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» 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.
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Challenges in opportunistic use of data from communication networks
HIDA event INTERNATIONAL VIRTUAL COVID-DATA CHALLENGE
Mining Social Influence
Inferring the effective start dates of non-pharmaceutical interventions during COVID-19 outbreaks
Prof. Aryeh Kontorovich, department of Computer Science, Chairmankaryeh@cs.bgu.ac.il
Steering Committee Members:
Prof. Mark Last, department of Software & Information Systems Engineering, mlast@bgu.ac.il
Prof. Boaz Lerner, department of Industrial Engineering & Managementboaz@bgu.ac.il
Racheli Eldin, Administrative Manager
eldin@bgu.ac.il
Congratulations to doctoral student Noy Cohen Shapira on winning the award for the best research article at the prestigious CIKM conference to which 19% of the submitted articles were received.
The article is the work of a research team led by Prof. Lior Rokach. The team also included Prof. Bracha Shapira, Dr. Gilad Katz, and doctoral student Roman Weinstein
The article deals with automatic computational learning.
Special thanks to doctoral student Eilon Sheetrit from the Technion for assistance at the conference.
Israeli researcher: End of coronavirus peak only weeks away
Tuberculosis immunization may lessen Covid-19 illness
Dima Kagan, Thomas Chesney & Michael Fire: Using data science to understand the film industry’s gender gap
Dr. Rami Puzis: Exploring complex networks in Israel - Join in and apply for the HIDA summer exchange program!
Interview with Dr. Yossi Oren: How smartphones can be protected against hacker attacks
BGU researchers determine how to pinpoint malicious drone operators