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Sella Nevo

Center director at RAND Center on AI, Security, and Technology, and Lecturer at Tel Aviv University

About me

Sella Nevo is a principal researcher at RAND, and the founding director of the RAND Center on AI, Security, and Technology. He is also a Venture Partner at the VC firm Firstime, which invests in climate startups, and is on the advisory board of ALLFED - the Alliance to Feed the Earth In Disasters. In addition, he co-founded Impact Focused Education, an initiative dedicated to developing effective educational pathways for engaging in large-scale, high-impact work.

He previously led the Karmel group at Google Research, which developed the Google Flood Forecasting Initiative, which provides flood forecasts and warnings globally, alongside several other humanitarian and environmental efforts. He also co-founded an impact-focused career advising nonprofit and taught Applied Ethics and Information Security at Tel Aviv University.

Courses and Programs taught by Sella Nevo