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ABOUT DSRC​


​The Data Science Research Center at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (DSRC@BGU), founded in April 2018, brings together one of the largest multidisciplinary groups of data scientists in Israel. 

The current list of the Center members includes about 100 faculty members from 20 different departments of all BGU faculties (Engineering, Natural Sciences, Humanities and Social Sciences, Health Sciences, and the Institute of Desert Studies) as well as from the Soroka Hospital. 

The Center's main mission is to focus on encouraging theoretical and practical research in data mining, machine learning, and big data. 
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OUR GOALS

​» To advance the state-of-the-art in data science through basic research
in core data science areas;

​» To transform multiple fields of science and engineering (ranging from cyber security to digital health) through continuous collaboration between data scientists and domain experts;

​» To educate new generations of data-aware professionals through enhancing programs of study at undergraduate and graduate levels across the entire university.

​The center's application form sent to The Council for Higher Education

Data Science Center Regulations (in Hebrew)​​​​

The Center's Management & Super​​vision Team

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Aryeh-Kontorovich

Prof. Aryeh Kontorovich, 
department of Computer Science, Chairman
karyeh@cs.bgu.ac.il



Steering Committee Members:

mark last

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​Prof. Mark Last, 
department of Software 
& Information Systems ​Engineering, 
mlast@bgu.ac.il 

boaz lerner


Prof. Boaz Lerner, 
department of Industrial
Engineering & Management
boaz@bgu.ac.il 


Prof. Opher Donchin

Prof. Opher Donchin,
department of Biomedical Engineering & the Inter-Faculty School for Brain Sciences
donchin@bgu.ac.il​

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Prof. Tirza Routtenberg


Prof. Tirza Routtenberg,
department of Electrical and Computer Engineering​​ 
tirzar@bgu.ac.il​​
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Dr. Oren Freifeld

Dr. Oren Freifeld, 
department of Computer Science​ 
orenfr@cs.bgu.ac.il​​

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Racheli Eldin, Project Manager

eldin@bgu.ac.il

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✪​ Congratulations to Grisha Weintraub (Prof. Ehud Gudes's PhD Student), Kartheeswaran Thangathurai (Prof. Eitan Rubin's PhD Student), Ofir Yaish (Dr. Yaron Orenstein's PhD Student) and Itay Buchnik (Dr. Nir Shlezinger's M.Sc Student) for winning the Access and Usage of Cloud Resources in a call of proposals organized the Israel Data Science Initiative!
✪​ ​​​​​​​​Congratulations to the 4th year SISE students Mohsen Abdalla, Naor Ben Evgi, and Evgeny Umansky for winning the first place at the Task 2 (Disease severity prediction) of the International Covid-data Challenge organized by  ELLIS Genoa, ELLIS Munich, Helmholtz AI, and the Israel Data Science Initiative!​ 
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