Research
מִכָּל תַּלְמִידַי הִשְׂכַּלְתִּי
From all my students, I have learned↴
Current Research
Honors
- 2026 – University Research Excellence Award, Ben-Gurion University
- 2021 – Named one of “5 Scientists at the Forefront of Computing and AI” (Ezvid Wiki)
- 2020 – Ranked in top 2% (Mendeley)
- 2020 – Recognized as a top scientist (Research.com)
- 2015 – IEEE CIS Outstanding TCIAIG Journal Paper Award, “Evolutionary Design of FreeCell Solvers”
- 2013 – Gold Award, Human-Competitive Results Competition (“Humies”), “Evolutionary Design of FreeCell Solvers”
- 2013 – 3rd Place, GECCO Workshop, “From Size Perception to Counting: An Evolutionary Computation Perspective”
- 2013 – Keynote Speaker, International Conference on Adaptive and Natural Computing Algorithms (Switzerland)
- 2011 – Outstanding Researcher Award, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Ben-Gurion University
- 2011 – Gold Award, Human-Competitive Results Competition (“Humies”), “GA-FreeCell: Evolving Solvers for the Game of FreeCell”
- 2009 – Bronze Award, Human-Competitive Results Competition (“Humies”), “GP-Rush: Evolving Solvers for the Rush Hour Puzzle”
- 2008 – Bronze Award, Human-Competitive Results Competition (“Humies”), “Evolving an Automatic Defect Classification Tool”
- 2008 – Toronto Prize for Academic Excellence in Research, Ben-Gurion University
- 2007 – Silver Award, Human-Competitive Results Competition (“Humies”), “Evolution of an Efficient Search Algorithm for the Mate-in-n Problem in Chess”
- 2006 – Keynote Speaker, International Conference on Cellular Automata for Research and Industry (France)
- 2005 – Bronze Award, Human-Competitive Results Competition (“Humies”), “Attaining Human-Competitive Game Playing with Genetic Programming”
- 2004 – Voted Best Speaker, Evolution: From Biology to Statistical Modeling, International School of Mathematics (Italy)
- 2003 – Keynote Speaker, International Workshop on Information Processing in Cells and Tissues (Switzerland)
- 2001 – SNF Professorship, Swiss National Science Foundation
- 1999 – EPFL Latsis Prize (Latsis Foundation), “Le développement des automates cellulaires et des systèmes bio-inspirés”
Mentorship (graduate students)
- Achiya Elyasaf
- Ami Hauptman
- Amit Benbassat
- Assaf Glazer
- Assaf Zaritsky
- Avinoam David
- Barak Naveh
- Carlos-Andres Peña-Reyes
- Carmel Bregman
- Eyal Segal
- Eylon Mizrahi
- Gali Barabash Katz
- Hagai Ravid
- Ilan Kadar
- Itai Tzruia
- Itay Azaria
- Itay Reznik
- Kfir Wolfson
- Mathieu S. Capcarrère
- Mati Bot
- Michael Orlov
- Ohad Sharet
- Ram Janovski
- Raz Lapid
- Roee Ziv
- Rotem Golan
- Sergey Tatarenko
- Shahar Michal
- Shai Sharabi
- Shalom Kachko
- Snir Vitrack Tamam
- Tal Alter
- Tal Cohen
- Tomer Halperin
- Tor Ivry
- Yael Zaritsky
- Yaniv Azaria
- Yehudit Hasson
- Yehonatan Shichel
- Zvika Haramaty
Previous Research
- artificial life
- artificial neural networks (before they became deep learning ㋡)
- artificial self-replication
- bio-inspired computing
- cellular automata
- cellular computing
- embryonic electronics
- evolutionary robotics
- evolvable hardware
- fuzzy logic
- game AI
- search-based software engineering
