https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/math-computer-science/technologies-computer-networks
September 12, 2010
Prof. Ehud Shapiro developed technologies and structural laws for computer networks. Application “Virtual Places” software was developed by Ubique Ltd., established to implement programming technologies that grew out of Shapiro’s research. Ubique was a pionee...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/math-computer-science/verifying-correctness-and-reliability-computer-hardware-and-software
November 25, 2010
Prof. Amir Pnueli developed sophisticated methods for verifying the correctness and reliability of computer hardware and software. He used a mathematical language called temporal logic, which makes it possible to formulate and prove theorems that contain statements relating...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/space-physics/rehovoth-instruments-elop
September 12, 2010
In the 1960s, Prof. Joe Jaffe, a founder of optics research at Weizmann, opened a company to manufacture scientific instruments. Called Rehovoth Instruments Ltd., it was housed in a sho...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/space-physics/compact-head-displays-pilots
September 12, 2010
Prof. Asher Friesem was among the first in the world to become involved in the technology of planar optics. In this technology, several diffractive optical components are combined on the surface of one substrate to enable the formation of a complete optical system mounted on...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/math-computer-science/statecharts-graphic-computer-language
September 12, 2010
Prof. David Harel studied ways to program computer systems based on the use of visual structures. Application Harel’s research led to Statecharts, a revolutionary graphic computer language for the design of complex systems. Today, Statecharts is used around t...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/math-computer-science/computerized-vision-systems
September 12, 2010
Prof. Shimon Ullman designed ways to enable computerized vision systems to recognize objects. Application Research conducted by Ullman and colleagues led to the establishment of a company that eventually evolved into Orbotech. Located in Yavne near Rehovot, O...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/space-physics/radiation-detectors
September 12, 2010
Prof. Zeev Vager and his Weizmann colleagues developed innovative radiation detectors based on electron amplification and other technological principles. Application El-Mul Technologies, Ltd. was created on the basis of two Weizmann Institute technol...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/earth-sciences/hybrid-seed-production
September 12, 2010
In the 1950s, Prof. Emeritus Esra Galun’s research focused mainly on hybrid seed production in cucumbers and melons and on breeding disease-resistant cucumbers as well as cucumbers suitable for mechanical harvesting. Galun and his colleagues were the first to find a way to p...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/earth-sciences/breeding-improved-varieties-melons
September 12, 2010
Prof. Emeritus Esra Galun used scientific methods for breeding improved varieties of melons. Application Early-ripening melons produced using Institute methods are grown at numerous farms in Israel....
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/earth-sciences/hybrid-potato-seeds
September 12, 2010
Prof. Emeritus Esra Galun developed a method for transferring intracellular organelles (mitochondria or chloroplasts) from a donor plant cell to a recipient plant. The method produced hybrid plants and later hybrid seeds of potatoes. These seeds do not pass on most viral dis...