The Hebrew University of Jerusalem - Faculty Research Interests

The Division for Development and Public Relations

THE SELIM AND RACHEL BENIN SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCE

Chairperson: Prof. Jeffrey S. Rosenschein

Administrative Director: Zohar Marcovich

Tel: 972-2-549-4613; School's Secretary: 972-2-549-4504

E-mail: zoharm@cs.huji.ac.il, jeff@cs.huji.ac.il

URL: http://www.cs.huji.ac.il

STAFF:

Professors Emeriti:

Barak, A.B., Ph.D. 1

Beeri, C., Ph.D.

Bercovier, M., D.?s Sc.2

Kirkpatrick, S., Ph.D. (Senior Scientist)

Lehmann, D., Ph.D.

Lozinskii, E.L., Ph.D.

Rabin, M.O., Ph.D.3

Shamir, E., Ph.D. 4, 5

Professors:

Ben-Or, M., Ph.D.6

Dolev, D., Ph.D.7, 8

Friedman, N., Ph.D.

(Head, Computational Biology & Computer Science Studies Program)

Joskowicz, L., Ph.D.

Kupferman, O., Ph.D.

Linial, N., Ph.D.

Lischinski, D., Ph.D.

Nisan, N., Ph.D.

Peleg, S., Ph.D.

Rabani, Y., Ph.D.

Rosenschein, J.S., Ph.D.

Sagiv, Y., Ph.D.

Samorodnitsky, A., Ph.D.

(Head, Computer Engineering Studies Program)

Shashua, A., Ph.D.9

Tishby, N., Ph.D.10

Weinshall, D., Ph.D.

(Head, Computer Science Studies Program)

Weiss, Y., Ph.D.

Werman, M., Ph.D.

Associate Professors:

Aharonov, D., Ph.D.

Bartal, Y., Ph.D.

Cohen, S., Ph.D.

Fattal, R., Ph.D.

Feitelson, D.G., Ph.D.

Globerson, A., Ph.D.

Rappoport, A., Ph.D.*

Senior Lecturers:

Hay, D., Ph.D.

Kindler, G., Ph.D.11

Kochman, Y., Ph.D.

Nahmias, Y., Ph.D.

(Head, Bioengineering Program)

Schapira, M., Ph.D.

Shalev-Shwartz, S., Ph.D.

Wiesel, A., Ph.D.

Lecturer:

Porrat, D., Ph.D.

APPLIED PHYSICS DEPARTMENT:

Professors Emeriti:

Ben-Yosef, N., Ph.D.

Schieber, M.M., Ph.D.12

Shappir, J., Ph.D.13

Professors:

Agranat, A.J., Ph.D.14

(Head, Applied Physics Department and Studies Program)

Feldman, Y., Ph.D.

Lewis, A., Ph.D.15

Roth, M., Ph.D.

Associate Professors:

Levy, U., Ph.D.

(Head, Computer Engineering - Applied Physics Program)

Marom, D.M., Ph.D.

Paltiel, Y., Ph.D.

Rapaport, R., Ph.D.*

Senior Lecturer:

Marcus, G., Ph.D.

Kamea Fellows:

Dolkin, Y., Ph.D.

Moziev, Y., Ph.D.

Puzenko, A., Ph.D.

Rosenchein, V., Ph.D.

1 Samuel and Will Strauss Professor of Computer Science (Emeritus)

2 Bertold Badler Professor of Computer Science (Emeritus)

3 Albert Einstein Professor of Mathematics (Emeritus)

4 Jean and Helena Alfassa Professor of Computer Science (Emeritus)

5 Also Einstein Institute of Mathematics

6 Jean and Helena Alfassa Professor of Computer Science

7 Bertold Badler Professor of Computer Science

8 Vice-President for Computation, and Chairperson, Computation Authority, Hebrew Univ.

9 Sachs Family Professor of Computer Sciences

10 Ruth and Stan Flinkman Family Endowment Professor of Brain Research; currently Director,

Interdisciplinary Center for Neural Computation, at The Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Bra

11 Harry and Abe Sherman Senior Lectureship in Computer Science

12 Nahman Jaller Professor of Applied Science (Emeritus)

13 Harry De Jur Professor of Applied Science (Emeritus)

14 Nahman Jaller Professor of Applied Science

15 Eric Samson Professor of Applied Science and Technology

* Both in Applied Physics and the Racah Institute of Physics

INTRODUCTION:

The founding of the School of Engineering and Computer Science in 1999 at the

Hebrew University of Jerusalem was the culmination of a process of growth and

development on the one hand, and the beginning of an entirely new entity, on

the other. The School is geared to new and promising fields, as it has been

since its inception in the late 1970s, initially as the Program for Computer

Sciences in the Institute of Mathematics in the Faculty of Sciences, and later

as an independent institute, since 1992. Computer Science continuously

attracted a growing number of students, due in part to the large demand in

Israel for professionals with advanced computer science education.

The Institute of Computer Science comprises the first unit in the School of

Engineering and Computer Science; the second unit, Computer Engineering,

inaugurated its first class in 1999.

In 2003, the Department of Applied Physics of the Herrmann Graduate School of

Applied Science merged with the School of Engineering. This was followed by a

new program in Computer Engineering with specialization in optoelectronics and

microelectronics. The new program meets the challenge of training the engineer

of the third millennium whose toolbox and modi operandi will be based on a wide

basis of scientific knowledge, in constant need of upgrading. The new program

also reflects the ongoing trend of fusing optoelectronics and microelectronics

into one generic discipline, a major component of which is commonly termed:

nanotechnology. The well established M.Sc. program in applied physics also

continues under the wing of the School of Engineering.

The School s purpose is to excel in research, and in tandem, to educate an

elite crop of motivated and independent thinkers, with advanced scientific

training, to become leaders in the high-tech industries of the future. Earlier

research focus on the more theoretical aspects of computer science has combined

with engineering oriented aspects of computers and computing. Today, software,

hardware, theory, and applications are represented in both teaching and

research.

The main research areas of the Benin School of Engineering and Computer Science

are: design, analysis and complexity of algorithms; parallel computer

architecture and operating systems, reliable distributed systems; intelligent

robotic sensing: computer vision, speech analysis, signal analysis, pattern

recognition and robotics; data base design; artificial intelligence, neural

networks and learning; computer networking and computer communication;

cryptography and computer security; computer-aided design; internet and

e-systems; quantum communication and computation; and biological systems. In

the area of applied physics, the main research areas include

nanocharacterization by near field microscopy; electroholographic switching in

optical networks; VLSI methods of sampling neural cells; and dielectric

spectroscopy.