Barak Sober

Barak Sober is a Research Fellow in the Department of Mathematics at Duke University, actively collaborating with Professor Ingrid Daubechies on interdisciplinary research at the intersection of mathematical theory and humanities applications.

His academic credentials include:

• PhD in Applied Mathematics from Tel-Aviv University under Professor David Levin
• MSc co-mentored by Professor David Levin (Mathematics) and Professor Israel Finkelstein (Archaeology and Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations) at Tel-Aviv University

Dr. Sober specializes in geometric approaches to high-dimensional data analysis, with significant contributions to digital humanities through computational methods. His flagship project Computational Paleography: Literacy in the Ancient Kingdoms of Israel and Judah (2022) demonstrates this interdisciplinary focus, applying statistical modeling to handwritten archaeological documents from the Iron Age. This work represents a novel fusion of mathematical rigor and historical inquiry, conducted through collaboration between Duke University's Rhodes Information Initiative and Tel-Aviv University researchers.

No scientific awards or student advising activities were documented in the source material.

He operates within a cross-institutional research ecosystem connecting mathematicians, computer scientists, and archaeologists to decode historical literacy patterns using advanced computational techniques.