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New Masters Project by Hadar Shtern Salem: Views of Personal Genetics Testing and the Effect of Cancer Statistics

We are happy to announce that Hadar Shtern Salem had successfully defended her project “Views of Personal Genetics Testing and the Effect of Cancer Statistics”, co-advised by Dr. Eran Toch and Prof. Noam Shomron. The work analyzes the effect of

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New Masters Project by Hadar Shtern Salem: Views of Personal Genetics Testing and the Effect of Cancer Statistics

We are happy to announce that Hadar Shtern Salem had successfully defended her project “Views of Personal Genetics Testing and the Effect of Cancer Statistics”, co-advised by Dr. Eran Toch and Prof. Noam Shomron. The work analyzes the effect of

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The lab research in Calcalist’s podcast: the externalities of Israel’s COVID cell phone tracking

The lab research was featured in a podcast and an article at Calcalist’s, one of Israel’s leading economics daily newspapers. Eran had introduced our results from our preprint, detailing possible negative externalities resulting from using mass surveillance to track people

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The lab research in Calcalist’s podcast: the externalities of Israel’s COVID cell phone tracking

The lab research was featured in a podcast and an article at Calcalist’s, one of Israel’s leading economics daily newspapers. Eran had introduced our results from our preprint, detailing possible negative externalities resulting from using mass surveillance to track people

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Israel’s COVID-19 Cellular Tracking: Interview at GLZ Radio

Eran was interviewed by Efi Trigger on GLZ morning news show about the return of the cellular tracking for COVID contact tracing. The recording can be found here:  

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Israel’s COVID-19 Cellular Tracking: Interview at GLZ Radio

Eran was interviewed by Efi Trigger on GLZ morning news show about the return of the cellular tracking for COVID contact tracing. The recording can be found here:  

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Python programming workshop for kids: based on the visual Turtle Package

In unrelated news, here is the material for a Python programming workshop that we run in our local high school. The workshop, in Hebrew, is based on the Turtle visual programming package, which uses a Logo-like graphic programming model.  The

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Python programming workshop for kids: based on the visual Turtle Package

In unrelated news, here is the material for a Python programming workshop that we run in our local high school. The workshop, in Hebrew, is based on the Turtle visual programming package, which uses a Logo-like graphic programming model.  The

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Speaking at the Innovation for Democracy Online Conference

Eran will be speaking at the Innovation for Democracy conference. It will be held online at Tapiai on 24/25 November 2021.  The lab will be featured in the “don’t fear the Techie!” panel, where we will talk about the the  digital

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Speaking at the Innovation for Democracy Online Conference

Eran will be speaking at the Innovation for Democracy conference. It will be held online at Tapiai on 24/25 November 2021.  The lab will be featured in the “don’t fear the Techie!” panel, where we will talk about the the  digital

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An article at Globes: “Breaking up Facebook? Not Enough, We need To Break Up the Algorithm”

The daily financial newspaper Globes had published an opinion piece by Eran, titled: “Breaking up Facebook? Not Enough, We need To Break Up the Algorithm”. The article reflects on Frances Haugen’s exposure of the hard that Facebook’s algorithms create, and

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An article at Globes: “Breaking up Facebook? Not Enough, We need To Break Up the Algorithm”

The daily financial newspaper Globes had published an opinion piece by Eran, titled: “Breaking up Facebook? Not Enough, We need To Break Up the Algorithm”. The article reflects on Frances Haugen’s exposure of the hard that Facebook’s algorithms create, and

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New preprint: How mass surveillance can crowd out installations of COVID-19 contact tracing apps

What was the effect of Israel’s decision to use mass surveillance of cellular phones for COVID-19 contact tracing? Oshrat Ayalon and I have uploaded a new manuscript to arxiv that analyzes the relationship to the installation of the more accurate

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New preprint: How mass surveillance can crowd out installations of COVID-19 contact tracing apps

What was the effect of Israel’s decision to use mass surveillance of cellular phones for COVID-19 contact tracing? Oshrat Ayalon and I have uploaded a new manuscript to arxiv that analyzes the relationship to the installation of the more accurate

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