Data Science for Good: At NGO wildlife safe crossing,https://safewildlifecrossings.com/ we are building a data platfom & dashboard for people to report wildlife injuries across Israel. Data infra is the first step for mitigation & improvement. We are in the process of consolidating data from different NGOs and become the ultimate source of data dashboard for saving wildlife in Israel
Maya Sigal is an environmental entrepreneur. After15 years of working in the high-tech industry, she was exposed to the biodiversity loss crisis in Israel, left her career, and established the non-profit organization “Safe Passages for Wildlife.” The organization reduces harm to wildlife through data-based solutions, technology, and public engagement.
Maya holds a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and an MBA, and is currently pursuing an advanced research degree in Environmental Studie.
Lightning talks session
Roundtable session & poster session
Lightning talks session
Talk by Dr. Moran Mizrahi
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Reception
Opening remarks by WiDS TLV ambassadors
Dr. Mor Geva , Tel Aviv University: “MRI for Large Language Models: Mechanistic Interpretability from Neurons to Attention Heads”
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
Poster pitches
Break
Lightning talks session
Lunch & poster session
Roundtable session & poster session
Roundtable closing
Shunit Agmon, Technion: “Bridging the Gender Gap in Clinical AI: Temporal Adaptation with TeDi-BERT”
Shaked Naor Hoffmann, Apartment List: “Building Generative AI Agents for Production: Turning Ideas into Real-World Applications”
Closing remarks
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