I’m an AI scientist shaped by three decades of hands-on industry and software product-building experience.
Currently, I conduct AI research as a faculty member in the Computer Science Department at the Holon Institute of Technology.
My research focuses on applying deep generative models to challenges in natural language processing, computer vision, and robotics. A central theme is the development of synthetic data generation techniques to support the training, fine-tuning, and evaluation of AI models, particularly in domains such as education, healthcare, and defense, where labeled real-world data is often scarce or inaccessible.
I am also especially interested in anomaly detection tasks, with a focus on generating synthetic anomalous data to overcome the inherent scarcity of labeled anomalies.
1995: Technion, BSc in Computer Science (4-year track), Paper
2004: Weizmann Institute of Science, M.Sc. in Computer Science, Thesis
2006: Polytechnic Institute of NYU, M.Sc. in Management
2012: Tel-Aviv University, PhD in Computer Science, Thesis
2013: Weizmann Institute of Science, Computer Science, Post-doctoral Fellowship, Paper
Courses in the Hands-on AI Science series
Courses on different aspects of AI taught using Innovation-First Approach
List of available courses
Current and past offerings and students' projects
Other courses I taught in the past
More on teaching and curriculum development
2020-2024: Questar Automotive, Head of Data Science
2015-2019: Motorola Solutions, Israel Innovation Center, Head of Research
2013-2015, Citi, TLV Innovation Lab, AVP Data Science
1993-2013: Various Software Companies, Developer/Chief Architect/CTO/Founder
More on innovation, and entrepreneurship
My computing journey(private stuff)