ד"ר נאווה שקד

בית הספר ללימודים רב תחומיים
ראש בית הספר ללימודים רב-תחומיים
חברת סגל בפקולטה למדעים, בית הספר למדעי המחשב

Dr. Shaked Nava
School of Multidisciplinary Studies and English as a Foreign Language Department
Dean of the school
Faculty member of Computer Science School
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Education

  • 1988
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    1994
    The Graduate Center, CUNY – The City University of New York, New York, USA
    Ph.D. in Artificial Intelligence
  • 1992
    The Graduate Center, CUNY – The City University of New York, New York, USA
    M.A. in Computational Linguistics
  • 1984
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    1987
    Bar-Ilan University
    B.A. in English Linguistics

Research Fields

  • NLP Natural Linguage Processing
    • Human Machine Interaction & Multimodality
    • Conversation AI
    • Speech & Voice Processing
    • Responsable AI and Ethical AI
    • Multidiciplinary Education

Teaching Areas

  • NLP, Conversational AI, Human Machine interaction, Speech processing, Techonoly and Market Forces, Wearable Computing

Selected Publications

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  • H. Friman, I. Banner, Y. Sitbon, L. Sahar-Inbar, N. Shaked , (2024), Experiential learning for sustainability: A catalyst for global change. SCImago: Q4; h-index: 7 [Google scholar citation: 2], Educational Administration: Theory and Practice, 30(5), (8508-8514),
  • G. Kurtz, M. Amzalag, N. Shaked, Y. Zaguri, D. Kohen-Vacs, E. Gal, G. Zailer, E. Barak-Medina , (2024), Strategies for integrating generative AI into higher education: Navigating challenges and leveraging opportunities. WoS: Q1; IF: 2.6 (2023); JCR citations: 47 SCImago: Q2; h-index: 53; Scopus citations: 68 [Google scholar citations: 130], Education Sciences, 14(5), May 2024, 503, Link
  • H. Friman, I. Banner, Y. Sitbon, L. Sahar-Inbar, N. Shaked, (2024), Nurturing eco-literate minds: Unveiling the pathways to minimize ecological footprint in early childhood education. WoS: Q2; IF: 1.7 (2023); JCR citation: 1 SCImago: Q2; h-index: 42; Scopus citation: 1 [Google scholar citations: 8], Social Sciences, 13(4), March 2024, (187), Link
  • H. Friman, I. Banner, Y. Sitbon, Y. Einav, N. Shaked (2022). WoS: Q3; IF: 3.3; JCR citations: 12 SCImago: Q1; h-index: 132; Scopus citations: 13 [Google scholar citations: 15], (2022), Preparing the public opinion in the community to accept distributed energy systems and renewable energy. WoS: Q3; IF: 3.3; JCR citations: 12 SCImago: Q1; h-index: 132; Scopus citations: 13 [Google scholar citations: 15], Energies, 15(12), June 2022, (4226),
  • N.A. Shaked. , (2017), Avatars and virtual agents – Relationship interfaces for the elderly. WoS: Q3; IF: 2.6; JCR citations: 45 SCImago: Q2; h-index 24; Scopus citations: 63 [Google scholar citations: 95], Healthcare Technology Letters, 4(3), (83-87),
  • N. Shaked L. Bigon, N. Shaked (Eds.), (2021), The linguistics relation in the virtual grid: A digital dialogue In: The Arts of the Grid: Interdisciplinary Insights on Gridded Modalities in Conversation with the Arts, De Gruyter, Ch. 12, (177-192),
  • N. Shaked, D. Artelt N. Shaked, U. Winter (Eds.), (2016), The use of multimodality in avatars and virtual agents In: Design of Multimodal Mobile Interfaces; Scopus citations: 2 [Google scholar citations: 3], De Gruyter, Ch. 6, (125-144),

Experiences

  • 2009-2021 Founder and CEO – Brit Business Technologies Ltd. (BBT), Israel, AI Technologies Consulting
  • 2007-2009 Division Manager – IBM, CRM (Customer Relationship Management and Call Center, Israel
  • 2004-2007 Independent consulting to financial and insurance companies for AI technologies
  • 1999-2001 Vice President - Switch Communications Ltd., Department of Marketing, Sales and Business Development (Israeli division), London, UK
  • 1996-1999 Head – IBM, Smart Card (Israeli division), Israel
  • 1994-1996 Research position – Audio Video Group, IBM Research Lab., Multimedia Division, Israel
  • 1993-1994 Researcher: Team Leader - NYNEX Corp. Science Technology, Department of Speech Recognition and Language Understanding Group, New York, USA
  • 1991-1993 Researcher – AT&T Bell Laboratories, The Linguistic Research Group, New Jersey, USA

Grants & Awards

  • Declared one of Women Leaders of Conversational AI Class of 2023. Each of these women leaders is invited to attend the Project Voice Women’s Summit. Each woman will be recognized and honored with a special award. April 2023
  • 2024, Recognition of Global Partnership on AI (GPAI) challenge
  • 12/2018, IBM 100 – Pioneering Speech Recognition Award for contribution to the significant advancements in this field

International Projects