DEANS Dean of Undergraduate Studies Prof. Orit Hazzan Dean of the Jacobs Graduate School Prof. Dan Givoli Dean of Azrieli Division of Continuing Education and External Studies Prof. Zeev Gross Dean of Students Prof. Benveniste Natan ACADEMIC HEADS Faculty of Aerospace Engineering Prof. Yaakov Cohen Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning Prof. Iris Aravot Faculty of Biology Prof. Yehuda Assaraf Faculty of Biomedical Engineering Prof. Shulamit Levenberg Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Engineering Prof. Marcelle Machluf Wolfson Faculty of Chemical Engineering Prof. Gideon Grader Schulich Faculty of Chemistry Prof. Noam Adir Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering Prof. Oded Rabinovitch Faculty of Computer Science Prof. Irad Yavneh Faculty of Education in Science and Technology Prof. Yehudit Judy Dori Viterbi Faculty of Electrical Engineering Prof. Ariel Orda Department of Humanities and Arts Prof. Efraim Lev Davidson Faculty of Industrial Engineering and Management Prof. Avishai Mandelbaum Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering Prof. Eugen Rabkin Faculty of Mathematics Prof. Eli Aljadeff Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Prof. Yoram Halevi Rappaport Faculty of Medicine Prof. Shimon Marom Faculty of Physics Prof. Assa Auerbach Guangdong Technion-Israel Institute of Technology Vice Chancellor, Distinguished Prof. Aaron Ciechanover Joan and Irwin Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute Prof. Ron Brachman Assistant to the President for Strategic Projects and Technion International Prof. Paul Feigin Technion Program for Excellence Prof. Michael Elad Center for Pre-university Education Prof. Dan Zilberstein ADDITIONAL OFFICERS Deputy Senior Vice President Prof. Daniel Rittel Deputy Vice President for Research Prof. Anath Fischer Deputy Vice President for Research for the Pre-Clinical Research Authority Prof. Jackie Schiller Deputy Vice President for Academic Affairs Prof. Avi Ostfeld Deputy Vice President for Computing and Information Systems Prof. Reuven Cohen Deputy Vice President for Safety Matters Prof. Yaacov Mamane Deputy Director General for Finance Dganit Shindelman Deputy Director General for Human Resources Ariel Hazan Deputy Director General of Operations Zehava Laniado
From the President
Board of Governors
HONORARY CHAIR Uzia Galil, Israel* CHAIR Lawrence Jackier, USA* DEPUTY CHAIRS Gen. (Res.) Amos Horev, Israel* Norman Seiden, USA VICE CHAIR Martin Kellner, USA EXECUTIVE SECRETARY Asaf Binder PRESIDENT Prof. Peretz Lavie* EXECUTIVE SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT Prof. Adam Shwartz* EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT FOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS Prof. Hagit Attiya EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT FOR RESEARCH Prof. Wayne Kaplan EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT & DIRECTOR GENERAL Matanyahu Englman* VICE PRESIDENT FOR EXTERNAL RELATIONS & RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT Prof. Boaz Golany DEAN OF THE JACOBS GRADUATE SCHOOL Prof. Dan Givoli DEAN OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES Prof. Orit Hazzan DEAN OF STUDENTS Prof. Benveniste Natan DEAN OF THE AZRIELI DIVISION FOR CONTINUING EDUCATION & EXTERNAL STUDIES Prof. Zeev Gross MAYOR OF HAIFA Yona Yahav ACADEMIC AND SCIENTIFIC MEMBERS Prof. Bertil Andersson, Singapore Prof. François Diederich, Switzerland Prof. Stephen Forrest, USA Prof. Barbara J. Grosz, USA Prof. Gabriel Krestin, Netherlands Prof. Shulamit Michaeli, Israel Prof. Eliot Phillipson, Canada Prof. Wei Shyy, Hong Kong Prof. Howard Stone, USA MEMBERS Joseph Ackerman, Israel Reuven Agassi, Israel Ruth Alon, Israel* Yoram Alster, Israel* Prof. Yitzhak Apeloig, Israel Judge Hanoch Ariel, Israel Avraham Assaf, Israel Victor Asser, Greece Eli Ayalon, Israel Dr Naomi Azrieli, Canada Avi Balashnikov, Israel* Zahava Bar Nir, USA Sarah Baruchin, Israel Dr Nayim Bayat, Germany Sharon Beaconsfield, Australia Norman Belmonte, USA Danny Benardout, Greece Ing. Albert Ben-David, Israel Gen. (Res.) Avihu Ben-Nun, Israel Matilda Beracha, Greece Steven Berger, USA Scott Black, USA Harry Bloomfield, Q.C., Canada Lucien Y. Bronicki, Israel Shraga Brosh, Israel Pinchas Barel Buchris, Israel* Paul Burg, USA Yoel Carasso, Israel Joseph Ciechanover, Israel Edith Cresson, France Jacob Dagan, Israel Robert Davidow, USA Brent Dibner, USA Shimon Dick, Israel Uri Dori, Israel Dr Alon Dumanis, Israel Ing. Zvi Dvoresky, Israel Dr Shimon Eckhouse, Israel* Mooly Eden, Israel J. Steven Emerson, USA Carol Epstein, USA Prof. Yuri Estrin, Australia Irwin Field, USA Sigal First, Israel Edith Fischer, USA Ruth Flinkman-Marandy, USA Alan Forman, USA Dr Gilead Fortuna, Israel* Gideon Frank, Israel* Iaqueaniello Gaetano, Italy Mark Gaines, USA Pearl Gameroff, Canada Jacques Garih, France David Gat, Israel Yitzhak Gat, Israel Edward R. Goldberg, USA Gary Goldberg, Canada Stephen Grand, USA Doreen Green, Canada Daniel Gutenberg, Switzerland Gal Haber, Israel Gen. (Res.) Shalom Hagai, Israel* Gad Haker, Israel Robert Hanisee, USA Sir Michael Heller, UK Lady Morven Heller, UK Peter Hersh, Australia Dr Victor Hofman, Switzerland Maj. Gen. (Res.) Shlomo (Burstein) Inbar, Israel Ing. Shaul Ivtsan, Israel Dr Irwin Jacobs, USA Gershon Kaddar, Israel Dr Shlomo Kalish, Israel Ronnie Kaplan, Canada Miri Katz, Israel Ilana Kaufman, Israel* Avi Kerbs, Israel Moshe Keret, Israel Michael Klein, USA Ofer Kotler, Israel Yaacov Kotlicki, Israel Kobi Kurtz, Netherlands Benny Landa, Israel Yeshayahu Landau, Israel Maj. Gen. (Res.) Amos Lapidot, Israel Dr Stephen Laser, USA Ron Lauder, USA Eliaz Lavi, Israel Ron Lazarovits, Australia Scott Leemaster, USA Sidney Lejfer, USA Charles Levin, USA Dr Daphna Levi, Israel Prof. Jacques Lewiner, France Moshe Lichtman, Israel Lorry I. Lokey, USA Dr Yoelle Maarek, Israel* Israel Makov, Israel Prof. Fadel Mansour, Israel* Dana Maor, Israel Joshua Maor, Israel Inge Marcus, USA Shlomo Markel, Israel Dr Dan Maydan, USA Jonathan Metliss, UK Giora Meyuhas, Israel Raphael Mishan, USA Gary Monnickendam, UK Avinoam Naor, Israel Shlomo Nehama, Israel Meir Nissensohn, Israel Gilad Novik, Israel Dr Eli Opper, Israel Marvin Ostin, Canada Dr Edgar Paltzer, Switzerland Guido Pardo-Roques, Israel Daniel Peltz, UK Lois Peltz, UK David Perlmutter, Israel Prof. Guilherme Ary Plonski, Brazil David Polak, USA Rina Pridor, Israel* Dan Propper, Israel Irith Rappaport, Israel Dr Ruth Ratner, Australia Leon Recanati, Israel Arnold Recht, Canada Shlomo Reisman, Israel Prof. Dr Gerd-Volker Roeschenthaler, Germany Howard Rosenbloom, USA Grace Rosman, USA Martin Rosman, USA Helio Bruck Rotenberg, Brazil Joel S. Rothman, USA Haim Rousso, Israel Kobi Rozengarten, Israel Nina Sabban, USA Edmundo Safdie, Brazil Prof. Dr Thomas Scheper, Germany Arik Schor, Israel Yigal Schreiber, Israel Arie Scope, Israel Dr Yoram Sebba, Israel Arnold Seidel, USA Joan Seidel, USA Stephen Seiden, USA Ing. Shaul Shashoua, Brazil Raphi Shavit, Israel Leonard H. Sherman, USA Dr Robert Shillman, USA Stanley Shirvan, USA Abraham Shochat, Israel Gadi Singer, Israel Melissa Singer, Canada Rafael Sirkis, Israel Jonathan Sohnis, USA Senator Paul Steinberg, USA Simcha Stern, Israel Justice (Ret.) Tova Strassberg-Cohen, Israel Ing. Isaac Eddie Streifler-Shavit, Israel Stefan Sturesson, Sweden Prof. Dr. Roderich Suessmuth, Germany Ing. Sandor Szego, Brazil Prof. Zehev Tadmor, Israel Ira Taub, USA Irwin Tauben, Canada Gideon Tolkowsky, Israel Itzhak Torgeman, Israel* Oded Tyrah, Israel Pim Van Den Dam, Netherlands Dr Yossi Vardi, Israel John Veronis, USA Dan Vilenski, Israel Dr Andrew Viterbi, USA Dr Kobi Vortman, Israel Eyal Waldman, Israel Prof. Dr Peter Weinberger, Austria Naftali Weitman, Israel Eitan Wertheimer, Israel Avigdor Willenz, Israel Andrea Wolfe, USA Ben Wygodny, Canada Danny Yamin, Israel Maj. Gen. (Res.) Shlomo Yanai, Israel Elisha Yanay, Israel Chaim Yaron, Israel* Dr Giora Yaron, Israel Imad Younis, Israel* Yehuda Zisapel, Israel Zohar Zisapel, Israel Miriam Ziv, Israel* Dr Amir Ziv-Av, Israel ALTERNATE MEMBERS Jacques Benkoski, USA Jack Bensimon, Canada Serge Bitboul, France James Blum, USA Steve Bramson, Canada Julian Brass, Canada Marilyn Caplovitz, USA Neil Closner, Canada Steve Ekstein, Canada George Elbaum, USA Rita Emerson, USA Rod Feldman, USA Gill Fishman, USA Laura Flug, USA Joseph Freed, USA David Friedman, USA Harold Garfinkle, Canada Dr Harry Handelsman, USA Tamara Handelsman, USA Jon Hirschtick, USA Evert Jonsson, Sweden Tommy Klatzkow, Sweden William Marcus, USA Steve Merling, Canada Ruth Owades, USA Beth Perlman, USA Herbert Pollack, USA Paul Raducanu, Canada Bennett Rechler, USA David Ronn, USA Joshua Ruch, USA Julia Ruch, USA Andrea Rush, Canada Les Seskin, USA Eugene B. Shapiro, USA Cindy Sipkin, USA Lawrence Sipkin, USA Jozef Stern, Sweden Bruce Whizin, USA Roma Wittcoff, USA Dr Frank Witte, Germany HONORARY LIFE MEMBERS Moshe Arens, Israel Evelyn Berger, USA Paul Bernstein, USA Dr Joel Birnbaum, USA Dr Ilan Blech, USA Robert Brand, USA Leona Chanin, USA Jack Chisvin, Canada Frances Cohen, Canada Sydney C. Cooper, Canada Elizabeth Corob, UK Jeanette Dankner, Israel Richard Davison, USA Michael Dresner, Israel Prof. Jerome Drexler, USA Prof. George Feher, USA Israel Feldman, USA Meyer Frank G., USA Dr Avi Friedman, Canada Michael Frieze, USA Sofia L. de Grimberg, Argentina Gary Gross, USA Jack Hahn, Canada Louis N. Harris, UK Dr Michael Helper, Canada Dr Christian Hodler, Germany Charles Housen, USA Ivoncy B. Ioschpe, Brazil Maggie Kaplan, USA Barbara Kay, USA Nathan Rosen Kirsh, South Africa Stephen B. Klein, USA Theodore H. Krengel, USA Ing. Zvi Langer, Israel Alexander Lidow, USA Bernard Mars, USA Louis Milgrom, USA Jonathan Mitchell, USA Dr Hyman Mitchner, USA Bennett Nathanson, USA Ruth Leventhal Nathanson, USA Parviz Nazarian, USA Justice Shoshana Netanyahu, Israel Prof. Dr Ewald Nowotny, Austria Samuel Pisar, France Rachel Pollak, Israel Eugene Riesman, Canada Morris Rochlin, USA Barrie Rose, Canada Daniel Rose, USA Elihu Rose, USA Shmuel Rotem, Israel Eric Samson, South Africa Paul Shatz, USA Sholom Shefferman, USA Harry Sheres, Canada Emanuel Shimoni, Israel Abe Simkin, Canada Janey Sweet, USA Bernice Tanenbaum, USA Joseph Taub, USA Gen. (Res.) Dan Tolkowsky, Israel Lucy Ullmann, USA Yona Uspiz, Israel Franחois Wasservogel, France Mary Werksman, USA Stef Wertheimer, Israel Estelle Yach, South Africa Ruth Ziegler, USA Robert Zinn, USA REPRESENTATIVES OF GROUPS AND ORGANIZATIONS JEWISH AGENCY Alan Hoffman ASSOCIATION OF ENGINEERS AND ARCHITECTS Simcha Afek Amnon Bartal Emanuel Zvi Liban ISRAEL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES Prof. Yaron Silberberg ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Eyal Kaplan* Dr Ilana Maor PROFESSORS Prof. Robert Adler* Prof. Ehud Behar* Prof. Yaron Paz Prof. Yehuda Pinchover* Prof. Moshe Shoham* TEACHING STAFF UNION Alon Dimatriuk PROFESSORS EMERITI Prof. Abraham Berman FACULTY ASSOCIATION Prof. Eyal Zussman ORGANIZATION OF PRACTICAL ENGINEERS (HANDESSAIM) Naftali Blau THE M4 ORGANIZATION: THE ACADEMIC EMPLOYEES UNION AT THE TECHNION Zvi Bar-Deroma UNION OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE WORKERS AT TECHNION Aliza Blasberg ORGANIZATION OF TECHNION PENSIONERS Josepha Ben-Yoseph UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS Omer Amit Nimrod Harani GRADUATE STUDENTS Amir Cohen Hila Korach-Rechtman *Technion Council member
Connect to Technion
FROM THE PRESIDENT Peretz Lavie
Welcome to the 2017 President’s Report which is offered under the theme: Technion of Things. Many of you will have heard of the Internet of Things (IoT): it’s the term used to refer to systems of interconnected computing devices, mechanical and digital machines, objects, animals or people that are provided with unique identifiers and the ability to transfer data over a network without requiring human-to-human or human-to-computer interaction.Today’s rule for future technology is that anything that can be connected, will be connected. The analyst firm Gartner says that by 2020 there will be over 26 billion connected devices. At Technion, the template for this evolution of technology is deeper than electronics. It’s about the nature of evolution, and the wisdom of connectivity behind all scientific and technological progress. It was Isaac Newton who enshrined this insight when he famously said: “If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.” Our position as a world-class center of education and innovation depends on the great scientists and visionaries that went before us; it depends on our colleagues and collaborations around the world; and it depends on the promise of tomorrow as embodied in each unique Technion student. Connectivity is the prerequisite of progress. No scientist is an island. No researcher will progress far without drawing on the vast, connected wellsprings of knowledge, concurrent research and connected disciplines. Every mind needs to open to the known and the unknown in order for genius to flow. This openness means that we can both send and receive data, without compromising the treasure of individual perspective. It’s what makes Technion part of the global whole. Whether through our global partnerships from New York to China, through to a myriad of academic institutions across the world, through our outreach programs, through the ability to unite under the torch of progress, Technion is evolving rapidly with multidisciplinary structures that support the connectivity needed to co-create our future. In 2016, Technion became the only Israeli representative in the Nature Index of Rising Stars. This prestigious ranking affirmed a 40 percent increase in Technion publications in leading scientific journals. Putting Technion in 26th place worldwide, the list includes 100 institutions – virtually all of them universities – around the world. The index is further evidence of Technion’s academic excellence, the incessant improvement in the achievements of its researchers and our constant progress in realizing Technion’s vision: to be one of the world’s ten leading science and technology research universities. To this end, we are working on recruiting dozens of outstanding new faculty members every year and expanding our academic and international research activities. A recent example is the launch of a groundbreaking partnership between Technion and the New York Genome Center. Through this structure we will intensify medical research, advance genomics and accelerate clinical application. It is through powerful global alliances such as these that global impact flows, and the Technion of Things – the global network of connected expertise and resources is expanding rapidly for the benefit of the whole. In this report we will open some windows into the tremendously exciting ‘things’ which are happening at Technion. These are snapshots into the world of tomorrow, into the Technion daily endeavor, and above all into the connectedness that is empowering all progress. Within this unfolding, connected map, our readers, friends, colleagues and supporters are an indispensable part of the whole, and as such, let’s take some time together to celebrate and enjoy today’s Technion of Things. Prof. Peretz Lavie Technion President
New Faculty Appointments
AEROSPACE ENGINEERING Dan Michaels Lecturer ARCHITECTURE AND TOWN PLANNING Danny Broitman Assistant Professor Ruth Liberty-Shalev Assistant Professor Aaron Sprecher Associate Professor Ezri Tarazi Professor BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING Yoav Shechtman Assistant Professor CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING Adi (Ish Am) Radian Assistant Professor Semion Zhutovsky Assistant Professor CHEMICAL ENGINEERING Tamar Segal-Peretz Assistant Professor CHEMISTRY Nadav Amdursky Associate Professor David Eisenberg Assistant Professor ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING Ariel Epstein Assistant Professor Omer Bobrowski Assistant Professor Anat Levin Associate Professor INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT Dan Garber Assistant Professor MATHEMATICS Michael Khanevsky Assistant Professor Ron Rosenthal Assistant Professor MEDICINE Gidon Berger Clinical Lecturer Shai Berlin Assistant Professor Ilan Bruchim Assistant Professor Michal Cohen Lecturer Eyal Gottlieb Professor Noam Kaplan Assistant Professor Dean Kerem Clinical Assistant Professor Irena Kessel Clinical Lecturer Ran Kramer Clinical Lecturer Raz Palty Assistant Professor Ruth Perets Lecturer Ze’ev Ronai Professor Tzofnat Weiner Clinical Lecturer Hagai Wolfensohn Assistant Professor PHYSICS Itai Arad Assistant Professor Guy Bonin Assistant Professor Vincent Desjacques Assistant Professor Ari Turner Associate Professor