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Senior Research Associate
Centre for the Study of Existential Risk, University of Cambridge
Biography
Shahar Avin is a senior researcher associate at the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk (CSER). He works with CSER researchers and others in the global catastrophic risk community to identify and design risk prevention strategies, through organising workshops, building agent-based models, and by frequently asking naive questions.
Prior to CSER, Shahar worked at Google for a year as a mobile/web software engineer. His PhD was in philosophy of science, on the allocation of public funds to research projects. His undergrad was in physics and philosophy of science, which followed a mandatory service in the IDF. He has also worked at and with several startups over the years.
Interests
- Existential Risk
- Artificial Intelligence
- Science Funding
Education
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PhD in History and Philosophy of Science, 2014
University of Cambridge
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BA + MSci in Natural Sciences, 2010
University of Cambridge