WINNERS
| NAME | ACADEMIC INSTITUTION | FACULTY / DEPARTMENT | STUDIES LEVEL | SUPERVISORS | RESEARCH TITLE | OUTCOME |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adiel Ashrov | The Hebrew University of Jerusalem | The School of Computer Science & Engineering | PhD | Prof. Guy Katz | Guarding deep neural networks using scenario-based modeling | |
| Amit Katav | Ben-Gurion University of the Negev | Mechanical Engineering | PhD | Prof. Amir Shapiro | Precise Transportation System and Dynamic Modeling of Cable-Suspended Load Carried by Drone | |
| Andrey Vulfovich | Ben-Gurion University of the Negev | School of Electrical and Computer Engineering | PhD | Prof. Alon Kuperman | Optimization of Sub-Resonant Control for Robust Inductive Wireless Power Transfer Links for Smart Electrical Vehicle Charging | Article in ENERGY 2024 (vol. 310): Vulfovich, A., and Kuperman, A., "Extending the design space of minimized VA rating inductive wireless power transfer links operating in restricted sub-resonant frequency region with constant current output" |
| Aviran Gal | Ben-Gurion University of the Negev | Electrical and Computer Engineering | Master | Dr. Igal Bilik | Non-Line-of-Sight Automotive Radar Targets Detection and Localization | Article in Proceedings of 2023 IEEE International Radar Conference (RADAR): Gal, A., and Bilik, I., "Hybrid Approach for Reflective Surfaces Reconstruction Using Automotive Radar" |
| Avital Angel | Technion - Israel Institute of Technology | Architecture and Town Planning | PhD | Prof. Pnina Plaut | Measuring street-level walkability and its influencing factors – A big-data-based research | |
| Ben Dlugatch | Bar-Ilan University | Chemistry | PhD | Prof. Doron Aurbach | Studies of Electrolyte Solutions for Nonaqueous Mg Electrochemistry | Article in the Journal of The Electrochemical Society (Vol. 170, 2023): Dlugatch, B., Drews, J., Attias, R., Gavriel, B., Ambar, A., Danner, T., ... and Aurbach, D., " The Effect of Chlorides on the Performance of DME/Mg[B(HFIP)4]2 Solutions for Rechargeable Mg Batteries " |
| Dan Peled | Ben-Gurion University of the Negev | The Department of Software and Information Systems Engineering | Master | Dr. Armin Shmilovici and Prof. Ofer Hadar | Automative Video Compression via Driving Safety Considerations | Article in Proceedings of the 2023 IEEE Conference on Standards for Communications and Networking (CSCN): Peled, D., Shmilovici, A., and Hadar, O., "Automative Video Compression for Remote Driving via Safety Considerations" |
| Dor Patel | Ben-Gurion University of the Negev | Electrical & Computer Engineering | Master | Prof. Joseph Tabrikian and Dr. Igal Bilik | Waveform Optimization for DFRC | |
| Elad Ballas | Bar-Ilan University | Chemistry | PhD | Prof. Doron Aurbach and Dr. Netanel Shpigel | Development of a static rechargeable aqueous zinc bromide batteries (ZnBr2) for electric urban transportation | Article in Energy Storage Materials (2024): Ballas, E., Nimkar, A., Bergman, G., Elazari, R., Wakshlak, R., Sharon, D., Levi, M., Major, D., Mandler, D., Shpigel, N., and Aurbach, D., "Self-discharge in flowless Zn-Br2 batteries and its mitigation" Article in Journal of Power Sources (Vol. 624, 2024): Ballas, E., Shpigel, N., Noked, M., and Aurbach, D., "Enhancing the performance of non-flow rechargeable zinc bromine batteries through electrolyte concentration correlation with microporous carbon cathodes" |
| Elad Havakuk | Bar-Ilan University | Engineering | Master | Prof. Amir Leshem | Deep multi-agent reinforcement learning of Markov games for distributed traffic management in smart cities | |
| Felix Tener | University of Haifa | Social Sciences / Information Systems | PhD | Prof. Joel Lanir | User Interfaces for Teleoperation of Autonomous Vehicles | Article in International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction (2024): Tener, F. and Lanir, J., "Devising a High-Level Command Language for the Teleoperation of Autonomous Vehicles" Article in Adjunct Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications (AutomotiveUI '24 Adjunct): Tener, F., Schrank, A., Wintersberger, Ph., and Sadeghian, Sh., "Towards Seamless Remote Interactions: Exploring Novel Paradigms for Teleoperation of Autonomous Vehicles" |
| Gabriel Deza | Tel Aviv University | Industrial Engineering | PhD | Prof. Tal Raviv and Prof. Michal Tzur | Parcel Delivery in Hyperconnected Service Networks | |
| Gal Neria | Tel Aviv University | Industrial Engineering | PhD | Prof. Michal Tzur | Dynamic routing to achieve efficient and fair distribution | Article in Transportation Science (Vol. 58. 2024): Neria, G. and Tzur, M., "The Dynamic Pickup and Allocation with Fairness Problem" Article on arXiv (2024): Neria, G., Hildebrandt, F. D., Tzur, M., and Ulmer, M. W., "The Restaurant Meal Delivery Problem with Ghost Kitchens" |
| Hanan Elias Enibtawi | Technion - Israel Institute of Technology | Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering | PhD | Prof. Yoram Shiftan | Response characteristics of elder drivers following a transfer of control request from an autonomous level 3 system | |
| Hannah Yair | Ben-Gurion University of the Negev | Computer Science | PhD | Prof. Shlomi Dolev and Prof. Ehud Gudes | Algorithms for vehicles and platoon of vehicles that are remotely driven | |
| Hilah Clara Honig | Bar-Ilan University | Chemistry | PhD | Prof. Lior Elbaz | Activity and Selectivity of Molecular Catalysts for Carbon Dioxide Reduction | Article in Nanoscale (Vol. 16, 2024): Honig, H. C., Mostoni, S., Presman, Y., Snitkoff-Sol, R. Z., Valagussa, P., D'Arienzo, M., ... and Elbaz, L. " Morphological and structural design through hard-templating of PGM-free electrocatalysts for AEMFC applications" |
| Jonathan Nir | The Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Neuroscience | Master | Prof. Leon Deouell | Human Attention During Visual Search Tasks – an Eye-Tracking & EEG Research | |
| Keren Or Grinberg Rosenbaum | Technion - Israel Institute of Technology | Civil Engineering Faculty | PhD | Prof. Yoram Shiftan and Prof. Francisco Camara Pereira | Transportation Data-Driven Decision-Making: A System Thinking approach integrating Causality Modeling, Machine Learning, and Experts’ Insight | |
| Michal Mizrahi | Bar-Ilan University | Chemistry | Master | Prof. Lior Elbaz | Novel Alkaline Electrolyzers: Producing Green Hydrogen for a Clean Transportation Future | |
| Michelle Specktor | Technion - Israel Institute of Technology | Civil and Environmental Engineering | PhD | Prof. Yoram Shiftan | Analysis of E-Scooter Micromobility Traffic Effects on Pedestrian Stress in Urban Environments | Article in Transportation Research Record (Vol. 2677, 2023): Specktor, M., Parush, A., and Shiftan, Y., "Perceptions of Stress Among Pedestrians in Fully Automated Vehicle Transportation Systems" |
| Niv-Haim Mizrahi | Tel Aviv University | Department of Mechanical Engineering | Master | Prof. Avraham Seifert | Aerodynamic drag reduction device at the rear end of heavy vehicles | |
| Noam Katzir | Technion - Israel Institute of Technology | Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering | PhD | Prof. Yoram Shiftan | Inclusive Mobility as a Service (MaaS): How can emerging transport technologies refer to different population groups and assure inclusiveness? | |
| Oded Lippmann | Bar-Ilan University | Mathematics | Master | Prof. Reuven Cohen and Prof. Itzhak Benenson | Optimization of Transportation Network: Focusing on Fixed Route Bus Lines Combined with Demand-Responsive Transport (DRT) | |
| Oren Shrout | Technion - Israel Institute of Technology | Electrical and Computer Engineering | PhD | Prof. Ayellet Tal | Object detection in outdoor 3D point cloud scenes acquiredfrom aerial LiDAR | |
| Rahamim Batten | Technion - Israel Institute of Technology | Civil and Environmental Engineering | PhD | Prof. Sabrina Spatari | Prospective Life Cycle Assessment of Emerging Low Carbon Aviation Fuels through Multi-Scale Modeling | Article in Sustainable Energy & Fuels (Vol. 8, 2024): Batten, R., Karanjikar, M., and Spatari, S., "A sustainable aviation fuel pathway from biomass: life cycle environmental and cost evaluation for dimethylcyclooctane jet fuel" |
| Razi Zoabi | Technion - Israel Institute of Technology | Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering | PhD | Prof. Jack Haddad | Adaptive Travel-time based Max-Pressure Traffic Signal Control using Deep Reinforcement Learning | |
| Rotem Zohar | Tel Aviv University | Department of Industrial Engineering | Master | Dr. Mor Kaspi | The Dynamic Electric Dial a Ride on a Fixed Circuit | |
| Sanketh Vedula | Technion - Israel Institute of Technology | Computer Science | PhD | Prof. Alexander Bronstein and Dr. Michael Zibulevsky | Vector quantile regression on manifolds for pose uncertainty estimation | Article in Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Statistics (Vol. 238, 2024): Pegoraro, M., Vedula, S., Rosenberg, A. A., Tallini, I., Rodolà, E., and Bronstein, A. M., "Vector Quantile Regression on Manifolds" |
| Shachar Eizen | Tel Aviv University | Department of Industrial Engineering | Master | Prof. Michal Tzur and Prof. Tal Raviv | Dynamic parcel routing in hyper-connected networks | Article at SSRN (2024): Eizen, Sh., Tzur, M., and Raviv, T., "Dynamic Parcel Routing with Endogenous Service Times in a Hyper-Connected Network" |
| Shany Cohen | Bar-Ilan University | Faculty of Engineering | PhD | Dr. Tomer Lewi | Flat optical tunable elements for light detection and sensing technology empowered by high quality factor metasurfaces | |
| Shira Wild | Ben-Gurion University of the Negev | Software and Information Systems Engineering | Master | Dr. Shahaf Shperberg | Improving the Safety of Autonomous Vehicles Using Generative Adversarial Networks | |
| Tzvika Geft | Tel Aviv University | Blavatnik School of Computer Science | PhD | Prof. Dan Halperin | Advancing Optimal Coordinated Motion Planning for Smart Transportation | |
| Wambui Kariuki | Technion - Israel Institute of Technology | Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning | PhD | Prof. Karel Martens | Have You Seen Dignity? Exploring Paratransit For All | |
| Yaara Tsairi | Technion - Israel Institute of Technology | Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning | PhD | Prof. Karel Martens | Justice and Equity in Employer Policy towards Employee Transport | Poster presented in the 2024 TRB Annual Meeting Article in Transport Reviews 2024: Tsairi, Y., and Martens, K., "Workplace responsibility for employee mobility? A review of sustainability reporting frameworks" |
| Yazan Safadi | Technion - Israel Institute of Technology | Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering | PhD | Prof. Jack Haddad and Prof. Nikolas Geroliminis | Traffic Flow Modeling and Control of Macroscopic Fundamental Diagrams for Low-Altitude Air City Transport | Article in Transportation Research: Part B: Methodological 2024: Safadi, Y., Geroliminis, N. and Haddad, J., "Integrated departure and boundary control for low-altitude air city transport systems" The research was presented at the 22nd European Control Conference (ECC 2024): Safadi, Y., Granit, A., and Haddad, J., " A Holistic Framework for Assessing and Optimizing Energy Consumption for Low-Altitude Air City Transport Systems" |
| Yizhak Elboher | The Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Computer Science | PhD | Prof. Guy Katz | Accelerating Formal Verification of Deep Neural Networks | |
| Yoad Guetta | Ben-Gurion University of the Negev | Faculty of Engineering Sciences / Mechanical Engineering | PhD | Prof. Amir Shapiro | On-Board Physical Batteries Replacement System and Procedure for Drones During Flight | |
| Yuval Bar-Nehemia | Ben-Gurion University of the Negev | Department of Environmental, Geoinformatics and Urban Planning Sciences | Master | Prof. Eran Ben-Elia | Potential for the use of e-scooter services in Tel Aviv |