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Hi there!
This website describes some of my past academic endeavors as a PhD student at the Hebrew University (which will forever be at my heart; but I'm now having even more fun at an updated geography). --- I've completed my M.Sc in computational neuroscience at the lab for understanding neurons (of Prof. Idan Segev). As a Ph.D. student, I developed algorithmic models of human decision making and learning at the lab of Prof. Yonatan Lowenstein. I'm interested in a theoretical understanding of how we, humans, learn from experience and make decisions. To this end, I analyze real-world behavior, and design lab-experiments to extract faithful descriptions of the way we learn from experience and use this knowledge to steer ourselves towards future prospects. Frequently modeling behavior in the framework of reinforcement learning, I regularly utilize generic reward (mostly, money), but often deviate to using less tangible forms of feedback such as information as a reward - probing what is curiosity and how boredom or entropy maximization may shape our preferences. I did my Ph.D at the Federmann Center for the Study of Rationality and the Hoffman Leadership and Responsibility Fellowship Program. I'm always happy to get feedback and discuss new ideas - if you are interested in the topics I work on, please feel free to reach out. |
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Creative stuff
I am the two times awardee of the Harry Hershon prize for creative writing (2014, 2017).
I had the great pleasure to publish a children book about "One sneezy morning" with the enormously talented caricaturists Moshik Lin.
For a brief time, In indulged in some fun work on a scientific podcast for youngsters (in Hebrew). Check it out here.
I had the great pleasure to publish a children book about "One sneezy morning" with the enormously talented caricaturists Moshik Lin.
For a brief time, In indulged in some fun work on a scientific podcast for youngsters (in Hebrew). Check it out here.
