{"id":454,"date":"2020-09-18T11:45:15","date_gmt":"2020-09-18T11:45:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idsc.miami.edu\/magazine\/?p=454"},"modified":"2021-10-27T21:00:49","modified_gmt":"2021-10-27T21:00:49","slug":"tel-aviv-university-partners-with-um-on-data-science","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/idsc.miami.edu\/magazine\/tel-aviv-university-partners-with-um-on-data-science\/","title":{"rendered":"Tel Aviv University Partners with UM on Data Science"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-455\" src=\"https:\/\/idsc.miami.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Yaron-Oz-circle.jpg\" alt=\"Yaron Oz, Professor and Provost, Tel Aviv University\" width=\"244\" height=\"244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/idsc.miami.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Yaron-Oz-circle.jpg 244w, https:\/\/idsc.miami.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Yaron-Oz-circle-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/idsc.miami.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Yaron-Oz-circle-60x60.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 244px) 100vw, 244px\" \/>A new international partnership between IDSC and Tel Aviv University in Israel will open the door to collaborative research, learning, and cultural initiatives.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are looking forward to creating exciting opportunities for our researchers, faculty, and students, to expand their horizons,\u201d said Nick Tsinoremas, IDSC Director, who recently signed a memorandum of understanding with Tel Aviv University (TAU).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis international partnership, across continents with special focus on data science, is very timely these days while we are trying to understand the universe and human wellbeing,\u201d said <strong>Yaron Oz<\/strong>, Professor and Provost, <a href=\"https:\/\/english.tau.ac.il\/\">Tel Aviv University<\/a>. \u201cThe goal is to provide a broad picture of the human body functioning in its surrounding, while converging knowledge, data and technologies. The data science can provide us with the tools to combine and analyze the micro and macro environmental features in a secure and safe mode, providing reliable outcomes towards translational research and development.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Founded in 1956, TAU is Israel\u2019s largest and most comprehensive institution of higher learning and research with 125 schools and departments across the spectrum of science, humanities, and the arts, all located in one campus enabling the convergence and cross-disciplinarity of science &amp; technology. It is also Israel\u2019s biggest bio-medical research and teaching complex and has 128 research centers.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-313\" src=\"https:\/\/idsc.miami.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Yelena-Yesha-circle.png\" alt=\"Yelena YeshaOdelia Schwartz, Brain Investigators Collaborative Initiative\" width=\"300\" height=\"295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/idsc.miami.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Yelena-Yesha-circle.png 300w, https:\/\/idsc.miami.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Yelena-Yesha-circle-60x60.png 60w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\u201cInterdisciplinary collaboration is a core value of the academic culture at both UM and TAU,\u201d said Dr. <strong>Yelena Yesha<\/strong>, UM Knight Foundation Chair of Data Science and AI, and Innovation Officer, IDSC. \u201cWe look forward to establishing a framework for mutually beneficial collaboration.\u201d For example, IDSC\u2019s resources in supercomputing and informatics could accelerate TAU\u2019s drug discovery program, according to Dr. Yesha. \u201cWe can help their biomedical researchers identify potential drug targets, develop new pharmaceuticals, and reposition existing drugs,\u201d she said. \u201cThat work could accelerate the commercialization of new therapies and benefit patients around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Along with a variety of research partnerships, other prospective areas of IDSC and TAU\u2019s collaboration include academic seminars, exchange programs for faculty, students, and staff, and cultural and artistic activities.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new international partnership between IDSC and Tel Aviv University in Israel will open the door to collaborative research, learning, and cultural initiatives. \u201cWe are looking forward to creating exciting opportunities for our researchers, faculty, and students, to expand their horizons,\u201d said Nick Tsinoremas, IDSC Director, who recently signed a memorandum of understanding with Tel [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":456,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[182,53],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/idsc.miami.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/idsc.miami.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/idsc.miami.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idsc.miami.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idsc.miami.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=454"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/idsc.miami.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1181,"href":"https:\/\/idsc.miami.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454\/revisions\/1181"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idsc.miami.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/idsc.miami.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idsc.miami.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idsc.miami.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}