Tag Archives: Computer Science
Technion Researchers Awarded 5 Prestigious ERC Starting Grants to Lead Innovative Projects
The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded five early-career Technion researchers with Starting Grants, recognizing the great promise in their research fields. These grants, part of the EU’s Horizon Europe Program, are awarded to talented early-career scientists who completed their doctoral degrees only two to seven years ago, and have already produced excellent work, showing… Read More
Prestigious Grant for Technion Researchers: Towards a Complete System for Storing Information on DNA
Researchers from the Technion have won the prestigious EIC Pathfinder grant from the European Union. The entire grant totals some 4 million Euros, of which 1.5 million Euros will be allocated to research done at the Technion. Prof. Eitan Yaakobi The research is led by Professor Eitan Yaakobi and Professor Zohar Yakhini, who are the… Read More
Travel Apps, Rehab Tools and Other Keystone Projects
In a fair showcasing their keystone projects, students from the Henry and Marilyn Taub faculty of Computer Science showed off their work. The faculty puts high value on independent work as part of a graduate’s training process. As such, the projects give students opportunity to integrate everything they’ve learned. The students tackled a wide variety… Read More
Technion President’s Award for Exceptional Achievement
The Technion President’s Award for Exceptional Achievement was conferred upon Prof. Eli Biham for his exceptional and unique contribution to the field of cyber. Prof. Biham, an esteemed faculty member at the Henry and Marilyn Taub Faculty of Computer Science, has made remarkable and unparalleled contributions to the field of cybersecurity. His expertise played a… Read More
Better Hospital Experience for Patients & Personnel
The Doing Good hackathon concluded recently at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology’s Henry and Marilyn Taub Faculty of Computer Science. In the course of the hackathon, students developed technological solutions for social challenges. This year, the hackathon focused on improving the quality of life for children in hospitals and it was conducted in… Read More
Apple Scholarship in AI – to PhD student Hadas Orgad
Doctoral student Hadas Orgad from the Henry and Marilyn Taub Faculty of Computer Science at the Technion recently received the Apple Scholars in AI/ML PhD fellowship. The fellowship is committed to supporting the academic research community by amplifying emerging leaders in their field and their cutting-edge machine learning research. Orgad completed her bachelor's degree (2019) at… Read More
Unconventional
Twenty-nine-year-old Daniella Bar-Lev was drawn to mathematics in high school where she studied in a class for gifted teens, while at the same time taking courses at the Open University. “In these courses, I was exposed to mathematics beyond the calculus that you study in high school, and I realized that this is the field… Read More
Technion Mourns Prof. Abraham Lempel (1936-2023)
The Technion mourns the passing of Professor Emeritus Abraham Lempel and sends heartfelt condolences to his family. Prof. Lempel from the Henry and Marilyn Taub Faculty of Computer Science was one of the authors of the Lempel-Ziv algorithm, which revolutionized data compression and is considered to be one of the most important technological breakthroughs achieved… Read More
Prestigious Grant Awarded to Prof. Yonatan Belinkov
Assistant Professor Yonatan Belinkov from the Henry and Marilyn Taub Faculty of Computer Science at the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology has been awarded funding from Open Philanthropy for “An Initiative for the Interpretable Control of Artificial Intelligence.” Open Philanthropy identifies outstanding giving opportunities, makes grants, follows the results, and publishes its findings. Its… Read More
Technion & Pfizer to Collaborate
Technion-Israel Institute of Technology and Pfizer, one of the world’s premier biopharmaceutical companies, recently signed a collaboration framework agreement to identify opportunities to collaborate and bring forward scientific breakthroughs at the interface between artificial intelligence and drug development. The framework agreement was finalized during the visit of a delegation from Pfizer to the Technion. The… Read More