Bio
Download the full curriculum vitae (PDF) for appointments, grants, service, and publications.
Education
- Ph.D., Computer Science, Tel Aviv University (advisor: Michael Krivelevich), 2004–2009
- M.Sc., Computer Science, Weizmann Institute of Science (advisor: Uriel Feige), 2001–2004
- B.Sc., Computer Science (cum laude), Technion — Israel Institute of Technology, 1998–2001
Selected positions
- Senior Lecturer, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, BGU, 2020–present
- Machine Learning Expert (sabbatical), AI Department, Playtika, Herzliya, 2023–2025
- Lecturer, Department of Communication Systems Engineering, BGU, 2014–2020
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Weizmann Institute of Science, 2011–2014
- Hedrick Assistant Professor, Mathematics, UCLA, 2009–2011
- Postdoctoral Fellow, UC Berkeley, 2008–2009
Honors (sample)
- Ben-Gurion University Excellence in Research Award (top ~18% researchers), 2026
- Fellow, Social Policy Institute, Washington University in St. Louis, 2022–present
- B.Sc. cum laude, Technion, 2001
Editorial & service (sample)
- Associate Editor, Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research (JAIR), 2021–present
- Associate Editor, Mathematics (MDPI), 2022–present
- Steering Committee, Data Science Research Center, BGU, 2022–present
Family history
A publication of my great-great-grandfather Yaakov Vilenchik (Be’er Yaakov, Vilnius,
October 1879). The book is part of the
HebrewBooks.org digitization project; the scan
is catalogued as
Hebrewbooks_org_8047.pdf
(HebrewBooks.org record).