Yogev (Yogi) Bar-On

About Me

Career

I work as a Research Software Engineer at the Meselson Center at RAND, where I contribute to reducing risks associated with emerging technologies in biology and AI. See our Securing AI Model Weights report, which was referenced by Anthropic’s Responsible Scaling Policy and Deepmind’s Frontier Safety Framework.

Prior to this, I was part of the founding team at Fordefi, an institutional blockchain wallet, and I also worked as a Software Engineer at Meta.

Studies

I’m currently pursuing my PhD in Computer Science at Tel Aviv University, advised by Prof. Yishay Mansour, with whom I also completed my MSc. My academic interests are Blockchain, Machine Learning Theory, and Algorithmic Game Theory.

In addition to my graduate degrees, I earned three BScs in Mathematics, Computer Science, and Natural Sciences from the Open University of Israel.

And more

In my spare time, I am an avid bug bounty hunter and have been awarded over $300,000 in total prizes for identifying and reporting vulnerabilities. Have a look at my Amazon Kindle report, which was featured on Vice.