News & Events

The students met with Dr. Mira Shalah Abboud, CEO and co-founder of BeautAI and a Technion graduate, who spoke about her journey, career path, and the connection between research and entrepreneurship. Dr. Shalah Abboud is a computer scientist who specializes in computational geometry and a hi-tech entrepreneur. She began her academic studies at age 15, before she even graduated high school, as part of the Etgar program for excellent students. She then received her BSc with honors from Haifa University, began MSc studies at the Technion, and switched to the direct track for a PhD, supervised by Prof. Gil Barkat from the Faculty of Computer Science. Her PhD thesis, entitled Formulae and Growth Rates of Animals on Cubical and Triangular Lattices, addressed fundamental questions in computational geometry and solved several previously unsolved problems in this field. After completing her PhD at age 25, Mira went to Stanford University for post-doctoral studies and researched representations and modeling of three-dimensional shapes using computer software. Her articles have been presented in conferences and published in leading international journals. After completing her post-doctorate, Mira returned to Israel and founded BeautAI, a beauty-tech startup company that is developing an automatic makeup application machine, and works there today as the CTO. In 2019, Mira was featured on the Forbes magazine 30 Under 30 list.

The students met with Dr. Gil Shamai and Prof. Ron Kimmel, who presented the research they had been working on for seven years on AI-based analysis of pathology images for purposes of diagnosis, prognosis, and selecting optimal cancer treatments. The technology they developed, known as the "computerized pathologist", analyzes the genetic and molecular composition of tissue samples from malignant tumors. The system tests the samples and identifies the genetic mutations that contribute to the tumor's development, as well other indices such as proteins. This enables the technology to determine the unique signature of each tumor, which is the basis for selecting the most suitable form of oncology treatment for the specific patient.

The students met for an opening and introductory session to meet their peers in the program. During the session, the students enjoyed a humorous improvisation workshop, in which they learned and performed physical and mental exercises to maintain high energy levels for the busy, exciting semester ahead.

  המלגה Apple Scholars in AI/ML Apple Scholars in AI/ML PhD fellowship מיועדת לתמיכה בקהילת המחקר האקדמי באמצעות העצמת מנהיגים מבטיחים בתחומיהם ובמחקריהם המתקדמים בתחום הלמידה החישובית. הדס סיימה תואר ראשון בפקולטה בהצטיינות יתרה, במסגרת תוכנית המצויינות "לפידים". היא המשיכה לתואר שני בהנחיית ד"ר יונתן בלינקוב בתחום עיבוד שפה טבעית, ועל עבודתה בתואר השני זכתה במלגת גוגל לנשים במדעי המחשב. במהלך לימודיה בתואר השני עבדה אורגד במיקרוסופט, שם חקרה שיטות בינה מלאכותית עבור הגנה בסייבר. לאחר מכן המשיכה לדוקטורט ישיר כסטודנטית במשרה מלאה. כל הכבוד!! גאים בך!!

https://www.calcalist.co.il/calcalistech/article/rkgaskbmn