Advisory Council 

• Prof. David Harel — President of the  Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities 

 Weizmann Institute of Science

Prof. David Harel is one of the leading computer scientists in Israel and worldwide. His research has made major contributions to both the theory and applications of computer science, particularly in computability and automata, dynamic logic and formal methods, software engineering and the development of complex systems, and the modeling of biological systems and the sense of smell. Among other things, he is known as the inventor of Statecharts, a highly influential visual language for modeling reactive systems.

Prof. Harel has received numerous awards, including the Israel Prize, the EMET Prize, and the ACM Software System Award, and has been elected to several academies of sciences around the world.

• Prof. Avi Wigderson 

Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton 

Prof. Avi Wigderson is one of the world’s leading researchers in theoretical computer science, particularly in computational complexity theory, randomness, cryptography, algorithms, and the deep connections between computer science and mathematics. His work has profoundly shaped the modern understanding of the foundations of computation and, in particular, the role of randomness. 

Prof. Wigderson has received many awards, including the 2021 Abel Prize, the 2023 Turing Award, the Donald E. Knuth Prize, the Gödel Prize, and other prestigious honors. The Turing Award was conferred on him for foundational contributions to the theory of computation and for his long-standing leadership of the theoretical computer science community. 

• Prof. Zvi Galil 

Frederick G. Storey Chair in Computing and Executive Advisor to Online Programs at Georgia Tech

Prof. Zvi Galil was the driving force behind Georgia Tech’s Online MS in Computer Science—now the largest academic degree program in the world in any subject—and has been a leading architect of the movement to deliver rigorous, affordable graduate education at global scale.

Previously, Galil served as Dean of Engineering at Columbia University (1995–2007) and as President of Tel Aviv University (2007–2009). His research spans the design and analysis of algorithms, complexity, cryptography, and design of experiments; he has authored more than 200 scientific papers and lectured in over 30 countries.

He has received honorary doctorates from the University of Waterloo in mathematics and from Columbia University—the first honorary doctorate in computing Columbia has awarded. He is a Fellow of the ACM and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a member of the National Academy of Engineering, and recipient of the 2025 Michael Pupin Medal from the Columbia Engineering Alumni Association.

• Prof. Shimon Ullman 

Weizmann Institute of Science 

Prof. Shimon Ullman is one of the world’s leading researchers in computer vision, artificial intelligence, and the study of human visual perception. His work focuses on understanding how visual information is processed by the human visual system and on developing artificial systems with visual capabilities. 

Over the years, Prof. Ullman has made fundamental contributions to the study of vision, machine learning, and the connections between human perception and computational models. He is the recipient of the Israel Prize in Computer Science, the EMET Prize, and the David E. Rumelhart Prize for contributions to the theoretical foundations of human cognition. He is a member of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities and of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 

• Prof. Shafi Goldwasser 

University of California, Berkeley, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Weizmann Institute of Science 

Prof. Shafi Goldwasser is one of the world’s most influential researchers in theoretical computer science, cryptography, and computational complexity. Her work laid central foundations for modern cryptography, including provable security, probabilistic encryption, and zero-knowledge proofs.

For her pioneering contributions, she received the 2012 ACM Turing Award, together with Prof. Silvio Micali. She is also a two-time recipient of the Gödel Prize, an ACM Fellow, and a member of leading scientific academies, including the U.S. National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering.

• Dr. Dorit Dor 

Entrepreneur, investor, and senior technology leader in cybersecurity and quantum technologies 

Dr. Dorit Dor is one of the leading and most influential figures in the field of cybersecurity, with more than thirty years of experience in technology leadership, research, and development. She held senior executive positions at Check Point, where she led technological innovation that helped shape the global information-security industry, and holds the title of Check Point Fellow.

Dr. Dor holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Tel Aviv University, in complexity theory and algorithms. In recent years, she founded Qbeat Ventures, a venture-capital fund focused on quantum technologies.

Dr. Dor is a recipient of the Israel Defense Prize, a member of the Technion Council, and a board member of Qubit.IL.

• Prof. Amnon Shashua  

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and President & CEO of Mobileye 

Prof. Amnon Shashua is one of the world’s leading and most influential figures in artificial intelligence, computer vision, natural language processing, and autonomous driving. He holds the Sachs Chair in Computer Science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, has published more than 160 scientific papers, and holds over 200 patents.

Prof. Shashua serves as President and CEO of Mobileye, which was acquired by Intel in 2017 in one of the largest acquisitions in Israeli high-tech history and later returned to the Nasdaq stock exchange. He is a serial entrepreneur who has founded companies in automotive technology, robotics, fintech, and artificial intelligence.

For his groundbreaking contributions, Prof. Shashua received the Israel Prize and the Dan David Prize, and was named to TIME’s list of the 100 most influential people in artificial intelligence. He was also elected as an international member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering.