Adversarial Learning Workshop

Security and Privacy in Machine Learning Nicolas Papernot, Penn State University There is growing recognition that machine learning exposes new security and privacy issues in software systems. In this talk, we first articulate a comprehensive threat model for machine learning, then present an attack against model prediction integrity, and finally discuss a framework for learning ... Read more

WEKA Hands On Workshop

Building 504, room 5

ืกื“ื ื ื™ื™ืฉื•ืžื™ืช ืœืกื™ื•ื•ื’ ื•ื ื™ืชื•ื— ืืฉื›ื•ืœื•ืช Classification & Clusteringย  ย  ื™ื•ืขื‘ืจ ืข"ื™ย ืคืจื•ืค' ืจื•ืขื™ ื’ืœื‘ืจื“ ืขื‘ื•ื“ื” ื‘ืกื“ื ืื•ืช ืชืขืฉื” ืขืœ ื”ืžื—ืฉื‘ื™ื ื”ืื™ืฉื™ื™ื ืฉืœ ื”ืžืฉืชืชืคื™ื. :ืœื ื•ื›ื— ืื•ืคื™ื™ืŸ ื”ืžื™ื•ื—ื“ ื”ืกื“ื ืื•ืช ืžื•ื’ื‘ืœื•ืช ืœ30 ืžืฉืชืชืคื™ื, ื ื ื”ืงื“ื™ืžื• ื•ื”ื™ืจืฉืžื•. http://dsi.biu.ac.il/events/hands_on_tutorial_registration-feb-2018 :ืžื•ืžืœืฅ ืœืฆืคื•ืช ื‘ืกืจื˜ื•ืŸ ื”ื‘ื ืœืคื ื™ ื”ืกื“ื ื ืžื›ื•ืŸ ืžื“ืข ื”ื ืชื•ื ื™ื: ื”ื“ื’ืžืช ืฉื™ืžื•ืฉ ื‘ื›ืœื™ ื ื™ืชื•ื— "ื™ื“ื™ื“ื•ืชื™ื™ื" - ืกื™ื•ื•ื’ ื•ื ื™ืชื•ื— ืืฉื›ื•ืœื•ืช, ืคืจื•ืค' ืจื•ืขื™ ื’ืœื‘ืจื“   ืœื”ื•ืจื“ืชย  ... Read more

Elasticsearch and Kibana Hands-on Workshop for Law

Faculty of Law Building 306, room 200 Faculty of Law Building 306, room 200, Israel

Hands on Tutorial targeted for Law Faculty and Grad Students. Conducted by Dr. Jonathan Schler. Link to Elastic Dashboard:ย http://bit.ly/2BOspDE slides:ย DSI - Text Analysis - Elastic

Gephi Hands on workshop

Building 504, room 5

Network Analysis ืกื“ื ื ื™ื™ืฉื•ืžื™ืช ืœื ื™ืชื•ื— ืจืฉืชื•ืช ย  ื™ื•ืขื‘ืจ ืข"ื™ย ืžืจ ืขื•ื–ื™ ื—ืจื•ืฉ ืขื‘ื•ื“ื” ื‘ืกื“ื ืื•ืช ืชืขืฉื” ืขืœ ื”ืžื—ืฉื‘ื™ื ื”ืื™ืฉื™ื™ื ืฉืœ ื”ืžืฉืชืชืคื™ื. :ืœื ื•ื›ื— ืื•ืคื™ื™ืŸ ื”ืžื™ื•ื—ื“ ื”ืกื“ื ืื•ืช ืžื•ื’ื‘ืœื•ืช ืœ30 ืžืฉืชืชืคื™ื, ื ื ื”ืงื“ื™ืžื• ื•ื”ื™ืจืฉืžื•. http://dsi.biu.ac.il/events/hands_on_tutorial_registration-feb-2018 :ืžื•ืžืœืฅ ืœืฆืคื•ืช ื‘ืกืจื˜ื•ืŸ ื”ื‘ื ืœืคื ื™ ื”ืกื“ื ื ืžื›ื•ืŸ ืžื“ืข ื”ื ืชื•ื ื™ื: ื”ื“ื’ืžืช ืฉื™ืžื•ืฉ ื‘ื›ืœื™ ื ื™ืชื•ื— "ื™ื“ื™ื“ื•ืชื™ื™ื" - ื ื™ืชื•ื— ืจืฉืชื•ืช, ืคืจื•ืค' ืจืื•ื‘ืŸ ื›ื”ืŸ    

Elastic Search & Kibana Hands on workshop

Building 504, room 5

Computer Aided Text Analysis ืกื“ื ื ื™ื™ืฉื•ืžื™ืช ืœย ื ื™ืชื•ื— ืžืžื•ื—ืฉื‘ ืฉืœ ื˜ืงืกื˜ ย  ื™ื•ืขื‘ืจ ืข"ื™ย ื“"ืจ ื™ื”ื•ื ืชืŸ ืฉืœืจ :ืžื•ืžืœืฅ ืœืฆืคื•ืช ื‘ืกืจื˜ื•ืŸ ื”ื‘ื ืœืคื ื™ ื”ืกื“ื ื ืžื›ื•ืŸ ืžื“ืข ื”ื ืชื•ื ื™ื: ื”ื“ื’ืžืช ืฉื™ืžื•ืฉ ื‘ื›ืœื™ ื ื™ืชื•ื— "ื™ื“ื•ื“ื•ืชื™ื™ื" - ื ื™ืชื•ื— ืžืžื•ื—ืฉื‘ ืฉืœ ื˜ืงืกื˜, ื“"ืจ ื™ื”ื•ื ืชืŸ ืฉืœืจ ย DSI - Text Analysis - Elastic2ย :ืงื™ืฉื•ืจ ืœืžืฆื’ืช   :dashboardืงื™ืฉื•ืจ ืœ http://dsi.biu.ac.il/kibana-tutorial-13-3-18         ืขื‘ื•ื“ื” ื‘ืกื“ื ืื•ืช ืชืขืฉื” ... Read more

Big Data in Science and Faith

ื”ืžื›ื•ืŸ ื”ื’ื‘ื•ื” ืœืชื•ืจื”, ื‘ืจ-ืื™ืœืŸ

Algorithms and Nature Law without Law Automation, Responsibility and Identity Different Scales - From the Nano to the Cosmological

Distilling Relevant Information to Support Human-Human and Human-Agent Collaboration (Ofra Amir, DSI Learning Club)

Gonda Building (901), Room 101

Ofra Amir (Faculty,ย Technion โ€“ Israel Institute of Technology). Distilling relevant information to support human-human and human-agent collaboration Abstract: One of today's biggest challenges is the heightened complexity and information overload stemming from increasingly interacting systems, consisting of both humans and machines. In this talk, I will describe work that aims to address this challenge in ... Read more

Synthesis and Cloning Human Voices (Eliya Nachmani, DSI Learning Club)

Gonda Building (901), Room 101

Mar 22nd, Thu 10:00 , Eliya Nachmani. Tel-Aviv University / Facebook AI Research (PhD Student). Location: Gonda Building (901), Room 101. Synthesis and Cloning Human Voices Abstract: Text to speech (TTS) is able to transform text to speech. In this talk we present a new neural TTS for voices that are sampled in the wild. ... Read more

ื™ื•ื ืคืชื•ื— ืœืชืืจื™ื ืžืชืงื“ืžื™ื ื‘ืื•ื ื™ื‘ืจืกื™ื˜ืช ื‘ืจ ืื™ืœืŸ ื‘ื™ื•ื ื—ืžื™ืฉื™, ื•’ ื‘ื ื™ืกืŸ, 22 ื‘ืžืจืฅ 2018 ื‘-20:00-16:00

ืžืชื—ื ื”ืคืงื•ืœื˜ื” ืœื”ื ื“ืกื”

ื‘ื•ืื• ืœื™ื•ื ื”ืคืชื•ื— ืœืชืืจื™ื ืžืชืงื“ืžื™ื ื‘ืื•ื ื™ื‘ืจืกื™ื˜ืช ื‘ืจ ืื™ืœืŸ, ืฉื™ืชืงื™ื™ื ื‘ื™ื•ื ื—ืžื™ืฉื™, ื•' ื‘ื ื™ืกืŸ, 22 ื‘ืžืจืฅ 2018 ื‘-20:00-16:00ย ื‘ืžืชื—ื ื”ืคืงื•ืœื˜ื” ืœื”ื ื“ืกื” ื ืฆื™ื’ื™ ืžื›ื•ืŸ ืžื“ืขื™ ื”ื ืชื•ื ื™ื ื™ื”ื™ื• ื‘ืžืงื•ื ื›ื“ื™ ืœืคื’ื•ืฉ ืืชื›ื, ืœืชืช ืœื›ื ืžื™ื“ืข ืขืœ ืžืกืœื•ืœื™ ื”ืœื™ืžื•ื“ื™ื ื•ืœื”ืฉื™ื‘ ืœื›ืœ ืฉืืœื”. ืœืจืฉื•ืชื›ื ืžืขืจืš ื”ื™ืกืข ืคื ื™ืžื™ (ืฉืื˜ืœ) ืกื•ื‘ื‘ ืงืžืคื•ืก :ืœืคืจื˜ื™ื ืจืื• https://www1.biu.ac.il/openDay2018    

Data Science Platform

ื—ื“ืจ ื™ืฉื™ื‘ื•ืช ื’ื•ืœืŸ, ืžืฉืจื“ื™ ืžื˜ืจื™ืงืก

The Role of Minimal Complexity Functions in Unsupervised Learning of Semantic Mappings (Tomer Galanti, DSI Learning Club)

Gonda Building (901), Room 101

Tomer Galantiย (PhD Student, Tel Aviv University) The Role of Minimal Complexity Functions in Unsupervised Learning of Semantic Mappings Abstract: We discuss the feasibility of the following learning problem: given unmatched samples from two domains and nothing else, learn a mapping between the two, which preserves semantics. Due to the lack of paired samples and without ... Read more

High-Order Attention Models for Visual Question Answering (Idan Schwartz, DSI Learning Club)

Gonda Building (901), Room 101

Apr 26th, Thu 10:00 , Idan Schwartz (webpage). Technion โ€“ Israel Institute of Technology (PhD Student). Location: Gonda Building (901), Room 101. High-Order Attention Models for Visual Question Answering Abstract: The quest for algorithms that enable cognitive abilities is an important part of machine learning. A common trait in many recently investigated cognitive-like tasks is ... Read more

Challenges in social advertisement networks

Building 216 room 201

Special Applied math seminar -ย Thursday, Apr. 26, at 14:00, in the Math Department seminar room. This week's seminar will host a special guest fromย StartApp - a Mobile Technology Company *** May be of interest to the the broader data-oriented public *** Dr. Shlomi Beer StartApp ย  Challenges in social advertisement networks Social networks have been ... Read more

Talking to your Virtual Assistant about anything by ย Jonathan Berant (DSI Learning Club)

Gondaย Building 901, Room 101

Onย Thursday, May 3rd, we are hostingย Jonathan Berantย from TAU. ย  Title:ย Talking to your Virtual Assistant about anything When:ย May 3rd,ย Thuย 10:15. Light refreshments atย 10:00. Where:ย Gondaย Building 901, Room 101 Abstract:ย Conversational interfaces and virtual assistants are now part of our lives due to services such as Amazon Alexa, Google Voice, Microsoft Cortana, etc. Thus, translating natural language queries and commands ... Read more

AWSome day

Building 216, room 252

ืกื“ื ื ื˜ื›ื ื™ืช ืœื”ื™ื›ืจื•ืช ืขื ืฉื™ืจื•ืชื™ ื”ืขื ืŸ ืฉืœย AWSย ื ืงื‘ืขื” ืœ- 6 ืœืžืื™. ย  ื”ืกื“ื ื ืชืชืงื™ื™ื ื‘ืื’ืฃ ื”ืชืงืฉื•ื‘ (ื‘ื ื™ื™ืŸ 216) ื‘ื›ื™ืชืช ื”ื”ื“ืจื›ื” 252. ื”ืืจื•ืข ืžืื•ืจื’ืŸ ืข"ื™ื™ ื ื•ืขื ื ื•ื“ืœืžืŸ ืžืžืจื›ื– ื”ืžื—ืฉื‘ื™ื. ย  ืกื“ืจ ื”ื™ื•ื ืฉืœ ื”ืกื“ื ื: 09:45-10:00 โ€“ ืงื‘ืœืช ืคื ื™ื 10:00-10:45 โ€“ ื”ื™ื›ืจื•ืช ืขืย AWS 10:45-12:00 โ€“ ื”ืกื‘ืจ ืœื’ื‘ื™ ืฉื™ืจื•ืชื™ื ื‘ืกื™ืกื™ื™ื ืฉืœย AWSย (VPC, EC2, EBS, S3, IAM) 12:00-13:00 โ€“ ืชืจื’ื•ืœ ืจืืฉื•ืŸ ... Read more

Law & Big Data

Faculty of Law Building 306, room 200 Faculty of Law Building 306, room 200

Bar-Ilan University The Fund for the Advancement of Humanities and Social Sciences in Israel Workshop on Law & Big Data May 14-15, 2018 Faculty of Law Building 306, room 200 http://dsi.biu.ac.il/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Law-Big-Data-conf-final.pdf Law & Big Data conf final  

Learning Common Sense: a Grand Challenge for Academic AI Research by Oren Etzioni (IEEE student workshop)

Bar-Ilan University, Faculty of Engineering, Hall 02

** Note: This event is canceled! ** Title of talk:ย ย Learning Common Sense: a Grand Challenge for Academic AI Research   Speaker: Prof. Oren Etzioni,ย ย Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence   Abstract:ย In a world where Google, Facebook, and others possess massive proprietary data sets, and unprecedented computational power---how is a graduate student to make a dent in ... Read more

DSI Dinner – May 24 2018

Nanotechnology Triplex Building 206, BIU Campus, Auditorium 50

The Bar-Ilan Data Science institute (DSI) is glad to invite you to its bi-annual dinner event. The event is open to all BIU researchers interested in data science including faculty, postdoctoral fellows and graduate students.   When: May 24th, 17:45 -- 20:30 Where: Nanotechnology Triplex, Building 206, BIU Campus, Auditorium 50   Schedule: 17:45 Gathering ... Read more

DIY Classification & Dear Data Scientist, Label Data or Die (News, Economics and AI meetup)

Thomson-Reuters offices Park Ofer, 94 Derech Em Hamoshavot Oren Building (Building 6), entrance level floor ยท Petakh Tiqwa Park Ofer, 94 Derech Em Hamoshavot, Petakh Tiqwa, Israel

Aย News, Economics and AI meetup 18:00-18:30 gathering + pizza 18:30-19:00 "DIY Classification" by Ehud Azikri and Lior Weintraub 19:00-20:15 "Dear Data Scientist, Label Data or Die" by Tal Perry see meetup page for full details:ย http://meetu.ps/e/Fhrpb/1b3Yc/f

On the Expressive Power of ConvNets and RNNs as a Function of their Architecture by Or Sharir (DSI Learning Club)

Gonda Building (901), Room 101.

May 31st, Thu 10:00 , Or Sharir (webpage). The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (PhD Student) Location: Gonda Building (901), Room 101. On the Expressive Power of ConvNets and RNNs as a Function of their Architecture Abstract: The driving force behind convolutional and recurrent networks โ€” two of the most successful deep learning architectures to date ... Read more

Learning to Act from Observational Data: Machine Learning and Causal Inference in Healthcare by Uri Shalit (Technion) – DSI Learning Club

Gonda Building (901), Room 101.

June 7th, Thu 10:00 , Uri Shalit (webpage). Technion โ€“ Israel Institute of Technology (Faculty). Location: Gonda Building (901), Room 101. Learning to Act from Observational Data: Machine Learning and Causal Inference in Healthcare Abstract: The proliferation of data collection in the health, commercial, and economic spheres, brings with it opportunities for extracting new knowledge ... Read more

Detecting and Correcting for Label Shift with Black Box Predictors by Zachary Chase Lipton (DSI Learning Club)

Gonda Building (901), Room 101.

June 11th, Mon. 11:00 , Zachary Chase Lipton (webpage). Carnegie Mellon University (CMU). Location: Gonda Building (901), Room 101. Detecting and Correcting for Label Shift with Black Box Predictors Abstract: Faced with distribution shift between training and test set, we wish to detect and quantify the shift, and to correct our classifiers without test set ... Read more

The Intel AI Lab – Learning Club Talk by Yinyin Liu (TBD)

Yinyin Liu, Head of Data Science, Intel AIPG will be visiting biu on June 13 and will be able to give a talk about the Intel AI Lab. Possible times are 10-11, 11-12 or 12-13. Please let us know what works for you by filling the following doodle:ย https://doodle.com/poll/ty6rep3r7ybptffa Yinyin Liu, Head of Data Science, Intel ... Read more

A Provably Correct Algorithm for Deep Learning that Actually Works by Eran Malach (DSI Learning Club)

Gonda Building (901), Room 101.

June 14th, Thu 10:00 , Eran Malach (webpage). The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (PhD Student) Location: Gonda Building (901), Room 101. A Provably Correct Algorithm for Deep Learning that Actually Works Abstract: We describe a layer-by-layer algorithm for training deep convolutional networks, where each step involves gradient updates for a two layer network followed by ... Read more

Embedding-based Term Sets & Dynamic Ontologies (News, Economics and AI meetup)

Thomson-Reuters offices Park Ofer, 94 Derech Em Hamoshavot Oren Building (Building 6), entrance level floor ยท Petakh Tiqwa Park Ofer, 94 Derech Em Hamoshavot, Petakh Tiqwa, Israel

Aย News, Economics and AI meetup 18:00-18:15 gathering + pizza 18:15-19:00: SetExpander: End-to-end Term Set Expansion based on Multi-Context Term Embeddings * by Moshe Wasserblat * 19:00-20:00:ย Sluglines -- a Dynamic News Ontology * by Shai Hertz * see meetup page for full details:ย https://www.meetup.com/News-Economics-and-AI/events/252556709/

AI Satellite Resolution

building 505, room 201

ืฉื™ืคื•ืจ ืจื–ื•ืœื•ืฆื™ื” ืฉืœ ื˜ืžืคืจื˜ื•ืจืช ื”ืงืจืงืข ืžืœื•ื•ื™ื™ืŸ ื‘ืขื–ืจืช ื›ืœื™ื ื•ืืœื’ื•ืจื™ืชืžื™ื ืžืชื—ื•ื ืœืžื™ื“ืช ืžื›ื•ื ื” http://dsi.biu.ac.il/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/ai-satellite_resolution.pdf ai-satellite_resolution

Data Science Environmental Applications – Government and Academia workshop

Nanotechnology Triplex Building 206, BIU Campus, Auditorium 50

ื›ื ืก ื™ื™ืฉื•ืžื™ื ืกื‘ื™ื‘ืชื™ื™ื ืฉืœ ืžื“ืขื™ ื”ื ืชื•ื ื™ื 23.10.18 (ืืจื•ืข ืขื‘ืจ) :ืชื›ื ื™ืช ื”ื›ื ืก 1 2 3 ื ื™ืกื™ื•ืŸ dsi_gov_env_event_program ืžื•ืฉื‘ ืคืชื™ื—ื” ื“"ืจ ื—ื™ื™ื ื›ืฅ. ืื’ืฃ ืื™ื›ื•ืช ืžื™ื, ืจืฉื•ืช ื”ืžื™ื ืคืจื•ืค' ืขื™ื“ื• ื“ื’ืŸ ืจืืฉ ื”ืžื›ื•ืŸ ืœืžื“ืขื™ ื”ื ืชื•ื ื™ื, ืื•ื ื™ื‘ืจืกื™ื˜ืช ื‘ืจ-ืื™ืœืŸ ืžื‘ื•ื ืœืžื“ืขื™ ื”ื ืชื•ื ื™ืย โ€“ ื”ืคืงืช ืชื•ื‘ื ื•ืช ื•ืฉื™ืคื•ืจ ืชื”ืœื™ื›ื™ ืขื‘ื•ื“ื” ื‘ื”ืชื‘ืกืก ืขืœ ืžืื’ืจื™ ื ืชื•ื ื™ื ืžืžืฉืœืชื™ื™ื ื“"ืจ ืื•ืจืŸ ื’ืœื™ืงืžืŸ ืžื ื”ืœ ื”ืžื›ื•ืŸ ืœืžื“ืขื™ ื”ื ืชื•ื ื™ื, ... Read more

News, Economics and AI meetup — Latest Research by the Bar-Ilan NLP Lab. (slides available)

Gonda Building (901), Room 101.

Details This meeting will feature the BIU NLP Lab. Lab leaders Ido Dagan and Yoav Goldberg will tell us about current developments in their work. Some more bits of recent research will be introduced by Lab's senior grad students. Agenda: 18:00-18:20: gathering + pizzas 18:20-18:50: Prof. Ido Dagan: Extracting and Exploring Open Textual Knowledgeย (slides) 18:50-19:00: ... Read more

ื›ื ืก ื™ื™ืฉื•ื ืžื“ื™ื ื™ื•ืช ื‘ืขื™ื“ืŸ ื”ื‘ื™ื’ ื“ืื˜ื”

ื”ื›ื ืกืช, ื™ืจื•ืฉืœื™ื

Conf Program Video of Lecture by Prof. Ido Dagan & Prof. Oren Perez ("ืขื™ื“ื• ื“ื’ืŸ ื•ืื•ืจืŸ ืคืจื– 'ืคื™ืงื•ื—, ืจื’ื•ืœืฆื™ื” ื•ื™ื™ืฉื•ื ืžื“ื™ื ื™ื•ืช ื‘ืขื™ื“ืŸ ื”ื‘ื™ื’ ื“ืื˜ื”: ื ืงื•ื“ืช ืžื‘ื˜ ืจื‘-ืชื—ื•ืžื™ืช'') Lecture by Dr. Ariel Rosenfeld ("ื‘ื™ื ื” ืžืœืื›ื•ืชื™ืช ืžื‘ื•ืกืกืช ื ืชื•ื ื™ื ืœืžืขืŸ ืžืœื—ืžื” ื‘ืชืื•ื ื•ืช ื”ื“ืจื›ื™ื "ื“"ืจ ืืจื™ืืœ ืจื•ื–ื ืคืœื“, ื”ืžื—ืœืงื” ืœื ื™ื”ื•ืœ, ืื•ื ื™ื‘ืจืกื™ื˜ืช ื‘ืจ-ืื™ืœืŸ)

ื›ืฉืชื•ืจืช ื”ื’ืจืคื™ื ืคื’ืฉื” ืžืฉื•ื•ืื•ืช ื“ื™ืคืจื ืฆื™ืืœื™ื•ืช ื”ืจืฆืื” ืจืืฉื•ื ื” ื‘ืกื“ืจื” ืžื” ืขื•ืฉื™ื ืขื ื–ื”

ื—ื“ืจ ื”ืกืžื™ื ืจื™ื•ื ื™ื ืžืกืคืจ 201, ื‘ื ื™ื™ืŸ 216

ื“"ืจ ื‘ืจื•ืš ื‘ืจื–ืœ ื›ืžื” ืื ืฉื™ื ื“ืจื•ืฉื™ื ื›ื“ื™ ืœื”ื—ืœื™ืฃ ื ื•ืจื”? ื”ืชืฉื•ื‘ื” ื”ืจืฆื™ื ื™ืช ืื•ืžืจืช ืฉื“ืจื•ืฉื™ื ืขืฉืจื•ืช ืืœืคื™ื. ื”ื—ืœ ืžื”ืžื•ื›ืจ ื‘ื—ื ื•ืช ืžื•ืฆืจื™ ื”ื—ืฉืžืœ, ื“ืจืš ื ื”ื’ืช ื”ืžืฉืื™ืช ืฉื”ื•ื‘ื™ืœื” ืืช ื”ืžื ื•ืจื•ืช, ื™ืฆืจื ื™ ื”ื–ื›ื•ื›ื™ืช, ื—ืจืฉื™ ื”ืžืชื›ืช, ื›ื•ืจื™ ื”ื ื—ื•ืฉืช... ืื ื›ืŸ, ื”ื—ืœืคืช ืžื ื•ืจื”, ื”ื–ืžื ืช ื›ื•ืก ื‘ื™ืจื”, ื’ืœื™ืฉื” ื‘ืื™ื ื˜ืจื ื˜ - ื›ืžืขื˜ ื›ืœ ืคืขื•ืœื” ืฉืื ื• ืขื•ืฉื™ื - ื”ื™ื ืชื•ืฆืื” ืฉืœ ืฉื™ืชื•ืฃ ืคืขื•ืœื” ืฉืœ ื”ืžื•ื ื™ ... Read more

DSI Learning Club – Ohad Shamir, Weizmann Institute of Science (Faculty)

Gonda Building (901), Room 101.

Nov. 11th 2018, Sun. 12:00 , Ohad Shamir (webpage). Weizmann Institute of Science. Location: Gonda Building (901), Room 101. Optimization Landscape of Neural Networks: Where Do the Local Minima Hide? Abstract: Training neural networks is a highly non-convex optimization problem, which is often successfully solved in practice, but the reasons for this are poorly understood. ... Read more

Tamir Hazan, Technion . “Direct Optimization through argmax for Discrete Variational Auto-Encoder” (DSI Learning Club)

Gonda Building (901), Room 101.

Nov. 25th 2018, Sun. 12:00 , Tamir Hazan (webpage). Technion - Israel Institute of Technology. Location: Gonda Building (901), Room 101. Direct Optimization through argmax for Discrete Variational Auto-Encoder Abstract: Reparameterization of variational auto-encoders is an ehttps://sites.google.com/view/biu-learning-clubffective method for reducing the variance of their gradient estimates. However, when the latent variables are discrete, a reparameterization ... Read more

S.O.U.N.D. Workshop 2018 on Automatic Methods for Analyzing and Predicting Social Structure from Diverse Auditory Data Sets (Day I)

The Gonda Multidisciplinary Brain Research Center (building 901), Bar-Ilan University

SOUND program 09:00 โ€“ 09:30 Opening remarks: โ–  Miriam Faust, Rector, Bar-Ilan University, Israel โ–  Merav Galili, Vice President for Development, Bar-Ilan University, Israel 09:30 โ€“ 11:00 Session 1: Measuring social interaction in speech (Moderator: Sharon Gannot) โ–  Shrikanth (Shri) Narayanan, University of Southern California, USA, Enabling Behavioral Machine Intelligence from Speech, Language and beyond ... Read more

S.O.U.N.D. Workshop 2018 on Automatic Methods for Analyzing and Predicting Social Structure from Diverse Auditory Data Sets (Day II)

The Weisfeld Hall, Feldman building (301), Bar-Ilan University

SOUND program 09:00 โ€“ 09:30 Gathering (Coffee) 09:30 โ€“ 10:30 Session 4: Applying speech analysis methods to study human social interaction (Moderator: Ilanit Gordon) โ–  Michael J Tanana, University of Utah, USA, Learning how to be a better listener. From a Bot. โ–  Brian Baucom, University of Utah , USA, Vocally encoded emotional arousal in ... Read more

Deep Entities and Convolutional Sentiments (News, Economics and AI meetup)

Thomson-Reuters offices Park Ofer, 94 Derech Em Hamoshavot Oren Building, entrance level floor ยท Petakh Tiqwa

#1 Entity extraction by deep learning - from research to production * by Hila Zarosim and Noam Rotem * The Non-English Languages Team at TMS (Refinitivโ€™s Text Metadata Services) has recently released a deep-learning-based component for tagging people names in French news documents. The model, Tensorflow-based, was trained by Python code, while the final destination ... Read more

Relational Private Law and Network Theory

Building 504 (Economic Studies),ย Conferences Room, Ground Floor

Relational Private Law and Network Theory ย ย ย ย Conveners: Lisa Bernstein, Oren Perez & Benjamin Shmueli Wednesday, January 2, 2019, Building 504 (Economic Studies),ย Conferences Room, Ground Floor ย  ย ย  ย  ย  ย  ย ย 14:00ย Session II: Private Governance and Network Theory ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย Chair: Prof.ย Arie Reich, Bar-Ilan University Prof.ย Oren Perez, Bar-Ilan University,ย Global Networkedย Authority Prof.ย Lisa Bernstein,ย University of Chicago,ย Contract Governance in Small World ... Read more

Data Science for Legislation Studies (Methodological Workshop) talk by Oren Glickman

The Benin Faculty of Law building 306, Hall 200, 2nd floor

Bar-Ilan University Faculty of Law, The Israeli Association of Legislation and The Israel Science Foundation International Workshop Rearranging the Arrangements Law: Comparative, Multidisciplinary, Empirical and Normative Perspectives on Omnibus Legislation   (Slides)

ื™ื•ื ื—ืฉื™ืคื” ืœืžื“ืข ื”ื ืชื•ื ื™ื ืœื—ื‘ืจื™ ืกื’ืœ ื‘ืคืงื•ืœื˜ื” ืœืžื“ืขื™ ื”ืจื•ื—

ืžื˜ืจื•ืช ื”ืื™ืจื•ืข ื‘ืฉื ื™ื ื”ืื—ืจื•ื ื•ืช ื™ื•ืชืจ ื•ื™ื•ืชืจ ืžืื’ืจื™ ื ืชื•ื ื™ื ืจืœื•ื•ื ื˜ื™ื™ื ืœืžื—ืงืจ ื‘ืžื“ืขื™ ื”ืจื•ื— ืขื•ื‘ืจื™ื ื“ื™ื’ื™ื˜ืฆื™ื” ื•ื”ื•ืคื›ื™ื ืœื”ื™ื•ืช ื ื’ื™ืฉื™ื ืœืžื—ืงืจ ื›ืžื•ืชื™ ื‘ืงื ื” ืžื™ื“ื” ื’ื“ื•ืœ. ื‘ืžืงื‘ื™ืœ ื”ืชืคืชื—ื• ืฉื™ื˜ื•ืช ืžื—ืงืจ ื—ื™ืฉื•ื‘ื™ื•ืช ืœื ื™ืชื•ื— ืžืื’ืจื™ื ื“ื™ื’ื™ื˜ืœื™ื™ื. ืžื˜ืจืช ื”ืื™ืจื•ืข ื”ื™ื ืœื—ืฉื•ืฃ ืืช ื—ื‘ืจื™ ื”ืกื’ืœ ื‘ืชื—ื•ืžื™ ืžื“ืขื™ ื”ืจื•ื— ืœืฉื™ื˜ื•ืช ืžื—ืงืจ ืขื“ื›ื ื™ื•ืช ื”ืžื‘ื•ืกืกื•ืช ืขืœ ื ื™ืชื•ื— ื ืชื•ื ื™ื ืžืžื•ื—ืฉื‘. ืžื˜ืจื” ื ื•ืกืคืช ื”ื™ื ืœื—ืฉื•ืฃ ืืช ื—ื‘ืจื™ ื”ืกื’ืœ ... Read more

NEW WAY OF THINKING IN DATA SCIENCE: The Symbolic Data Analysis Paradigm for Big and Complex Data.

Building 206 โ€“ Nanotechnology Complex;ย Room C-50

Registration:ย MaorT@most.gov.il (Name, Institution, department, position email and mobile number requested). ----- In all domains of human activity, we are more and more faced with the problem of understanding and extracting knowledge from standard, big and complex data, often multi-sources (with mixture of numerical, textual, image, social networks data).   Data Science, considered as a science ... Read more

Hacking Deep Learning 2

Auditorium C50, Nanotechnology Building (bldg. 206), Bar-Ilan University

Hacking_Deep_Learning_2 Speakers Battista Biggio, University of Cagliari Tamir Hazan, The Technion Morten Dahl, Dropout Labs Adi Shamir, Weizmann Institute of Science Adriร  Gascรณn, The Alan Turing Institute Registration Registration fee is 150 ILS for the entire day and includes lunch and refreshments. For any question/request regarding registration, please contact us at: cyber.center@biu.ac.il Please register by ... Read more

ื›ื ืก ื‘ื™ื ืœืื•ืžื™ ื‘ืžื“ืขื™ ื”ืจื•ื— ื”ื“ื™ื’ื™ื˜ืœื™ื™ื

building 404, room 201

ื›ื ืก ื‘ื™ื ืœืื•ืžื™ ื‘ืžื“ืขื™ ื”ืจื•ื— ื”ื“ื™ื’ื™ื˜ืœื™ื™ื ื‘ืื•ื ื™ื‘ืจืกื™ื˜ืช ื‘ืจ ืื™ืœืŸ ื‘ื™ืŸ ื”10-13 ื‘ืคื‘ืจื•ืืจ ืœื”ืจืฉืžื” ื—ื™ื ื

Bar-Ilan Workshop on Technological Tools for Manuscript Research

Bar-Ilan University, Building 404, computer lab, Room no. 201 at the 2nd floor.

We are excited to invite researchers, students, practitioners, librarians, and all interested in Digital Humanities to the Internationalย Conference on Technological Tools for Manuscript Researchย that will take place in Bar-Ilan University on 10-13/02/2019. Free registration is required - refreshments and lunch are included for registered participants, places are limited! To register: registration To the program: https://is.biu.ac.il/digital-humanities-conference19 ... Read more

New Capabilities in Unsupervised Image to Image Translation by Sagie Benaim, TAU (DSI Learning Club talk)

Gonda Building (901), Room 101.

Feb. 24th 2019, Sun. 12:00 , Sagie Benaim (webpage). Tel-Aviv University (PhD Student). Location: Gonda Building (901), Room 101. New Capabilities in Unsupervised Image to Image Translation Abstract: In Unsupervised Image to Image Translation, we are given an unmatched set of images from domain A and domain B, and our task is to generate, given ... Read more