I’m a professor, innovator, and former executive (CTO and Head of Innovation) with a deep passion for digital transformation and speech technologies, especially in the fields of computer-assisted and automated interpreting, dubbing, and multimodal communication. In 2025, Multilingual magazine listed me among the 16 thought leaders shaping the future of the translation and interpreting industry.

Some key facts:

🔸 Associate Professor, PhD, in Interpreting Studies and Language Technology at Mainz University
🔸 Advisor and Consultant for research centers, public institutions, and private companies in the field of digital transformation and language technologies (for example for the European Parliament, European Commission and Sintef)
🔸 Founder of InterpretBank, a world class computer-assisted interpreting tool for interpreters
🔸 Public speaker on the subject of Language and Technological Transformation
🔸 Inventor of many IT solutions in the Speech Translation and Multilingual space
🔸 Former CTO and Head of Innovation at KUDO in New York

In a nutshell, I study, design and implement system around speech technologies, from digital tools to support professional interpreters to AI systems that translate speech automatically, to help people communicate no matter what language they speak. Personally, I’m passionate about the intersection of mind, brain (including computational) and language; I also write a blog on Technology and Languages. For more info about my academic and industry career, see here. I maintain the Research Bibliography on Interpreting an Technology.

Where I am talking next

• 29 November, Invited Talk, “AI and Simultaneous Interpreting: challenges and solutions. Latency (EVS), Grounding, Expressivity.”, TRANSFORUM, Strasbourg, France.
• 29 January 2026, Keynote, “Toward a Technological Turn in Interpreting Studies: Embracing AI Interpreters as a Legitimate Object of Inquiry”, Lucentino Conference, Alicante, Spain.
• For a complete list of my past talks, see here. If you want to invite me to give a speech, please contact me at: info@claudiofantinuoli.org