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Dr. Michal Yemini studies optimization and distributed learning networks, using lying agents and intermittent connection, with particular focus on issues of information trust across robotic networks

Prof. Doron Naveh specializes in the development of two-dimensional materials and their application in electronic devices. The graphene developed in his lab could help achieve significant reduction of global energy consumption.

Prof. Kugler specializes in formal verification and graphical languages for computational and biological systems. He applies software verification methods on biological cells and biological computers, and runs experiments that will enable deeper scientific understanding and prediction of system behavior.

Prof. Gannot specializes in speech signal processing. Among other things, he is involved in developing algorithms for advanced hearing aids while also developing the hearing capabilities of social robots as part of a European Union project.

By the end of a project that lasted about four years, Prof. Moti Fridman’s team and Dr. Eliahu Cohen have successfully co-developed a unique quantum interferometer, based on time lenses, which allows high-precision measurements of ultra-fast processes

The winners of the concluding hackathon of the Digital Design Principles (DDP) course were the team who created an image-processing accelerator that can perform convolution using a dynamic kernel

Team members Aviv, Lahav, Asher, Itay, and Eyal developed a system that allows one to see robots in action on a 3D image and gain accurate input on their position

Team members Maya, Yedidya, Alin and Chen have developed an autonomous mapping and navigation system, mounted on drone or robots, which allows them to navigate their way back even when contact is lost

Yair and David’s team developed a new, safe navigation system for robots. Using existing topographic maps, the system factors in elements like the robot’s weight and slope angles

The results of an experiment reported by Dr. Eli Cohen and his colleague could be the key to understanding a quantum paradox, which projects on the nonlocal, counterintuitive nature of quantum particles

The Faculty of Engineering’s third annual hackathon will be held this June, and for the first time ever, it will be in collaboration with the IDF. “Two of our organizers this year, Daniel Rabinek and myself, served in the military together at the Engineering Corps’ Special Operations Force (Yahalom),” shares Ofek Eldar (28), a third-year electrical engineering student in the nano-electronics and signal processing track. “When we were brainstorming ideas for this year’s hackathon, we thought about doing something with Yahalom; bringing together the operational aspect—the combat soldiers—and the technological aspect, computer, and electrical engineering students. Luckily, the idea was welcomed with quite the enthusiasm. Both Yahalom and the Faculty of Engineering did more than their share to make it happen.”

Bar-Ilan University will be holding a biology-oriented hackathon in May, in collaboration with local biotech companies such as AION Labs, Mafaat, Elbit, and Kitchen Hub. The event is open to students in all fields and is a wonderful opportunity to mingle and connect with key industry figures and develop product concepts. Continue reading (and don’t forget to sign up).

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On a mission to help students smoothly enter the work force, the Faculty of Engineering’s Student Council came up with up the bootcamp—a series of short, practical courses to be held during May.

A project being conducted at Prof. Hillel Kugler’s lab was presented at a conference earlier this month. The project is in the field of biocomputation circuits-particularly formal validation. Master’s student Michelle Aluf-Medina has all the details.

Thanks to brain mapping performed on patients with brain tumors, Dr. Yaara Erez’s research group was able to identify neural networks that are associated with higher cortical functions. This finding will enable clinicians to provide patients with optimal, personalized treatment