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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

Congratulations, Eden Sade from Prof. Moti Fridman’s lab, and Noga Entin from Dr. Adi Makmal’s lab, who were chosen to take part in the 2023 Israel-Germany Quantum Future Academy Workshop. The two students were chosen, together with other 13 students from Israel, for their academic excellence out of hundreds of worthy applicants. The first part of the workshop was held in Israel in February and the second part will take place in Germany, in September 2023. We wish them the best of luck and are looking forward to seeing them representing our country and Faculty.

Dr. Tamar Goldzak Mizrahi focuses on computing the quantum qualities of nanometric materials, with the goal of developing and identifying materials that could serve as foundations for new quantum technologies such as detectors, solar technologies, and green energy.

The Brainstorm community event held last month at the Faculty of Engineering provided students with opportunities to experiment with advanced neuroscience technologies, including VR and expansion sequencing

Dr. Leonid Yavits recently won a generous grant awarded by the EU, for a four-year project in which he will be developing algorithms and methods of in-memory computing, to be used in Biocomputing applications

PhD students Michal Danino Levi of Dr. Shahar Alon’s lab, and Reut Plen of Prof. Orit Shefi’s lab, were admitted to TEVA’s bio-innovation scholarship program for 2023. In addition to a generous stipend, this prestigious program includes mentorship from industry experts and is designed to support and promote studies in the field of biological treatments, as well as collaborations in this field between academia and the industry. Only a select few outstanding doctoral students are accepted each year, based on personal performance in school and in research. This year, two of the lucky winners are from our very own Faculty of Engineering.