Published on April 20, 2025

Open Position: Data Scientist for DSAI

Send CV to dsi.jobs@biu.ac.il

Job Description: We are seeking a skilled and versatile Data Scientist to join our team. As a Data Scientist, you will play a critical role in leveraging data-driven insights to solve complex problems. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, engage with academic researchers, and work closely with industry clients to deliver impactful data science solutions. Our initial focus will be Natural Language Processing (NLP)

Responsibilities:

Apply advanced data analysis, statistical modeling, and machine learning techniques to extract insights from large and complex datasets.
Develop predictive models and algorithms to address business challenges and support decision-making.
Collaborate with software engineers to implement and deploy data science solutions into production.
Collaborate with academic researchers to stay up-to-date with the latest advancements in data science and contribute to cutting-edge research.
Engage with industry clients to understand their data-related needs and design customized solutions.
Communicate findings and insights to both technical and non-technical stakeholders through visualizations, reports, and presentations.

Qualifications:

Master’s or Ph.D. degree in a quantitative field such as Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, or related fields.
Strong proficiency in programming languages like Python and R.
Hands-on experience with data preprocessing, feature engineering, and model development.
Familiarity with machine learning libraries (e.g., scikit-learn, TensorFlow, PyTorch) and data manipulation libraries (e.g., pandas).
Knowledge and experience of relevant techniques and skills that showcase your expertise in the NLP domain, among others:
Text Preprocessing
Contextual Embeddings, e.g., BERT, GPT, Transformer-based models
Text Classification and Sentiment Analysis
Libraries and frameworks: NLTK, spaCy, Gensim, Transformers (Hugging Face)
LLMs, generative LLMs – Text Generation using Recurrent Neural Networks (RNNs) and Transformers
Autoencoder-Decoder Techniques
Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to think critically about complex issues.
Effective communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively in cross-functional teams.
Prior experience in working on data science projects with industry partners.

Published on April 29, 2025

Open Position:

The GADAL – aGriculture Advanced Data Analytics Lab –

Seeks talented MSc or Ph.D. students for a newly developing lab, to work on research in AI and agriculture, in conjunction with BIU university.

GADAL is seeking:
Is food and water in the 21 st century something you want to invest your time on?
Are you interested in working in research?
Are you a self-learner?
Are you motivated, like nature / interested in agriculture?

Is programming a task you like and Python or R an almost native language for you?

Are you familiar and want to further develop in Machine Learning and Data Science for the better future?

Do you want to advance to your next academic degree?

If you said yes to the above questions, then
YOUR PLACE IS WITH US!

We seek talented students with AI and Machine Learning know-how, wanting to advance in their academic degree . We help them achieve this goal by grants.

Students that are interested to work with us on topics related to food security / agriculture and environment, should send me an email with the documents listed below.

For more details – please send me an email with the

title: “Want to work in GADAL” to my email alonsela@volcani.agri.gov.il

Interested candidates should attach the following docs:

CV
Grades transcript of 1st and \ or 2nd degree.
List of publications (if applicable).
2 Recommendation letters.