-medpalm-research-thecheckup/ |website=The Keyword |date=March 14, 2023 |access-date=March 14, 2023}} Crisis Response and Climate AI efforts,{{Cite web |first=Yossi|last=Matias|title=How we're using AI to help address the climate crisis |url=https://blog.google/outreach-initiatives/sustainability/cop27-adaptation-efforts/ |website=The Keyword |date=November 2, 2022 |access-date=November 2, 2022}} and leads efforts in Conversational AI. For over a decade he was on the leadership team of Google’s Search, building and leading efforts including Google Trends, Google Autocomplete, Search Console, and Search experiences in weather, sports, dictionaries and more. In 2024 Matias move to Silicon Valley to head Google Research, the company’s global research activity.{{Cite news |date=2024-04-18 |title=Google Israel R&D head Yossi Matias moving to global role |url=https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-google-israel-rd-head-yossi-matias-moving-to-global-role-1001477138 |access-date=2024-05-06 |work=Globes |language=en}}

Matias established the Research and Development Center of Google in Israel.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_U1s1xoYoA |title=Decode with Google 15RAEL - 15 years of innovation made in Israel: Yossi Matias|website=YouTube }} growing it to over 2500 on staff,{{cite web|last=Shahaf |first=Tal |url=https://www.tech12.co.il/index-specials/techlist-2023/ai/Article-ec86d55a1a73781027.htm?sCh=bf6963a8895e6810&pId=323612318 |title=Yossi Matias: the man who develops Google's main tools (Hebrew) |publisher=tech12 |date=2023-04-02 |access-date=2023-04-03}} with efforts working on Search, AI, Waze, Cloud and Chip design. He led the development of Google products such as Google Trends, Google Insights for Search, Google Suggest, Google Visualization API, Ephemeral IDs for IoT.{{cite web|url=https://security.googleblog.com/2016/04/growing-eddystone-with-ephemeral-identifiers.html |title=Growing Eddystone with Ephemeral Identifiers: A Privacy Aware & Secure Open Beacon Format |date=2016-04-14 |access-date=2017-11-06}}

He is leading efforts in Conversational AI including Google Duplex,{{Cite news|url=https://ai.googleblog.com/2018/05/duplex-ai-system-for-natural-conversation.html|title=Google Duplex: An AI System for Accomplishing Real-World Tasks Over the Phone|last1=Leviathan|first1=Yaniv|date=May 8, 2018|work=Google AI Blog|access-date=May 10, 2018|last2=Matias|first2=Yossi|language=en-US}}{{Cite web |first=Richard |last=Nieva |title=Exclusive: Google's Duplex could make Assistant the most lifelike AI yet |url=https://www.cnet.com/news/google-assistant-duplex-at-io-could-become-the-most-lifelike-ai-voice-assistant-yet/ |website=CNET |publisher=CBS Interactive |date=May 9, 2018 |access-date=May 9, 2018}} Call Screen,{{Cite web |first=Micah |last=Singleton |title=Google Assistant will screen spam calls on the Pixel 3 |url=https://www.theverge.com/2018/10/9/17955274/google-pixel-3-spam-calls-assistant-screen-filter |website=The Verge |date=October 9, 2018 |access-date=October 9, 2018}} Live Caption,{{Cite web |first=Nadav Bar|last= Michelle Tadmor-Ramanovich and |title=On-Device Captioning with Live Caption |url=https://ai.googleblog.com/2019/10/on-device-captioning-with-live-caption.html |website=AI Blog |date=October 29, 2019 |access-date=October 29, 2019}} Live Relay,{{Cite web |first=Sapir|last=Caduri |title=Easier phone calls without voice or hearing |url=https://www.blog.google/outreach-initiatives/accessibility/live-relay-phone-calls-io/ |website=The Keyword |date=May 7, 2019 |access-date=May 7, 2019}} Recorder,{{Cite web |first=Sherry|last=Lin |title=Record a lecture, name that song: Pixel 4 uses on-device AI |url=https://www.blog.google/products/pixel/on-device-ai-with-pixel4/ |website=The Keyword |date=October 22, 2019 |access-date=October 22, 2019}} and Euphonia.{{Cite web |first=Julie|last=Cattiau |title=How AI can improve products for people with impaired speech |url=https://www.blog.google/outreach-initiatives/accessibility/impaired-speech-recognition/ |website= The Keyword |date=May 7, 2019 |access-date=May 7, 2019}}

He pioneered an initiative to bring cultural and heritage collections online, such as the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum archive,{{cite web|last=Fisher |first=Allyn |url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE70P3ZM20110126 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130201120214/http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE70P3ZM20110126 |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 1, 2013 |title=Google widens access to Israel's Holocaust archives |publisher=Uk.reuters.com |access-date=2013-10-22}} the Dead Sea Scrolls,{{cite web|url=http://dss.collections.imj.org.il/media |title=Digital Dead Sea Scrolls at the Israel Museum, Jerusalem - The Project |publisher=Dss.collections.imj.org.il |access-date=2013-10-22}} and the Nelson Mandela Archive,{{cite web|url=http://archive.nelsonmandela.org |title=Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory |publisher=Archive.nelsonmandela.org |date=2004-09-21 |access-date=2013-10-22}} which along with Google Art Project seeded up Google Cultural Institute.{{cite web|url=https://artsandculture.google.com/ |title=Google Cultural Institute |access-date=2013-10-22}} He is leading a global initiative for Crisis Response{{cite web |first=Yossi |last= Matias|url=https://www.blog.google/products/search/helping-people-crisis/ |title= Helping people in a crisis |publisher= Google the Keyword |date=2017-07-25 |access-date=2017-11-06}} and Flood Forecasting.{{citation |first=Yossi |last= Matias|url=https://www.blog.google/products/search/helping-keep-people-safe-ai-enabled-flood-forecasting/ |title= Keeping people safe with AI-enabled flood forecasting |publisher= Google the Keyword |date=2018-09-24 |access-date=2018-09-24}}

Matias is the executive lead and founder of Google's Campus Tel Aviv,{{cite web|url=http://www.campustelaviv.com |title=Google Campus |publisher=Campustelaviv.com |date=2013-09-24 |access-date=2013-10-22}} a technology hub for promoting innovation and entrepreneurship and birthplace of programs such as Campus for Moms and LaunchPad, which has evolved into Launchpad Accelerator, and LaunchPad Studio for AI & ML focused startups.{{cite web|url=https://developers.googleblog.com/2017/07/apply-to-google-developers-launchpad.html |title= Apply to Google Developers Launchpad Studio for AI & ML focused startups

|publisher=Google Developers Blog |date=2017-07-26 |access-date=2017-11-06}} He is a founding lead of Google's AI for Social Good initiative.

Prof. Matias is on the computer science faculty at Tel Aviv University, and previously a research scientist at Bell Labs and a visiting professor at Stanford. He published over 200 papers in diverse areas including data analysis, algorithms for massive data sets, data streams and synopses, parallel algorithms and systems, data compression, data and information management systems, security and privacy, video processing, Internet technologies, ai for health, machine learning and language models. He is the inventor of over 75 patents. He pioneered some of the early technologies for the effective analysis of big data, internet privacy and contextual search.

Matias is a recipient of Gödel Prize,{{cite web|url=http://www.sigact.org/Prizes/Godel/2005.html |title=2005 Godel Prize |publisher=Sigact.org |access-date=2013-10-22}} an ACM Fellow{{cite web|url=http://fellows.acm.org/fellow_citation.cfm?id=4099198&srt=all |title=Yossi Matias - Award Winner |publisher=Fellows.acm.org |access-date=2013-10-22}} and a recipient of Paris Kanellakis Theory and Practice Award{{cite web|url=https://awards.acm.org/award_winners/matias_4099198| title= Yossi Matias - ACM Paris Kanellakis Theory and Practice Award}} for seminal work on the foundations of streaming algorithms and their application to large scale data analytics.{{Cite journal |last=Alon |first=Noga |last2=Matias |first2=Yossi |last3=Szegedy |first3=Mario |date=1999-02-01 |title=The Space Complexity of Approximating the Frequency Moments |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022000097915452 |journal=Journal of Computer and System Sciences |volume=58 |issue=1 |pages=137–147 |doi=10.1006/jcss.1997.1545 |issn=0022-0000|doi-access=free }}