Hello👨🏻💻
I'm Tamir, a postdoc associate at the Department of Technology of Management and Innovation, NYU Tandon School of Engineering, New York University.
My research is interdisciplinary and positioned at the intersection of human-computer interaction (HCI), human-AI interaction, machine learning, digital health, and ubiquitous computing. I study trust, privacy, security, and the responsibilities of individuals when interacting with AI. I design and evaluate novel data-driven technologies and workflows to improve decision-making and user experience in healthcare and finance applications, focusing on human-AI interaction and responsible AI use. Additionally, I develop and evaluate generative AI chatbots based on large language models (LLMs). I'm advised by Oded Nov and Batia Wiesenfeld.
I completed my Ph.D. from the Department of Industrial Engineering at Tel Aviv University in September 2022. My Ph.D. research investigated how we can empower older adults and help them make safe mobile security and privacy decisions by leveraging their social connections. I designed, developed, and evaluated mobile applications that used communities of volunteers alongside family and friends connections to teach and assist older adults with mobile device challenges. I was advised by Eran Toch.
I also received my MSc from the Department of Industrial Engineering at Tel Aviv University. My Master's thesis focused on influencing users' privacy behavior in online social networks. I built a custom Facebook application to collect feedback from users regarding their intention to adopt privacy practices from different sources: authoritative organizations and friends with varying tie strength.
News
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13/02/2025 - Our paper "Laypeople’s Use of and Attitudes Toward Large Language Models and Search Engines for Health Queries: Survey Study" has been published at JMIR. https://doi.org/10.2196/64290. Now, the video is available here.
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8/11/2024 - 👏 Our paper "Advice from a Doctor or AI? Understanding Willingness to Disclose Information Through Remote Patient Monitoring to Receive Health Advice" has been published at CSCW. https://doi.org/10.1145/3686925
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31/10/2024 - 😎 Our Medium post has been published: Examining Willingness to Disclose Remote Patient Monitoring Information to Receive Health Advice from a Doctor or AI
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19/4/2023 - 👌 Our paper "Social Support for Mobile Security: Comparing Close Connections and Community Volunteers in a Field Experiment" has been published at CHI. https://doi.org/10.1145/3544548.3581183
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16/1/2023 - 🥳 Our paper “Social Support for Mobile Security: Comparing Close Connections and Community Volunteers in a Field Experiment” was conditionally accepted to CHI2023!
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15/9/2022 - I officially finished my Ph.D.
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14/9/2022 - 👀 My Ph.D. advisor, Eran Toch, will present our new paper at UbiComp 2022 in Cambridge: "Toward Proactive Support for Older Adults: Predicting the Right Moment for Providing Mobile Safety Help": https://doi.org/10.1145/3517249
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1/9/2022 - 🏁 The committee approved my Ph.D. dissertation: "Collective Online Safety Support for Older Adults".
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6/7/2022 - 🏆 I won the 2022 Ein-Dor Student first runner-up prize for Information Systems Research at the Israel Association for Information Systems (ILAIS) conference.
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6/7/2022 - Presenting my work at Israel Association for Information Systems (ILAIS) conference: "Toward Proactive Support for Older Adults: Predicting the Right Moment for Providing Mobile Safety Help"
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15/6/2022 - Presenting a poster at IsraHCI 2022 based on my work "Toward Proactive Support for Older Adults: Predicting the Right Moment for Providing Mobile Safety Help".
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02/5/2022 - Attending CHI 2022 and demonstrating my work "Meerkat: A Social Community Support Application for Older Adults": https://doi.org/10.1145/3491101.3519909.
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08/3/2022 - Giving my industrial engineering department seminar on Tuesday at Tel Aviv University. Present in person and via Zoom. One step before submitting my dissertation. Read more.
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20/2/2022 - This semester, for the first time, I will be a lecturer in two courses: Big Data Engineering and Data Warehouses.
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17/2/2022 - Our demo "Meerkat: A Social Community Support Application for Older Adults" has been accepted to CHI2022.
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27/1/2022 - Our paper "Toward Proactive Support for Older Adults: Predicting the Right Moment for Providing Mobile Safety Help" has been accepted to IMWUT. https://doi.org/10.1145/3517249
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Human-AI interaction
Design technologies that apply interactions between humans and AI.
Machine learning, LLMs, and AI
Employ AI-powered data-driven technologies
Digital Health
Design and explore novel data-driven technologies and workflows for healthcare applications.