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Dr. Eyal Orion did not dream of being an entrepreneur, certainly not a serial entrepreneur. He knew little about economics or entrepreneurship. By the age of 30, he had not yet decided what he truly wanted to do in life. Even while on a seemingly safe path at the Technion’s medical school, doubts about whether medicine was the right choice never gave him any rest. Today, nearly two decades later, he is one of the most prominent figures in Israel’s medical device industry. He spent his childhood in Ramat Efal as one of four siblings. His parents still live in…
Astronomers call a special kind of supernova a “cosmic yardstick” for good reason: The so-called Type Ia supernova gives off a predictable amount of light, making it a handy tool for measuring distances in space. These particular supernovas are useful but still puzzling, with scientists still unsure of what triggers their blasts. NASA estimates they happen only twice per millennium in the Milky Way. A leading idea has been that in an orbiting pair of white dwarfs — the remains of dead sun-size stars — one bursts apart almost immediately, while the other survives, perhaps hurtling away at breakneck speed…
White dwarfs — the superdense, slowly cooling embers left behind when stars like our sun die — are usually quiet cosmic relics. A rare few, however, are anything but. In recent years, astronomers analyzing data from the European Space Agency’s Gaia spacecraft identified a handful of white dwarfs hurtling through the Milky Way at breakneck speeds of up to 1,240 miles per second (2,000 kilometers per second). That’s fast enough to zip from New York to Los Angeles in under two seconds — and to escape the galaxy entirely. These so-called hypervelocity white dwarfs have puzzled astronomers since their discovery…
Researchers from the Faculty of Data and Decision Sciences at the Technion have developed a technology capable of identifying various aspects of a reader’s interaction with a text that is based solely on their eye movements. The team’s findings were presented at Association for Computational Linguistics, a conference in the field of Natural Language Processing (NLP) in Vienna. The research was led by doctoral student Omer Shubi, together with master’s student Cfir Hadar, under the supervision of Dr. Yevgeni Berzak. People read texts with different goals. Whether it’s a novel, a cooking recipe, a newspaper article, or a scientific paper,…
Helen Buchumensky is director of standards and compliance, and head of global functional safety, at ARM Semiconductors & Automotive Operations… and of course, a proud Technion alum! In this is episode, she talks about starting music festivals, writing for teenage magazines, and soviet professionalism… She also tells us all about the concept of Functional Safety, […]
In the Stephen B. Klein Faculty of Aerospace Engineering at the Technion, bold ideas take flight. Established in 1954 by Prime Minister David Ben Gurion, the department has grown into a global leader in aerospace innovation, advancing the frontiers of propulsion, autonomous systems, and sustainable flight. World-class researchers and driven students work side by side to develop next-generation technologies that are shaping the future of space exploration, aviation, and defense. With cutting-edge facilities and a vibrant international community, the Technion is launching breakthroughs that are redefining what’s possible — in the skies and beyond.
The Technion – Israel Institute of Technology and the startup company Decart have announced a strategic collaboration under which Decart will support the Technion’s excellence program, which will now be renamed the Technion–Decart Excellence Program. As part of the agreement, Decart will provide funding amounting to millions of shekels to support the program’s activities in the coming years. Dr. Dean Leitersdorf, the company’s founder and CEO, is himself a graduate of the Technion’s excellence program, along with seven other Decart employees. In addition to supporting the excellence program, Decart and the Technion recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to…
“AI’s role in our organization is primarily augmentation, not replacement, of human labor,” said Itay Ezra, SVP, Global Head of People at Pagaya Technologies. “Where processes were once manual, AI has now introduced automation, allowing us to shift our talent’s focus to tasks that inherently require human insight and creativity.” CTech’s “HR in the AI Era” series explores how the AI revolution is impacting the workforce across Israeli high-tech companies. In this series, we uncover the effects (both personal and professional) that this technology shift has had on Startup Nation. Within Pagaya’s HR department, Ezra says exposure to AI is…
Artificial intelligence is here to stay, and the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology will be instrumental in shaping the way it impacts all facets of our lives, from the cars we drive to how scientists develop medicine. To meet that demand, the Martin and Grace Druan Rosman Performance Computing Data Center will serve as a new high-performance computing (HPC) hub on campus to ensure that the University is prepared for the demands of research, development, and innovation for years to come. As it prepares to open its doors to students and faculty across campus next year, I spoke with…
Some of the greatest mysteries of the universe, such as the possibility of life on Mars or Venus, may never be solved because of Donald Trump’s proposed “extinction-level” cuts to Nasa spending, scientists are warning. The Trump administration revealed last month its plan to slash the space agency’s overall budget by 24% to $18.8bn, the lowest figure since 2015. Space and Earth science missions would bear the brunt of the cutbacks, losing more than 53% of what was allocated to them in 2024. If the budget is approved by Congress, opponents say, longstanding Nasa labs will close, deep-space missions, including…