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Ph.D. in Computer Science — Tel Aviv University
Video Analysis and Generation via a Semantic Progress Function SIGGRAPH 2026
Gal Metzer*, Sagi Polaczek*, Ali Mahdavi-Amiri, Raja Giryes, Daniel Cohen-Or
In-Context Sync-LoRA for Portrait Video Editing ECCV 2026
Sagi Polaczek, Or Patashnik, Ali Mahdavi-Amiri, Daniel Cohen-Or
AI Research Scientist — Monsters Aliens Robots Zombies (MARZ)
Worked on generative video and audio-visual models for controllable character performances, spanning video editing, audio-visual dubbing, and expression control.
M.Sc. in Computer Science — Tel Aviv University
Deep Learning Engineer — IBM Research
Worked on multimodal deep learning for medical imaging and drug discovery, including MAMMAL, a foundation model for drug-target interaction. Co-maintained open-source projects like FuseMedML and FuseDrugs, along with internal infrastructure packages.
Software Engineer — Cisco (Silicon One)
Interned with the team building the SDK for Cisco's next-gen internet chips. Wrote Python & C++ tools and helped optimize SerDes functionality.
B.Sc. in Computer Science and Mathematics — Tel Aviv University
Graduated with distinction.