Biography
I received my B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in 1994 and 2000, respectively, from Tel-Aviv University and the Ph.D. degree in 2007 from Cornell University; all in Electrical Engineering. From 1994 to 2000 I worked as an R&D engineer at the Communications Research Institute, and from 2000 to 2003, I was with the Algorithms Group at Millimetrix Broadband Networks, Israel.
From July 2007 till January 2009 I was a postdoctoral researcher at the Wireless Systems Lab, Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University. Since January 2009 I am a faculty member at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ben-Gurion University, Israel. In the academic years 2022-2024 I was a Visiting Fellow at Princeton University, where I am currently a Visiting Research Collaborator.
I serve(d) as a TPC member in several major international conferences, including, among others, 5G World Forum, WCNC, ICC, Globecom, ISPLC and PIMRC. In 2020 I was the keynote speaker at the ISPLC conference. During 2012-2014 I served as an associate editor for the IEEE Signal Processing Letters, and during 2014-2019 I served as a senior area editor for the IEEE Signal Processing Letters, and I currently serve as a Senior Area Editor at the Transactions on Signal Processing.
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Research Interests
- Wireless communications
- Cooperation and relaying in wireless networks
- Secure communications
- Channels with memory
- Feedback and channel coding
- Signal processing for communications
- Machine learning for communications
- Inherent limitations in signal processing
- Algorithms design for wireless communications
- Power line communications: Algorithms and fundamental bounds
Research Projects
Current
- Resilient UAV Communications (Israel Ministry of Economy, 2025-2027)
Past
- Inherent Limitations and Signal Processing for Communications with Asynchronous Sampling (Israel Science Foundation, 2020-2025)
- Scheduling for 5G and Mesh Networks via Machine Learning (Israel Ministry of Economy, 2020-2023)
- Algorithms, Analysis and Performance Bounds for Communications over Channels with Periodic Characteristics (ISF, 2016-2021)
- Optimal Design of Physical Layer Components for 5G Networks (Israel Ministry of Economy, 2016-2019)
- High Speed PLC: Signal Processing for OFDM Communications using Cyclostationarity (2011-2016)
- Cooperation Strategies in Wireless Networks (ERC FP7 - Marie Curie Actions, 2010-2013)
- Optimizing the Performance of Wireless Networks in Time-Varying Channels (ISF, 2011-2015)
Teaching
- Digital Wireless Communications 361-2-5901
- Digital Signal Processing 361-1-4781
- Digital Communications 361-1-4611
- Network Information Theory 361-2-2010
- Introduction to Linear Systems 361-1-2011
- Introduction to Modern Communications 361-1-3221
Students
Current Students
- Zikun Tan (Ph.D, Signal Processing and Machine Learning for Communications)
- Itai Zino (Ph.D, Machine Learning for Communications)
- Dan Dermer (M.Sc, Adaptive Processing for Communications)
- Adi Akav (M.Sc, Information Theory)
- Rakesh Das (Postdoctoral scholar, Communications)
Graduated Students
- Emeka Abakasanga (Ph.D, 2023) – Loughborough University, UK
- Yoel Bokobza (M.Sc., 2022) – Samsung Research
- Yossef Shem-Tov (M.Sc., 2022) – IDF
- Arik Rotem (M.Sc., 2022) – Sony Semicon
- Oren Kol-Aman (M.Sc, 2020) – Elbit Systems
- Roee Shaked (M.Sc, 2017) – MultiPhy
- Nir Shlezinger (Ph.D, 2017) – Postdoc, Weizmann Institute of Science
- Daniel Zahavi (Ph.D, 2017) – LEVL Technologies (co-founder)
- Micha Ben-Baruch (M.Sc, 2016)
- Annabel Sharon (M.Sc, 2015) – Elbit Systems
- Yonathan Murin (Ph.D, 2015) – Apple, Palo Alto, USA
- Nimrod Peer (M.Sc, 2014) – Mellanox
- Lev Baron (M.Sc, 2013) – Applied Materials
- Boaz Ghelber (M.Sc, 2011) - Marvell Israel