Smadar Nehab - Tsofen
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Tsofen aims to fully integrate Israel's Arab society into its hi-tech industry by employing thousands of Arab engineers. While Arab graduates outnumber positions in hi-tech 2,400 to 1,000, Tsofen serves as a one-stop-shop to connect Arab talent to opportunities. Since starting, Arabs in hi-tech have tripled to 1,000, Nazareth has become a hub, and the government and media now recognize that Israeli hi-tech needs more Arab human capital. Tsofen hosts events like hackathons and workshops to create hi-tech opportunities within the Arab community.
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EVR Motors has developed a new direct drive generator for wind turbines that is at least 50% lighter than existing designs. Their generator uses a novel axial flux permanent magnet topology that reduces the overall costs of a wind turbine by approximately 20% compared to traditional radial flux permanent magnet designs. EVR's 27.5kW generator is over 200% lighter and 12% more efficient than comparable generators from Italy and China. EVR plans to initially produce and market small scale turbines under 100kW and license their technology for larger turbines over 1MW to wind turbine manufacturers.Ayla matalon CleanTech Open 2014
Ayla matalon CleanTech Open 2014MIT Forum of Israel
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This document summarizes the findings of the "Global Cleantech Innovation Index 2014" report. The report analyzed which countries have the greatest potential to produce entrepreneurial cleantech start-up companies over the next 10 years. Israel placed first overall, scoring highest in emerging cleantech innovation drivers. This is due to Israel demonstrating the greatest density of high-impact cleantech start-ups and strengths in areas like business sophistication, entrepreneurial culture, venture capital activity, and environmental patents.AutoAgronome Cleantech Open 2014
AutoAgronome Cleantech Open 2014MIT Forum of Israel
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AutoAgronom Ltd. is an agricultural technology company that has developed a system called AutoAgronom to precisely control nutrient delivery to plants. Field tests show their system has increased crop yields by up to 1200% while reducing water and fertilizer use by up to 75% and 50% respectively compared to traditional farming practices. The system monitors soil conditions and delivers nutrients as needed through capillary action and automatic delivery, adapting nutrient levels for day and night cycles to optimize plant growth. AutoAgronom's system outperformed competitors by better controlling nutrient levels, moisture, and oxygen availability in soils.Asaf hahami 
Asaf hahami MIT Forum of Israel
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This document provides an overview of key legal and business issues for Israeli startup companies entering the US market through New York State. It discusses New York's startup programs and regions favorable for tech companies. While 600-700 Israeli startups are formed each year, only 1,000 successfully raise local funding, so some seek opportunities in the large and diverse US market. The document outlines steps for establishing a US entity, addressing taxation, intellectual property, financing, hiring employees, office space, and immigration status. It aims to help Israeli founders navigate important rules and regulations for entering the US market.
Jeff jonas big data new physics
Jeff jonas big data new physicsMIT Forum of Israel
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Big Data in context provides new insights. With more data, predictions can be better by lowering false positives and negatives. More data also requires more context to make sense of it all. Space and time data in particular enables new levels of understanding identities and relationships.Dr Ohad Barzilay
Dr Ohad BarzilayMIT Forum of Israel
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This document discusses big data and provides examples to illustrate key concepts. It begins by defining big data in terms of volume, velocity, and variety of data from various sources like the internet and social networks. It then discusses enterprise information systems and new paradigms for storing, processing, and communicating large amounts of data using cloud computing and distributed systems. Examples are given of how data can be analyzed to gain insights and knowledge to inform decision making, such as what products people buy before hurricanes. The document outlines the big data technology stack and discusses tools for capturing data, processing it, analyzing correlations and causality, and formulating hypotheses. Finally, it provides the specific example of SportVU, a player tracking technology, to demonstrate howYaniv Mor - Xplenty - big data new physics
Yaniv Mor - Xplenty - big data new physicsMIT Forum of Israel
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Xplenty provides a cloud-based, Hadoop-as-a-Service solution that allows organizations of any size to easily harness the power of big data without needing Hadoop skills. Their platform includes visualization tools and support for both structured and unstructured data stored in cloud databases.Smadar Nehab - Tsofen
- 1. Integration of the Arab and hi-tech societies in Israel For the Fulbright conference
- 2. Tsofen rationale The hi-tech industry is Israels engine of growth Israel spends more of its GDP on R&D than any OECD country Yet, Arab citizens do not participate And it will help Israel hi-tech which is in need of engineering talent 2
- 3. Tsofen vision & goals Full integration of Israels Arab society and Israels hi-technology industry Thousands of Arab engineers employed in the hi- tech industry; and A hi-tech industry will start in Arab cities
- 4. Arab hi-tech: graduates do not work* 2,400 1,000 Arabs: 1,000 vs. 2,700 Dismal opportunities influence career choice: few graduates with exact sciences degree 4 *2009-11, based on CBOS and Tsofen statistics
- 5. Tsofen is a one-stop-shop
- 6. Since Our Inception: Major Changes Arabs in high-tech have tripled to 1,000 Nazareth transformed into a high-tech hub The high-tech industry is taking notice Israeli high-tech needs Arab Human Capital more than Arab sector needs high-tech industry Elisha Yanay, Chairman of the Israeli Association of Electronic and Software Industries Government is engaged Media is committed 6
- 7. Working With the Arab community Hi-tech track in Nazareth only biz conference Hackathon for the hi tech community Technical workshops for students Meetups for entrepreneurs community 7
- 8. Creating hi tech within Arab Society Tsofen Alumni ceremony The first ever Google event in the Arab community of Israel, conducted in collaboration with Tsofen 8