Manuel Giollo

Manuel Giollo, PhD, is a Senior Applied Scientist at Amazon AGI with over 11 years of experience in AI research, focusing on multimodal LLMs, speech recognition, and bioinformatics. They led significant advancements in technologies used in products like Alexa, contributing to the development of a multi-modal reward model and enabling speech recognition across five new languages. Manuel has authored more than 30 publications and held various research positions, including roles at ASML and the University of Padova, where they completed a PhD in Computer Science with a specialization in Bioinformatics. Recognized for their mentorship, they have received multiple awards for excellence in guiding junior scientists.