Idan Barnea
Idan Barnea
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About
About
I am a PhD student at the Blavatnik School of Computer Science, Tel Aviv University, advised by Prof. Yishay Mansour.
My research interests are in Reinforcement Learning.
Prior to my doctoral studies, I worked as a Hardware Architect at Nvidia, focusing on CPU core microarchitecture.
Short Bio
Short Bio
Ph.D. student, Tel Aviv University (2025-present)
Hardware Architect, Nvidia (2021–2025)
M.Sc. Computer Science, Tel Aviv University (2022–2025)
Founder & Software Developer, Erafre (2020–2021)
B.Sc. Mathematics & Computer Science, Ben-Gurion University (2015–2019)
Publications and Preprints
Publications and Preprints
Collaborating in Multi-Armed Bandits with Strategic Agents
Collaborating in Multi-Armed Bandits with Strategic Agents
I Barnea*, O Schlisselberg*, Y Mansour (*equal contribution)
EWRL (Oral) 2026 [arxiv pdf]
The Horizon Threshold in Cooperative Multi-Agent Reward-Free Exploration
The Horizon Threshold in Cooperative Multi-Agent Reward-Free Exploration
I Barnea, O Levy, Y Mansour
NeurIPS 2025, EWRL 2026 [arxiv pdf]
Individual Regret in Cooperative Stochastic Multi-Armed Bandits
Individual Regret in Cooperative Stochastic Multi-Armed Bandits
I Barnea, T Lancewicki, Y Mansour
NeurIPS 2025, [arxiv pdf]
Teaching
Teaching
Teaching Assistant: Computer Structure, Tel Aviv University; Fall & Spring 2025-2026, Fall 2026-2027.
Scholarships
Scholarships
Israeli Council for Higher Education (CHE/VATAT) scholarship for outstanding doctoral students in artificial intelligence and data science.
Tel Aviv University Center for AI and Data Science (TAD) excellence program for doctoral students in artificial intelligence and data science.
Other
Other
I'm a semi-professional saxophone player, and I also play piano, guitar, and other instruments.
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