Helen Buchumensky is Director of standards and compliance, and head of global functional safety, at ARM Semiconductors & Automotive Operations... and of course, a proud Technion alum! In this is episode, she talks about starting music festivals, writing for teenage magazines, and soviet professionalism... She also tells us all about the concept of Functional Safety, and how quality control in the billions and billions of microchips all around us, could really save lives. Finally, she talks a...
Jul 31, 2025•44 min•Ep. 10
Lola Ben Alon is Assistant Professor at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation - where she directs both the Natural Materials Lab, and the Building Technology curriculum. Her work has been exhibited in some of the most prestigious museums and events in the field of architecture and design; she curates and serves on several highly regarded boards in the field, And of course – she’s a proud Technion alum! In this episode, she talks about rammed earth, stra...
Jul 07, 2025•36 min•Ep. 9
Dr. Jonathan Spitz is the founder and CEO of Gauss Machine Learning, a Germany-based startup that uses artificial intelligence to optimize manufacturing systems. In this episode, we talk about his early LEGO robots, growing up in Argentina; how he helped Coca-Cola increase productivity by 10% (!) after just a couple of hours, using only a tablet; the meaning of "Small Data" and how it can lead to big results; and of course, as in any conversation regarding robotics – "Terminator 2: Judgement Day...
Jun 05, 2025•54 min•Ep. 8
Maria Chudnovsky is a leading mathematician working in the field of graph theory. She is a professor at the Department of Mathematics and The Program in Applied and Computational Mathematics at Princeton University. She is also a Distinguished Fellow at the Faculty of Sciences at the Hebrew University Jerusalem, and a 2012 MacArthur Fellow – the so called “Genius Grant”. And just recently, she was awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship for 2025. In this episode, she talks about “what makes a problem ...
May 07, 2025•37 min•Ep. 7
Alexey Tomsov is food technology lead at Redefine Meat, and a proud Technion alum. He's our first guest from the exciting world of food-tech... If you don’t know about Redefine Meat , it’s an Israeli startup company that uses advanced technology, to develop and produce animal-free meat or “new meat” as they like to call it. Alexey was the company’s very first employee, and in a moment he’ll tell us about the innovations and advancements they’ve been making in his playground – that’s what he call...
Apr 09, 2025•40 min•Ep. 6
Hava Siegelmann is Provost Professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and for her groundbreaking work at DARPA, the research and development agency of the U.S Department of Defense, she is a recipient of The Meritorious Public Service Medal – one of the highest honors that the U.S army can bestow upon a private citizen. She truly is a world-renowned AI pioneer, and it all started at the Technion, where she studied computer science for her BA. Throughout a career spanning decades and c...
Dec 30, 2024•42 min•Ep. 5
Doctor Nir Barzilai is a professor of medicine and genetics at the Albert Einstein college of medicine; he’s the director of the biggest center in the world for the biology of aging; and the president of the academy of health and lifespan research. Over the course of this conversation, Doctor Barzilai talks about the centenarian studies he’s been conducting for over two decades now, focusing on people well over a hundred years old… and the so-called longevity genes they have in common. He also t...
Dec 12, 2024•44 min•Ep. 4
Dr. Kira Radinsky, CEO of Diagnostic Robotics, is one of the most interesting experts globally in the field of predictive algorithms... and a proud Technion alum. She was named one of the MIT Technology Review’s 35 Young Innovators Under 35, Forbes 30 under 30 rising stars in enterprise technology, and "woman of the year" by Globes magazine in Israel. Over the course of this conversation, she takes us on a journey that somehow connects the Chernobyl disaster to Miley Cyrus, Cholera and the Arab ...
Oct 31, 2024•46 min•Ep. 3
Dotan Bar Noy is senior vice President of Technology at Delinea, and chairman of the Technion Alumni Association. In this conversation, Dotan talks about the lessons he learned from founding – and selling – several startup companies… and why he really does not like the title of “serial entrepreneur”. He also describes his vision for a worldwide network of Technion alumni, how he met his future wife on campus, and much much more. Host: Jonathan Gal Visit our website & sign up for our newslett...
Oct 01, 2024•37 min•Ep. 2
Our very first guest is Uber Freight CEO and proud Technion alum: Lior Ron. With a career that took him to top positions in companies like Google and Motorola Mobility, plus several innovative startups, as well as a deal estimated at $680 million - Lior has never stopped praising his alma mater, and advocating for a stronger worldwide network of Technion alumni. In this conversation, we hear from him about a self-driving trucking revolution, living and working as an Israeli in Silicon Valley, pl...
Sep 05, 2024•39 min•Ep. 1
