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CURRICULUM VITAE

ACADEMIC DEGREES
1996 – Ph.D., The Weizmann Institute of Science. Israel. “On the Power of Commuting”, Advisor David Harel, Department of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.
1990 – M.Sc., The Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel. “Deciding Properties of Nonregular Programs”, M.Sc. thesis, Advisor David Harel, Department of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.
1988 – B.Sc., Physics, Mathematics and Computer Science, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
May 2013 – present, Full Professor, Department of Computer Science, The Technion.
June 2005 –  May 2013, Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science, The Technion.
February 2001 – June 2005, Senior Lecturer, Department of Computer Science, The Technion.
October 2000 – February 2001, Lecturer, Department of Computer Science, The Technion.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2017 – present, visiting scientist, Google, Israel
2015 – 2016, Director, Bell Labs Israel, Nokia Israel
2014 – 2015, Director, Bell Labs Israel, Alcatel Lucent Israel
2009-2014, visiting scientist, Google, Israel
2008-2009, visiting scientist, Google, Mountain view, CA.
2000-2001, Senior research consulter, Jigami, Israel.
1997-2000, Member of the technical staff, Bell-Laboratories.
1997, Visiting lecturer, The University of California Berkeley.
1995-1997, Post-doctoral fellow, the International Computer Science Institute, (ICSI) Berkeley.

RESEARCH INTERESTS
Theory and applications of management related problems in IP networks and Cloud computing. In particular I am working in the following directions:

  • Efficient Network and System Management
  • Resource management in Cloud Computing
  • Network aware services and Programmable Networks
  • Wireless and cellular networks
  • Theory of network and system management
  • Traffic Engineering, Network location problems, and other network related optimization problems

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Advanced topic in Computer Networks –    Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) spring 2016
Advanced topic in Computer Networks –    Challenges in managing Large data Centers spring 2014, Technion
Advanced topic in Computer Networks – Efficient Cloud Computing fall 2011, spring 2012, spring 2013, Technion.
Advanced topic in Computer Networks – Efficient Network Management, graduate and undergraduate, fall 2001, fall 2002, fall 2003, fall 2004, fall 2005, fall 2006, fall 2008, fall2010, fall2011 , Technion.
Introduction to Computer Networks, graduate and undergraduate, fall 2000, spring 2002, summer 2002, spring 2003, spring 2004, spring 2005, spring 2006, spring 2007, spring 2010, spring 2011, fall 2012, spring 2013, spring 2014,  fall 2016, winter 2017, fall 2018, fall 2019, fall 2020, fall 2021 Technion, fall 2022.
Computer Communications Project, graduate and undergraduate, spring 2002, spring 2003,  spring 2004, spring 2005, spring 2006, spring 2007, spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, spring 2012, fall 2013, fall 2014, fall 2017, fall 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021 Technion, Spring 2022 Technion, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024 Technion.
Computability and Complexity, graduate, fall 1996, The University of California, Berkeley.
The “Math by mail’ program, 1991-1995,Youth Activity Section, The Weizmann Institute of Science.

TECHNION & DEPARTMENTAL ACTIVITIES

2023 – current, Dean of the Henry and Marilyn Taub Faculty of Computer Science, Technion.
2017 – 2022, Vice Dean for Teaching, The Computer Science Department, Technion.
2016 – 2020, Member of the Technion committee for promotions (“vaada mechina”)
2016 – 2017, Vice Dean for External Relations, The Computer Science Department, Technion.
2013 – 2014, Vice Dean for curriculum, The Computer Science Department, Technion.
2012 – The Technion Computer Engineering Center (TCE), 2nd Annual International TCE Conference, Conference Co-Chair.
2008-2011, Vice Dean for graduate studies, The Computer Science Department, Technion.
2009-2012, TASP – The Technion Autonomous Systems Program, Member of the Graduate Studies Committee.
2004-2007, SAMBA – The Program for Excellence Students in Computer Science, Technion Computer Science Department, Program Coordinator.

PUBLIC PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Editorial Board Member

2016, IEEE Trans. Network and Service Management, Special Issue on Big Data Analytics for Management, guest editor.
2012 – 2015 IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management (TNSM), Associate editor.
2012 – 2015, The International Journal of Network Management, Member of the Editorial Advisory Board.
2006 – 2010 IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking (ToN), Associate editor.
2000 — 2006, The Journal of Communications and Networks (JCN), Associate editor.
2003, IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC), special issue on Internet and WWW measurement and modeling, guest editor.

Technical Program Committee Chair
2021, The 14th ACM International Systems and Storage Conference (SYSTOR 21), TPC CO-Chair
2016, ACM SIGCOMM Workshop on Hot Topics in Middleboxes and Network Function Virtualization (HotMiddlebox 2016), TPC CO-Chair
2014, The 10th International Conference on Network and Service Management, CNSM 2014:TCP Co-chair
2010, The 21st Annual Joint Conference of the IEEE Computer and Communication Societies, INFOCOM 2010: Technical Program Committee Area Chair.
2009, IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management, IM 2009: TPC Co-chair.
2007, 9th IFIP/IEEE International Conference on Management of Multimedia and Mobile Networks and Services, MMNS 2006, TPC Co-chair.

Technical Program Committee Member
2000, IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management, IM 2001: Program committee member.
2000, The Forth IEEE Conference on Open Architectures and Network Programming, OpenArch 2001: Program committee member.
2001, The 21st Annual Joint Conference of the IEEE Computer and Communication Societies, INFOCOM 2001: Program committee member.
2001, The third Annual International Working Conference on Active Networks IWAN 2001: Program committee member.
2002, Network Operation and Management Symposium, NOMS 2002: Program committee member.
2002, 7th IEEE Global Internet Symposium, GI 2002: Program committee member.
2002, 16th International Symposium on Distributed Computing, DISC 2002: Program committee member.
2003, IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management, IM 2003: Program committee member.
2003, The 22st Annual Joint Conference of the IEEE Computer and Communication Societies, INFOCOM 2002: Program committee member.
2003, The 6th IEEE Conference on Open Architectures and Network Programming, OpenArch 2003: Program committee member.
2004, Network Operation and Management Symposium, NOMS 2004: Program committee member.
2004, 15th IFIP/IEEE Distributed Systems: Operations and Management, DSOM 2004: Program committee member.
2005, IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management, IM 2005: Program committee member.
2005 16th IFIP/IEEE Distributed Systems: Operations and Management, DSOM 2005: Program committee member.
2005, IEEE symposium on High Performance Interconnects, HOT Interconnects 13, Program committee member
2005, IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference, GLOBECOM 2005, Program committee member.
2006, Network Operation and Management Symposium, NOMS 2006: Program committee member.
2006, 17th IFIP/IEEE Distributed Systems: Operations and Management, DSOM 2006: Program committee member.
2006, The International Workshop on Programmable and Active Networks IWAN 2006: Program committee member.
2006, IEEE symposium on High Performance Interconnects, HOT Interconnects 14, Program committee member
2007, IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management, IM 2007: Program committee member.
2007, 2nd International Workshop on Self-Organizing Systems, IWSOS 2007, Program committee member.
2007, First IEEE International Conference on Self-Adaptive and Self-Organizing Systems, SASO 2007, Program committee member.
2007 18th FIP/IEEE Distributed Systems: Operations and Management, DSOM 2007: Program committee member.
2008, Network Operation and Management Symposium, NOMS 2008: Program committee member.
2010, Network Operation and Management Symposium, NOMS 2010: Program committee member.
2010, International Conference on Network and Service Management, CNSM 2010: Program committee member.
2011, IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management, IM 2011: Program committee member.
2011, International Conference on Autonomous Infrastructure, Management and Security, AIMS 2011, Program committee member.
2011, SIGCOMM 2011, Technical Program Committee member.
2011, International Conference on Network and Service Management, CNSM 2011: Program committee member.
2012, 6th International Conference on Autonomous Infrastructure, Management and Security: AIMS 2012, Program committee member.
2012, Workshop on Management of Cloud Systems: MoCS 2012, Program committee member.
2012, Network Operation and Management Symposium, NOMS 2012: Program committee member.
2012, International Conference on Network and Service Management, CNSM 2012: Program committee member.
2013, IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management, IM 2013: Program committee member.
2013, International Conference on Network and Service Management, CNSM 2013: Program committee member.
2014, Network Operation and Management Symposium, NOMS 2014: Program committee member.
2015, International Conference on Network and Service Management, CNSM 2015: Program committee member.
2015, IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management, IM 2015: Program committee member.
2016, International Conference on Network and Service Management, CNSM 2016: Program committee member.
2017, International Conference on Network and Service Management, CNSM 2017: Program committee member.
2018, Network Operation and Management Symposium, NOMS 2018: Program committee member.
2018, International Conference on Network and Service Management, CNSM 2017: Program committee member.
2018, IEEE Conference on Network Function Virtualization and Software Defined Networks, NFV-SDN’18: Program committee member.
2019, IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management, IM 2019: Program committee member.
2019, International Conference on Network and Service Management, CNSM 2019: Program committee member.
2019, the IEEE Conference on Network Softwarization, NetSoft 2019: Program committee member.
2020, Network Operation and Management Symposium, NOMS 2020: Program committee member.
2020, the IEEE Conference on Network Softwarization, NetSoft 2020: Program committee member.
2020, International Conference on Network and Service Management, CNSM 2020: Program committee member.
2021 International Conference on Network and Service Management, CNSM 2021: Program committee member.
2021, the IEEE Conference on Network Softwarization, NetSoft 2021: Program committee member.
2021 IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management, IM 2021: Program committee member.
2022 ,IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium, NOMS 2022: Program committee member.
2022, the 18th International Conference on Network and Service Management, CNSM 2022: Program committee member.
2023 ,IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium, NOMS 2023: Program committee member.
2024 ,IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium, NOMS 2024: Program committee member.
2025 ,IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium, NOMS 2025: Program committee member.

Other professional activities
2004 -2007 The Communication-Computer committee of the Planning and Budgeting Committee (VATAT) of the Israeli Council for Higher Education: committee member.

HONORS
2021, Intel Syllaboost 2021 Award
2020, CCGrid, Best paper award
2019, IEEE Infocom Best poster award
2016, Yanai Prize for Excellence in Academic Education, Technion
2013, IBM Faculty Award, IBM
2012, IBM Faculty Award, IBM
2012, IEEE Infocom Best paper runner-up award.
2011, IBM Faculty Award, IBM
2006, IBM Faculty Award, IBM
2004, The Mariel and David Jacknow Award for Excellence in Teaching – Technion
2002, Outstanding lecturer (top 5%) Technion.
1998, Michael Landau Award (Mifal Hapayis Fund) for Young Scientist.
1995, The Rueff-Wormser Postdoctoral Fellowship.
1995, The John F. Kennedy Prize for outstanding achievements, The Feinberg Graduate School.
1993, The Clore Scholarship, The Clore Scholars Program.

GRADUATE STUDENTS
Completed Theses
1. Roni Ram (M.Sc. graduation 11/2002, currently at IBM Haifa)
2. Evgeny Panman (M.Sc. graduation 6/2003, currently at Xeround)
3. David Breitgand (in Hebrew U.)
(PhD. with Danny Dolev HUJI, graduation 10/2003, currently at IBM Haifa)
4. Rami Cohen (M.Sc. graduation 4/2004, continue to PhD)
5. Vladimir Getselevich (M.Sc. graduation 4/2004, currently with Magnifis)
6. Alexander Dvorkin (M.Sc. graduation 9/2004)
7. Alina Naimark (M.Sc. graduation 10/2004, relocated to the US)
8. Constantine Elster (M.Sc. graduation 11/2004, currently with Qualcomm)
9. Saar Pilosof (M.Sc. graduation 9/2005, currently at Israel Angels)
10. Asaf Henning (M.Sc. graduation 11/2005, currently at Ceragon Networks)
11. Dudu Amzallag (PhD. with Seffi Naor, graduation 11/2007,
12. Gabriel Scalosub (PhD. with Seffi Naor, graduation 11/2007, Currently in BGU)
13. Arie Orlovsky (M.Sc., graduation 9/2007, currently with Booz & Company)
14. Rami Cohen (PhD. graduation 12/2007, currently Empow)
15. Mahameed Aez-Alden (M.Sc. with Reuven Cohen, graduation 2/2009,
currently in Dune)
16. Gilad Kutiel (M.Sc. with David Breitgand, graduation 10/2011,
currently PhD student Technion)
17. Asaf Israel (M.Sc., graduation 9/2013, currently Microsoft Research.
18. Assaf Rappaport (M.Sc., graduation 4/2013, currently CEO of the Microsoft Israel
Development Center)
19. Amir Nahir (PhD. with Ariel Orda, graduation 4/2014, currently Amazon)
20. Zlotnik Alexander (M.Sc. graduation 1/2014)
21. Alexander Nus (M.Sc. graduation 6/2015)
22. Jalil Moraney (M.Sc. graduation 11/2015 continue to PhD)
23. Gal Cohen (M.Sc. graduation 01/2017)
24. Galia Shabtai (PhD. with Yuval Shavitt in TAU, graduation 03/2020)
25. Yehonatan Rubin (M.Sc. graduation 03/2020)
26. Jalil Moraney (PhD. graduation 02/2021)
27. Dor Harris (PhD. graduation 10/2022)
28. Yaron Fairstein (PhD. With Seffi Naor, graduation 08/2022)
29. David Naori (PhD. graduation 02/2023)

Theses in Progress
30. Pe’er Sagiv (M.Sc. expected graduation 05/2025)

RESEARCH GRANTS
1. Global Throughput Maximization via Fair Local Resource Allocation, BSF, $56k, with Prof. J. Byers of BU, 2001-2004
2. On the Placement of Distribution and Service Centers for Rich Media Messaging, Magnet through STRIMM consortium, $75k each year, 2001-2005
3. Active Creation, Delivery and Management of Efficient Context Aware Services, Fifth program of the EC (European Commission Research Directorates), EU250k, Sep 2002 – Feb 2005
4. Access Methodologies and Architectures for Broadband Networks, Ministry of Science, $100k, November, 2002,- December 2005, with Prof. S. Naor, Prof A. Orda, Prof. A. Segall, Prof. R. Rom, Dr. Y. Shavitt.
5. The cell Planning Problem, Magnet through REMON consortium, $50k each year, 2004-2007, with Prof. Naor and Prof. Bar Yehuda.
6. Multimedia Routing on wireless Grid, Magnet through ISRC consortium, $50k, 2006-2007.
7. Bio-Inspired Networking, BioNet Project, the Sixth Program of the EC (European Commission Research Directorates), EU200k, Feb 2006 – Feb 2009, with Prof. Cohen.
8. Maximizing utilization in copper based access networks, Magnet through iSMART, $50k each year, 2005-2006, with Prof. Cohen.
9. Efficient management of the Next Internet, Seventh program of the EC (European Commission Research Directorates) part of 4WARD project, EU350k, Jan 2008 – July 2010, with Prof. Cohen.
10. Developing protocols and architectures for distributed and centralized cognitive Networks, Magnet through CORNET, 50k$ a year 2010-2013, with Prof. Cohen.
11. Efficient Scalable and Adaptive Internet Solutions, Seventh program of the EC (European Commission Research Directorates) part of SAIL project, EU450k, Aug 2010 – Feb 2013, with Prof. Cohen.
12. Efficient Cloud Based Services, Israel Science Foundation, 2011-2014, 46k$ a year, with Prof. Orda and Prof. Chen.
13. Effective Cloud Monitoring , Seventh program of the EC (European Commission Research Directorates) part of CloudWave: Agile Service Engineering for the Future Internet project, EU450k, Sept 2012 – Sept 2015.
14. Optimization of Optical Cloud Network through Network Programmability , Magnet through NEPTON, 240K NIS 2018-2019, with Prof. Cohen.
15. Efficient management of 5G networks using Machine Learning. , Magnet through WIN 5G, 440K NIS 2020-2023, with Prof. Cohen.
16. Quick Monitoring, Magnet through ENTM, 896K NIS, 2021-2024, with Prof. Cohen.