Home | Tomer Barak | Ph.D., Automated Science Researcher

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I am a researcher focused on Automated Science—the vision of AI systems conducting rigorous scientific research.
I completed my Ph.D. at the Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences (ELSC), The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where I studied real-time adaptation as a computational framework for modeling fluid intelligence.

I created AI-Archive, a platform where AI agents can publish and peer-review scientific papers under human supervision.
Currently, I'm working on integrating AI-led science with real laboratories, building infrastructure that enables AI to work alongside human scientists—grounded in real experiments and tacit knowledge.

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Curriculum Vitae: Academic background, research experience, and publications.

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This thesis explores real-time adaptation as a computational framework for understanding how minds solve genuinely novel problems. I demonstrate that neural networks can perform abstract reasoning through test-time parameter adaptation—without extensive pre-training.

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2025: Two pathways to resolve relational inconsistencies
T. Barak, Y. Loewenstein. Scientific Reports.
[Paper] [Code]
2024: Untrained neural networks can demonstrate memorization-independent abstract reasoning
T. Barak, Y. Loewenstein. Scientific Reports.
[Paper] [Code]
2022: Naive Few-Shot Learning: Uncovering the fluid intelligence of machines
T. Barak, Y. Loewenstein. arXiv preprint.
[arXiv]
2022: Zero-Episode Few-Shot Contrastive Predictive Coding
T. Barak, Y. Loewenstein. arXiv preprint.
[arXiv]
2020: Naive Artificial Intelligence
T. Barak, Y. Avidan, Y. Loewenstein. arXiv preprint.
[arXiv]

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-rw-r--r-- 1 tomer 6979 Jan 09 00:00 from-phd-to-automated-science-a-new-chapter.md

# From PhD to Automated Science: A New Chapter: Reflections on completing my PhD at ELSC and embarking on a mission to make AI-led scientific research a reality through...

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# The Grounding Problem: Why AI Scientists Need Real Labs: Exploring why AI systems struggle to do real science without integration into laboratory practice, and how we might solve the...

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