Jerusalem professor mandates strict AI use rules in data science classes
Claudia Goldman, who holds 24 patents, has established a protocol requiring students to explain how they used AI tools, rejecting fully generated submissions.
By Dmitri Sokolov ·
A professor at the Hebrew University Business School has established a specific protocol for artificial intelligence use in her data science courses. Prof. Claudia V. Goldman, who has served as an associate professor in the department since July 2024, requires students to disclose exactly how they utilized AI tools. She stated that fully AI-generated answers are not accepted and that she can detect such writing. Her approach aims to use technology to solve real-world problems while maintaining human critical thinking.
Goldman’s career path led her from Argentina to Israel in January 1984 when she was 16 years old. She completed high school in Jerusalem in 1986 and subsequently earned three degrees at the Hebrew University: a BSc in computer science, mathematics and electronics in 1991, an MSc in computer science in 1993, and a PhD in computer science in 1999. Her doctoral supervisor was Prof. Jeff Rosenschein. Before joining the university, she held research positions at Bar-Ilan University, the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and the University of Haifa between 1999 and 2005.
Her professional experience includes industry roles that inform her teaching methods. She worked as a team leader at Samsung Telecom Research in Herzliya for three years, followed by 15 years as a research scientist at General Motors in Herzliya. At GM, she focused on introducing learning agents into vehicle user experiences to help drivers understand autonomous functions. She holds 24 patents and has published more than 50 academic papers.
In her current classroom, Goldman evaluates students through a mix of classwork, presentations, and peer-organized activities. This in-person assessment allows her to verify understanding. The curriculum also includes discussions on human responsibility and professional values. She encourages students to brainstorm with AI but requires them to check for bias and verify that cited sources actually exist. She recently discussed Bill Gates’s “Human Reserved” concept, noting that the issue is not a binary choice of which jobs stay human, but rather understanding the benefits of AI in different roles.
The Business School currently offers related courses such as AI for Social Good and Responsible AI. The Hebrew University also runs a Free Listener Program allowing senior citizens to audit classes. The fall semester is now beginning. Goldman, who met her husband, Prof. Roy Shenhar, on the Givat Ram campus in 1995, emphasized the importance of critical skills in strengthening human roles in the age of algorithms.
Her background includes a childhood in Buenos Aires where she studied in Yiddish, Hebrew and Spanish. Her grandparents moved to Argentina before relatives were murdered in the Holocaust. She told her father in 1983 that she could only see herself growing up in Israel. The family made aliyah six months later. She has maintained her position at the Hebrew University Business School since mid-2024, integrating her industrial research experience into the data science curriculum.
Source: The Jerusalem Post
