Daniel Ramot

Ramot was born in Israel, attended elementary school in Turkey, and high school at the United World College of SE Asia in Singapore.{{Cite web|title=Daniel Ramot, Co-founder and CEO, Via|url=https://www.topionetworks.com/people/daniel-ramot-5b97f0d3843bac537e2a05a1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210725232812/https://www.topionetworks.com/people/daniel-ramot-5b97f0d3843bac537e2a05a1|url-status=usurped|archive-date=July 25, 2021|access-date=2021-07-25|website=www.topionetworks.com}} Ramot is a graduate of the Israel Defense Force's Talpiot program, this is also where he met Oren Shoval, who would later become his co-founding partner.{{Cite web|title=Israeli Via transport tech company acquires Remix mapping company|url=https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/israeli-via-transport-tech-company-acquires-remix-mapping-company-662023|access-date=2021-08-15|website=The Jerusalem Post {{!}} JPost.com|date=15 March 2021 |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Lee |first=Allen |date=2021-12-27 |title=10 Things You Didn't Know about Daniel Ramot |url=https://moneyinc.com/daniel-ramot/ |access-date=2023-06-27 |website=Money Inc |language=en-US}} As part of that program, he received a Bachelor of Science in Physics and Mathematics at The Hebrew University.{{Cite web|title=The Future of Global Ride-Hailing After Covid-19|url=https://www.theinformation.com/events/ride-hailing-covid19|access-date=2021-07-25|website=The Information}}{{Cite web|title=CoMotion MIAMI LIVE|url=https://events.bizzabo.com/CoMotionMIAMILIVE|access-date=2021-07-25|website=events.bizzabo.com|language=en}}{{Cite web|date=2017-09-04|title=Mercedes-Benz's Enters European Ride-Sharing Market With Israeli Startup Via {{!}} Weizmann USA|url=https://www.weizmann-usa.org/news-media/in-the-news/mercedes-benz-s-enters-european-ride-sharing-market-with-israeli-startup-via/|access-date=2021-07-25|website=American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science}}{{Cite web|title=Introducing Hearst Ventures' Newest Investment, Via - Introducing Hearst Ventures' Newest Investment, Via {{!}} Hearst|url=https://www.hearst.com/-/introducing-hearst-ventures-newest-investment-via|access-date=2021-07-25|website=www.hearst.com}}{{Cite news|title=Big win for Israeli autotech as Mercedes owner forms joint venture, invests $50m|url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/business/.premium-daimler-in-joint-venture-with-50-million-in-via-1.5448180|access-date=2021-07-25|newspaper=Haaretz|language=en}}

From 1996 to 2002, Ramot served in the Israeli Air Force where he developed avionic systems for F-15s and F-16s.{{Cite web|title=Daniel Ramot|url=https://www.bfhu.org/speaker/daniel-ramot/|access-date=2021-07-25|website=BFHU|language=en-GB}}{{Cite web|title=LEADERS Interview with Daniel Ramot, Co-Founder and CEO, Via|url=http://www.leadersmag.com/issues/2016.1_Jan/Start-Up%20Nation/LEADERS-Daniel-Ramot-Via.html|access-date=2021-07-25|website=www.leadersmag.com}}{{Cite web|title=Daniel Ramot|url=https://www.technyc.org/leadershipcouncil/daniel-ramot|access-date=2021-07-25|website=Tech:NYC|language=en-US}} During this time, he also completed a Master of Science in electrical engineering from Tel Aviv University.{{Cite web|title=D. Ramot|url=https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/author/37332371800|url-status=live|access-date=2021-07-25|website=IEEE|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210725232859/https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/author/37332371800 |archive-date=2021-07-25 }} In 2002, Ramot moved to the US to pursue a graduate degree in neuroscience.

He received a PhD in Neuroscience from Stanford University School of Medicine in 2007.{{Cite web |last=Leichman |first=Abigail Klein |date=2016-02-18 |title=American commuters get a shared ride, courtesy of Israel |url=https://www.israel21c.org/american-commuters-get-a-shared-ride-courtesy-of-israel/ |access-date=2021-07-25 |website=ISRAEL21c |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=100 of the most exciting startups in New York City |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/100-of-the-most-exciting-startups-in-new-york-city-2016-12 |access-date=2021-07-25 |website=Business Insider |language=en-US}} Ramot is quoted as saying that "understanding the human brain nervous system is a critical aspect that drives the economy".{{Cite web |last=Lee |first=Allen |date=2021-12-27 |title=10 Things You Didn't Know about Daniel Ramot |url=https://moneyinc.com/daniel-ramot/ |access-date=2023-06-27 |website=Money Inc |language=en-US}} During his doctoral research, Ramot was awarded several scholarships, including the Dan David Prize scholarship in 2004 and the Albion Walter Hewlett Stanford Graduate Fellowship.{{Cite web|last=Prize|first=Dan David|title=Daniel Ramot|url=https://www.dandavidprize.org/scholars/2004/future-brain-sciences/ramot-daniel|access-date=2021-07-25|website=www.dandavidprize.org|language=en-gb}} Ramot's PhD dissertation focused on the molecular and cellular basis of thermosensation and the behavioral mechanisms of thermoregulation. From 2008 until 2012, Ramot was a Director at D.E. Shaw Research,{{Cite web|title=D. E. Shaw Research company information, funding & investors|url=https://startup-map.berlin/companies/d_e_shaw_research|access-date=2021-07-25|website=startup-map.berlin|language=en}} where he was involved in building supercomputers designed to discover new pharmaceutical drugs.{{Cite web|title=D.E.Shaw Research|url=https://www.deshawresearch.com/publications.html|url-status=live|access-date=2021-07-25|website=www.deshawresearch.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080918011417/http://www.deshawresearch.com:80/publications.html |archive-date=2008-09-18 }}{{Cite web|last=Alejandro Cremades|date=2019-03-19|title=Daniel Ramot On Finding The Gap Left By Uber And Lyft And Raising Over $450 Million|url=https://alejandrocremades.com/daniel-ramot-on-finding-the-gap-left-by-uber-and-raising-over-450-million/|access-date=2021-07-25|website=Alejandro Cremades|language=en-US}}

In 2012, Ramot teamed up with fellow Talpiot alumnus Oren Shoval, to assist with building the algorithm and technology and eventually to co-found Via in New York City.{{Cite news|title=New to D.C., ridesharing service Via wants to replace the Red Line during SafeTrack|newspaper=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/in-an-uber-and-lyft-world-ridesharing-start-ups-struggle-to-get-off-the-ground/2017/06/03/80dec728-4582-11e7-98cd-af64b4fe2dfc_story.html}}{{Cite web |date=2019-02-13 |title=Interviews with the world's best entrepreneurs |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/best-entrepreneur-interviews |access-date=2023-01-24 |website=British GQ |language=en-GB}}{{Cite news|title=In an Uber and Lyft world, ride-sharing start-ups struggle to get off the ground|newspaper=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/in-an-uber-and-lyft-world-ridesharing-start-ups-struggle-to-get-off-the-ground/2017/06/03/80dec728-4582-11e7-98cd-af64b4fe2dfc_story.html}}{{Cite web|title=Via Transportation CEO Ramot Sees Big Money in Buses: STYT|url=https://financialpost.com/pmn/business-pmn/california-privacy-law-criticized-as-patchwork-regulation-styt|access-date=2021-07-25|website=financialpost|language=en-CA}} Via is a global transportation technology company that builds software for public and private mobility systems, last-mile deliveries, and transportation planning services.{{Cite news|title=Fixing Transit Is More Than Just Infrastructure|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-05-17/stop-funding-transportation-like-it-s-the-1980s|url-status=live|access-date=2021-07-25|newspaper=Bloomberg|date=17 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210517141921/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-05-17/stop-funding-transportation-like-it-s-the-1980s |archive-date=2021-05-17 }}{{Cite web|title=New York ride-sharing company raises $200M; now valued at $2.25B|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/newyork/news/2020/03/31/new-york-ride-sharing-company-raises-200m-now.html|access-date=2021-08-15|website=www.bizjournals.com}} It operates in more than 35 countries, where its technology powers microtransit,{{Cite web|title=StackPath|url=https://www.masstransitmag.com/alt-mobility/shared-mobility/press-release/21153770/sacramento-regional-transit-sacrt-sacrts-smart-ride-microtransit-service-among-most-success-in-us|access-date=2021-07-25|website=www.masstransitmag.com|date=10 September 2020 }} paratransit,{{Cite web|date=2020-01-30|title=Hampton Roads Transit (HRT) awards Via with new paratransit services contract|url=https://ridewithvia.com/news/hampton-roads-transit-hrt-awards-via-with-new-paratransit-services-contract/|access-date=2021-07-25|website=Via Transportation|language=en-US}} school bus,{{Cite web|last=Anzilotti|first=Eillie|date=2019-08-21|title=New York City's school buses will now be automatically routed and tracked using Via's algorithm|url=https://www.fastcompany.com/90393225/new-york-citys-school-buses-will-now-be-automatically-routed-and-tracked-using-vias-algorithm|access-date=2021-07-25|website=Fast Company|language=en-US}} transit planning, and autonomous vehicle networks. As of March 2021, Via is valued at US$2.8 billion.{{Cite web|title=On-demand shuttle startup Via hits $2.25 billion valuation on latest funding round led by Exor|url=https://techcrunch.com/2020/03/31/on-demand-shuttle-startup-via-hits-2-25-billion-valuation-on-latest-funding-round-led-by-exor/|access-date=2021-07-25|website=TechCrunch|date=31 March 2020 |language=en-US}}{{Cite news|title=Shuttle Service Via Hits $2.25 Billion Value With New Funding|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-30/shuttle-service-via-hits-2-25-billion-value-with-new-funding|url-status=live|access-date=2021-07-25|newspaper=Bloomberg|date=30 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200331152934/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-30/shuttle-service-via-hits-2-25-billion-value-with-new-funding |archive-date=2020-03-31 }}

• Ramot, D., MacInnis, B. & Goodman, MB. Bidirectional temperature-sensing by a single thermosensory neuron in C. elegans. Nat Neurosci 11, 908–915 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/nn.2157 {{Cite journal|last1=Ramot|first1=Daniel|last2=MacInnis|first2=Bronwyn L.|last3=Goodman|first3=Miriam B.|title=Bidirectional temperature-sensing by a single thermosensory neuron in C. elegans|journal=Nature Neuroscience|year=2008|language=en|volume=11|issue=8|pages=908–915|doi=10.1038/nn.2157|pmid=18660808|issn=1546-1726|pmc=2587641}}
• Ramot D, MacInnis BL, Lee HC, Goodman MB. Thermotaxis is a robust mechanism for thermoregulation in Caenorhabditis elegans nematodes. The Journal of Neuroscience : the Official Journal of the Society For Neuroscience. 28: 12546–57. PMID 19020047 {{doi|10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2857-08.2008}}
• Chalasani SH, Chronis N, Tsunozaki M, Gray JM, Ramot D, Goodman MB, Bargmann CI. Dissecting a circuit for olfactory behaviour in Caenorhabditis elegans (Nature (2007) 450, (63-70)) Nature. 451: 102. {{doi|10.1038/Nature06540}}
• David E. Shaw, J.P. Grossman, Joseph A. Bank, Brannon Batson, J. Adam Butts, Jack C. Chao, Martin M. Deneroff, Ron O. Dror, Amos Even, Christopher H. Fenton, Anthony Forte, Joseph Gagliardo, Gennette Gill, Brian Greskamp, C. Richard Ho, Douglas J. Ierardi, Lev Iserovich, Jeffrey S. Kuskin, Richard H. Larson, Timothy Layman, Li-Siang Lee, Adam K. Lerer, Chester Li, Daniel Killebrew, Kenneth M. Mackenzie, Shark Yeuk-Hai Mok, Mark A. Moraes, Rolf Mueller, Lawrence J. Nociolo, Jon L. Peticolas, Terry Quan, Daniel Ramot, John K. Salmon, Daniele P. Scarpazza, U. Ben Schafer, Naseer Siddique, Christopher W. Snyder, Jochen Spengler, Ping Tak Peter Tang, Michael Theobald, Horia Toma, Brian Towles, Benjamin Vitale, Stanley C. Wang, and Cliff Young, "Anton 2: Raising the Bar for Performance and Programmability in a Special-Purpose Molecular Dynamics Supercomputer," Proceedings of the International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis (SC14), Piscataway, NJ: IEEE, 2014, pp. 41–53.
• Butts JA, Batson B, Chao JC, Deneroff MM, Dror RO, Fenton CH, Forte A, Gagliardo J, Gill G, Greskamp B, Grossman JP, Ho CR, Kuskin JS, Larson RH, Layman T, ... ... Ramot D, et al. The ANTON 2 chip a second-generation ASIC for molecular dynamics 2014 Ieee Hot Chips 26 Symposium, Hcs 2014. {{doi|10.1109/HOTCHIPS.2014.7478807}}
• Ramot D, Milo R, Friedman M, Kandel A. On fuzzy correlations. Ieee Transactions On Systems, Man, and Cybernetics. Part B, Cybernetics : a Publication of the Ieee Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society. 31: 381–90. PMID 18244801 {{doi|10.1109/3477.931523}}
• Ramot D, Milo R, Friedman M, Kandel A. Complex fuzzy sets Ieee Transactions On Fuzzy Systems. 10: 171–186. {{doi|10.1109/91.995119}}

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