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Hagai Lalazar

CEO & Co-Founder at Hemispheric

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Overview

Hagai Lalazar is CEO and Co-Founder at Hemispheric [1][3]. Lalazar holds a BA in Applied Mathematics and Cognitive Science from the University of California, Berkeley [11], and a PhD in Computational Neuroscience from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem [10]. Prior to founding Hemispheric in 2019 [3], Lalazar served as Post-doctoral Researcher at the Center for Theoretical Neuroscience at Columbia University from 2012 to 2017 [5], and as CTO and Co-Founder at System1 Biosciences from 2017 to 2018 [4]. Lalazar's earlier career included positions as Algorithm Engineer at Vocal Point, Inc. [8] and ART Advanced Recognition Technologies, Inc. [7]. Lalazar describes their background as computational neuroscience with over 25 years of experience in scientific research and startups in Tel-Aviv and Silicon Valley, with focus on brain-machine interfaces, high-dimensional data science, and machine and deep learning [2].

Profile introduction
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I'm a computational neuroscientist, with over 25 years experience in scientific research and innovative startups in Tel-Aviv and Silicon Valley. I have spent my career working on brain-machine interfaces, high-dimensional data science, and machine and deep learning. We're living in a unique moment in time where the breakthroughs at the intersection of neuroscience and deep learning are offering new opportunities for revolutionizing mental health, decoding and enhancing cognition, and interfacing with the human brain.

Career history

  1. CEO & Co-Founder2019 to presentHemispheric
  2. CTO & Co-Founder2017 to 2018System1 Biosciences
  3. Post-doctoral Researcher2012 to 2017Center for Theoretical Neuroscience, Columbia University
  4. Teaching Assistant2006 to 2011The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
  5. Algorithm Engineer2004 to 2006ART Advanced Recognition Technologies, Inc.
  6. Algorithm Engineer1998 to 2001Vocal Point, Inc.

Education

  1. Center for Theoretical Neuroscience, Post-Doctoral ResearchColumbia University
  2. PhD, Computational Neuroscience2011The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
  3. BA, Applied Mathematics & Cognitive Science2000University of California, Berkeley

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