2026–2027 Academic Year
September 17, 2026
Professor Michal Bar-Asher Siegal (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev; Vice President for Global Engagement; Visiting Professor, Harvard Law School)
Title: It’s Complicated! Jews and Christians in the First Centuries CE
12:00–1:00 pm, Reed Hall 311
2025–2026 Academic Year
August 28, 2026
Dr. Tareq Abu Hamed (Executive Director, Arava Institute for Environmental Studies)
Title: The Arava Institute—A Nexus for Environmental Studies and Cross-Cultural Dialogue
12:00–1:00 pm, Moore Hall 110
August 11, 2026
Dr. Ofer Hadar (School of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev; Kalaniyot Visiting Scholar)
Title: The Evolution of Computer Vision: From Physics-Based Models to Deep Learning and Embodied AI
12:00–1:00 pm, Haldeman 246 (IBICL Conference Room)
August 4, 2026
Dr. Alon Shepon (Tel Aviv University; Kalaniyot Visiting Scholar)
Title: The Environmental Implications of the 2025–2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans
12:00–1:00 pm, Haldeman 125
July 24, 2026
Professor Galit Yovel (School of Psychological Sciences, Tel Aviv University; Kalaniyot Visiting Professor)
Title: Are Deep Learning Algorithms Good Models of Human Face Recognition?
12:00–1:00 pm, Haldeman 125
July 23, 2026
Professor Shai Pilosof (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev; Kalaniyot Visiting Professor)
Title: Predicting Species Interactions in Ecological Networks
12:00–1:00 pm, Haldeman 125
May 20, 2026
Professor Shahar Arzy (Hebrew University; Director of the Computational Neuropsychiatry Lab; Lead Neurologist, Neuropsychiatry Clinic at Hadassah Medical Center)
Title: What Makes a Life Significant? Ecologically Valid Behavior and Brain Evidence
April 15, 2026
Dr. Mor Nitzan (Hebrew University, Jerusalem; Departments of Computer Science & Engineering, Physics, and Medicine)
Title: Decoding Layers of Spatial and Temporal Organization in Multicellular Systems
February 9, 2026
Professor Ariel Goldstein (Hebrew University, Jerusalem)
Title: Exploring High-Level Cognition through Large Language Models
January 26, 2026
Professor Derya Akkaynak (University of Haifa and Interuniversity Institute of Marine Sciences in Eilat)
Title: Underwater Image Color Reconstruction: Challenges and Opportunities
November 10, 2025
Assaf Shmuel (Weizmann Institute, IIASA and Israeli Council for Higher Education Fellowship for Climate Scientists)
Title: Machine Learning-based Perspectives on Climate Change
