Sepi Chakaveh

Speaker Bio

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 Research Common Room Member of Wolfson College Oxford, member of the advisory board of the Royal Holloway College Cyber Security Doctoral Training Centre, the winner of Everywoman Innovator Award 2020, and Technology Gamechanger 2021, Winner of The Innovation Excellence Streaming Platform of the Year 2022 and the Winner of Video AI Technology Specialists of the Year 2022, 5V DeepTech Ambassodor 2023 and OLLIE Researcher of 2025 Award Winner.

Sepi is the inventor of PixselChat (flagship product of Pixsellar) a multiple award bearing next generation of data communication platforms with embedded real-time translation capabilities. PixselChat is a real-time multilingual communication platform developed by Pixelar Ltd that seamlessly integrates text, voice, and video with live translation, enabling natural, free-flowing conversations across languages and locations. Designed as a full-fledged telecommunications solution, it removes linguistic and geographic barriers for teams, organisations, and communities operating in complex, high-stakes environments. Notably, PixselChat literally saved lives during the Row4Ukraine mission, where its offline real-time translation enabled multilingual crew members to communicate during a life-threatening emergency at sea—demonstrating its reliability, resilience, and real-world impact beyond conventional communication tools.