Curriculum Vitae

Education

2020–2024
Ph.D., Information & Knowledge Management

University of Haifa. Dissertation: “Online Deliberation and Data Journalism.” Advisor: Prof. Sheizaf Rafaeli.
2005–2015
M.A., Philosophy

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Thesis: “Data Journalism, Transparency and Interactivity.” Includes a teaching certificate in education.
2002–2010
B.A., Philosophy

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

2026–present
Guest Researcher, Center for the Study of Rationality

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.
2021–2022
Adjunct Lecturer, Lauder School of Government

Reichman University (IDC Herzliya), Herzliya, Israel. Taught “Introduction to Data Science with Python for Government.”
2015–2018
Research Fellow, Center for Internet Research

University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel. Designed and launched OpenPISA, an open-data platform for the OECD PISA database.

2024–present
Statistician, Methodology · Israel Central Bureau of Statistics

Jerusalem, Israel.
- Investigating the replacement of traditional official statistical methods with deep learning models to improve accuracy and efficiency.
2021–2024
Data Scientist, Research · Maccabi Health Services

Tel Aviv, Israel.
- Led research on physician burnout prediction and patient wait-time forecasting.
- Conducted retrospective cohort studies published in leading medical journals.
2020–2021
Data Scientist, Operations Research · Corona National Information and Knowledge Center

Israel.
- Conducted rapid research on vaccine effectiveness and infection patterns to inform national policy.
2018–2020
Data Scientist, Technology · Center for Educational Technology

Tel Aviv, Israel.
- Developed adaptive learning systems by integrating psychometric modeling (IRT) with machine learning algorithms.

Aug 2026
Information Environments and the Structure of Political Discussion Networks

Political Networks Conference, University of Manchester (accepted).
Jul 2026
Beyond Who Shows Up: Information Design and Online Political Discourse

“Elections in Times of Crisis,” Israeli Political Science Association, Reichman University.
Jun 2026
When Information Is Both Costly and Empowering: Equilibrium Selection Under Strategic Complementarities

42nd Annual Conference of the Israel Economic Association, Coller School of Management, Tel Aviv University.
May 2026
The Architecture of Evidence: How Data Journalism Restructures the Topology of Online Deliberation

COMPTEXT Conference, University of Birmingham.
2025
Now You See Me: Using Generative AI to Drive Engagement with Data Visualizations

IEEE VIS Workshop on GenAI, Vienna (poster).
2025
Modeling How Data Journalism Shapes Discussion Networks

Israel Statistics and Data Science Association (poster).
2020
Does Data Journalism Engage Its Audience?

Computation + Journalism Symposium, virtual event.

2024
Data Journalism and Learning Analytics

Learning Analytics Café MOOC (Prof. Ido Roll), Faculty of Education in Science and Technology, Technion. Watch
2019
The Spirit of the Times: Big Data in Journalism and Society

Matan’el Seminar. Watch
2017
Big Data and Citizen Empowerment

Public Policy and Politics in the Age of Media and Data, Open University of Israel. Watch
2017
Education Data Journalism

The Israeli Visualization Conference, University of Haifa. Watch
2017
How Can the Public Be Encouraged to Investigate Educational Questions?

Research Workshop of the Israel Science Foundation, Technion.
2017
Education Data Journalism

Open Media and Information Lab, Open University of Israel.
2015
Data Journalism

Special Seminar for World Statistics Day, Israel Central Bureau of Statistics.
2014
Education Data Transparency

Learning in a Networked Society Annual Retreat, University of Haifa. Watch

2015–2020
Trump Family Foundation

Open PISA Project. Principal investigator: Prof. Sheizaf Rafaeli; co-investigator: Avner Kantor.
2017
AllCloud Co.

Cloud hosting support for the Open PISA platform.
2010–2011
DAAD Center for German Studies

“Narrative, Dreams, Imagination.” Principal investigator: Dr. Jen Glaser; co-investigator: Avner Kantor.

Reviewer for the following journals and conferences: