She made aliyah at 16 - today, she's teaching the next generation about AI

Prof. Claudia V. Goldman, who made aliyah from Argentina at 16, is now an associate professor at Hebrew University's Business School teaching AI. She holds 24 patents and over 50 papers, and discusses her approach to teaching AI responsibly, her career at General Motors and Samsung, and her family's journey to Israel.

Prof. Claudia V. Goldman, an associate professor in the Data Science Department at the Hebrew University Business School in Jerusalem, made aliyah from Buenos Aires at age 16. She graduated from Jerusalem's Mae Boyer High School in 1986, served in the army, and earned three degrees from Hebrew University: a BSc in Computer Science, Mathematics, and Electronics (1991), an MSc in Computer Science (1993), and a PhD in Computer Science (1999). She held research positions at Bar-Ilan University, the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and the University of Haifa, then worked as a team leader at Samsung Telecom Research and as a research scientist at General Motors for 15 years. She holds 24 patents and has published over 50 academic papers. In the interview, she discusses how she integrates AI into her classroom, requiring students to credit AI tools and remain critical of AI-generated responses. She also comments on Bill Gates' concept of 'Human Reserved' jobs, stating it is not a simple binary question. The article notes courses she teaches, including 'AI for Social Good' and 'Responsible AI.' Her family background includes grandparents who fled the Holocaust to Argentina, and she made aliyah in January 1984 after telling her parents she could only see herself growing up in Israel.