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You know that artificial intelligence (AI) helps power your smart home devices, your favorite social media sites, and even some of the health care innovations we rely on every day. But what about the banana on your kitchen counter? It turns out that AI helps your banana grow, too, thanks to pioneering work from Technion research assistant Alon Zvirin; Professor Ron Kimmel, head of the Geometric Imaging Processing Lab and the Montreal Chair in Sciences in the Henry and Marilyn Taub Faculty of Computer Science; and chief engineer Yaron Honen. The team developed smart technology that analyzes color photographs and…
You’re a Technion student who’s aced your exams and labs all year long. Are final exams really necessary — especially if the pandemic requires crowding into an exam hall on campus or holding them at home? Professor Orit Hazzan of the Department of Education in Science and Technology and Ph.D. student Koby Mike just may have a viable alternative. Instead of testing the students, why not predict their exam scores using a machine learning algorithm? The researchers would train a machine learning algorithm by feeding it data such as an individual student’s graded exercises, homework, and exam scores from previous…
Artificial Intelligence (AI) can do many things, but using AI to generate music has been an ongoing challenge. An even more difficult task is the creation of musical pieces that match human-specific preferences. New research from Technion M.Sc. students Nadav Bhonker (already graduated) and Shunit Haviv Hakimi, and their advisor Professor Ran El-Yaniv of the Henry and Marilyn Taub Faculty of Computer Science at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, indicates that it is possible to model and optimize personalized jazz preferences. To develop personalized preferences, Bhonker and Haviv Hakimi, both amateur jazz musicians, first introduced the AI to hundreds of…
Digital platforms and technology — from Facebook and mobile phones to Zoom and virtual reality to online recommendations and shopping —now serve as the core fabric of our lives and our society, with consequences that are not always positive. In this Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute webinar, hear how the Connective Media Hub is building new human-centered […]
Artificial intelligence, the technology that is transforming medicine, thwarting cyberattacks, and even providing shopping recommendations, is set to take off at the Technion, thanks to generous supporters Eric and Jamie Gertler. Just months after the Technion inaugurated a center to promote the burgeoning field, the brothers, as trustees of the Zuckerman Institute, made a commitment to support a variety of innovative AI projects over the next four years. “Our gift is a launchpad to help the Technion get to where it wants to go in terms of AI,” says Jamie Gertler. The Technion’s new Center for Machine Learning and Intelligent…
MyFavorEats, an innovative platform designed by Technion alumna Orly Rapaport, will find, sort, and personalize recipes to meet your dietary restrictions. “I’m a home cook as well as a software engineer,” Rapaport explains. “I recognized the need for a tool that would help tweak recipes to individual dietary needs and tastes.” The experienced tech exec says her artificial-intelligence solution combines a chef’s savvy, nutritionist’s knowledge, and personal shopper’s determination to find just the right ingredients to fit your taste preferences and health conditions, such as pregnancy, diabetes, or high blood pressure.
What if the treatment for your cancer was as unique as you are? That’s the promise of a new technology developed at the Technion by doctoral students Gil Shamai and Ron Slossberg and Professor Ron Kimmel of the Technion Faculty of Computer Science, in collaboration with Dr. Yoav Binenbaum of Ichilov Hospital and Professor Ziv Gil of Rambam Medical Center. The deep learning–based method for mapping critical receptors on cancer cells is expected to lead to better, more personalized cancer treatment. The technology extracts molecular information from digital biopsy images that underwent hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) staining. H&E staining allows…
Artificial intelligence holds so much promise in so many fields. But the biggest challenge has been finding potentially lifesaving solutions quickly enough. Researchers in the Technion’s Andrew and Erna Viterbi Faculty of Electrical Engineering have developed a platform that can accelerate the learning process of AI systems a thousandfold. The Growth of AI Artificial intelligence has grown by leaps and bounds in recent years due to models of deep neural networks (DNNs) — sets of algorithms designed to recognize patterns. Inspired by the human brain, these DNNs have been enormously successful in tackling complex tasks such as autonomous driving, natural…
The Technion – Israel Institute of Technology and Intel Corporation opened a new chapter by launching the Center for Artificial Intelligence at Technion’s Haifa campus. The Technion is already Israel’s leading university in the field of AI — and one of the top 10 AI universities in the world. The new center will supercharge those efforts, advancing research in AI fields and promoting collaboration between Technion and Intel researchers. It will be led by Prof. Shie Mannor from the Technion’s Andrew and Erna Viterbi Faculty of Electrical Engineering. As part of this collaboration, Intel will bring together Technion faculty and…