Tag Archives: Computer Science
Dr. AI, What’s My Diagnosis?
One in nine women in the developed world will be diagnosed with breast cancer at some point in her life. The prevalence of breast cancer is increasing, an effect caused in part by the modern lifestyle and increased lifespans. Thankfully, treatments are becoming more efficient and more personalized. However, what isn’t increasing – and is… Read More
4 Researchers, 4 Fields, 4 ERC Grants
The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded four early-career Technion scientists with Starting Grants, recognizing the great promise in their research fields. These scientists are: Assistant Professor Inbal Talgam-Cohen from the Henry and Marilyn Taub Faculty of Computer Science; Assistant Professor Ofra Amir from the Faculty of Industrial Engineering and Management; Assistant Professor Noga Ron-Harel… Read More
A New Way to Create Entangled Photons
One of the first discoveries of quantum physics is that light is made up of particles called photons. Most of the light beams in everyday life contain a large number of photons, but there are interesting applications based on weak light beams. Quantum communication is based on the transfer of data using single photons, when… Read More
Technion at BlackHat2022
Researchers in the Henry and Marilyn Taub Faculty of Computer Science at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology will present the decryption of Siemens’ programmable logic controller (PLC) firmware at the prestigious Black Hat Hacker Convention in Las Vegas. The findings of the study were forwarded to the company. Black Hat is an internationally… Read More
Tech for Society
On June 26, the Henry and Marilyn Taub Faculty of Computer Science held its Project Fair at the Technion, with the participation of dozens of undergraduate students. Diverse projects in various fields were presented under the following categories: Internet of Things (IoT), Android applications, software engineering, and computer communications. Many of the projects at the… Read More
Do Proteins Remember?
A study integrating biological ideas and new computer science tools has uncovered novel associations between genetic coding and protein structure, which could potentially change the way we think about protein production in the ribosome – the cell’s “protein assembly line.” The research, authored by Professor Alex Bronstein, Dr. Ailie Marx, and Ph.D. student Aviv Rosenberg,… Read More
Why are autonomous cars afraid of flying plastic bags?
The Technion recently held a conference titled "AI: From Hype to Productivity," at the Elma Hotel in Zichron Yaacov. The 350 attendees included leading figures from the Technion, local AI industry, and the governmental sector. Technion President Professor Uri Sivan said at the opening of the event: "We have recently finished formulating the Technion’s strategic… Read More
Encouraging Excellence in Science
Four young researchers from the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology recently won European Commission for Research (ERC) Consolidator Grants. This is a record number of winners in one year for the Technion in this track. The prestigious Consolidator Grants encourage excellence in science under the Horizon European Research and Development Framework Program, and are… Read More
The Digital Health Revolution
The Technion and Rambam Health Care Campus are setting up a new joint Technion-Rambam Center for Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare (CAIH) that will signal a revolution in medical decision-making. The CAIH, the first joint academic-hospital AI center in Israel and one of the first in the world, will develop advanced artificial intelligence systems to analyze… Read More
Mitigating Gender Bias in Clinical Trials
The development of drugs and other medical treatments usually begins with basic research, followed by experiments in the laboratory, pre-clinical trials and, finally, clinical trials that confirm both the treatment’s efficacy in humans and its safety. Clinical trials are long and expensive processes that seal the fate of the proposed treatment – whether it will… Read More