Team

Itzik Klein received the B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Aerospace Engineering from the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel, in 2004 and 2007, respectively, and a Ph.D. degree in Geo-information Engineering from the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, in 2011. He is an Associate Professor heading the Autonomous Navigation and Sensor Fusion Lab (ANSFL) and Chair of the Hatter Department of Marine Technologies at the Charney School of Marine Sciences, University of Haifa.  He is an IEEE Senior Member and Distinguished Lecturer for the IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society. He serves on the editorial boards of the IEEE Journal of Indoor and Seamless Positioning and Navigation (J-ISPIN) and Elsevier Results in Engineering, and holds a key role in the leadership of the University’s AI Research Center. Prior to joining the University of Haifa, he worked at leading companies in Israel on navigation topics for more than 15 years.  He has a wide range of experience in navigation systems and sensor fusion from both industry and academic perspectives. His research interests lie in the intersection of artificial intelligence with inertial sensing, sensor fusion, and robotics.

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

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

B.Sc. student, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. 

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.

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

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

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

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. 

Inbal received the B.Sc. (2023) degree and M.Sc. degree (2025) in Biomedical Engineering, Tel Aviv University.

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. 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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. 

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. 

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.