Summary
Or Yair is a seasoned AI and data-science leader based in Israel, currently VP of AI & Data-science at Vi. He brings 9 years of experience spanning startups, academia, and industry, driving applied ML, computer vision, and signal processing initiatives from embedded systems to scalable data platforms. As a co-founder/CTO and educator, he has guided Watercooler and taught machine learning, deep learning, unsupervised learning, and time-series analysis at Technion, IDC Herzliya, and as a freelance lecturer, reaching students in academia, industry, and the army. He earned a PhD in Machine Learning from Technion and a summa cum laude BS in Electrical Engineering (ranked 1st of 178). His early software work at Annapurna Labs complements his research, enabling him to translate theory into production-grade solutions.
10 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Machine learning, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Machine learning at Technion - Israel Institute of Technology