Prof. Jihad El-Sana
Member, Consensus committee: Adapting curricula for the 21st century
Bio sketch: Professor and head of the Computer Sciences Department at the
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Socially active and involved in various
projects and organizations working for the development of education within the
Arab community in the Negev. Serves as head of the Academic Association for the
Development of Arab Community in the Negev (Ahed) and member of the steering
committee for Expanding Accessibility to Higher Education for the Arab
Community at the Council for Higher Education.
His many research studies deal with image processing, computer
graphics, document image analysis, and augmented reality. He applies various
machine learning algorithms in his research.
Holds a PhD in computer sciences from State University of New
York at Stony Brook, received in 1999.
Updated until: 2017