HiAI University of Haifa AI Conference
MAY 25-27, 2025
Keynote Speakers
Prof. Hod Lipson
Prof. Mor Naaman
Prof. of Mechanical Engineering and Data Science
Columbia University, NYC
Hod Lipson is a professor of Engineering and Data Science at Columbia University in New York, and a co-author of the award winning book “Fabricated: The New World of 3D printing”, and “Driverless: Intelligent cars and the road ahead”, by MIT Press (translated into 7 languages). Before joining Columbia University in 2015, Hod spent 14 years as a professor at Cornell University. He received his PhD in 1999 from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, followed by a postdoc at Brandeis University and MIT. Hod Lipson’s work on self-aware and self-replicating robots challenges conventional views of robotics, and has enjoyed widespread media coverage. He has also pioneered open-source 3D printing, as well as electronics 3D printing, bio-printing and food printing. Lipson has co-authored over 350 publications that received over 50,000 citations to date. He has co-founded four companies, and is frequent keynoter both in industry and academic events. His TED Talk on self-aware machines is one of the most viewed presentations on AI and robotics. Hod directs the Creative Machines Lab, which pioneers new ways to make machines that create, and machines that are creative. See Hod's full curriculum vitae (Updated April 2024).
Professor of Information Science
Cornell Tech
I am the Don and Mibs Follett professor of Information Science at Cornell Tech where I lead the Social Technologies research group and serve as the associate dean for faculty affairs. Previously, I was an assistant professor at Rutgers SC&I, led a research team at Yahoo! Research Berkeley, and got a PhD from Stanford. Before all that, I played professional basketball in Israel. I sometimes consult or even co-found startups. My research focus is on topics related to Technology, Media and Democracy, and in particular the trustworthiness of our information ecosystem. We use a wide range of tools---from machine learning, to computational social science, to online experiments, to qualitative methods---to understand and try to address these challenges, with an increasing focus on the impact of AI-mediated communication. Our sponsors over the years included, among others, Yahoo, Google, Facebook and the National Science Foundation.
HiAI University of Haifa AI Conference
MAY 25-27, 2025
Keynote Speakers
Prof. Hod Lipson
Prof. of Mechanical Engineering and Data Science
Columbia University, NYC
Hod Lipson is a professor of Engineering and Data Science at Columbia University in New York, and a co-author of the award winning book “Fabricated: The New World of 3D printing”, and “Driverless: Intelligent cars and the road ahead”, by MIT Press (translated into 7 languages). Before joining Columbia University in 2015, Hod spent 14 years as a professor at Cornell University. He received his PhD in 1999 from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, followed by a postdoc at Brandeis University and MIT. Hod Lipson’s work on self-aware and self-replicating robots challenges conventional views of robotics, and has enjoyed widespread media coverage. He has also pioneered open-source 3D printing, as well as electronics 3D printing, bio-printing and food printing. Lipson has co-authored over 350 publications that received over 50,000 citations to date. He has co-founded four companies, and is frequent keynoter both in industry and academic events. His TED Talk on self-aware machines is one of the most viewed presentations on AI and robotics. Hod directs the Creative Machines Lab, which pioneers new ways to make machines that create, and machines that are creative. See Hod's full curriculum vitae (Updated April 2024).
Prof. Mor Naaman
Professor of Information Science
Cornell Tech
I am the Don and Mibs Follett professor of Information Science at Cornell Tech where I lead the Social Technologies research group and serve as the associate dean for faculty affairs. Previously, I was an assistant professor at Rutgers SC&I, led a research team at Yahoo! Research Berkeley, and got a PhD from Stanford. Before all that, I played professional basketball in Israel. I sometimes consult or even co-found startups. My research focus is on topics related to Technology, Media and Democracy, and in particular the trustworthiness of our information ecosystem. We use a wide range of tools---from machine learning, to computational social science, to online experiments, to qualitative methods---to understand and try to address these challenges, with an increasing focus on the impact of AI-mediated communication. Our sponsors over the years included, among others, Yahoo, Google, Facebook and the National Science Foundation.