A breakthrough in a laboratory only becomes an innovation when it changes something in the real world. Professor Dimitris Drikakis shares how artificial intelligence and engineering can turn scientific discovery into solutions with applications from aerospace and medicine to the environment.

Professor Dimitris Drikakis is Vice-President for Global Partnerships and Dean of the School of Sciences and Engineering at the University of Nicosia. A world-recognised expert for turning research findings into industrial applications in mechanical engineering and aeronautics. His current research focuses on developing artificial intelligence algorithms for high-precision flow-field analysis, with applications in aerospace, biomedicine, and the environment, as well as in modelling aerosol-borne pandemics and medical diagnostics.