Joshua Shay Kricheli
Computer Science Ph.D. Candidate, AI/ML Researcher & Data Scientist
Last updated 14.06.2024
Hi there!
I am a Computer Science Ph.D. student in the V2 NeuroSymbolic Lab at Arizona State University (ASU), USA under the direction of Prof. Paulo Shakarian and Research Associate in the Global Security Initiative of ASU. You can see my ASU profile here.
Until recently, I served as an AI/ML Researcher at Ben Gurion University of the Negev (BGU), Israel. I hold a Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Computer Science and a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Mechatronics Engineering, both from BGU. My research interests are in the fields of Artificial Intelligence (AI), Robotics, Machine Learning (ML), and Modern Control Theory.
I was a part of Prof. Gera Weiss and Prof. Shai Arogeti’s Robotics lab at BGU, which I co-founded. The lab dealt (and still deals) with problems in Robotics, Dynamical Systems, Optimal Control, Multi-Objective Optimization, Game Theory, Formal Logic, Automata Theory and Software Engineering. The lab used supervised and unsupervised mathematical learning methods in Deep Learning, Reinforcement Learning and Evolutionary Algorithms.
I’m looking to collaborate on various AI/ML-related problems, both from a formal and algorithmic approach, to deliver cutting-edge intelligent solutions to contemporary technological systems.
Education
Ph.D. in Computer Science
Arizona State University
Phoenix, Arizona
2023-2027
Accepted to the V2 Neuro-Symbolic AI lab
Under the Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering
Supervised by Prof. Paulo Shakarian, Computer Science, ASU (Wikipedia, Google Scholar, IEEE, dblp)
M.Sc. in Computer Science
Ben Gurion University of the Negev
Beer Sheva, Israel
2019-2022
- Artificial Intelligence and Autonomous Software Systems Major
- Advised by:
- Prof. Gera Weiss, Computer Science, BGU (Google Scholar, IEEE, dblp)
- Prof. Shai Arogeti, Mechanical Engineering, BGU (Google Scholar, IEEE, dblp)
- Conducting research in algorithmic control theory with a team of six senior academic members
- The multidisciplinary team consists of members from the departments of Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science and Software Engineering,
- The team is led by Prof. Gera Weiss, Head of the Software Engineering department and Prof. Shai Arogeti, Head of the Teaching Committee at the Mechanical Engineering department
- Authoring and presenting a peer-reviewed paper at MED 2021, an international control and robotics conference
- Developing a novel, open-source Python package called PyDiffGame, implementing the method suggested at the article
- Graduated with GPA: 92.26/100
- Thesis grade: 94/100
- Conferred June 2023
- Certification
Selected courses:
- Artificial Intelligence
- Deep Learning
- Machine Learning and Analysis of Big Data
- Quantum Computing
- Automata and Logic on Infinite Objects
B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering
Ben Gurion University of the Negev
Beer Sheva, Israel
2014-2018
- Control Systems, Mechatronics and Robotics Major
- Graduated with GPA: 84.74/100
- Senior (3rd and 4th years) GPA: 89.52/100
- Final Project awarded A Certificate of Excellence
- Ranked 46 out of a total of 164 graduates
- Conferred June 2019
- Certification
Occupational Experience
AI/ML Researcher and Teaching Assistant
Ben Gurion University of the Negev
Beer Sheva, Israel
2020-2023
Acting Teaching Assistant at two CS undergraduate courses - once at Intro to CS and two times at PPL, both at BGU
| BGU Website | BGU CS Graduate Students Listing |
Data Scientist
Dell Technologies
Beer Sheva, Israel
2019-2022
- Working with a diverse team of data scientists, consultants and engineers from various locations; Israel, USA India and Slovakia
- Worked 6 months on a Jira tickets duplication use case implemented by evaluating similarities between possible candidates
- Developing more than 20 web-based data science pipelines used to implement, manage and display results of data science projects
- Implemented pipelines for: Time Series analysis, EDA, Wordcloud, Topic Modeling, Chat Bot, Video transcript generation for seeking and questions answering, Project Management, Human Resources Allocation, Organization Exploration and a web-based portal that showcases these
- Using mostly Python, utilizing the packages Numpy, Pandas, Scipy, Plotly, Dash, Scikit-Learn, TensorFlow and PyTorch
- Taking action; presenting various demonstrations of the designed tools, running workshops, presenting at seminars
Computer Chips Manufacturing Process Engineer
Intel Corporation
Kiryat Gat, Israel
2018-2019
- Monitoring Intel’s various computer chips manufacturing processes
- Identifying design and process malfunctions, analyzing performance statistics, issuing and verifying problems
Sales Agent (2011 - 2012), Sales Manager (2012-2013), QA Analyst (2013)
C.A.L. Credit Card Company with Matrix Corporation
Ramat Gan, Israel
2011-2013
- Issuing and approving personal and business customer loans. Ranked the top salesman of 2011
- Managing a sales team of 15 salesmen and women, providing a lucrative and efficient working environment
- Taking part in the update and renovation procedure of the company’s CRM software
Publications
Differential Games for Compositional Handling of Competing Control Tasks
March 2022
Master of Science in Computer Science Thesis
Advised by Prof. Shai Arogeti and Prof. Gera Weiss
Concluded, reviewed and approved, as partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Science degree
Will be published after related papers
| Research Gate | Poster |
Composition of Dynamic Control Objectives Based on Differential Games
June 2021
Conference Article, 1st Author; 29th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation (‘MED’), Bari, Italy,
Joshua Shay Kricheli, Aviran Sadon, Shai Arogeti, Shimon Regev and Gera Weiss
| IEEE | Research Gate | Python package |
SNIC Bifurcation and its Application to MEMS
2016-2018
B.Sc. Final Engineering Project
Advised by Prof. Oriel Shoshani, ME BGU (IEEE | dblp)
Awarded A Certificate of Excellence
| Research Gate | GitHub |
Teaching
Intro to Computer Science
Introductory programming course, Maths degree 1st year; Python language
Principles of Programming Languages (PPL)
Advanced programming course, CS undergraduate degree 2nd year; TypeScript, Scheme and Prolog Languages
Fellowships, Scholarship and Awards
M.Sc. ‘Israel Data Science Initiative’ and German ‘Helmholtz Information and Data Science Academy’ Fully Funded Exchange Program
August - October 2022
Deep Science research at ‘Deutsches Zentrum für Luft und Raumfahrt’ (DLR) - German Aerospace Center
| CS BGU Announcement | Helmholtz-Israel Exchange | German Aerospace Center | DLR Data Science Institute Website |
M.Sc. ‘Israeli Smart Transportation Research Center’ (‘ISTRC’) 1-Year Excellence Fellowship
2020-2021
Technion and Bar-Ilan Universities program with Israel’s Prime Minister’s Office and Council for Higher Education
| CS BGU Announcement | ISTRC 2021 Scholarship Winners | ISTRC Website |
M.Sc. ‘Agricultural, Biological and Cognitive’ (‘ABC’) Robotics 2-Year Fellowship
2019-2021
Ben Gurion University of the Negev initiative for innovative multidisciplinary robotics research fellowship for admitted teaching assistants
| ABC M.Sc. Students Listing | ABC Website |
B.Sc. ‘Educating for Excellence’ 1-Year Fellowship
2015-2016
Israeli foundation for educating children from its socioeconomic and geographic periphery toward academic and personal excellence
Educating for Excellence Website
B.Sc. ‘Israel Scholarship Education Foundation’ (‘ISEF’) 3-Year Fellowship
2014-2017
Academic excellence and leadership scholarship funded by investors from the United States
| ISEF Website | ISEF Facebook | ISEF LinkedIn |
B.Sc. Tel-Aviv University (TAU) 4-Year Full Scholarship
2014-2018
Full engineering degree academic scholarship
B.Sc. Israeli Ministry of Education Full 2-Year Scholarship
2014-2016
Bachelor students funding program issued by the Student Assistance Fund, Education Ministry office in the Israeli government
Israeli Ministry of Education Student Scholarships
Pre-Engineering ‘Achievements for Hi-Tech’ Program 1-Year Fellowship
2013-2014
Israeli government funding program for excellent honorably discharged soldiers from the Israeli Defence Forces
Achievements for Hi-Tech Program Website
Talks
Differential Games for Modular Handling of Competing Control Objectives
Presented on March 2023 (Hebrew)
Israel Conference on Robotics (ICR) 2023, Airforce Conference Center, Herzliya
Composition of Dynamic Control Objectives Based on Differential Games
Presented on June 2021 (English)
29th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation (‘MED’), Bari, Italy
Siamese Neural Networks for One-Shot Image Recognition
Gregory Koch, R. Z., & Salakhutdinov, R., 2015
Presented on May 2021 (Hebrew)
Advanced Seminar in Machine Learning, Department of Computer Science, Ben Gurion University of the Negev
| Video | Presentation |
Quantum Computing in Machine Learning
Presented on June 2020 (English)
Advanced Seminar for Developers, Data Science Team, DellEMC
| Video | Presentation |
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