Professional Positions and Memberships

2000 – 2002 Army Service in the IDF mapping unit

Position – GIS analyst

Main activities and required professional skills: cartographic tactical mapping using airborne and space-borne systems, analysis and interpretation of raster and vector GIS layers

Position – Database Administrator: GIS Database design and implementation

2002 – 2003 Planning technician in a Geodetic Office

Position – Geodetic technician

Main activities and required professional skills: urban planning maps: geodetic surveys, aerial photographs and satellite data, providing technical assistance and information in the administration of specific planning programs areas or ordinances, reviewing building plans and zoning permit applications to assure compliance with requirements, filed survey: Theodolites – Geosystems Total Stations, High performance GNSS/GPS

2003 – 2004 GIS and Database Administration Coordinator in “Taldor LTD.”

Position – GIS analyst

Mapping services: geodetic surveys, aerial photographs, and satellite data, narrative reports and recommendations of limited complexity, such as special use permits and variances, research and compile information on a variety of planning issues from multiple sources, investigation of violations of planning regulations and ordinances, including site visits, land use maps and change detection investigation.

Position – Database Administrator

Take care of the Database design and implementation, implement and maintain database security (create and maintain users and roles, assign privileges), perform database tuning and performance monitoring

2003 – 2008 Remote Sensing Geo-Analyst and System Administrator (SDE environment)

Position – Database Administrator

Main activities and required professional skills: installation, configuration and upgrading of Oracle server software and related products, installation, configuration and upgrading of ArcSDE server software and related products, evaluate Oracle features and Oracle related products, evaluate ArcSDE object oriented features, establish and maintain recovery policies and procedures, database design and implementation, implement and maintain database security, perform database tuning and performance monitoring, perform application tuning and performance monitoring, implement and maintain the database design: create database objects (tables, indexes), write database procedures, functions and triggers.

2008 Guest Scientist in the Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping (CCOM) NOAA/UNH Joint Hydrographic Center, NH, USA

Fusion of Airborne Hyperspectral Images and LIDAR data for Macroalgae and eelgrass mapping in wetland and water bodies. Final report submitted to Prof. Larry Mayer, NOAA.

2008 GIS Advisor and Geo-database Coordinator in “Sivan LTD.” NASRDA National Space Research and Development Agency, Federal Ministry of Science and Technology, Nigeria, Africa

Developing and maintaining automated tracking systems for satellite system, implement and maintain database design and security for satellite imagery information (create database objects (tables, indexes), write database procedures, functions and triggers) including data rectification and processing – classification and thematic mapping, change detection investigation, man-made materials detection and recondition etc.

2008-2009 Postdoc Scientist in ‘Imaging Spectroscopy’ Working Group at the DLR (German Aerospace Center), sponsored and supported by Federal Ministry of Education and Research BMBF in the “Young Scientists Exchange Program” (Israel Germany)

Fusion of Airborne and Spaceborne Hyperspectral Images and LIDAR data for Urban Runoff Monitoring, Final report submitted to Prof. Hans Joachim Metzger, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe GmbH, Project Agency for Water Technology and Waste Management for BMBF and BMWA (PTWT+E), 2009.

2009 Remote Sensing and GIS Project Coordinator and Advisor on “Hyperspectral Technique for Minefields Detection with Airborne Sensors” in “LR Group LTD.” Angola, Africa

Spectral and spatial classification, identification and characterization of vegetation in the minefields (sub-pixel and non-linear unmixing classification for spectral and spatial anomaly detection). Develop GIS application, which integrates and fuses hyperspectral classification layers, measured image data, a priori information (ground truth) and geographic information into practical system for planning of demining activities and as working support during operational process. Validation protocol – in controlled environment and real minefield to achieve efficient results (based on defined quality assurance scheme) for Level 2 survey, acceptable for minefield exposure

2010 EU project EO-Miners, German Remote Sensing Data Center (DFD) of the German Aerospace Center (DLR), Sokolv, Czech Republic

Position – Researcher

Radiometric/Atmospheric and Geometric Corrections including quality assurance protocols and validation procedures, thematic mapping using automatic classification modules, protocol for Quality Assurance and Validation of Thematic Maps, Data Fusion and Integration – GIS layers, High Resolution, Hyperspectral and Thermal imagery, and LiDAR data.

2010 EUFAR project ValCalHyp, calibration validation exercise using hyperspectral airborne sensors during the ICARE2010 air show, Toulouse, France, October 2010.

Position – Researcher and ground teams head

Radiometric/Atmospheric and Geometric Corrections including quality assurance protocols and validation procedures, thematic mapping using automatic classification modules for optical and LiDAR data, change detection and automatic target detection based on pattern recognition and anomaly detection algorithm. Data Fusion and Integration –Ground survey (ground system imagery, ground climate measurements and GPS control points), High Resolution, Hyperspectral and Thermal imagery, and LiDAR data. Protocol for Quality Assurance and Validation of Thematic Maps

2004 – 2010 Remote Sensing and GIS Project Coordinator and Advisor

Security applications integrating SAR and High Resolution imagery 2004-2005

Target Detection and Recognition in Marine Environment– Change Detection of SAR Airborne Data 2004-2006

Automatic target recognition and identification using moving ground imagery systems 2006-2010 (sub-pixel and non-linear unmixing classification for detecting man-made materials and difficult targets)

Tactical mapping in urban and natural environments using airborne systems (sub-pixel and non-linear unmixing classification for detecting man-made materials and difficult targets) – LiDAR data, High Resolution and Hyperspectral imagery.

Protocol for Quality Assurance of Decompressed Hyperspectral Data for Practical Applications – 2009-2010 Research Project collaboration between RLS Lab (Brook A., Notesco G. and Ben-Dor E.) and School of Computer Science (Averbuch A.) Tel-Aviv University.

On-Line Monitoring System for Real-Time Hazards Management Applications in Urban Areas – 2009-2011 Research Project collaboration between RLS Lab Tel-Aviv University (Brook A. and Ben-Dor E.) and ‘Imaging Spectroscopy’ Working Group at the DLR (German Aerospace Center)

Applications of Soil Quality to Monitoring and Management (Airborne High Resolution, Hyperspectral and Thermal imagery and ground LiDAR data) – 2006-2010 Research Project collaboration between RLS Lab Tel-Aviv University and The soil erosion research station.

2011-2013 CISS Department at the Royal Military Academy of Belgium

Position – Researcher on the DOTNAC research project (Development and Optimisation of THz. NDT2 on Aeronautics Composite multi-layered structure) on European project (FP7) for quality control of aeronautics composite multi-layered materials and structures (e.g. laminates, fiberglass, Rohacell etc.) using Non-Destructive Testing

Main activities: development of an integrated, semi-automatic and near real-time mode-operated image processing methodology for frequency-modulated continuous-wave (FMCW) millimeter wave images (100GHz and 300GHz) for fast, high resolution, non-invasive, non-contact and non-destructive inspection for assessing aeronautic composite parts during production. Generic methodology for both classical Focus and Synthetic Aperture systems, not limited by the scanning acquisition systems in terms of setups (different optics), scanning modes (reflection/transmission) or operational frequencies for both 2-D and 3-D image processing. Development of automatic image registration procedures and data fusion techniques

Membership and Advisory Board

The European Space Agency (ESA) satellite mission Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity SMOS-MODE Cost Action ( ESSEM Action ES1001) member.

Advisory board member of the European Union EU FP7 TIRAMISU (Toolbox Implementation for Removal of Anti-personal Mines Submunitions and UXO) project.

The environmental, water and agricultural engineering at CEE, Ground Water Research Institute (GWRI) at Technion-IIT member.

The Special Interest Groups (SIGs) at a scientific network of European remote sensing institutes (EARSeL) member.

The EUropean Facility for Airborne Research (EUFAR) funded by the European Commission under FP5/FP6/FP7 member.

IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE) member.

European Geosciences Union (EGU) member.