Dr. Lederman Dror
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Dr. Lederman Dror
Faculty of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Department of Data Science
Head of Data Science department

Education

  • 2016
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    2018
    Tel Aviv UniversityName of the Academic Institution * LLM- Law Degree - Field of study *
    LLM- Law
  • 2012
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    2015
    Tel Aviv University
    LLB- Law
  • 2005
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    2009
    Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
    PhD- Electrical Engineering
  • 2002
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    2004
    Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
    BEMS- Emergence Medicince
  • 1998
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    2004
    Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
    MSc- Electrical Engineering
  • 1994
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    1997
    Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
    BSc- Electrical Engineering

Research Fields

  • Computer Aided Diagnosis for Breast Cancer
    • Mammographic and Tomosynthesis analysis
    • Ultrasound analysis

Teaching Areas

  • Deep Learning
  • Machine Learning
  • Introduction to Data Science
  • Reinforcement Learning
  • Random Processes
  • Digital Signal Processing

Experiences

  • 2020-2025 Honeycomb Insurance, Head of AI and Algo.
  • 2019-2020 CitiBank Innovation Lab. Algo Team Lead.
  • 2018-2019 CitiBank Innovation Lab., Senior data scientist.
  • 2016-2017 Intel (Petah Tikva), Wireless Group, Research Scientist.
  • 2014-2016 Intel, Platform Engineering Group (PEG), Integrated Sensor Hub (ISH), Research Scientist.
  • 2011-2014 Algorithm developer (consultant), Opticul Diagnostics.
  • 2009-2011 Post-Doctoral Research Associate and Research Instructor, Dept. of Radiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, main research field: computer aided-diagnosis for breast cancer. Host: Prof. David Gur.
  • 2009 Founder, Tube-Eye Medical Ltd., a startup company in the medical devices field, aiming at developing a smart video-stylet for automatic verification of correct endotracheal intubation.

Grants & Awards

  • 2014-2019 The Israel Science Foundation (ISF)- Research grant (#1337/14): Analysis of mammography asymmetry for breast cancer risk stratification based on a probabilistic framework using Markovian modeling, October 2014-September 2019

    880,000 New Israel Shekels

  • 2024 Clalit Health Services and HIT - Holon Institute of Technology, Holon, Israel- Research grant: Analysis of CT scans

    for the assessment of risk of disease progression in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

    50,000 New Israel Shekels

  • 2024 Clalit Health Services and HIT - Holon Institute of Technology, Holon, Israel- Integrative analysis of digital breast tomosynthesis and ultrasound for breast cancer detection using a deep learning approach 50,000 New Israel Shekels