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General Information

Full Name Eitan Hemed

Education

  • 2015-2022
    Ph.D (Department of Psychology)
    University of Haifa, Israel
  • 2008-2011
    B.A (Department of Psychology)
    University of Haifa, Israel

Experience

  • 2023-now
    Postdoctoral Researcher
    University of Haifa
  • 2021-now
    Teaching Associate \ Mentor
    University of Haifa
    • Taught Python Programming and Machine Learning in multiple courses and workshops to graduate students and staff.
  • 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
  • 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

  • 2020-now
    robusta
    • Statistical hypothesis testing in Python.
  • 2021-now
    psychopy
    • Contributing to the open-source project for building psychology experiments in Python and JavaScript.

Honors and Awards

  • 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
  • 2021
    • Dr. Galit Armon Memorial Award for Excellence in PhD Research; Department of Psychology, University of Haifa. Also won in 2020.
  • 2019
    • 1st place team (tie); Neurotech hackathon, BrainStorm IL
  • 2010
    • The 100’s club, award for academic excellence; Academic Reserve, IDF. Also won in 2009.