Joining the Technological Innovation Institution (TII)

After 6.5 years with Amazon it’s time to move on. As always, leaving is involved with a mixture of feelings. I had the pleasure of working on many exciting project with amazing colleagues. But life is too short. Bye Bye Amazon, keep working hard and making fun.
Now, I’m starting a new position at the Technology Innovation Institute (TII). TII is a UAE-based institute that focuses on many research areas including Generative AI. Falcon, one of the leading open-source Large Language Models, is one of its exciting projects. I’m joining a new research team that will work on the integration of generative AI and Information Retrieval. At the same time, we will contribute directly to the vision of scientific collaboration articulated in the Abraham Accords. 
To the many who ask, our new office is in Haifa.