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YAEL EDAN
CURRENT RESEARCHERS
Name: Shikhar Kumar. Ph.D. May 2019-current.
Thesis: Older adults interaction with the robot.
Advisors: Yael Edan
Name: Maya Krakovski. M.Sc. August 2019-current.
Thesis: Physical and cognitive robotic training system for older adults.
Advisors: Yael Edan
Name: Stav Rozenfeld. M.Sc. July 2021-current.
Thesis: Detection of irrigation malfunctions from thermal images acquired by UAV - methods and evaluation
Advisors: V. Alchanatis
Name: Amir Meshurer. Ph.D. July 2021-current.
Thesis: Computerized system for NPWT (narrow path walking test)
Advisors: I. Melzer
Name: Benjamin Katz. M.Sc. July 2021-current.
Thesis: Blueprint for an automatic machine learning (ML) pipeline of a machine vision (MV) system for measuring individual cow feed intake
Advisors: I. Halachmi
Name: Haim Aizner. M.Sc. July 2021-current.
Thesis: Tapping mechanism for insect collecting robot
Advisors: Yael Edan
Name: Udi Nahum, M.Sc. Oct 2022-current
Thesis: Social navigation
Advisors: T. Oron-Gilad
Name: Tal Arie. M.Sc. Oct 2022-current
Thesis: Adaptive levels of automation in robotic social navigation
Advisors: Yael Edan
Name: Racheli Eliyahu. M.Sc. Oct 2022-current
Thesis: Crack prediction of oranges
Advisors: V. Alchanatis
Name: Adi Gilboa, M.Sc. Oct 2022-current.
Thesis:
Advisors: V. Alchanatis
Name: Ran Schmulevich. M.Sc. August 2019-current.
Thesis: Design and validation of individual cows feed intake measurement system based on Time-Of-Flight (TOF) 3D imagery technology under commercial cowshed conditions
Advisors: I. Halachmi
Name: Gil Ben-Or. M.Sc. Oct. 2022-current
Thesis: Computer vision system for robotic counting of Crustacean larvae
Advisors: I. Halachmi
Name: Ittay Mannheim. Ph.D. March 2023-current.
Thesis: The Effects of Ageism on Co-designing Socially Assistive Robots for Older Persons
Advisors: G. Nimrod
Name: Shahaf Gev. M.Sc. August 2023-current
Thesis: Computerized system for balance determination
Advisors: I. Melzer
Name: Yael Sznaidman. M.Sc. August 2023-current
Thesis: Robotic physical therapy of upper limb
Advisors: S. Handelzalts
Name: Yuval Teneboim. M.Sc. August 2023-current.
Thesis: Prediction of cracking in pomengrates
Advisors: T. Paz-Kagan
Name: Adi Edri. M.Sc. August 2023-current.
Thesis:
Advisors: T. Paz-Kagan.
Name: Faina Khoroshevsky. Ph.D. Sept. 2023-current
Thesis: A modular deep learning approach for solving complex multi-stage phenotyping problems
Advisors: A. Bar Hillel
Name: Naama Aharoni, M.Sc. Spt 2023-current
Thesis: Transparency-based action model for improved human robot interaction
Advisors: Yael Edan
ALUMNI RESEARCHERS
Uri Kartoun Ph.D (2007)
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Research Topic: Human-Robot Collaborative Learning Methods.
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Current job task: Research Staff Member & IBM Master Inventor (since 2016).
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Linedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kartoun/
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Previous job task: Research fellow at Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts General Hospital (2013-2016).
Polina Kurtser Ph.D. (2018)
Research Topic: Dynamic sensing and task planning for an autonomous harvesting robot.
Current job task: Machine Learning Researcher, Umeå University
Linedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/polinakurtser/
Previous job task: Postdoctorate fellow, Mobile Robotics & Olfaction Lab, Centre for Applied Autonomous Sensor Systems, Örebro University, Sweden.
Shirley Berman Ph.D (2006)
Research Topic: Optimal hand gesture language design methodology for robot control.
Current job task: Senior Postdoc, Plant Science, Weizmann Institute
Linedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paula-berman-a76682b9/
Previous job task: Postdoctorate researcher, Cancer Biology and Cannabinoid Research Laboratory, Faculty of Biology, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
Danny Eizicovits Ph.D (2016)
Research Topic: Robotic gaming for physical therapy.
Current job task: CTO and head of Toy Division, Young Engineers.
Link to website: https://youngengineers.org/
Email: Dannyeiz123@gmail.com
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danny-eizicovits-0b90154a/
Previous job task: CEO, Algobrix.
Omri Avioz-Sarig M.Sc (2019)
Research Topic: Social robot for physical training – evaluation of feedback aspects.
Current job task: Software Engineer, Shopify.
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/omrisarig/
Previous job task: Software Developer, Broadcom.
Ben Harel. Ph.D (2021)
Research Topic: Development of intelligent maturity classification and decision algorithms for a selective harvest
Current job task: Data Scientist, Riskified.
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-harel-10949073/
Omer Keidar. M.Sc. (2022)
Research Topic: Push and Pull Feedback in Mobile Robotic Telepresence
Current job task: Data Scientist, Enigmatos.
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/omer-keidar-9336391a5/
Tohar Brenner. M.Sc. (2022)
Research Topic: Insect collecting robot
Current job task: Computer Vision Engineer, Agado Live.
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tohar-brenner/
Chen Rothschild. M.Sc. (2022)
Research Topic: Insect collecting robot
Current job task: Data Scientist, Tensorleap.
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chen-rothscild/
Eliran Itzhak. M.Sc. (2022)
Research Topic: Development of polite robots and evaluation in real world scenarios.
Current job task:
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eliran-itzhak-836161155/
Adi Yehoshua. M.Sc. (2022)
Research Topic: Development of polite robots and evaluation in real world scenarios.
Current job task: Senior Deep Learning Solutions Architect, NVIDIA
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adi-yehoshua-888938162/
Tair Faibish. M.Sc. (2021)
Research Topic: Gaze Behaviors in Human-to-Robot Handovers.
Current job task: Decision Scientist, PayPal
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tair-faibish-1112a4218/
May Saar. M.Sc. (2021)
Research Topic: Computer vision system for measuring individual cow feed intake using RGBD camera.
Current job task: Decision Scientist, PayPal
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/may-saar-abaa8a114/
Almog Hitelman. M.Sc. (2021)
Research Topic: Development of a mobile system for counting laying hens.
Current job task: Data Scientist, Sunbit
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/almog-hitelman-85b550b0/
Oded Zafrani. Ph.D. (2022)
Research Topic: Acceptance of personal robotic assistants for older adults.
Current job task: Lecturer, BGU
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/oded-zafrani-079136227/
Bar Cohen. M.Sc. (2021)
Research Topic: Disease detection (downy mildew) in grapevine using thermal imaging.
Current job task: Data Scientist, Moovit
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bar-cohen-319996197/
Noy Kalo. M.Sc. (2021)
Research Topic: Identification of drip malfunctions using thermal imaging.
Current job task: Data Scientist, Meta
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/noy-kalo-a6a5ba175/
Dana Gutman. M.Sc. (2020)
Research Topic: LOA in human-robot collaboration.
Current job task: Product Data Analyst, AppsFlyer
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dana-gutman-01826a198/
Tidhar Sandovsky. M.Sc. (2020)
Research Topic: Disease detection in corn using hyperspectral imaging.
Current job task: Data Scientist, Meta
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tidhar-sandovsky-8895a11b8/
Noa Markfeld. M.Sc. (2020)
Research Topic: Feedback for human-robot collaboration.
Current job task: Product Analyst, Appsflyer
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/noa-markfeld-724a6219a/
Samuel Olatunji. M.Sc. (2021)
Research Topic: Feedback and LOA in social robots for older adults.
Current job task: Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/samuel-olatunji-77953316/
Naama Aharony. M.Sc. (2022)
Research Topic: Developing and testing a robotic physical trainer for older adults. Programing the robot with Python programming.
Current job task: NA
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/naama-aharony-108a321b9/
Dima Rogozin, M.Sc., Dept. of Computer Sciences and Applied Mathematics, Weizmann Institute of Science. Robotic Control of Dynamic Tasks. November 1993. (with Prof. T. Flash).
Dina Rachmani, M.Sc., Faculty of Agricultural Engineering, Technion, Neural Networks for Quality sorting of Tomatoes Based on Mechanical Properties. December 1995. (with Dr. I. Shumelvich).
Ilan Halachmi, M.Sc., Dept. of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, A Model for Estimating Individual Food Intake of Dairy Cows, Oct. 1996. (with Dr. E. Maltz)
Adi Bar, M.Sc., Dept. of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Systems Engineering of an automatic transplanting system, March 2000.
Ido Morag, M.Sc., Dept. of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Optimal strategies for individual feeding of dairy cows, Sept. 1996. (with Dr. E. Maltz)
Irine Gurevich, Postdoctorate student, Dept. of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Advanced teleoperator systems, 1994-1995.
Raziel Reimer, M.Sc., Dept. of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Performance measurement of robotic systems, April 1998.
Sigal Berman, Ph.D., Dept. of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Intelligent control of multi-agent robotic systems, December 2003.
Pini Elkabetz, M.Sc., Dept. of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, System design and decision support system for site-specific sprayer, August 2008.
Ofir Cohen, M.Sc., Dept. of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Sensor fusion for an autonomous vehicle, October 2000.
Ezra Boteach, M.Sc., Dept. of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Multi-robot assembly systems, June 2000.
Shachar Laykin, M.Sc., Dept. of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Multi-sensor quality control system for agricultural produce, 2001 (with Dr. V. Alchanatis).
Avital Bechar, Ph.D, Dept. of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Human-robot collaboration methods for target recognition in unstructured environments. February 2006.
Itai Keneth, M.Sc., Dept. of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, A path tracking system for an autonomous vehicle, October 2000.
Shoshana Weizmann, M.Sc., Faculty of Agriculture, Hebrew University, Methodology for implementation of ISO9000 for a nursery propagation greenhouse. Research seminar. July 2001.
Ofir Cohen, Ph.D., Dept. of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Sensor fusion for an autonomous vehicle, 2005.
Nurit Lavie, M.Sc., Dept. of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Decision support system for evaluation of breathing conditions of babies and neonates. September 2004. (with Profs. E. Zmora, N. Pliskin).
Juan Wachs, M.Sc. Dept. of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Telerobotic Hand Gesture Real-time System, June 2003. (with Prof. H. Stern).
Juan Wachs, Ph.D. Dept. of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Optimal Hand Gesture Language Design Methodology for Robotic Control. 2006. (with Prof. H. Stern).
Dror Shriki, M.Sc. , Implementation of cognitive task analysis methodology for characterization and design of hand-held terminal for data collection in herb farms, Feb. 2004 (with Prof. J. Meyer, Dr. A. Hetzroni)
Shachar Laykin, Ph.D, Dept. of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, On-line feature selection for a sorting system. 2006. (with Dr. V. Alchanatis)
Uri Kartoun, M.Sc, Dept. of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Virtual Reality TeleRobotic System, December 2003 (with Prof. H. Stern).
Shachar Matza, M.Sc., Dept. of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Milking frequency decision support system, June 2004. (with Dr. E. Maltz).
Ayelet Sheizaf, M.Sc., Dept. of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Adaptive algorithms for multi-robot packaging systems operating in flexible manufacturing environments, January 2005.
Mendelson Ella, M.Sc., Dept. of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Evaluating the influence of planning horizons on the manufacturing lead time of parts in multi-robot workcells, October 2004.
Shneor Ran, M.Sc., Dept. of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Fuzzy dispatching of AGVs, September 2004.
Eliav Ami, M.Sc., Dept. of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Hand gesture control of a mobile robot, July 2005.
Kapach Keren, M.Sc., Dept. of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Evaluation of adaptive sensor fusion algorithms for mapping mobile robots environment, August 2007.
Yuval Oren, M.Sc., Performance analysis of human-robot collaboration in target recognition tasks, Dept. of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, October 2008 (with Dr. A. Bechar).
Amit Gil, M.Sc., Collaborative hierarchical reinforcement learning methods, Dept. of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, November 2008 (with Prof. H. Stern).
Hadasa Blum-Ivri, M.Sc., Evaluating different human-robot interfaces, Dept. of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, November 2009. (with Dr. A. Ronen).
Shachar Sarid, Ph.D., Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Multi-robot cooperation, 2007-current (with Dr. A. Shapiro).
Raziel Riemer, Postdoctorate student, Dept. of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, A comprehensive approach for measuring stress involved in hand gestures language for human machine interaction, 2006-2008.
Tal Sobol-Shikler, Postdoctorate student, Dept. of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Affective interfaces for human-robot collaboration, 2007-2009.
Itzhak Takach, M.Sc. Switching between collaboration levels in target recognition tasks. Dept. of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, December 2008 (with Dr. A. Bechar).
Dror Yashpe, M.Sc., Influence of human reaction time in human robot collaborative target recognition systems, Dept. of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, December 2009 (with Dr. A. Bechar).
Kfir Arviv, M.Sc., Flow-shop problem with M machines and K transport robots using reinforcement learning, Dept. of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, February 2010. (with Prof. H. Stern).
Uri Shaham, M.Sc., Classification using normalized compression distance, Dept. of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, February 2009 (with Dr. J. Ratsaby).
Tomer Ram, M.Sc., Prediction of optimal olive harvest time, Dept. of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, March 2008 (with Prof. Z. Weisman).
Paula Shirley Berman, M.Sc., Development of Intelligent Low Resolution NMR Technologies for Prediction of Large-Scale Quantitative and Qualitative Oilseeds Biodiesel Industry Potential, Dept. of Environmental Engineering, January 2010. (with Prof. Z. Wiesman).
Liad Livne, M.Sc., Systems engineering of a robotic sprayer for greenhouses, Dept. of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, October 2010 (with Dr. A. Bechar).
Ephraim Vitzrabin , M.Sc., Classification between vegetation and non-vegetation using hyper-spectral imaging, Dept. of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, October 2010 (with Dr. V. Alchanati).
Itamar Dar. M.Sc. Image processing for a greenhouse robotic sprayer. Dept. of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, September 2011 (with Dr. A. Bechar).
Ron Bernstein, M.Sc., Image processing algorithms for a selective vineyard sprayer, Dept. of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, October 2010.
Kfir Arviv, Ph.D, Flow-shop problem with M machines and K transport robots using reinforcement learning, Dept. of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, April 2014. (with Prof. H. Stern, Prof. Dvir Shabtai).
Ron Bernstein, Ph.D., Human-robot cooperation in selective spraying, Dept. of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, July 2016.
Amos Bercovich, M.Sc. Automatic cow's body condition scoring. Dept. of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, October 2012. (with Dr. I. Halachmi).
Ephraim Vitzrabin , Ph.D., Dynamic local thresholding using sensor fusion, Dept. of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, January 2015.
Roy Someshwar, Ph.D., Human-robot synchronization for time-critical tasks, Dept. of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, June 2017. (with Prof. J. Meyer).
Guillaume Doisy, Ph.D., Human robot interface design for robots with learning capabilities, Dept. of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, October 2014. (with Joachim Meyer).
George Adamides, Ph.D., User Interfaces for Human-Robot Interaction: Application on a Semi-Autonomous Agricultural Robot Sprayer User Interface Design Specification for Human-Agricultural Robot Interaction, Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, Open University of Cyprus, August 2016. (with Thanasis Hadzilacos).
Roiee Spoliinsky. M.Sc. Automatic body condition scoring using three dimensional computer vision. Dept. of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. August 2014. (with Prof. I. Halachmi).
Zohar Melamed Elkoby. M.Sc. Analysis of Human-Robot Harvesting Operations in Sweet Pepper Greenhouses. Dept. of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. April 2016. (with Bert van ’t Ooster, WUR).
Tzafit Tirkel, M.Sc. SIT LESS. A prototype home-based system for monitoring older adults sedentary behavior. Dept. of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Sept. 2016.
Lior Sayfeld, M.Sc. Human-robot collaboration: performance measures of different populations working with a robotic system (elderly vs. children; female vs. male; experienced vs. novice). Dept. of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. June 2017.
Igal Peretz, M.Sc. Adaptive algorithm for human experience in a human-robot handover task. Dept. of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. June 2017.
Dror Katz. M.Sc. Development of algorithms for a human-following robot equipped with Kinect vision and laser sensors in an unknown indoor environment with obstacles and corners. September. 2016.
Ben Harel. M.Sc. Algorithms for sweet pepper color estimation. Dept. of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Oct 2017. (with Y. Parmet).
Dor Oppenheim. Computer vision algorithms for detection of tomato flowers in greenhouses. M.Sc. Dept. of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Oct 2015-March 2018 (with Guy Shani).
Elad Dan. M.Sc. Deterministic and stochastic models for light attenuation and controlling algorithm for microalgal growth. . Dept. of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Oct. 2017 (with Claude Aflalo, Yisrael Parmet).
Yaar Harrari. M.Sc. Automated design process for lifting, carrying and lowering tasks. Dept. of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. June 2016 (with Raziel Riemer, Avital Bechar).
Elie Zemmour. M.Sc. Adaptive thresholding algorithm for fruit detection. Dept. of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Sept. 2018.
Omri Sarig. M.Sc. Social robot for physical training – evaluation of feedback aspects. Dept. of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Oct 2019.
Shahar Gad. M.Sc. Stress detection in wheat using hyperspectral imaging. Dept. of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. March 2020. (with V. Alchanatis).
Ran Bezen. MSc. Monitoring food intake in the dairy farm. Dept. of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. October 2019 (with I. Halachmi).
Aharon Kalantar. Melon recognition for yield detection. Dept. of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. October 2019 (with Y. Klapp).
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