{"id":85338,"date":"2024-12-03T12:29:08","date_gmt":"2024-12-03T10:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.technion.ac.il\/blog\/prof-dan-garber-wins-erc-consolidator-grant\/"},"modified":"2024-12-03T12:29:08","modified_gmt":"2024-12-03T10:29:08","slug":"prof-dan-garber-wins-erc-consolidator-grant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.technion.ac.il\/en\/blog\/prof-dan-garber-wins-erc-consolidator-grant\/","title":{"rendered":"Prof. Dan Garber Wins ERC Consolidator Grant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Professor Dan Garber from the Faculty of Data and Decision Sciences has been awarded the prestigious ERC Consolidator Grant by the European Research Council (ERC). These grants of approximately \u20ac2 million per researcher support pioneering R&amp;D efforts. They are awarded to select researchers who have groundbreaking ideas, during the formative stages of their research teams and work plans.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_59522\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-59522\" style=\"width: 272px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technion.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Prof.-Dan-Garber-2-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-59522 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.technion.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Prof.-Dan-Garber-2-272x300.jpg\" alt=\"Prof. Dan Garber. Photo: Michal Cohen\" width=\"272\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-59522\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Prof. Dan Garber. Photo: Michal Cohen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Prof. Garber completed all his academic degrees at the Technion \u2013 a B.Sc. in electrical and computer engineering, an M.Sc. in computer science, and a Ph.D. in data and decision sciences. After earning his doctorate, he pursued postdoctoral research at Toyota Technological Institute in Chicago. He returned to the Technion as a faculty member in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Prof. Garber specializes in continuous optimization, a field bridging mathematics and computer science. \u201cIn my research group, we develop innovative and efficient algorithms for solving fundamental problems with applications in fields such as statistics and machine learning,\u201d he explained. \u201cContinuous optimization is a critical tool in many areas, including training neural networks in deep learning, with significant impacts across science and engineering.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The ERC Consolidator Grant will support Prof. Garber\u2019s ProFreeOpt project, which aims to address profound questions related to developing a new generation of highly efficient algorithms for solving a wide range of high-dimensional continuous optimization problems.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Professor Dan Garber from the Faculty of Data and Decision Sciences has been awarded the prestigious ERC Consolidator Grant by the European Research Council (ERC). 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