Dr. Nataly Kuritz

Redefining Data Science Teams: New Roles, Responsibilities, and Processes in the GenAI Revolution
Dr. Nataly Kuritz

Abstract

The emergence of GenAI has triggered a fundamental reshaping of how data science teams operate and integrate within organizations. Traditional boundaries between roles are blurring, creating both challenges and opportunities in team structure and process design. This panel brings together senior leaders to discuss how they’re navigating this transformation and building new organizational frameworks for AI product development.

Bio

Dr. Nataly Kuritz is an AI consultant passionate about bridging the gap between AI technology, domain expertise, and business sustainability. She holds a PhD in deep learning for quantum mechanics and material sciences from Tel Aviv University, with extensive industry experience in conversational AI for healthcare and financial decision-making. A committed advocate for diversity in tech, she serves as a board member at DataHack and has led NLP research initiatives at Meirim.org.

Agenda

8:45 Reception
9:30 Opening remarks by WiDS TLV ambassadors
9:45 Dr. Mor Geva , Tel Aviv University: “MRI for Large Language Models: Mechanistic Interpretability from Neurons to Attention Heads”
10:15 Panel: “Pioneering Progress: a strategic look at the GenAI revolution and the new role of data scientists“
Shani Gershtein, Melingo
Mirit Elyada Bar, Intuit
Dr. Asi Messica, Lightricks
Moderated by Nitzan Gado, Intuit
10:45 Poster pitches
10:55 Break
11:10 Lightning talks session
12:30 Lunch & poster session
13:30 Roundtable session & poster session
14:30 Roundtable closing
14:40 Shunit Agmon, Technion: “Bridging the Gender Gap in Clinical AI: Temporal Adaptation with TeDi-BERT”
15:00 Shaked Naor Hoffmann, Apartment List: “Building Generative AI Agents for Production: Turning Ideas into Real-World Applications”
15:20 Closing remarks
15:30 The end