September 19, 2021
| EDUCATION | |
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| 2020- | Ph.D. Candidate, School of business administration, University of Haifa. Advisor: Prof. Sheizaf Rafaeli. Thesis Topic: Data Journalism and User Comments |
| 2019 | Master’s research and thesis, Information & Knowledge Management, University of Haifa. Advisor: Prof. Sheizaf Rafaeli. Thesis Topic: Data Journalism, Transparency and Interactivity |
| 2015 | MA, Philosophy Education, Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
| 2010 | Teacher Certification program, Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
| 2010 | B.A., Philosophy and Interdisciplinary program, Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
| CONFERENCES | |
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| 2021 | Kantor, Avner, and Sheizaf Rafaeli. “Independence through Data Journalism”(video). The 22nd Annual Conference of the Association of Internet Researchers.Virtual Event, 12 - 16 October, 2021 |
| “Does Data Journalism Engage Its Audience?”, Computation + Journalism Symposium, Virtual Event, USA, March 20 – 21, 2020 | |
| 2020 | “Open PISA: Dashboard for Large Educational Dataset”(video), Learning at Scale, Virtual Event, USA, August 12–14, 2020 |
| 2017 | “Big Data and Citizen Empowerment”, Public Policy and Politics in The Age of Media and Data, Open University of Israel, Ra’anana, December 24, 2017 |
| “Transparency and Interactivity: Does Data Journalism Effects Civic Engagement”, Rabin Graduate Conference on Political Science, International Relations, and Public Policy, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, December 13-14, 2017 | |
| “Education Data Journalism”, The Israeli Visualization Conference (ISVIS), Haifa University, Haifa, June 27, 2017 | |
| “How can the public be encouraged to investigate educational questions? The PISA Citizen Science Project”, Public Engagement with Science Online – A Research Workshop of the Israel Science Foundation, Technion, Haifa, June 25t, 2017 | |
| “Big Data and Education: PISA Test”, INFO Annual Conference & Exhibition - Teldan Information Systems, Tel-Aviv, May 11, 2017 | |
| 2015 | “PISA Data Explorer”, Learning in a Networked Society (LINKS) Annual Retreat, Ben Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, September 8-9, 2015 |
| 2014 | “Education Data Transparency”, Learning in a Networked Society (LINKS) Annual Retreat, Haifa University, September 18, 2014 |
| 2009 | “Philosophy for Children and Bilingual Education”, IPCRI Education for Peace Conference & Workshops, Tantur, Jerusalem, Apr 24-25, 2009 |
| 2007 | “Meaning of Life and Education”, International Council of Philosophical Inquiry with Children, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, June 4-7, 2007 |
| SEMINARS | |
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| 2017 | “Data Journalism and Education”, Faculty of Education Science and Technology, Technion, November 14, 2017 |
| “Education Data Journalism”, Open Media and Information Lab, Open University of Israel, Ra’anana, February 22, 2017 | |
| “Open PISA Project”, Education Seminar, Israel Central Bureau of Statistics, Jerusalem, February 22, 2017 | |
| 2016 | “Open PISA Project”, National Authority for Measurement and Evaluation in Education, Ramat-Gan, December 28, 2016 |
| “Visualization of Education”, Education Seminar, Israel Central Bureau of Statistics, Jerusalem, Januar 21, 2016 | |
| 2015 | “Data Journalism”, Special Seminar for World Statistics Day, Israel Central Bureau of Statistics, Jerusalem, October 22, 2015 |
| BOOK CHAPTERS | |
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| 2013 | Kantor, Avner. “Dream and Hope”. Narrative, Dreams, Imagination 3 (2013): 33. |
| SERVICE | |
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| 2010 | Workshop: Imaging the Future, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, 2010 |
| 2015 | Co-organized a competition for improving articles in statistics and probability for the Wikipedia in Hebrew |
| 2009 | Workshop: Education for Thinking: Inquiry, Creativity and Philosophy, Israel Center for Excellence through Education, Jerusalem, December 13, 2009 |
| 2007 | Conference: International Council of Philosophical Inquiry with Children, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, June 4-7, 2007 |
| TEACHING | |
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| Spring 2021 | “Introduction to Data Science for Government”, Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy & Strategy IDC Herzliya |
| GRANTS | ||
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| 2018 | Samuel Neaman Institute for Israel 100: Wikipedia digital footprint (in collaboration with Prof. Sheizaf Rafaeli) | 20,000 NIS |
| 2017-2019 | AllCloud for hosting Open PISA Project | 11,000$ |
| 2015-2020 | The Trump Foundation for developing Open PISA Project (in collaboration with Prof. Sheizaf Rafaeli) | 400,000 NIS |
| 2010-2011 | DAAD Center for German Studies in the Hebrew University of Jerusalem for Israeli-German research project (in collaboration with Dr. Jen Glasser) | 10,000$ |
| 2007 | The Melton Center for Jewish Education in the Hebrew University of Jerusalem for international ICPIC conference (in collaboration with Dr. Jen Glasser) | 10,000$ |
| 2006 | The School of Education in the Hebrew University of Jerusalem for Philosophy in Primary Schools Project (in collaboration with Dr. Jen Glasser) | 10,000 NIS |
| The Jerusalem Foundation for Philosophy in Primary Schools Project (in collaboration with Dr. Jen Glasser) | 5,000$ |
| INDUSTRY | |
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| 2020- 2021 | Corona National Information and Knowledge Center, Data Scientist |
| 2018-2020 | The Center for Educational Technology, Data Scientist |
| 2015-2017 | The Center for Internet Research, Research Fellow |
| 2012-2013 | Elenxos, Software Developer |
| 2008-2011 | Ministry of Education, Science and Math Teacher |
| 2004-2008 | Jerusalem Science Museum, Instructor |