Birth place: Transylvania, Romania.
Title & Academic Qualifications:
- Professor Emeritus
- 1965- D.Sc. – Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA
- 1955- M.Sc. – The Electrical and Computer Engineering, Technion, Israel
- 1954-B.Sc. – The Electrical and Computer Engineering, Technion, Israel
Research Fields:
- Radar and communications system analysis and design
- Application of stochastic processes to engineering problems
- Detection theory, particularly for optical communications
Career Highlights at the Technion and at the ECE faculty:
- 1977 — Member, International Advisory Board, ISIT, Ithaca
- 1973 — Organizer, International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), Ashkelon
- 1968–1971 — Head of Communications R&D, Scientific Department, Israeli Ministry of Defence
- 1958–1960 — Secretary-Treasurer of the IEEE Israel Section
- Professor of Electrical Engineering at the Technion; Appointed to the Gerald Swope Chair
Tribute:
- IEEE Fellow for “contributions to detection theory as applied to optical communications”.
- Consulted for Israeli companies including Elisra, Elta, Koor, Motorola (Israel), Nice, Rafael, Taas, Tadiran, and Telrad.
- International academic presence with sabbaticals and visiting appointments across institutions in the US, Europe, and South Africa..
- Hershel Rich Innovation Award
- Steven O. Rice Prize Paper Award, by the IEEE Communication Society
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