TECHNION ALUMNI GO GLOBAL Transistor (https://transistor.fm) https://feeds.transistor.fm/technion-alumni-go-global Conversations with Technion alumni living and working all around the world. A podcast by the Technion Alumni Association © Technion Alumni Association 2024 37992534-a5c8-595f-b201-0c7cecafdc22 yes en Wed, 13 May 2026 14:45:14 +0300 Wed, 13 May 2026 14:46:01 +0300 https://alumni.technion.ac.il/ https://img.transistorcdn.com/3UgbtQicqpBVDZjoC-FVrwifv5Yr53fHKNLG7JaOE2Y/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS83NmZi/ZmUwZmUzYTUyY2M2/ZDU1ZDM0MzUwMGFk/ZDA4Yy5wbmc.jpg TECHNION ALUMNI GO GLOBAL https://alumni.technion.ac.il/ episodic Technion Alumni Association Conversations with Technion alumni living and working all around the world. A podcast by the Technion Alumni Association Conversations with Technion alumni living and working all around the world. Technion, Alumni, Israel SHEMMA jonathan@shemma.co.il No No Mother Tongue | Dr. Yael Pilowsky Bankirer 13 13 Mother Tongue | Dr. Yael Pilowsky Bankirer full 8698d96e-73cc-4583-aa4c-9a6e9a76cc1e https://share.transistor.fm/s/14395bea Dr. Yael Pilowsky Bankirer is a psychoanalyst and a poet, based in Cambridge, UK. She is a medical doctor and holds a PhD in Gender Studies and psychoanalysis. She is a member of the Site for Contemporary Psychoanalysis in London, and a co-editor of Sitegeist - A journal of Psychoanalysis and Philosophy.


This episode is a little different: we talk more than we usually do, about our inner lives, about consciousness and emotions… about gender and philosophy and poetry… with a guest who started out studying internal medicine, and then took turn after turn through psychiatry and psychoanalysis, feminist philosophy and more. In this conversation, we cover such far-ranging topics as: circumcision, menopause, and living abroad with Hebrew speaking kids. As a special treat - we even get a chance to hear some of Yael's poetry.

Host: Jonathan Gal of SHEMMA

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You can find Yael Pilowsky Bankirer's book of poetry (in Hebrew) - here.

And her book about circumcision in Freud’s writing is available here.

]]> Dr. Yael Pilowsky Bankirer is a psychoanalyst and a poet, based in Cambridge, UK. She is a medical doctor and holds a PhD in Gender Studies and psychoanalysis. She is a member of the Site for Contemporary Psychoanalysis in London, and a co-editor of Sitegeist - A journal of Psychoanalysis and Philosophy.


This episode is a little different: we talk more than we usually do, about our inner lives, about consciousness and emotions… about gender and philosophy and poetry… with a guest who started out studying internal medicine, and then took turn after turn through psychiatry and psychoanalysis, feminist philosophy and more. In this conversation, we cover such far-ranging topics as: circumcision, menopause, and living abroad with Hebrew speaking kids. As a special treat - we even get a chance to hear some of Yael's poetry.

Host: Jonathan Gal of SHEMMA

Visit our website & sign up for our newsletter here: https://alumni.technion.ac.il/

And find your community page here: https://linktr.ee/technionalumni

You can find Yael Pilowsky Bankirer's book of poetry (in Hebrew) - here.

And her book about circumcision in Freud’s writing is available here.

]]> Thu, 13 Nov 2025 08:00:23 +0200 Technion Alumni Association Technion Alumni Association 1967 Dr. Yael Pilowsky Bankirer is a psychoanalyst and a poet, based in Cambridge, UK. She is a medical doctor and holds a PhD in Gender Studies and psychoanalysis. She is a member of the Site for Contemporary Psychoanalysis in London, and a co-editor of Sitegeist - A journal of Psychoanalysis and Philosophy.


This episode is a little different: we talk more than we usually do, about our inner lives, about consciousness and emotions… about gender and philosophy and poetry… with a guest who started out studying internal medicine, and then took turn after turn through psychiatry and psychoanalysis, feminist philosophy and more. In this conversation, we cover such far-ranging topics as: circumcision, menopause, and living abroad with Hebrew speaking kids. As a special treat - we even get a chance to hear some of Yael's poetry.

Host: Jonathan Gal of SHEMMA

Visit our website & sign up for our newsletter here: https://alumni.technion.ac.il/

And find your community page here: https://linktr.ee/technionalumni

You can find Yael Pilowsky Bankirer's book of poetry (in Hebrew) - here.

And her book about circumcision in Freud’s writing is available here.

]]> Technion, Alumni, Israel No From CEO to Restaurant Cook... and Back | Assaf Glazer 12 12 From CEO to Restaurant Cook... and Back | Assaf Glazer full 847a1af2-c468-4a22-9950-bcad3e2565fc https://share.transistor.fm/s/18166464 Dr. Assaf Glazer is CEO at Vinst, an exciting Israeli foodtech startup that offers an AI-powered cooking app, to help users organize recipes, personalize meals, and elevate the home-cooking experience… as well as a platform where you can print your very own family cookbook.


A serial entrepreneur in a variety of areas where he finds passion, Glazer previously founded Nanit, a company that, among other things, raised over $75M in capital, and very successfully develops smart baby monitors - integrating AI and sleep science to help overall wellbeing for babies.
 

In this episode, recorded in Tel-Aviv, Israel, Glazer talks about how Covid sent him on a journey that included culinary school and restaurant work; and how going through the Oct. 7th attack at a farming community in southern Israel, led him to put together a very meaningful project - that also sounds quite delicious!


Host: Jonathan Gal of SHEMMA

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And find your community page here: https://linktr.ee/technionalumni

]]> Dr. Assaf Glazer is CEO at Vinst, an exciting Israeli foodtech startup that offers an AI-powered cooking app, to help users organize recipes, personalize meals, and elevate the home-cooking experience… as well as a platform where you can print your very own family cookbook.


A serial entrepreneur in a variety of areas where he finds passion, Glazer previously founded Nanit, a company that, among other things, raised over $75M in capital, and very successfully develops smart baby monitors - integrating AI and sleep science to help overall wellbeing for babies.
 

In this episode, recorded in Tel-Aviv, Israel, Glazer talks about how Covid sent him on a journey that included culinary school and restaurant work; and how going through the Oct. 7th attack at a farming community in southern Israel, led him to put together a very meaningful project - that also sounds quite delicious!


Host: Jonathan Gal of SHEMMA

Visit our website & sign up for our newsletter here: https://alumni.technion.ac.il/

And find your community page here: https://linktr.ee/technionalumni

]]> Wed, 15 Oct 2025 17:45:30 +0300 Technion Alumni Association Technion Alumni Association 2772 Dr. Assaf Glazer is CEO at Vinst, an exciting Israeli foodtech startup that offers an AI-powered cooking app, to help users organize recipes, personalize meals, and elevate the home-cooking experience… as well as a platform where you can print your very own family cookbook.


A serial entrepreneur in a variety of areas where he finds passion, Glazer previously founded Nanit, a company that, among other things, raised over $75M in capital, and very successfully develops smart baby monitors - integrating AI and sleep science to help overall wellbeing for babies.
 

In this episode, recorded in Tel-Aviv, Israel, Glazer talks about how Covid sent him on a journey that included culinary school and restaurant work; and how going through the Oct. 7th attack at a farming community in southern Israel, led him to put together a very meaningful project - that also sounds quite delicious!


Host: Jonathan Gal of SHEMMA

Visit our website & sign up for our newsletter here: https://alumni.technion.ac.il/

And find your community page here: https://linktr.ee/technionalumni

]]> Technion, Alumni, Israel No Blazing Trails in Japan | Or Marantz 11 11 Blazing Trails in Japan | Or Marantz full 3fb5dadd-8428-42a4-a786-819c3c53160e https://share.transistor.fm/s/c2a6b652 Or Marantz is a doctorate candidate at the Nagoya University, specializing in sustainable communities development in rural Japan. She also serves as ‘open innovation analyst’ at NGLI, which is an Israeli company that provides services of open innovation to Japanese clients.


In this episode, she talks about the different things she learned from working with Italian and Japanese colleagues, the link between digital nomads and de-population, as well as what she saw on the Pacific Crest Trail... that made her seek out a career in renewable energy.

Host: Jonathan Gal of SHEMMA

Visit our website & sign up for our newsletter here: https://alumni.technion.ac.il/

And find your community page here: https://linktr.ee/technionalumni

]]> Or Marantz is a doctorate candidate at the Nagoya University, specializing in sustainable communities development in rural Japan. She also serves as ‘open innovation analyst’ at NGLI, which is an Israeli company that provides services of open innovation to Japanese clients.


In this episode, she talks about the different things she learned from working with Italian and Japanese colleagues, the link between digital nomads and de-population, as well as what she saw on the Pacific Crest Trail... that made her seek out a career in renewable energy.

Host: Jonathan Gal of SHEMMA

Visit our website & sign up for our newsletter here: https://alumni.technion.ac.il/

And find your community page here: https://linktr.ee/technionalumni

]]> Fri, 29 Aug 2025 05:46:16 +0300 Technion Alumni Association Technion Alumni Association 2789 Or Marantz is a doctorate candidate at the Nagoya University, specializing in sustainable communities development in rural Japan. She also serves as ‘open innovation analyst’ at NGLI, which is an Israeli company that provides services of open innovation to Japanese clients.


In this episode, she talks about the different things she learned from working with Italian and Japanese colleagues, the link between digital nomads and de-population, as well as what she saw on the Pacific Crest Trail... that made her seek out a career in renewable energy.

Host: Jonathan Gal of SHEMMA

Visit our website & sign up for our newsletter here: https://alumni.technion.ac.il/

And find your community page here: https://linktr.ee/technionalumni

]]> Technion, Alumni, Israel No Quality Control | Helen Buchumensky 10 10 Quality Control | Helen Buchumensky full 56f25dc7-037e-4596-b5b7-708c1abb290c https://share.transistor.fm/s/48107cc6 Helen Buchumensky is Director of standards and compliance, and head of global functional safety, at ARM Semiconductors & Automotive Operations... and of course, a proud Technion alum!

In this is episode, she talks about starting music festivals, writing for teenage magazines, and soviet professionalism... She also tells us all about the concept of Functional Safety, and how quality control in the billions and billions of microchips all around us, could really save lives.


Finally, she talks about her social activism days, as a student... she's our first ever guest to describe the Technion as a party school :)


Host: Jonathan Gal of SHEMMA

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And find your community page here: https://linktr.ee/technionalumni

]]> Helen Buchumensky is Director of standards and compliance, and head of global functional safety, at ARM Semiconductors & Automotive Operations... and of course, a proud Technion alum!

In this is episode, she talks about starting music festivals, writing for teenage magazines, and soviet professionalism... She also tells us all about the concept of Functional Safety, and how quality control in the billions and billions of microchips all around us, could really save lives.


Finally, she talks about her social activism days, as a student... she's our first ever guest to describe the Technion as a party school :)


Host: Jonathan Gal of SHEMMA

Visit our website & sign up for our newsletter here: https://alumni.technion.ac.il/

And find your community page here: https://linktr.ee/technionalumni

]]> Thu, 31 Jul 2025 18:07:42 +0300 Technion Alumni Association Technion Alumni Association 2631 Helen Buchumensky is Director of standards and compliance, and head of global functional safety, at ARM Semiconductors & Automotive Operations... and of course, a proud Technion alum!

In this is episode, she talks about starting music festivals, writing for teenage magazines, and soviet professionalism... She also tells us all about the concept of Functional Safety, and how quality control in the billions and billions of microchips all around us, could really save lives.


Finally, she talks about her social activism days, as a student... she's our first ever guest to describe the Technion as a party school :)


Host: Jonathan Gal of SHEMMA

Visit our website & sign up for our newsletter here: https://alumni.technion.ac.il/

And find your community page here: https://linktr.ee/technionalumni

]]> Technion, Alumni, Israel No Farm to Building | Lola Ben Alon 9 9 Farm to Building | Lola Ben Alon full 0cfb1565-2434-41c9-8978-2393942f3a31 https://share.transistor.fm/s/6b67c803 Lola Ben Alon is Assistant Professor at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation - where she directs both the Natural Materials Lab, and the Building Technology curriculum.


Her work has been exhibited in some of the most prestigious museums and events in the field of architecture and design; she curates and serves on several highly regarded boards in the field, And of course – she’s a proud Technion alum!


In this episode, she talks about rammed earth, straw and clay, ancient recipes for cutting-edge 3D printers; why “concrete is not the enemy”; and lessons she learned about building… from insects!

Host: Jonathan Gal of SHEMMA

Visit our website & sign up for our newsletter here: https://alumni.technion.ac.il/

And find your community page here: https://linktr.ee/technionalumni

You're invited to contact Lola via the Natural Materials Lab Instagram page.

]]> Lola Ben Alon is Assistant Professor at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation - where she directs both the Natural Materials Lab, and the Building Technology curriculum.


Her work has been exhibited in some of the most prestigious museums and events in the field of architecture and design; she curates and serves on several highly regarded boards in the field, And of course – she’s a proud Technion alum!


In this episode, she talks about rammed earth, straw and clay, ancient recipes for cutting-edge 3D printers; why “concrete is not the enemy”; and lessons she learned about building… from insects!

Host: Jonathan Gal of SHEMMA

Visit our website & sign up for our newsletter here: https://alumni.technion.ac.il/

And find your community page here: https://linktr.ee/technionalumni

You're invited to contact Lola via the Natural Materials Lab Instagram page.

]]> Mon, 07 Jul 2025 16:24:53 +0300 Technion Alumni Association Technion Alumni Association 2137 Lola Ben Alon is Assistant Professor at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation - where she directs both the Natural Materials Lab, and the Building Technology curriculum.


Her work has been exhibited in some of the most prestigious museums and events in the field of architecture and design; she curates and serves on several highly regarded boards in the field, And of course – she’s a proud Technion alum!


In this episode, she talks about rammed earth, straw and clay, ancient recipes for cutting-edge 3D printers; why “concrete is not the enemy”; and lessons she learned about building… from insects!

Host: Jonathan Gal of SHEMMA

Visit our website & sign up for our newsletter here: https://alumni.technion.ac.il/

And find your community page here: https://linktr.ee/technionalumni

You're invited to contact Lola via the Natural Materials Lab Instagram page.

]]> Technion, Alumni, Israel No Machine Man | Dr. Jonathan Spitz 8 8 Machine Man | Dr. Jonathan Spitz full 71c62b66-9664-439b-b547-fc3b4901217e https://share.transistor.fm/s/97090123 Dr. Jonathan Spitz is the founder and CEO of Gauss Machine Learning, a Germany-based startup that uses artificial intelligence to optimize manufacturing systems.

 

In this episode, we talk about his early LEGO robots, growing up in Argentina; how he helped Coca-Cola increase productivity by 10% (!) after just a couple of hours, using only a tablet; the meaning of "Small Data" and how it can lead to big results; and of course, as in any conversation regarding robotics – "Terminator 2: Judgement Day".


Host: Jonathan Gal of SHEMMA

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And find your community page here: https://linktr.ee/technionalumni

]]> Dr. Jonathan Spitz is the founder and CEO of Gauss Machine Learning, a Germany-based startup that uses artificial intelligence to optimize manufacturing systems.

 

In this episode, we talk about his early LEGO robots, growing up in Argentina; how he helped Coca-Cola increase productivity by 10% (!) after just a couple of hours, using only a tablet; the meaning of "Small Data" and how it can lead to big results; and of course, as in any conversation regarding robotics – "Terminator 2: Judgement Day".


Host: Jonathan Gal of SHEMMA

Visit our website & sign up for our newsletter here: https://alumni.technion.ac.il/

And find your community page here: https://linktr.ee/technionalumni

]]> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 19:37:07 +0300 Technion Alumni Association Technion Alumni Association 3215 Dr. Jonathan Spitz is the founder and CEO of Gauss Machine Learning, a Germany-based startup that uses artificial intelligence to optimize manufacturing systems.

 

In this episode, we talk about his early LEGO robots, growing up in Argentina; how he helped Coca-Cola increase productivity by 10% (!) after just a couple of hours, using only a tablet; the meaning of "Small Data" and how it can lead to big results; and of course, as in any conversation regarding robotics – "Terminator 2: Judgement Day".


Host: Jonathan Gal of SHEMMA

Visit our website & sign up for our newsletter here: https://alumni.technion.ac.il/

And find your community page here: https://linktr.ee/technionalumni

]]> Technion, Alumni, Israel No Plenty of Problems in the Sea | Maria Chudnovsky 7 7 Plenty of Problems in the Sea | Maria Chudnovsky full c4a4e4d6-9510-49bb-a906-fddec5f5e205 https://share.transistor.fm/s/8d4eb85c Maria Chudnovsky is a leading mathematician working in the field of graph theory. She is a professor at the Department of Mathematics and The Program in Applied and Computational Mathematics at Princeton University. She is also a Distinguished Fellow at the Faculty of Sciences at the Hebrew University Jerusalem, and a 2012 MacArthur Fellow – the so called “Genius Grant”. And just recently, she was awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship for 2025.  

In this episode, she talks about “what makes a problem hard”... and why she does much of her groundbreaking work on her couch. She also attempts to explain some pretty advanced graph theory in terms we can all understand… and as a bonus, for any true math nerds out there: she shares a riddle that took her weeks to solve, so pay close attention!


Host: Jonathan Gal of SHEMMA

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And find your community page here: https://linktr.ee/technionalumni

]]> Maria Chudnovsky is a leading mathematician working in the field of graph theory. She is a professor at the Department of Mathematics and The Program in Applied and Computational Mathematics at Princeton University. She is also a Distinguished Fellow at the Faculty of Sciences at the Hebrew University Jerusalem, and a 2012 MacArthur Fellow – the so called “Genius Grant”. And just recently, she was awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship for 2025.  

In this episode, she talks about “what makes a problem hard”... and why she does much of her groundbreaking work on her couch. She also attempts to explain some pretty advanced graph theory in terms we can all understand… and as a bonus, for any true math nerds out there: she shares a riddle that took her weeks to solve, so pay close attention!


Host: Jonathan Gal of SHEMMA

Visit our website & sign up for our newsletter here: https://alumni.technion.ac.il/

And find your community page here: https://linktr.ee/technionalumni

]]> Wed, 07 May 2025 06:26:12 +0300 Technion Alumni Association Technion Alumni Association 2237 Maria Chudnovsky is a leading mathematician working in the field of graph theory. She is a professor at the Department of Mathematics and The Program in Applied and Computational Mathematics at Princeton University. She is also a Distinguished Fellow at the Faculty of Sciences at the Hebrew University Jerusalem, and a 2012 MacArthur Fellow – the so called “Genius Grant”. And just recently, she was awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship for 2025.  

In this episode, she talks about “what makes a problem hard”... and why she does much of her groundbreaking work on her couch. She also attempts to explain some pretty advanced graph theory in terms we can all understand… and as a bonus, for any true math nerds out there: she shares a riddle that took her weeks to solve, so pay close attention!


Host: Jonathan Gal of SHEMMA

Visit our website & sign up for our newsletter here: https://alumni.technion.ac.il/

And find your community page here: https://linktr.ee/technionalumni

]]> Technion, Alumni, Israel No Matbucha Bolognese | Alexey Tomsov 6 6 Matbucha Bolognese | Alexey Tomsov full d8139310-23e2-49b6-8574-4575598d6e34 https://share.transistor.fm/s/44749986 Alexey Tomsov is food technology lead at Redefine Meat, and a proud Technion alum. He's our first guest from the exciting world of food-tech...


If you don’t know about Redefine Meat, it’s an Israeli startup company that uses advanced technology, to develop and produce animal-free meat or “new meat” as they like to call it. Alexey was the company’s very first employee, and in a moment he’ll tell us about the innovations and advancements they’ve been making in his playground – that’s what he calls the food lab; we’ll hear a couple of recipes as well, and all about the burgers and steaks that are already changing the world.


Host: Jonathan Gal of SHEMMA

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]]> Alexey Tomsov is food technology lead at Redefine Meat, and a proud Technion alum. He's our first guest from the exciting world of food-tech...


If you don’t know about Redefine Meat, it’s an Israeli startup company that uses advanced technology, to develop and produce animal-free meat or “new meat” as they like to call it. Alexey was the company’s very first employee, and in a moment he’ll tell us about the innovations and advancements they’ve been making in his playground – that’s what he calls the food lab; we’ll hear a couple of recipes as well, and all about the burgers and steaks that are already changing the world.


Host: Jonathan Gal of SHEMMA

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]]> Wed, 09 Apr 2025 20:39:41 +0300 Technion Alumni Association Technion Alumni Association 2388 Alexey Tomsov is food technology lead at Redefine Meat, and a proud Technion alum. He's our first guest from the exciting world of food-tech...


If you don’t know about Redefine Meat, it’s an Israeli startup company that uses advanced technology, to develop and produce animal-free meat or “new meat” as they like to call it. Alexey was the company’s very first employee, and in a moment he’ll tell us about the innovations and advancements they’ve been making in his playground – that’s what he calls the food lab; we’ll hear a couple of recipes as well, and all about the burgers and steaks that are already changing the world.


Host: Jonathan Gal of SHEMMA

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And find your community page here: https://linktr.ee/technionalumni

]]> Technion, Alumni, Israel No On Lifelong Learning | Prof. Hava Siegelmann 5 5 On Lifelong Learning | Prof. Hava Siegelmann full 0139b832-a742-40fe-b547-992fb9a6c11f https://share.transistor.fm/s/5098b822 Hava Siegelmann is Provost Professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and for her groundbreaking work at DARPA, the research and development agency of the U.S Department of Defense, she is a recipient of The Meritorious Public Service Medal – one of the highest honors that the U.S army can bestow upon a private citizen. She truly is a world-renowned AI pioneer, and it all started at the Technion, where she studied computer science for her BA.

Throughout a career spanning decades and continents, she’s been on the front lines of innovation in AI, neural networks, and hypercomputation or super-Turing; and in a moment, you’ll hear her talk about things like so-called ‘catastrophic forgetting’ in very smart machines; how robots can help rehabilitate injured soldiers; and even a little bit about baseball. 

Professor Siegelmann also tells us about her work in defending Israel and fighting antisemitism at the academic level, something she’s been very vocal about long before the current war, but has become an even bigger part of her professional life since October seventh.

Host: Jonathan Gal

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]]> Hava Siegelmann is Provost Professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and for her groundbreaking work at DARPA, the research and development agency of the U.S Department of Defense, she is a recipient of The Meritorious Public Service Medal – one of the highest honors that the U.S army can bestow upon a private citizen. She truly is a world-renowned AI pioneer, and it all started at the Technion, where she studied computer science for her BA.

Throughout a career spanning decades and continents, she’s been on the front lines of innovation in AI, neural networks, and hypercomputation or super-Turing; and in a moment, you’ll hear her talk about things like so-called ‘catastrophic forgetting’ in very smart machines; how robots can help rehabilitate injured soldiers; and even a little bit about baseball. 

Professor Siegelmann also tells us about her work in defending Israel and fighting antisemitism at the academic level, something she’s been very vocal about long before the current war, but has become an even bigger part of her professional life since October seventh.

Host: Jonathan Gal

Visit our website & sign up for our newsletter here: https://alumni.technion.ac.il/ 

And find your community page here: https://linktr.ee/technionalumni

]]> Mon, 30 Dec 2024 10:45:59 +0200 Technion Alumni Association Technion Alumni Association 2504 Hava Siegelmann is Provost Professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and for her groundbreaking work at DARPA, the research and development agency of the U.S Department of Defense, she is a recipient of The Meritorious Public Service Medal – one of the highest honors that the U.S army can bestow upon a private citizen. She truly is a world-renowned AI pioneer, and it all started at the Technion, where she studied computer science for her BA.

Throughout a career spanning decades and continents, she’s been on the front lines of innovation in AI, neural networks, and hypercomputation or super-Turing; and in a moment, you’ll hear her talk about things like so-called ‘catastrophic forgetting’ in very smart machines; how robots can help rehabilitate injured soldiers; and even a little bit about baseball. 

Professor Siegelmann also tells us about her work in defending Israel and fighting antisemitism at the academic level, something she’s been very vocal about long before the current war, but has become an even bigger part of her professional life since October seventh.

Host: Jonathan Gal

Visit our website & sign up for our newsletter here: https://alumni.technion.ac.il/ 

And find your community page here: https://linktr.ee/technionalumni

]]> Technion, Alumni, Israel No It's about Healthspan, not Lifespan | Dr. Nir Barzilai 4 4 It's about Healthspan, not Lifespan | Dr. Nir Barzilai full aafc5317-3acf-4040-8b24-2ecda0bf2897 https://share.transistor.fm/s/81a2f0b6 Doctor Nir Barzilai is a professor of medicine and genetics at the Albert Einstein college of medicine; he’s the director of the biggest center in the world for the biology of aging; and the president of the academy of health and lifespan research. Over the course of this conversation, Doctor Barzilai talks about the centenarian studies he’s been conducting for over two decades now, focusing on people well over a hundred years old… and the so-called longevity genes they have in common. He also touches on the benefits of fasting; What he thinks about ‘immortalists’; four drugs that actually could delay aging, and much much more.
Host: Jonathan Gal

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]]> Doctor Nir Barzilai is a professor of medicine and genetics at the Albert Einstein college of medicine; he’s the director of the biggest center in the world for the biology of aging; and the president of the academy of health and lifespan research. Over the course of this conversation, Doctor Barzilai talks about the centenarian studies he’s been conducting for over two decades now, focusing on people well over a hundred years old… and the so-called longevity genes they have in common. He also touches on the benefits of fasting; What he thinks about ‘immortalists’; four drugs that actually could delay aging, and much much more.
Host: Jonathan Gal

Visit our website & sign up for our newsletter here: https://alumni.technion.ac.il/ 

And find your community page here: https://linktr.ee/technionalumni

]]> Thu, 12 Dec 2024 07:55:03 +0200 Technion Alumni Association Technion Alumni Association 2634 Doctor Nir Barzilai is a professor of medicine and genetics at the Albert Einstein college of medicine; he’s the director of the biggest center in the world for the biology of aging; and the president of the academy of health and lifespan research. Over the course of this conversation, Doctor Barzilai talks about the centenarian studies he’s been conducting for over two decades now, focusing on people well over a hundred years old… and the so-called longevity genes they have in common. He also touches on the benefits of fasting; What he thinks about ‘immortalists’; four drugs that actually could delay aging, and much much more.
Host: Jonathan Gal

Visit our website & sign up for our newsletter here: https://alumni.technion.ac.il/ 

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]]> Technion, Alumni, Israel No Predicting the Unpredictable | Dr. Kira Radinsky 3 3 Predicting the Unpredictable | Dr. Kira Radinsky full b9e0e0b7-16ee-4a66-bc26-19ace83e0fcf https://share.transistor.fm/s/84b7795c Dr. Kira Radinsky, CEO of Diagnostic Robotics, is one of the most interesting experts globally in the field of predictive algorithms... and a proud Technion alum. She was named one of the MIT Technology Review’s 35 Young Innovators Under 35, Forbes 30 under 30 rising stars in enterprise technology, and "woman of the year" by Globes magazine in Israel.

Over the course of this conversation, she takes us on a journey that somehow connects the Chernobyl disaster to Miley Cyrus, Cholera and the Arab spring, Mark Twain to Chat GPT. We also cover her time working for Microsoft, Ebay, and the Gates Foundation, and much much more. Host: Jonathan Gal

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]]> Dr. Kira Radinsky, CEO of Diagnostic Robotics, is one of the most interesting experts globally in the field of predictive algorithms... and a proud Technion alum. She was named one of the MIT Technology Review’s 35 Young Innovators Under 35, Forbes 30 under 30 rising stars in enterprise technology, and "woman of the year" by Globes magazine in Israel.

Over the course of this conversation, she takes us on a journey that somehow connects the Chernobyl disaster to Miley Cyrus, Cholera and the Arab spring, Mark Twain to Chat GPT. We also cover her time working for Microsoft, Ebay, and the Gates Foundation, and much much more. Host: Jonathan Gal

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]]> Thu, 31 Oct 2024 06:51:43 +0200 Technion Alumni Association Technion Alumni Association 2763 Dr. Kira Radinsky, CEO of Diagnostic Robotics, is one of the most interesting experts globally in the field of predictive algorithms... and a proud Technion alum. She was named one of the MIT Technology Review’s 35 Young Innovators Under 35, Forbes 30 under 30 rising stars in enterprise technology, and "woman of the year" by Globes magazine in Israel.

Over the course of this conversation, she takes us on a journey that somehow connects the Chernobyl disaster to Miley Cyrus, Cholera and the Arab spring, Mark Twain to Chat GPT. We also cover her time working for Microsoft, Ebay, and the Gates Foundation, and much much more. Host: Jonathan Gal

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]]> Technion, Alumni, Israel No Starting-Up a Global Community | Dotan Bar Noy 2 2 Starting-Up a Global Community | Dotan Bar Noy full 3e917f0a-6af5-439d-93d9-9a880e5dbc82 https://share.transistor.fm/s/86628448 Dotan Bar Noy is senior vice President of Technology at Delinea, and chairman of the Technion Alumni Association. In this conversation, Dotan talks about the lessons he learned from founding – and selling – several startup companies… and why he really does not like the title of “serial entrepreneur”. He also describes his vision for a worldwide network of Technion alumni, how he met his future wife on campus, and much much more. Host: Jonathan Gal

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]]> Dotan Bar Noy is senior vice President of Technology at Delinea, and chairman of the Technion Alumni Association. In this conversation, Dotan talks about the lessons he learned from founding – and selling – several startup companies… and why he really does not like the title of “serial entrepreneur”. He also describes his vision for a worldwide network of Technion alumni, how he met his future wife on campus, and much much more. Host: Jonathan Gal

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]]> Tue, 01 Oct 2024 11:25:52 +0300 Technion Alumni Association Technion Alumni Association 2193 Dotan Bar Noy is senior vice President of Technology at Delinea, and chairman of the Technion Alumni Association. In this conversation, Dotan talks about the lessons he learned from founding – and selling – several startup companies… and why he really does not like the title of “serial entrepreneur”. He also describes his vision for a worldwide network of Technion alumni, how he met his future wife on campus, and much much more. Host: Jonathan Gal

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]]> Technion, Alumni, Israel No 20 Years in The Valley | Lior Ron 1 1 20 Years in The Valley | Lior Ron full 948dd6e5-a3f7-46b6-825b-f9f62feff519 https://share.transistor.fm/s/e0824fad Our very first guest is Uber Freight CEO and proud Technion alum: Lior Ron. With a career that took him to top positions in companies like Google and Motorola Mobility, plus several innovative startups, as well as a deal estimated at $680 million - Lior has never stopped praising his alma mater, and advocating for a stronger worldwide network of Technion alumni. In this conversation, we hear from him about a self-driving trucking revolution, living and working as an Israeli in Silicon Valley, plus much more. Host: Jonathan Gal

]]> Our very first guest is Uber Freight CEO and proud Technion alum: Lior Ron. With a career that took him to top positions in companies like Google and Motorola Mobility, plus several innovative startups, as well as a deal estimated at $680 million - Lior has never stopped praising his alma mater, and advocating for a stronger worldwide network of Technion alumni. In this conversation, we hear from him about a self-driving trucking revolution, living and working as an Israeli in Silicon Valley, plus much more. Host: Jonathan Gal

]]> Thu, 05 Sep 2024 07:47:00 +0300 Technion Alumni Association Technion Alumni Association 2352 Our very first guest is Uber Freight CEO and proud Technion alum: Lior Ron. With a career that took him to top positions in companies like Google and Motorola Mobility, plus several innovative startups, as well as a deal estimated at $680 million - Lior has never stopped praising his alma mater, and advocating for a stronger worldwide network of Technion alumni. In this conversation, we hear from him about a self-driving trucking revolution, living and working as an Israeli in Silicon Valley, plus much more. Host: Jonathan Gal

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