Israel Data Science and AI Initiative

8 DS Centers

The Israel Data Science and AI Initiative is the coordinating body for the seven Data Science Research Centers located in Israel’s research universities.

400 Researchers

More than 400 data science researchers from the seven leading universities in Israel – Bar Ilan University, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Tel Aviv University, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, University of Haifa and Weizmann Institute of Science.

Our Goals

The main activities of IDSAI are related to Research, Education and Outreach to both government and industrial sectors.

IDSI will also promote the creation of, and access to, data repositories which comprise the basis for research in the social sciences.

IDSAI served as an umbrella organization for the following DS and AI centers. As of 01/04/2026 IDSAI is no longer funded to support new activities. This site will be maintained as a historical record, and IDSAI will continue to receive reports for projects previously supported.

Research and Policy Outputs Supported by IDSAI

Open Science Policy

Israel Open Science Policy Background

Israel Open Science Policy: Motivation

Digital Humanities

Policy Document on Digital Humanities in Israel

The Fifth IDSAI Conference -December 2025 !

Thank you to all who took part in and contributed to the conference

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New! All Recorded Sessions from the AI & Health Day Symposium are now online! Press here to watch

Our International Partners

The Israel Data Science and AI Initiative is pleased to collaborate with the Helmholtz Information and Data Science Academy (HIDA). HIDA is an umbrella organization that coordinates Data Science activities among the 19 Helmholtz research institutes located throughout Germany. This partnership provided a platform for collaboration between IDSAI and HIDA in promoting research and development in Data Science and AI in Israel and in Germany.

Contact Details

IDSAI’s contributions to research, education and society depended to a large extent on the input received from the data science and related communities. We are grateful for those who made suggestions and helped IDSAI make a positive impact on the development and application of Data Science and AI in Israel.

Prof. Paul D. Feigin

Director of IDSAI

Phone: +972-(0)4-829-4504
E-mail: paulf@technion.ac.il

Vardit Shterenbach Simchoni

General Manager of IDSAI
Phone: +972-(0)52-7073044
Email: idsi_admin@technion.ac.il

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