Gal Oren

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Work experience

Israel Atomic Energy Commission (IAEC) 2011 — Present

TradeMarker 2018 — Present

Education

Department of Computer Science, M.Sc. 2011 — 2015

Open University of Israel
  • Thesis: Optimizations of Management Algorithms for Multi-Level Memory Hierarchy.
  • Supervisors: Dr. Leonid Barenboim, Dr. Lior Amar
  • Thesis final score: 94. Degree final score: 92. Magna cum laude.
  • Foundation for the Advancement of Education in Israel Scholarship (2013)
  • The Hillel Scholarship, the Open University of Israel (2014)
  • Thesis Scholarship, Computer Science Master's Degree Program, the Open University of Israel (2015)

Department of Computer Science, Ph.D 2016 — Present

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
  • Thesis: Distributed Management Algorithms for Heterogeneous Computing Systems and Networks
  • Supervisors: Dr. Leonid Barenboim, Prof. Michael Elkin

Swedish Summer School in Computer Science (S3CS) June 2016

KTH Royal Institute of Technology
S3CS consists of two mini-courses by Prof. Michael Mitzenmacher and Prof. Sergei Vassilvitskii.

Radboud Summer School August 2017

Radboud University
Cyberpsychology research course by Dr. Jens Binder.

Publications & Conferences

  • Technical Program Committee, the 2nd IEEE PERCOM Workshop on Security, Privacy and Trust in the Internet of Thing (SPT-IoT'17),  In conjunction with IEEE PERCOM 2017 (PERCOM'17). 
  • VIP Exhibitor at the WATEC 2013 Innovation Pavilion, The 7th International Exhibition & The 4th International Conference on Water Technologies &  Environmental Control, Tel Aviv Convention Center, October 22-24, 2013

Awards

  • Grand Award at the Hebrew Wikipedia Writing Competition (2009)
  • Chief Judge at the Hebrew Wikipedia Writing Competition (2010)
  • President of Israel Commendation for an original scientific study, the National Young Scientist and Engineers Competition in Israel, Hebrew University of Jerusalem (2010)
  • Stockholm Junior Water Prize in Israel, Tel Aviv University (2010)
  • Honor Diploma from Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden, Stockholm Junior Water Prize, World Water Week, Stockholm, Sweden (2010)
  • 3rd Prize, the National Young Scientist and Engineers Competition in Israel, Hebrew University of Jerusalem (2011)
  • Intel Prize, the European Union Contest for Young Scientists, Helsinki, Finland (2011)
  • 3rd Special Award in Sustainable Water Management category, the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the United States (2012)
  • 3rd Grand Award in Environmental Management category, the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the United States (2012)
  • The Encouraging Creativity Among Scientists Prize, Weizmann Institute of Science (2013)
  • Excellent Paper Award, the 3rd International Conference on Environment and Industrial Innovation – ICEII, Copenhagen, Denmark (2013)
  • Ministry of Culture Prize for Literature (2015)
  • The Katzir Fellowship, Israel Ministry of Defense (2016)
  • Students Leading Innovation in the Public Sector - Finalist, Google & Ben-Gurion University (2018)
  • Maccabim Foundation Scholarship for PhD Students (2017, 2018, 2019)
  • Selected for GYSS-2019@One-North (Global Young Scientist Summit for outstanding PhDs)
  • BRONZE student design award, HCI International (2019)
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