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General Information
Full Name | Eitan Hemed |
Education
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2015-2022 Ph.D, Direct track in Experimental Psychology
University of Haifa, Israel -
2015-2017 M.A, Direct Ph.D track in Experimental Psychology, Magna Cum-Laude
University of Haifa, Israel -
2008-2011 B.A (Department of Psychology), Magna Cum-Laude
University of Haifa, Israel
Experience
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2024-2025 Postdoctoral Researcher
Humboldt University of Berlin - Using virtual reality and reinforcement learning to study observational learning of choice behavior.
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2023-2024 Postdoctoral Researcher
University of Haifa - Studying the development of directed reaching in infants, using computer vision methods.
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2021-2024 Teaching Associate \ Mentor
University of Haifa - Taught Python Programming and Machine Learning in multiple courses and workshops to graduate students and staff.
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2016-2021 Lab Manager
University of Haifa, Baruch Eitam's lab - Programmed behavioral experiments (mainly using Python and MATLAB) and matching data analysis pipelines (using Python, R and Stata)
- Recruited and directed a team of research assistants
- Streamlined and enhanced laboratory procedures
- Lab administration, budget planning and contributing to funding acquisition
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2018-2023 Research Programmer and Data Analyst
University of Haifa, Multiple labs and PI's - Programmed and deployed online and in-person behavioral experiments
- Developed data analysis and automated reporting pipelines for academic studies.
Open Source Projects
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2021-now psychopy
- Contributing to the open-source project for building psychology experiments in Python and JavaScript.
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2020-now
Honors and Awards
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2022 - Postdoctoral fellowship; Data science research center, University of Haifa
- Award for excellence in PhD research, in honor of 2022 Rothschild prize awardees; Yad-HaNadiv foundation
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2021 - Dr. Galit Armon Memorial Award for Excellence in PhD Research; Department of Psychology, University of Haifa. Also won in 2020.
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2019 - 1st place team (tie); Neurotech hackathon, BrainStorm IL
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2010 - The 100’s club, award for academic excellence; Academic Reserve, IDF. Also won in 2009.