New Dataset: A Sample of Israel’s Public Transportation during COVID

As part of the lab’s ongoing project on COVID-19 and its effect on public transportation in Israel. Here, we share data and code to analyze a sample of public transportation schedules and real-time information about bus locations. The data and code

Eran is an Associate Professor Now

I’m very happy to announce that I was promoted to associate professor! This is all due to my former and current students and to my collaborators. Working with you is the most important part of my work and inspires me

Happy Passover – חג פסח שמח

The lab wishes everyone a happy Passover and a great spring holiday!

Interviewed on the Israeli public radio

Eran was interviewed on the Israeli Public Radion show “Three who know” about the new system suggested by the municipality of Natanya for using image recognition for recognizing dogs (!) that were not cleaned after (and lots of other things).

Tamir Mendel winning the  2022 ILAIS Ein-Dor Student Prize for Information Systems Research

We are very proud to announce that Tamir Mendel had received the ILAIS Ein-Dor Student Prize for Information Systems Research. The prize, established in 2022, is given to two Ph.D. students in Israel every year. Prof. Philip Ein-Dor is a driving

New Demo at CHI

Our demo: “Meerkat: A Social Community Support Application for Older Adults” was accepted to ACM CHI 2022. The Android app, headed by Tamir Mendel, helps older adults receive support from family, friends, and a community of volunteers, when encountering challenging

Talk at Imperial College

Eran will be speaking at the Dyson Joint Seminar at Imperial College about #COVID19 contact tracing apps and how governments can harm citizens’ engagement when employing mass surveillance.