Speaker Profile
PhD, CTO, Karius
Biography
Sivan is an innovator in artificial intelligence, pioneering the development of complex computational and data platforms, as well as novel machine learning models designed to address critical challenges in human disease. Prior to Karius, Sivan was a cofounder and Chief Technology Officer at Lifecode, where he led the development of the analytical platform and validation of several clinical assays across oncology and rare hereditary diseases. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the Technion Israel Institute of Technology, and continued to Stanford’s Artificial Intelligence Lab to pursue his postdoctoral research.
Session Abstract – PMWC 2024 Silicon Valley
Track Chairs:
Charles Chiu, UCSF
- Metagenomic Sequencing Challenges in Microbiology Labs (PANEL)
Chair: Charles Chiu, UCSF
- Esther Babady, MSKCC
- Robert Schlaberg, Illumina
- David C Gaston, Vanderbilt University Medical Center - Optimizing Clinical Metagenomics for Infectious Diseases Diagnosis (PANEL)
Chair: Steve Miller, Delve Bio
- Anne Piantadoski, Emory University
- Sivan Bercovici, Karius Dx
- Laura Filkins, Children's Health System of Texas
- Catherine Hogan, British Columbia / CDC
- Advancing Infectious Disease Management through AI, Metagenomics, and Emerging Technologies (PANEL)
Chair: Charles Chiu, UCSF
- Purvesh Khatri, Stanford
- Monica Fung, UCSF
- Kristian Andersen, Scripps Research
- Kathleen Jacobson, CDPH - Insight and Actionable Strategies for Microbiome Innovation (PANEL)
Chair: Nathan Price, Thorne
- Colleen Cutcliffe, Pendulum
- Alex Morgan, Khosla Ventures
- Jack Gilbert, UCSD
- Fiona Tambuini, Genentech
- Nikole E. Kimes, Siolta Therapeutics - Stanford Healthcare Innovation Lab Showcase
Chair: Ariel Bacaner Ganz, Stanford
- Maddalena Adorno, Dorian Therapeutics
- Alice Rathjen, DNA compass
- David Wong, XR Workout - Chris Chin, Thera VR Inc.
