Embracing the challenges – Navigating failure, the imposter syndrome, and choosing a career in a changing world

The students met with Daniella Bar-Lev, a PhD student in the Faculty of Computer Science. Daniella received the Gutwirth Scholarship of Excellence and recently won the PCB prize in data sciences and the Blavatnik prize for outstanding Israeli doctoral students in computer science. Daniella is a graduate of the Lapidim program. She completed her BSc in computer science and mathematics at the Technion in 2019, and her MSc in computer science in 2021. Her research interests are algorithms, discrete mathematics, encryption theories, and DNA-based data storage.