Israeli Friends in Tel Aviv
Dr. Guy Rothblum (left) and Aharon Aharon, CEO of the Israel Innovation Authority.
The Israel Association of Friends of the Weizmann Institute of Science brought together the worlds of academia and industry at its latest event, held at the Tel Aviv Hilton on May 22. Dr. Guy Rothblum of the Department of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics spoke about his research on encryption and data privacy in the Information Age. Before joining the Weizmann Institute, Dr. Rothblum was a researcher at Samsung Research America and at Microsoft Research’s lab in Silicon Valley.
Keynote speaker Aharon Aharon, CEO of the Israel Innovation Authority, spoke about nurturing and developing Israeli innovation resources while strengthening the infrastructure of the “knowledge industry.” Mr. Aharon previously served as Apple Israel’s General Manager and VP of Hardware Technologies.
