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Did you ever have the feeling that your AI-driven navigation system, while touted as the most sophisticated, isn’t giving you the fastest route but instead one it wants you to map out? Companies like Waze and Google Maps, Spotify and Apple Music, or Alexa and Siri, spend millions of dollars collecting endless data to improve their competence. But new Technion research suggests that the “warmth” of a system, defined as a system with your best interests at heart, plays a pivotal role in predicting consumers’ choice between AI systems — even more than competence. In a study published in the…
Dr. Eric Albin recounts in this first-person piece why he chose to support Technion in his estate plans. Some time ago, I read that hedge fund manager John Paulson had gifted Harvard University’s engineering school the fantastic sum of $400 million. My thought was, and is, that the Harvard endowment fund has more than $40 billion, so Paulson’s gift, though very generous, would make absolutely no difference in the world. It was then that I began my personal search as to where my financial support would provide the most good for the world, for this and future generations. Technion -…
Israel’s most important national assets are its students — the next generation of visionaries and innovators who will lead the country and propel it to new heights. But students at the Technion aren’t waiting until they graduate to fulfill that responsibility: They’re developing award-winning breakthroughs even as they complete their coursework. Detecting Strokes A team of students from the Technion and the University of Missouri created Scan&Sound, an application that analyzes changes in a person’s voice and facial expressions to recognize early, subtle signs of stroke. The data is collected by the user’s cell phone. And if symptoms are detected,…
Eden Ayaso, 25, was born in Israel after her parents made aliyah from Ethiopia. She grew up in a difficult neighborhood in Hadera. Her father bought her and her three siblings a computer so that they would stay inside and play. Eden was diagnosed with juvenile diabetes when she was in fifth grade, but this did not stop her from excelling in school and fighting to be accepted into the army. Her iron will and determination to succeed were nurtured by Atidim as she rose to excellence as a Technion computer science major. Eden’s parents went from a rural village…
Fellow Technion supporters and ATS local leaders came together for an inspiring discussion with two stellar Technion Ph.D. students. One served in the Israel Defense Forces for seven years before fulfilling his long-held dream of studying at the Technion. The other was equally ambitious in pursuing the discipline she found most intriguing yet infinitely challenging […]
Relive this inspiring discussion with three Berger Visiting Fellows who are stellar female students poised to become the influential scientists and entrepreneurs of tomorrow. One has already made advances combating antimicrobial resistance and is now researching treatments for Alzheimer’s. Another has worked in the aerospace industry, and her research involves building a rocket. You’ll get […]
Few American Technion Society events are as uplifting as the annual visit of the Technion’s most promising students. Meet the 2021 Berger Visiting Fellows, a diverse and brilliant group of graduate and undergraduate students poised to become the influential scientists and entrepreneurs of tomorrow. These six students study in areas ranging from computer science to biotechnology and aerospace engineering, often juggling the demands of academia with young families. Hear more about their fascinating research — building a rocket, engineering healthy food, tackling Alzheimer’s disease — and the personal journeys that have shaped their pursuits. Dean of Students Professor Ayelet Fishman…
Industrial design, metallurgy and music — yes, music — all came together in this unique student project. Anastasia Kolomiets, a master’s student in the Technion Faculty of Architecture, designed and manufactured the first-ever titanium flute made with 3D-printing. This elegant recorder was honored with a photo in Wohlers Report, often referred to as the “bible” of 3D printing, and also placed third in the GE-Arcam UGM Competition 2019 for “Best Creative part.”
The Juice Keepers: Students Take First Prize in European Food Contest A group of enterprising, environmentally conscious Technion students might just have solved a problem that has been vexing PepsiCo for years — preventing fruit juices from spoiling. The juice industry loses an estimated $32 million annually as the result of a bacteria found naturally in the ground and in fruit trees that affects the quality of the juice and leads to spoilage. Pasteurization typically destroys bacteria in foods, but can’t be used with fruit juices without compromising taste and nutritional value. PepsiCo has long sought a creative solution to…
One student created a system to predict epileptic seizures. Another developed technology to track moods in cancer patients, and a third worked on preventing sudden death in athletes. These fourth-year students recently displayed their work at the annual project exhibition, held virtually this year in the Technion Faculty of Biomedical Engineering. The exhibition underscores the University’s commitment to applied research and entrepreneurship. “The projects on display are the epitome of many months of tackling practical challenges, complex technical difficulties, and our requirement that students present meaningful solutions to real-world problems,” said Faculty Dean Professor Shulamit Levenberg. In line with the…