February 7, 2023

Prof. Ingrid Dubshey, Duke University. Photo courtesy of the Wolf Prize Foundation

Wolf Prize in Mathematics for the year 2023 to Prof. Ingrid Dubshey, the discoverer of the connection between quantum physics and shrinking data files

The award is given for her work in wavelet theory and applied harmonic analysis.
A genetically improved bean plant. Photo courtesy of Betterseeds

For the first time: success in genetic editing of the bean

The Israeli genetics and seed company BetterSeeds has genetically redesigned the architecture of the Luvia plant and the uniformity of the appearance of its pods in a way that is suitable for mechanized harvesting * The improved Luvia will be tested in the United States during the spring of 2023
Prof. Avraham Lampel with an illustration describing the Lampel-Ziv algorithm. The illustration was created by artist and curator Anat Har-Gil as part of the "Wisdom of the Technion" exhibition. Photo courtesy of the Technion Spokesperson

The late Prof. Avraham Lampel (1936 – 2023)

Prof. Lampel was a partner in the development of the Lampel-Ziv algorithm, an algorithm that changed the world of compression and is considered one of the most significant technological breakthroughs achieved in the State of Israel and in the history of the Technion by its researchers