Team

Itzik Klein is an Associate Professor at the University of Haifa, where he heads the Autonomous Navigation and Sensor Fusion Lab (ANSFL) and chairs the Hatter Department of Marine Technologies in the Charney School of Marine Sciences. He received the B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Aerospace Engineering (2004, 2007) and the Ph.D. degree in Geo-information Engineering (2011), all from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. He is an IEEE Senior Member and an IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society (OES) Distinguished Lecturer. He serves on the editorial boards of IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, the IEEE Journal of Indoor and Seamless Positioning and Navigation, and Elsevier’s Results in Engineering, and is the founding editor for sensing and perception in automotive applications at the IEEE Open Journal of Vehicular Technology. His work bridges industry and academia, with a focus on integrating artificial intelligence into advanced navigation systems. His peer-reviewed research on the theory and applications of inertial sensing, sensor fusion, and robotics has been published in more than 100 journal articles (h-index = 31, Google Scholar, 2026). He has presented extensively at international and national conferences and workshops, has chaired industrial and research workshops, and has received research excellence awards.

Itai holds a B.Sc. (2003) degree in Mechanical Engineering,  Columbia University. 

Gal received the B.Sc. (2023) degree  in  Mechanical Engineering, Ben Gurion University of the Negev and  M.Sc. (2024) degree in Marine Technologies, University of Haifa. 

Yanal received the B.Sc. (2026) degree  in Electrical Engineering, Technion Israel Institute of Technology.   

Arup received the M.Sc. (2016) degree in Mathematics and Computing, Odisha University of Technology and Research.  He also received the M.Phil. (2019) degree  in Mathematics, Utkal University, and the Ph.D. degree in Mathematics, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, India.

Danial received the B.Sc. (2005) degree in Mathematics and Computer Science, M.Sc. (2018) degree in Computer Science, and the Ph.D.  degree in Computer Science, University of Haifa, Israel.

Amit received the B.Sc. (2018) degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering, Technion, M.Sc. (2020) degree in Ben-Gurion University, and Ph.D. (2025) degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering, Technion, Israel. 

Sandeep received the M.Sc. (2018) degree in Mathematics, Pondicherry University, India.  He also received the Ph.D. (2026) degree in Mathematics, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, India.

Aviad received the B.Sc. (2020) degree in Electrical Engineering, Technion Israel Institute of Technology.  

Daniel holds a B.Sc. (2016) degree in Mechanical Engineering from Afeka College of Engineering  and M.Sc. (2020) degree in Aerospace Engineering from the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology.

Yaakov received the B.Sc. (2018) degree in Mapping and Geo-Information Engineering, Technion Israel Institute of Technology and M.Sc. (2023) degree in Marine Technologies, University of Haifa.  

Gershon received the B.Sc. (1994) degree in Aerospace Engineering,  Technion Israel Institute of Technology and M.Sc. (2025) degree in Marine Technologies, University of Haifa.  

Amit received the BA (1998) degree and M.Sc. (2005) degree  in Math and Computer Science, University of Haifa.  

Aleksei holds a M.Sc. (2009) degree in Tyumen State University, Department of Mathematics and Computer Sciences.

Zeev received the B.Sc. (2022) degree in Information System Engineering, Technion Israel Institute of Technology.

Dan received the B.Sc. (2021) degree in Electrical Engineering,  Tel-Aviv University.

Guy received the B.Sc. (2021) degree in Computer and Software Engineering, Technion Israel Institute of Technology. 

Samuel received the B.Sc. (2023) degree in Mechanical Engineering, Afeka College of Engineering. 

Michal received the B.Sc. (2021) degree  in Bio-Medical Engineering, Tel Aviv University and M.Sc. (2025) degree in Marine Technologies, University of Haifa.  

Barak received the B.Sc. (2024) degree in Math and Computer Science, University of Haifa. 

Ofir received the B.Sc. (2025) degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. 

Shlomi received the B.Sc. (2015) degree in Electrical Engineering,  Technion Israel Institute of Technology. 

Nitsan received the B.Sc. (2018) degree in Computer Science, Technion Israel Institute of Technology. 

Asaad received the B.Sc. (2022) degree  in  Computer Sciences,  Tel-Hai Academic College.

Nir received the B.Sc. (2023) degree in Aerospace Engineering, Technion Israel Institute of Technology. 

Roey received the B.Sc. (2025) degree in Mechanical Engineering, Ariel University.

Jenia received the B.Sc. (2021) degree in Aerospace Engineering, Technion Israel Institute of Technology. 

Mais received the B.Sc. (2026) degree in Computer Science, University of Haifa.

Veronika received the B.Sc. (2025) degree in Information Systems with a Specialization in Data Science, Yezreel Valley College.

Anthonios received the B.Sc. (2026) degree in Computer Science and Cybersecurity, Ariel University.

Rani received the B.Sc. (2026) degree in Computer Science, Technion Israel Institute of Technology. 

Thomas received the B.Sc. (2025) degree in Computer Science, University of Haifa. 

Dan received the B.Sc. (2026) degree in Mechanical Engineering,  Technion Israel Institute of Technology. 

Manar received the B.Sc. (2024) degree in Computer Science, University of Haifa.

Nadav received the B.Sc. (2021) degree in Electrical Engineering, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.  

Thesis:  Hybrid Nonlinear Estimation and Deep Learning Methods for Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Navigation

Mor received the B.Sc. (2024) degree in  Mapping and Geo-Information Engineering, Technion Israel Institute of Technology. 

Thesis:  Fusing Equality and Inequality Motion Constraints for Robust INS/GNSS Navigation 

Tali received the B.Sc. (2023) degree in Electrical Engineering,  Technion Israel Institute of Technology. 

Thesis: Enhancing VI-SLAM Performance with Inertial Neural Network Position Prediction

Netta received the B.Sc. (2023) degree  in  Data  Sciences,  University of Haifa. 

Thesis: Canine Clinical Gait Analysis for Orthopedic and Neurological Disorders: An Inertial Deep-Learning Approach

Gal received the B.Sc. (2023) degree  in  Mechanical Engineering, Ben Gurion University of the Negev.

Thesis: WMINet: A Wheel-Mounted Inertial Learning Approach for Mobile-Robot Positioning

Noa will receive the B.Sc. (2024) degree in Computer Sciences,  Technion Israel Institute of Technology. 

Thesis: Diffusion Augmented Data for Inertial Regression Applications

Michal received the B.Sc. (2021) degree  in Bio-Medical Engineering, Tel Aviv University. 

Thesis: Neural-Based Accelerometer Calibration

Gershon received the B.Sc. (1994) degree in Aerospace Engineering,  Technion Israel Institute of Technology. 

Thesis: Diffusion Denoiser-Aided Gyrocompassing 

Shira received the B.Sc. (2021) degree in Mechanical Engineering, Technion Israel Institute of Technology.

Thesis: Quadrotor Neural Dead Reckoning in Periodic Trajectories

Yakov received the B.Sc. (2009) degree in Electrical Engineering, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and M.Sc. (2016) degree in Electrical Engineering,  Tel-Aviv University.  Yakov is a team leader at Prediction & Planning for Automated Driving, Robert Bosch GmbH, Germany.

Thesis: Multi-Agent Hybrid Learning, Perception,  Localization, and Path Planning for Mobile Robots

Yair received the B.Sc. (2019) degree in Mechanical Engineering, Technion Israel Institute of Technology. 

Thesis: Rapid Gyroscope Calibration: A Deep Learning Approach 

Orzion received the B.Sc. (2018) degree in Mapping and Geo-Information Engineering, Technion Israel Institute of Technology. 

Thesis: INS/DVL Fusion with DVL Based Acceleration Measurements  

Ilan received the B.Sc. (2018) degree in Software Engineering, Braude College. 

Thesis: Quadrotor with Wheels: Design and Experimental Evaluation

Co-Supervisor : Prof. Dan Feldman, University of Haifa

Shunit received the B.Sc. (2019) degree in Aerospace Engineering, Technion Israel Institute of Technology.   

Thesis: Outlier-Insensitive Kalman Filtering Using NUV Priors

Mor received the B.Sc (2020) degree in Mechanical Engineering, Ben Gurion University of the Negev.

Thesis: Compensating Partial DVL Outages by Deep-Learning Approaches

Co-advised with Prof. Oren Salzman  (Computer Sciences , Technion), The Technion Autonomous Systems Program 

Thesis :UAV Inspection Planning in GNSS-Outages Regions

Barak received the B.Sc. (2016) and M.Sc. (2018) degrees in Aerospace Engineering and also the B.A. (2016) degree in Economics from the Technion Israel Institute of Technology. Prior to starting his PhD, Barak was an Algorithm Engineer at Qualcomm in the fields of ML and DSP.

Yaakov received the B.Sc. (2018) degree in Mapping and Geo-Information Engineering, Technion Israel Institute of Technology.  

Thesis:  Data Fusion of Multiple Inertial Measurement Units for Autonomous Navigation

Dean of graduate studies honor.

Shlomi received the B.Sc. (2009) and M.Sc. (2014) degrees in Electrical Engineering,  Technion Israel Institute of Technology. 

Yakov received the B.Sc. (2009) degree in Electrical Engineering, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and M.Sc. (2016) degree in Electrical Engineering,  Tel-Aviv University.  Yakov is a research engineer at Bosch Centre for AI (BCAI). 

Thesis:  AG2U -Autonomous Grading Under Uncertainties

Daniel holds a B.Sc. (2016) degree in Mechanical Engineering from Afeka College and M.Sc. (2020) degree in Aerospace Engineering from the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology. 

Thesis: Data-Driven Denoising of Accelerometer Signals

Artur received the B.Sc. (2018) degree in Mechanical Engineering, Technion Israel Institute of Technology.  

Thesis:  Quadrotor Dead Reckoning Using Only Inertial Sensors.

Dean of graduate studies honor 

Co-advised with Prof. Gilad Even-Tzur (Geo-Information Eng., Technion)

Thesis: Height Difference Recognition and Calculation using Smartphones' Accelerometers 

Co-advised with Prof. Sagi Filin (Geo-Information Eng., Technion), The Technion Autonomous Systems Program 

Thesis:  Autonomous Mapping Using Quadcopter formation

Co-advised with Prof. Tamir Hazan  (Industrial and Management  Eng., Technion)

Thesis: Statistical Learning For Pedestrian Indoor Navigation

Co-advised with Prof. Reuven Katz  (Mechanical Eng., Technion), The Technion Autonomous Systems Program  

Thesis: Improving Autonomous Platforms INS Alignment Process using Machine Learning Methods - Technion 2021.

Co-advised with Prof. Sagi Filin (Geo-Information Eng., Technion) 

Thesis: Mitigating Navigation Drift Using Optical Sensors and Physical Constraints  - Technion 2015.

Co-advised with Prof. Reuven Katz  (Mechanical Eng., Technion) 

Thesis: Modeling and Evaluation of the Technion's Autonomous Underwater Vehicle, Mechanical Engineering – Technion, 2016. 

Yair received the B.Sc. (2019) degree in Mechanical Engineering, Technion Israel Institute of Technology and M.Sc. (2024) degree in Marine Technologies, University of Haifa. 

Jonathan holds a B.Sc. (2019) degree in Computer Engineering, Technion Israel Institute of Technology.

Victoria holds a B.Sc. degree (2016) in Computer Science, Technion Israel Institute of Technology and a M.Sc. degree, Summa Cum Laude, in Neuroscience (2021), Technion Israel Institute of Technology.

Dror holds a B.Sc. degree (2016) in Aerospace Engineering, Technion Israel Institute of Technology and a M.Sc. degree (2021), Autonomous Systems Program, Technion Israel Institute of Technology. 

Nitzan holds a B.Sc. degree (2018) in Aerospace Engineering from the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology.

Sharon holds a B.Sc. degree (2013) in Mechanical Engineering,  Technion Israel Institute of Technology. 

Ariel holds a B.Sc. degree (2022) in Electrical Engineering, Technion Israel Institute of Technology. 

Hadar holds a B.Sc. degree, Summa Cum Laude, (2015) in Industrial Engineering, Technion Israel Institute of Technology and a M.Sc. degree (2020) in Computer Science University of Haifa.