The Taub Faculty of Computer Science News and Announcements

Dr. Hassan Abbasi, a graduate of the faculty, stars in Globes' list of promising young people.Abbasi completed his doctorate, worked at Google and Intel, and finally left the high-tech giants to establish the delivery app "HAAT", "the wallet of Arab society", which is already available in 50 cities and 3,000 restaurants. For the full article: https://www.globes.co.il/news/article.aspx?did=1001541254 

Registration for the 2026 CS Hackathon – Doing Good is now open!Thursday-Friday | June 11-12, 2026 The Faculty of Computer Science and the Student Council invite you to take part in the biggest and most significant event of the year. This year, the hackathon will focus on the worlds of emergencies and will deal with developing innovative solutions to improve decision-making and save lives. At a time when every second is critical – your development can make the …

In this expanded appointment, Johny will unite the company's chip and hardware engineering divisions under him for the first time - a strategic move that places him at the center of Apple's technological activities. Johny, who began his professional career here as a student, is considered the architect of the Apple Silicon revolution and one of the most influential figures in the global industry. We are proud to see the faculty's graduates leading the forefront of global …

Hava began her career at the Technion in 1982 and for over four decades, was a key partner in shaping the faculty's academic and administrative activities. With exceptional professionalism and endless dedication, Hava accompanied generations of students, faculty members, and teaching staff, and became an anchor of knowledge, experience, and support for them. Throughout her years of work, while the faculty grew and trained thousands of graduates, Hava maintained her unique human approach: …

Our alumni and faculty researchers top the list of young people changing the world:Dr. Kira Radinsky, Dr. Rana Shahout, Prof. Yonatan Belinkov and Assaf Rappaport - leading us towards a better future. Great pride! For the full article, click on the link

Karin Eibschitz-Segal, Co-CEO of Intel Israel and Faculty Alumni, leads Globes' List of Influential Women for 2026 again this year. She began her career at Intel as a software engineer, and over the years she has grown to become the most senior Israeli in the company - and one of the most prominent Israeli women in the Israeli high-tech industry. An inspiring story of excellence, perseverance and leadership We are very proud of her! For the full article, click on the link

Warm congratulations to Prof. Eitan Yaakobi on winning the Herschel Rich Prize for Research Innovation from the Technion for 2026. The prize was awarded for his work on Error-Correcting Codes, Algorithms, and Software Solutions for DNA-Based Data Storage. Warm congratulations to Associate Prof. Ori Rottenstreich on winning the Herschel Rich Prize for Research Innovation from the Technion for 2026. The prize was awarded for his work on Mitigating Impermanent Loss in Blockchain-based …

Warm congratulations to Prof. Hagit Attiya on her election as an EATCS Fellow for 2026 The title was awarded to Prof. Attiya for her achievements in creating research milestones in a variety of areas in the theory and design of distributed systems, and for her central role in shaping the scientific discourse in this field. The EATCS Fellows Program was established to honor researchers for their outstanding scientific contributions to theoretical computer science.Great honor for …

Warm congratulations to Prof. Yonata Belinkov on winning the Cooper Research Excellence Award for 2026. A great honor for Yonata and the faculty!

Dr. Gil Shamai and Prof. Ron Kimmel, from the Faculty's Geometric Image Processing Laboratory, have developed a model that can estimate the risk of breast cancer recurrence and the expected benefit from chemotherapy. The model is based on advanced artificial intelligence with clinical expertise. This is an innovative tool that may bring personalized medicine closer to the field, and offer patients a more accurate, faster, and more accessible solution. This is the first artificial …

Warm congratulations to Dan Kalifa, a doctoral student in the faculty, on winning the Rahamimoff Grant from the Israel-US Binational Foundation (BSF). Dan conducts his research under the supervision of Dr. Kira Radinsky, and focuses on developing advanced artificial intelligence (AI) models for understanding proteins. The research has great potential to change the ways of drug discovery, disease diagnosis, and the development of high-precision biotechnological solutions. The grant …

Warm congratulations to Sujud Abu Atta on winning the VATAT scholarship for diverse populations and the socio-economic periphery. Sujud Abu Atta, a master's student, is a researcher in the field of recommender systems and human behavior under the supervision of Dr. Omri Ben-Eliezer and Dr. Nir Rosenfeld. Her research examines the relationship between users' psychological state and their behavioral patterns and involvement in recommender systems.

Dear students, You are invited to apply for the KLA Undergraduate Excellence Award - a new award that aims to encourage excellence in research for undergraduate students in computer science. For details and to apply, click on the link Deadline for applications: May 17, 2026. Good luck!

Warm congratulations to Prof. Tomer Shlomi, a faculty member in the Faculty of Computer Science at the Technion, on a significant exit: U.S. diagnostics giant Guardant Health has acquired the startup MetaSight in a deal valued at $150 million. This marks a remarkable achievement for a technology developed at the Faculty. MetaSight, founded by Prof. Shlomi together with the aMoon fund, operates at the forefront of the bio-convergence field. The company has developed an innovative platform …

On the occasion of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we are proud to share the inspiring story of Hiba Malak, a software engineering student at the Taub Faculty of Computer Science. Hiba, a resident of Daliyat al-Karmel and the first in her family to reach the Technion, has gone through a path full of determination: from intensive grade improvement before admission, through coping with a challenging first semester, to an impressive academic rise that led her to the …

Warm congratulations to Aviad Mayles, a bachelor's degree graduate of the faculty (1998) on a huge exit: Apple acquires the Israeli startup q.ai for about $1.5 billion.This is Mayles' second exit from the technology giant: in 2013, the company acquired his previous startup, Primesense. The startup operates in secret mode and not much is known about its product. According to Apple, it develops innovative machine learning applications to transform audio and communication experiences, …

Congratulations to the outstanding practitioners in the spring of 2025, whose hard and daily work allows us to bring about continuous improvement in teaching at the faculty. Persistent Outstanding PractitionersBoaz Moav - Computer Organization and ProgrammingIdo Rafael - Computational TheoryOmer Rappoport - Introduction to Software VerificationRegev Avraham - Introduction to Systems ProgrammingSean Man - Numerical AlgorithmsShunit Agmon Persistent Outstanding Faculty PractitionersAmir …

Warm congratulations to Amit Vaisman and Bana Sadi for winning the VATAT Scholarship for a master's degree in artificial intelligence and data science for the academic year 2026. Amit Vaisman is a researcher in the field of generative models and image processing under the supervision of Prof. Michael Elad. His research focuses on algorithms for image and video compression using diffusion models. Bana Sadi is a researcher in the field of behavioral machine learning under the supervision of …

Warm congratulations to Dr. Daniella Bar-Lev for winning first place in the Feder Family Award for outstanding research in the field of communications. Daniella completed her three degrees at the faculty and is a graduate of the faculty's Lapidim program. Her research deals with DNA-based information storage systems under the supervision of Prof. Eitan Yaakobi and Prof. Tuvi Etzion. In her research, she focuses on advanced algorithms and coding methods for error correction, error …

After making the fourth largest exit in the history of the country, "Armis" founder Nadir Izrael talks about the path from yeshiva high school to the top - and the heavy prices he paid in his personal life: "People said: 'I wanted to be an entrepreneur - I saw you and gave up." And also: What made him give up on the IPO, will AI eliminate the juniors - and what does he think of his "image" in Eretz Nehederet? Israel Technion graduate Ran Enoch is the founder of TempraMed Technologies Ltd, …

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Prof. Yaniv Romano, member of the Young Israeli Academy and faculty member with a joint appointment in the Taub Faculty of Computer Science and the Andrew and Erna Viterbi Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering: "My career began at the Technion. I dedicated most of my graduate studies to developing methods for reconstructing an image from a poor-quality measurement - image enlargement, sharpening, and more. I was privileged to work with Prof. Michael Elad, my doctoral supervisor, …

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