Dan Vilenchik
Senior Lecturer at Playtika
Rehovot, Center District, Israel
Summary
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Top SchoolDan Vilenchik is a senior lecturer and researcher in computer science with over a decade of academic and industry experience, currently splitting his time between Ben-Gurion University and a senior data scientist role on Playtika’s AI team. He holds a PhD from Tel Aviv University and progressed through postdoctoral and faculty positions at Berkeley and UCLA before transitioning to industry leadership as Chief Data Scientist at Soos Technology. Dan blends rigorous theoretical background with applied machine learning for user-behavior analytics in gaming and product settings, and maintains an active scholarly presence (Google Scholar, academic homepage). His career reflects a rare combination of deep academic credentials and hands-on production ML experience, enabling him to translate complex research into impactful business insights.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at Technion - Israel Institute of TechnologyDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at Tel Aviv UniversityMaster's degree, Computer Science, Master's degree, Computer Science at Weizmann Institute of Science
Github Skills (8)
causal-inference6
causality5
graphical-models5
machine-learning4
data-science4
testing4
python4
dowhy1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
sdannyvi/AnytimePCA
Oct 2019 - Jun 2020
Contributions:12 commits, 2 pushes in 8 months
sdannyvi/TwitterDataAnon
Apr 2018 - Feb 2019
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch in 10 months
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