Dear Afeka Community,

We are delighted to share the Winter edition of our Research Authority Newsletter, showcasing recent achievements and milestones within our academic community.

Highlights

  • New Professorship Appointment
    Congratulations to Prof. Moshe Tshuva on his appointment as professor. Prof. Tshuva’s expertise in renewable energy, smart grids, energy efficiency, and storage
    systems continues to significantly influence Israel’s energy
    landscape. Don’t miss our interview with him below.

  • AI Center Launch
    We are thrilled to announce the establishment of the Artificial Intelligence Center, led by Dr. Yehudit Apershtein.
    The center is dedicated to advancing AI applications in engineering and fostering collaboration with industry. Check out our interview with Dr. Apershtein for more
    details.

  • MAFAT Grant
    We are proud to have secured a new grant from MAFAT to
    support groundbreaking research in defense technology.

  • Ongoing Research
    Afeka schools continue to publish impactful research in top academic journals, driving innovation across multiple disciplines.

Our commitment to fostering innovation and academic excellence at    Afeka College remains as strong as ever. Stay tuned to our newsletter for the latest updates on research activities and achievements from Afeka—The Academic College of Engineering in Tel Aviv.

Dr. Idith Melamed Havin,
 Research Authority Manager and Chief Editor

Dr. Yossi Luzon,
Senior Lecturer at the School of Industrial Engineering & Management and Scientific Editor

 

Research Grants

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On Going Research Grants

Dynamic Models for Budget Allocaion in digital Marketing, Dr. Yossi Luzon

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Voice Fraud Derection, Prof. Yitzhak Lapidot

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Science Accelerators - MOST-Sponsored Research: Science Accelerators - Bridging Medicine and Engineering

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Development and Validation of an AI-Based Monitoring Method for Load-Bearing 3D Printed Metal Components, Dr. oz golan, Dr. oshrit hoffer

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Queueing-Based and Data-Driven Design of Emergency Transportation sponsored by ISTRC (The Israeli Smart Transportation Research Center) Services, Dr. yossi luzon, dr. ohad eisenhandler and prof. erel avineri

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Automated Language & Speaker Change Detection, prof. itshak lapidot, dr. or haim anidjar

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Advanced Catalysts for Enhanced Rocket Motor Performance, dr, ynon yavor. dr tomer zidki

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Human-Cobot Interaction - Making Collaborative Robots More User-Friendly, prof. yuval cohen, prof. shraga shoval

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Revolutionary Arterial Assessment Device in Development, prof. zehava blechman, prof. idit avrhami

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Revolutionizing Birth Control: Next-Gen IUD Development, Dr. zoya gorson, Dr. moran aviv, Dr. malka shilo

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This Issue Spotlight: Meet The Researchers

Dr. Yehudit Aperstein

We spoke with Dr. Yehudit, the head of our newly established AI research center Read More
Prof. Moshe Tshuva

We congratulate Prof. Moshe Tshuva on his recent appointment as professor. We discussed his expertise in the field of energy engineering...

Publication - Winter 2024

Machine Learning for Clinical Decision Support of Acute Streptococcal Pharyngitis: A Pilot Study

Academic Research: Dr. Oshrit Hoffer

Conductive Peptide-based MXene Hydrogel as a Piezoresistive Sensor

Academic Research: Dr. Moran Aviv

The non-preemptive ‘Join the Shortest Queue–Serve the Longest Queue’ service system with or without switch-over times

Academic Research: Dr. Efrat Perl, Dr. Nir Perl

Incorporating artificial intelligence in portable infrared thermal imaging for the diagnosis

Academic Research: Dr. Oshrit Hoffer,  Prof. Zehava Blechman, Dr. Yair Zimmer

Travel Behaviour Change

Academic Research: Prof. Erel Avineri

Metric approximation of set-valued functions of bounded variation by integral operators

Academic Research: Dr. Alona Mokhov

Comparative Analysis of CNN Architectures and Loss Functions on Age Estimation

Academic Research: Dr. Sharon Yalov-Handzel, Dr. Yehudit Aperstein

Infrared spectroscopy-based machine learning algorithms for rapid detection of Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated directly from patients' urine and determining its susceptibility to antibiotics

Academic Research: Prof. Itshak Lapidot

Evaluating a Stochastic Singularity Level in a V-Notch Isotropic Domain Due to Randomness in Material Properties

Academic Research: Dr. Neta Omer

Vertical Takeoff and Landing for Distribution of Parcels to Hospitals: A Case Study about Industry 5.0 Application in Israel’s Healthcare Arena.

Academic Research: Prof. Yuval Cohen

Numerical solution of the boundary value problems for the biharmonic equations via quasiseparable representations

Academic Research: Prof. Dalia Fishelov

XAI-Based Detection of Adversarial Attacks on Deepfake Detectors

Academic Research: Dr. Yehudit Aperstein

Significant reduction of the culturing time required for bacterial identification and antibiotic susceptibility determination by infrared spectroscopy

Academic Research: Prof. Itshak Lapidot
American Journal of Mathematics

Prime and Möbius correlations for very short intervals in Fq[x]

Academic Research: Dr. Lior Rosenzweig

Acute healing outcomes in paediatric partial thickness burns using Epiprotect and Biobrane: A retrospective comparative study

Academic Research: Dr.Hadas Lapid

Students' Self-work During Lectures in Calculus Courses

Academic Research: Dr. Mika Gabel, Dr. Arielle Leitner

Convolutional neural network deep learning model accurately

Authors From Afeka: Dr. Oshrit Hoffer, Dr. Yair Zimmer and Prof. Zehava Blechman