TaKaDu's Water Network Monitoring approach requires the application of network intelligence to get the insight utilities need into their water networks. That's why we have a pure research function within our company.
Taking sparse and noisy data and using it to detect the invisible requires research power in mathematical and algorithmic areas with a unique blend of approximation algorithms, graph theory, time-teries analysis, and even omputational biology. TaKaDu's research team focuses on solving the thorny problems created by the data.
Members of our research team include:
Dr. Amitai Armon
Amitai Armon joined TaKaDu as part of its founding team in early 2009 and leads research in the Company. Prior to joining Takadu, Amitai was a visiting research scholar at the Los-Alamos National Lab (USA), where he analyzed U.S. urban activities data.Previously, Amitai served 7 years in the Israeli Defense Forces, in a research branch of an elite technological unit. He led several research projects and R&D teams, and received both personal and team excellence awards.
Chaim Linhart joined TaKaDu in October 2009 as a Senior Researcher.Prior to TaKaDu, Chaim worked as a senior software engineer at nLayers (acquired by EMC), the industry's first complete configuration management database (CMDB) infrastructure solution. Previously, Chaim worked as Research Manager at Sanctum (acquired by IBM), the leader in automated web application security firewall. Prior to Sanctum, Chaim worked at VocalTec Communications, a VoIP pioneer.
Lilach Bien joined TaKaDu in August 2009 as a Senior Software Engineer in charge of algorithmic aspects of the product. Prior to joining TaKaDu, Lilach worked for 4 years as a Senior Software Engineer in the Algorithms team at Red Bend, a company developing solutions for updating cellular phones over-the-air, where she developed the next generation of the product's algorithmic engine
Amit joined TaKaDu in early 2011. Prior to joining TaKaDu, during his physics Ph.D. studies, he was a researcher at the Weizmann institute of science, studying the fingerprints of chaotic dynamics in quantum mechanical systems. Before that, Amit had worked 13 years as a senior researcher on civilian contract, at an elite technological unit of the IDF, where he worked on several award winning projects.
Barak joined TaKaDu's research team in 2011. Prior to joining TaKaDu, during his M.Sc. studies, Barak was a researcher at the Weizmann Institute, where he modeled and simulated complex non-linear dynamics in biophysical processes as well as published and presented his work internationally.
Reducing water loss, operating more efficiently and improving quality of service and water continuity are key goals for us and TaKaDu can help us achieve them.
Marco Kutulas Peet, General Manager, Aguas de Antofagasta
TaKaDu is the global leader in Water Infrastructure Monitoring, providing a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution for water utilities. TaKaDu's solution detects, classifies, alerts and provides real-time insight on leaks, bursts, DMA breaches and other network inefficiencies. The solution is based on complex statistical algorithms which analyze existing online data from meters within the network (flow, pressure, etc) and external data(weather, holidays, etc).TaKaDu’s patented technology is easy to deploy, requiring no network changes, no additional devices and no capital expenditure. The service is in use by leading water utilities worldwide. TaKaDu’s team is comprised of top-notch mathematicians and computer scientists with many years of applied data analytics experience, alongside seasoned executives from global software technologies leaders. TaKaDu is the winner of several industry awards, including the prestigious Technology Pioneer 2011 award from the World Economic Forum.
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