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The National Academy of Inventors and the Intellectual Property Owners Association (collectively known as NAI-IPO) has ranked the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology as one of the top 100 worldwide universities granted U.S. utility patents. The achievement is yet another international recognition of the Technion’s rigorously entrepreneurial and innovative spirit on campus — an ethos that has produced thousands of inventions from both researchers and alumni, including a device that uses AI to detect the scent of more than 23 specific disease biomarkers in a person’s breath, the USB flash drive, and a robotic suit that enables paraplegics to…
American Technion Society – New England Presents Boston Business Council Meeting With Professor Gideon Grader Listen in to this interactive discussion with Professor Gideon Grader, former dean of the Technion’s Wolfson Faculty of Chemical Engineering. Prof. Grader discussed taking research from vision to commercialization with H2Pro, a startup which he helped launch. This company is working to save the environment through its high-efficiency production of hydrogen, with important implications to the electric vehicle industry. This event is co-hosted by Event Details WELCOME Scott Miller and Craig Rutfield, Co-Chairs of the Boston Business Council SPEAKER Professor Gideon Grader is…
German Chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel, popular in Israel for her unwavering support for the Jewish nation, received an honorary doctorate from the Technion in Jerusalem on October 10 during her farewell visit to Israel. Chancellor Merkel will not seek a fifth term as chancellor after serving for 16 years. “I am proud to receive the honorary degree from the Technion as a scientist and not just as a politician,” said Dr. Merkel, who holds a doctorate in the natural sciences from the German Academy of Science in Berlin. “Israel was founded on a vision that was as scientific — technological…
Featuring Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center’s Professor Marc Rothenberg and Technion Professors Yonatan Savir and Shai Shen-Orr Two world-class institutions joined powers to unlock the potential of big data to transform child health. Relive this special launch event to celebrate a research partnership between Technion and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center that aims to revolutionize pediatric medicine for decades to come. The alliance established an innovative, data-driven program that could lead to the discovery of new treatments, help clinicians improve personalized medicine, and deliver the best possible health care to children around the globe. Meet some of the esteemed scientists…
In 2019, the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology bought more than 2.3 million disposable cups, almost one million disposable teaspoons, and hundreds of thousands of other single-use items. Disposable utensils currently account for approximately 9% of waste on campus. On October 1, 2021, the Technion will stop buying disposable utensils, eliminating that source of waste altogether. The move is being led by the Technion’s Sustainability Hub under the academic guidance of Professor Daniel Orenstein, who has authored important research on the issue of sustainability at universities, and the Hub’s coordinator, Dr. Ronit Cohen Seffer. Before making this decision, the…
The Technion Senate released a historic declaration outlining their vision for adequate gender representation among the Technion faculty. “Technion’s gates are open to faculty and staff members, as well as to students, of all genders, ethnicities, religions, and nationalities. Technion recognizes the value of human diversity for ensuring a social environment that fosters curiosity, imagination, creativity, achievement, and critical thinking while seeking the truth,” the declaration said. “The members of Technion’s academic faculty, Senate, and management are aware of the absence of adequate gender representation at this time (2021) — a reflection of historical, cultural, and social circumstances. They are…
CSRankings, the leading metrics-based ranking of the world’s top computer science institutions, has ranked the Technion number one in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) in Europe, and 15th worldwide. CSRankings also ranked the Technion 11th in the world in the subfield of machine learning. Currently, 46 Technion researchers are engaged in core AI research areas with more than 100 researchers in AI-related fields, including health and medicine, autonomous vehicles, smart cities, industrial robotics, cybersecurity, natural language processing, FinTech, human-machine interaction, and others. The Technion has also established the Machine Learning and Intelligent Systems (MLIS) research center, which pools resources…
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 -…
When Professor Uri Sivan began his presidency in October 2019, the world was a very different place. While he was prepared to lead the Technion through many challenges, he could not have predicted weathering a global pandemic would be one of them. Yet more than a year into the pandemic, the Technion is flourishing. New collaborations with hospitals and other research institutions have been established, yielding valuable new insights in artificial intelligence (AI), health care, and sustainability. The Technion is moving full steam ahead on ambitious campus expansion plans that will keep the Technion competitive with the top universities in…
Featuring Professor Emeritus Shlomo Maital, Rafi Nave ’74, M.Sc. ’79, and David (Dadi) Perlmutter ’80 What is it exactly about the Technion that makes it such a hotbed of innovation? In a fascinating follow-up to the wildly popular book, Technion Nation, Samuel Neaman Institute Senior Research Fellows Shlomo Maital and Rafi Nave interviewed 100 of the most brilliant Technion innovators – including former Intel Chief Product Officer David (Dadi) Perlmutter – to find out what makes them tick, and how the Technion’s academics and atmosphere foster a powerful fusion of creative thinking with enabling technology. In this one-of-a-kind discussion, Maital…
PTC (NASDAQ: PTC) has entered into a long-term strategic collaboration agreement with the Technion under which PTC will establish a Research & Development center and invest $5 million into Technion’s Haifa campus. Under the terms of the agreement, PTC and Technion will jointly research and upgrade learning processes relating to advanced manufacturing technology. PTC’s Haifa development center will relocate to the Technion under the leadership of Dr. Michael Reitman. PTC has also allocated an annual budget for joint research in industrial IoT, augmented reality, simulation, and generative design. The allocation supports Technion faculty by providing software products; awarding scholarships and…
Pictured above: Students return to campus. The Technion campus opened for the 2021 spring semester on Sunday, March 21, using a model of hybrid teaching – a combination of online and frontal teaching – in accordance with the Ministry of Health’s restrictions and “green” guidelines. After a challenging year of online study, students who pre-registered and presented a vaccine certificate were able to begin returning to classrooms, campuses, and frontal learning. The Technion buildings and faculties were well prepared for the students’ return. The security unit has assigned bouncers, security guards, scouts, and certified COVID-19 inspectors on the isolated campus…