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Mor leads a research group looking at topics at the intersection of technology, media and democracy. The group applies multidisciplinary techniques — from machine learning to qualitative social science — to study our information ecosystem and its challenges, with a special focus on AI-mediated communication and its impact on society.
Previously, Mor was on the faculty at the Rutgers School of Communication and Information, led a research team at Yahoo! Research Berkeley, and received a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the Stanford University InfoLab. He also played professional basketball for Hapoel Tel Aviv. He is a former startup co-founder, and he advises startup companies in social computing and related areas. He is a recipient of a NSF Early Faculty CAREER Award, research awards, multiple best paper awards, and grants from numerous corporations including Microsoft, Meta, and Google.
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Pictured Above / Guy Bar-Nir (R) and Tom Rahav Every summer, a group of Technion students spends nearly two months interning at the Joan & Irwin Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute at Cornell Tech. The program advances collaboration between the two campuses, and the Jacobs Institute’s unique focus on industry gives students a taste of entrepreneurial career options. “The summer internship program is one of the most exciting programs we run that deepens the relationship between the Cornell Tech and the Technion,” said Ron Brachman, director of the Jacobs Institute. “It gives the students a taste of cutting-edge graduate-level research, experiencing what it’s…
Digital platforms and technology — from Facebook and mobile phones to Zoom and virtual reality to online recommendations and shopping —now serve as the core fabric of our lives and our society, with consequences that are not always positive. In this Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute webinar, hear how the Connective Media Hub is building new human-centered […]
The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet announced Monday that professors Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann, and Georg Nagel were awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Medicine, with two of the three laureates having received the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology Harvey Prize. Prof. Deisseroth of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Stanford University, USA, and Prof. Hegemann […]
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