Education
| B.EMS[1] | 2022, Faculty of life sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel |
| Ph.D. | 2009, School of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel. Advisor: Professor L.P. Yaroslavsky (In Memoriam) |
| M.Sc. | 2004, School of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel. Advisor: Professor L.P. Yaroslavsky (In Memoriam) |
| B.Sc. | 1997, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel |
[1] B.EMS – Bachelor’s degree in emergency medical services
Appointments
| Oct 2018 – Present | Associate Professor, Division of Environmental, Water and Agriculture Engineering, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel |
| Oct 2011 – Oct 2018 | Assistant Professor, Division of Environmental, Water and Agriculture Engineering, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel |
| Oct 2015 – Sep 2016 | Faculty, Team Project Chair, International Space University |
| Oct 2010 – Oct 2011 | Associate Director, Integrated Media Systems Center (IMSC), Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern California, Los-Angeles, CA, USA |
| Oct 2008 – Feb 2011 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA. Advisor: Professor D.S. Hochbaum |
Professional Experience
| 2024 – Present | Chief Intelligence Officer, National Rescue Unit, Home Front Command, Israeli Defense Forces (In reserves) |
| 2022 – Present | Advanced Paramedic, Intensive Care Team Leader, Magen-David Adom, Israel National Emergency Medicine Services |
| Oct 2005 – Oct 2008 | Research Associate, National Simulations & Electronic Warfare Laboratory, Rafael-Advanced Defense Systems, Haifa, Israel |
| Sep 1997 – Oct 2005 | Research Officer, Intelligence Corps R&D Unit (Military P.O.B 02470), Israeli Defense Forces
· Prime Minister Citation, Sep 2005 · Major General Citation (Intelligence Corps), Jan 2005 · Rank: Major |
Teaching
| Technion – Israel Institute of Technology: | Statistics (014003, undergraduate)
· 2015, Excellence Teaching award (highest 12%) · 2017, Excellence Teaching award (highest 12%) · 2018, A. Arenson Excellence in Teaching Award for young Faculty. · 2018, Excellence Teaching award (highest 12%) · 2019, Excellence Teaching award (highest 4%) · 2022, Excellence Teaching award (highest 12%) Advanced Topics in Statistics (019007, graduate)
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| Tel-Aviv University: | · Digital Image Processing, Applications(0510.7211 graduate)
· Introduction to Computer Networks(0512.4462 undergraduate, as teaching assistant) |
| The Israeli Defense Forces: | · Cyber and Software Engineering (Commander, Intelligence corps elite training program-חמ״ן תלפיות) |
Technion Activities
| 2019 – 2021 | Division of Environmental, Water and Agriculture Engineering Graduate Committee Chair |
| 2019 – 2023 | Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering Graduate Committee |
| 2019 – Present | Academic Board, Applied Mathematics Interdisciplinary Graduate Program |
| 2019 – Present | Technion Computation Committee |
| 2017 – 2019 | Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering Academic Secretary |
| 2015 – 2017 | Division of Environmental, Water and Agriculture Engineering Undergraduate Studies Committee |
| 2013 – 2017 | Division of Environmental, Water and Agriculture Engineering Academic Secretary |
Professional Service
| Jun 2021 – Present | Associate Editor, Journal of Environmental Modeling and Software |
| Aug 2018 – Present | Associate Editor, Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management |
| Oct 2019 – Oct 2020 | Chair, Emerging and Innovative Technologies Committee (EITC), Environmental & Water Resources Institute (EWRI), American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) |
| Oct 2018 – Oct 2019 | Vice Chair, Emerging and Innovative Technologies Committee (EITC), Environmental & Water Resources Institute (EWRI), American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) |
| Oct 2017 – Oct 2018 | Secretary, Emerging and Innovative Technologies Committee (EITC), Environmental & Water Resources Institute (EWRI), American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) |
| Jul 2017 – Aug 2020 | Management Committee, COST Action CA16202, International Network to Encourage the Use of Monitoring and Forecasting Dust Products |
| Jul 2017 – Jul 2020 | Executive Board, Israel Society of Ecology and Environmental Sciences. |
| May 2017 – Jun 2021 | Member, Working Group 5.11, Computers and Environment, International Federation for Information Processing |
| Oct 2016 – Oct 2023 | Associate Editor, Journal of Mathematical Problems in Engineering |
| Nov 2010 – Apr 2020 | Associate Editor, Journal of Real-time Image Processing |
| Nov 2010 – Apr 2020 | Advisory Board, Journal of Real-time Image Processing |
| Jan 2010 – Nov 2010 | Guest Editor, Journal of Real-time Image Processing |
| Jun 2010 | Review Panel, National Science Foundation (NSF) |
| Jun 2009 | Review Panel, National Science Foundation (NSF) |
| Reviewer: | Water Research; Science of the Total Environment; Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management; Mathematical Problems in Engineering; Scientific Reports; Urban Water; Journal of Operations Research; Annals of Operations Research; European Journal of Transport and Infrastructure Research; IEEE Trans. on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology; Optics Letters, Optical Society of America; Journal of Optical Society of America A (JOSA A); Journal of Real-time Image Processing; Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering |