Research Team

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.

Amitai completed his Computer-Science Ph.D. studies in Tel Aviv University on 2008. His Ph.D. thesis is in the field of algorithms for graph problems, including both approximation algorithms and efficient exact algorithms. He also holds an M.Sc. in Computer Science (2000, Summa Cum Laude), and a B.Sc. in Mathematics and Computer-Science (1997, Magna Cum Laude, received at the age of 18) both from Tel Aviv University.

Amitai received several excellence awards for his studies, as well as for his work as a computer science lecturer during his Ph.D. studies.

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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.