Moshe Mash, Ph.D.

Researcher in Multi-Agent Systems, Decision-Making, Human-AI Interaction & Text Analysis

I study how decision-makers, human and artificial, act well individually and together, through game theory, multi-agent systems, human-subjects research, and applied LLMs. Ph.D. in Software and Information Systems Engineering (Ben-Gurion University); postdoctoral fellow at Carnegie Mellon's Robotics Institute. My work has been recognized with a Best Paper Award (ACM EC 2016) and selected as a Communications of the ACM Research Highlight (2018). Published in JACM, AIJ, CHI, and IJCAI. I also apply this research in practice, including at DICTA and through independent AI R&D work.

moshikmash@gmail.com
+1-412-626-1676
Pittsburgh, PA · Open to remote & relocation
Moshe Mash, Ph.D.

Research & Skills

Game Theory Multi-Agent Systems Social Choice & Fair Division MDP Reinforcement Learning Human-Centric AI Data Science Workflows Applied AI AI Research Natural Language Processing LLM Fine-tuning RAG Agentic AI End-to-End Delivery (PoC → Production) Python PyTorch HuggingFace Transformers Production ML SQL Distributed Training Healthcare & Clinical ML

Research Interests

My research centers on decision-making by self-interested and bounded agents, human and artificial, studied through game theory, mechanism design, multi-agent systems, and human-subjects experiments. I am developing a new direction that extends this to LLM-based agents: learning what an agent should communicate to a human, and how, from human preference, in mixed human-agent settings such as autonomous and human-driven vehicles.

A second, applied strand of my research uses large language models and modern NLP for text analysis in specialized domains: authorship attribution, automatic citation generation, and semantic cross-referencing of Hebrew and rabbinic texts (with DICTA), and computational analysis of legal and patent text, including textual studies of disparate outcomes in the patent system. Both involve fine-tuning LLMs for prediction, clustering, and semantic analysis of domain-specific corpora.

Education

Ph.D.

Software and Information Systems Engineering

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

2014–2018

Dissertation: Reaching Fair Agreements in Group Settings
Advisor: Prof. Ya'akov (Kobi) Gal

M.Sc.

Computer Science (AI specialization)

Bar-Ilan University

2011–2013

Thesis: Joint Exploration with Self-Interested Agents
Advisor: Prof. David Sarne

B.Sc.

Software Engineering

Shenkar College of Engineering and Design

2007–2011

Selected Publications

Gendered Words and Patent Grant Rates: A Textual Analysis

Gerhardt D., Marcowitz-Bitton M., Schuster W.M., Elmalech A., Suissa O., Mash M.

Northwestern Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property, 23 Nw. J. Tech. & Intell. Prop. 509 (2026)

The T cell receptor landscape of childhood brain tumors

Raphael I, Xiong Z, Sneiderman CT, Raphael RA, Mash M., et al.

Science Translational Medicine, 17(790):eadp0675. 2025

Human-Computer Coalition Formation in Weighted Voting Games

Mash, M., Fairstein, R., Zick, Y., Bachrach, Y., & Gal, K.

ACM Transactions on Intelligent Systems and Technology (TIST). 2020

Which Is the Fairest (Rent Division) of Them All?

Gal, K., Mash, M., Procaccia, A., & Zick, Y.

Journal of the ACM (JACM). 2017

Selected as a Communications of the ACM Research Highlight, 2018.

Joint Search with Self-Interested Agents and the Failure of Cooperation Enhancers

Rochlin, I., Sarne, D., & Mash, M.

Artificial Intelligence Journal (AIJ). 2014

Predicting Data Scientist Stuckness During the Development of Machine Learning Classifiers

Mash, M., Oryol, S., Rosenthal, S., & Simmons, R.

VL/HCC. 2022

DSWorkFlow: A Framework for Capturing Data Scientists' Workflows

Mash, M., Rosenthal, S., & Simmons, R.

CHI. 2021

How to Form Winning Coalitions in Mixed Human-Computer Settings

Mash, M., Zick, Y., Bachrach, Y., & Gal, K.

IJCAI. 2017

Which Is the Fairest (Rent Division) of Them All? Best Paper Award

Gal, K., Mash, M., Procaccia, A., & Zick, Y.

EC. 2016

Peer-Designed Agents for Reliably Evaluating the Distribution of Outcomes in Environments Involving People

Mash, M., Lin, R., & Sarne, D.

AAMAS. 2014

Join Me with the Weakest Partner, Please

Mash, M., Rochlin, I., & Sarne, D.

WI-IAT. 2012

Professional Experience

Principal AI Researcher & Founder

MashInnovateAI 2024–Present
  • Independent AI R&D consultancy delivering end-to-end custom AI systems — NLP, LLM fine-tuning, RAG, agentic and multi-agent LLM systems, and applied ML — from proof of concept to production deployment
  • Clients include startups, established companies integrating AI into their products and workflows, and universities and academic research groups
  • Primary client: DICTA – The Israel Center for Text Analysis, continuing and expanding the NLP and LLM research agenda as an independent researcher

AI Researcher

DICTA – The Israel Center for Text Analysis 2022–Present
  • Lead research at the intersection of computational linguistics and Jewish studies, focusing on rabbinical and modern Hebrew
  • Developed NLP pipelines for authorship attribution, achieving high accuracy on long-debated questions of authorship in classical Jewish texts
  • Designed AI-driven systems for automatic citation generation and cross-referencing of classical sources
  • Built and deployed LLM-based tools actively used by scholars for live analysis of Hebrew texts

Postdoctoral Researcher

Carnegie Mellon University, Robotics Institute 2019–2022
  • Hosted by Prof. Reid Simmons and Dr. Stephanie Rosenthal
  • Conducted research on the behavior and cognitive processes of ML practitioners as they develop AI models
  • Designed frameworks to capture, model, and analyze workflows, with emphasis on decision-making and iteration cycles
  • Developed predictive methods to identify critical moments of difficulty (“stuckness”) in ML development
  • Research funded by J.P. Morgan, which renewed the award for a second consecutive year
  • Mentored students in AI and human-computer interaction research

AI Researcher

Diagnostic Robotics 2019
  • Developed machine learning models for the healthcare domain, with applications in risk prediction
  • Collaborated with clinicians and researchers to refine AI-driven predictive healthcare decision-support systems

AI Researcher

Amdocs 2018–2019
  • Led the development of an innovative system predicting at-risk maintenance contract renewals, saving the company millions of dollars
  • Designed, built, and deployed the system from scratch, including problem definition, algorithm design, evaluation, and deployment pipeline

Research Assistant

Weizmann Institute of Science 2011–2012
  • Developed image-processing algorithms for 3D biomedical images

Awards & Recognition

Best Paper Award & ACM Research Highlight

Which Is the Fairest (Rent Division) of Them All?

Best Paper Award, ACM Conference on Economics and Computation (2016)
Selected as a Communications of the ACM Research Highlight (2018)

Excellence in Teaching Award

Ben-Gurion University (2016, 2017)

Ph.D. Scholarship for Academic Excellence

Ben-Gurion University (2014)

Published in Top-Tier Venues

JACM · AIJ · Science Translational Medicine · CHI · IJCAI · AAMAS · ACM EC

Externally Funded Research

Israel Science Foundation · U.S.–Israel Binational Science Foundation · U.S. Department of Defense · J.P. Morgan Chase

Teaching & Professional Service

University Teaching

Taught and lectured at Ben-Gurion University, Tel-Aviv Yafo Academic College, Bar-Ilan University, and Shenkar College. Courses include Databases, Machine Learning, Game Theory, Intelligent Systems, and Software Design. Recipient of the Excellence in Teaching Award (2016, 2017).

Advising & Mentoring

Served as Final Projects Coordinator and Adviser for undergraduate students at Ben-Gurion University (2015–2018). Departmental Seminar Coordinator for four consecutive years. Mentored students in AI and HCI research at CMU.

Peer Review & Service

Reviewer for top AI venues: AAAI, IJCAI, AAMAS, KDD, CHI, EC, ECAI, and Group Decision & Negotiation. Developed the voting algorithm for IAAI 2018 Best Paper selection.

MashInnovateAI

Independent AI R&D consultancy (2024–present). Delivers applied NLP, LLM fine-tuning, and multi-agent LLM systems for startups, companies, and academic research groups, primarily continuing the NLP/LLM research agenda at DICTA.

Curriculum Vitae

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