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Hi, I'm Dan Lahav, the Co-Founder & CEO of Pattern Labs an organization dedicated to protecting advanced technology. I also lecture at Tel Aviv University, where I've done grad Computer Science & Bioinformatics research. As part of my research pursuits, I occasionally collaborated with the Paul Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2), and until recently, I worked at IBM AI Research.

My interest is mostly in AI, Infosec, Bioinformatics, Decision Making via Informal Logic, Argumentation Theory, as well as Ethics & Philanthropy. You can see some of my research here and the courses I have created here. I am especially interested in projects that are at the intersection of high-end research, technology, and social impact.

I am an author of a paper that was on the cover of Nature, have received IBM's "Outstanding Technical Achievement Award", was one of the first employees in a start-up that was acquired by Google, managed several large software projects, co-created popular academic courses, have received TAU's "Outstanding Lecturer Award" (thrice), and the recipient of multiple other recognitions in science, entrepreneurship and for-good work.

In 2018, I was crowned Best Speaker of the world at the World Universities Debating Championship where I hold the all-time personal ranking record for a non-native English speaker. I achieved over a 100 further debate & critical thinking accolades, led several big international academic events in these fields that spanned over 65 countries, and worked on Project Debaterthe first AI system that can debate humans on complex topics.

My work/comments were featured in leading international media venues such as the BBC and the New Yorker

You can contact me here, for speaking engagements or otherwise.

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