I’m a researcher and entrepreneur working on collective intelligence systems to help us think better, together. I co-founded Cosmik where we’re working on new kinds of social networks for collective sensemaking, with a particular focus on science: how can we integrate social networks into the research lifecycle to improve curation, discovery and knowledge synthesis? We’re currently building Semble, a new social knowledge network for research on ATProto.
My PhD thesis focused on cognitive-inspired computational models of natural language understanding. I’m particularly interested in embodied and stigmergic cognition, and the role of learning environments in shaping human and machine intelligence.
I’m passionate about sociotechnical activism and building for impactful pro-social change! I’m a co-founder of the Sensemaking Scenius, a community focused on research, development, design and community-building around collective sensemaking. We’re working on technology and practices to help people and groups navigate information overload, find meaning and connection, and make sense of an increasingly complex world.
Developing Sensemaking Networks, a new kind of social network combining AI and semantic nanopublishing, to improve how we collectively curate, evaluate, disseminate and discuss scientific research.
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jerusalem Area, Israel
Jul 2018 - Dec 2023
Hyadata Data Science Lab
Dafna Shahaf Integrating grounded/embodied cognition research into natural language understanding systems.
DAOstack
Dec 2021 - Dec 2022
Research on platforms for decentralized collective intelligence & sense-making
University of California San Diego
San Diego
Sep 2021 - Jun 2022
Visiting researcher at Prof. Judith Fan's Cognitive Tools computational cognitive science lab
Research Intern
Allen Institute for AI (AI2)
Seattle, Washington, United States
Jun 2021 - Dec 2021
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Oct 2019 - Oct 2021
TA for self-paced introduction to data science course at the Center for Interdisciplinary Data-Science Research (CIDR) in the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Summer Research Intern
Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2)
Greater Seattle Area
Jun 2019 - Sep 2019
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jerusalem Area, Israel
Oct 2017 - Sep 2019
TA for undergraduate computer engineering final projects workshop. Course management, assisting students in finding and framing research problems, project planning, presentation and evaluation.
RIKEN
Japan
Jul 2018 - Sep 2018
Research on natural language understanding and incorporation of external knowledge sources.
Extraction of structured procedural instructions from scientific papers.
Orbs
Jul 2017 - Apr 2018
Consensus algorithms research. Co-authored paper- Helix: A Scalable and Fair Consensus Algorithm Resistant to Ordering Manipulation
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Deep Learning Group - Amnon Shashua Lab
Jul 2015 - Jan 2018
Thesis: Hierarchical Tensor Decompositions
Applications to Neural Network Design and Empirical Analysis Works: Cohen, N., Tamari, R., & Shashua, A. (2017). Boosting Dilated Convolutional Networks with Mixed Tensor Decompositions, ICLR 2018
Hyadata Data Science Lab under Dafna Shahaf Fields of research: Integrating grounded/embodied cognition research (simulation, metaphor) into natural language understanding systems.
The Hebrew University
Master’s Degree
2015 - 2017
Bachelor’s Degree
2011 - 2015
Hardware & Intelligent Systems track , including coursework in Image Processing, Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence and Verilog and FPGA design.
Awards: 2
Core Data Science Research Fellowship
Oct 2021
Grad. School Dean's List
Feb 2017
For academic achievements, 2015-2016
Involvement: 1
Volunteering
Mentor
Oct 2013 - Jul 2017
Beliba Choma is a program aimed at assisting Haredi (Ultra-Orthodox stream of Judaism) Jews in academia. In general, this sector isn't well represented in universities and Haredi students usually suffer from lack of foundations in mathematics, English and other core curriculum subjects.
For more than 2 years I've been helping a former Haredi student with little academic background with his computer science and mathematics related coursework.
I'm gaining new perspectives through this program and learning a lot as well, about the power of determination in the face of adversity and how motivation can help compensate for lack of formal education.
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"One of the important skills of the professional scientists... is to know what to read and what not to read. This is narrow community knowledge built up through extended face-to-face socialisation in expert groups."
