Amir earned his first, second, and third degrees in Electrical Engineering at the Technion.
He participated in the Technion Excellence Program from October 1994 to February 1998, during which he completed both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees within four years. In addition to advanced coursework, his studies included courses across multiple faculties.
For his master’s research, conducted under the supervision of Prof. Baruch Fischer from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Amir investigated the effects of localization on light. His work provided an experimental optical realization of a manifestation of quantum theory (localization). This research resulted in three scientific publications, including:
“Experimental observation of localization in the spatial frequency domain of a kicked optical system”, Physical Review E, Vol. 61, No. 5, May 2000.
In his doctoral studies, Amir demonstrated both theoretically and experimentally that certain well-known phenomena in statistical mechanics—such as critical behavior and crystallization—also occur in laser physics.
About the Program: "I was able to complete both my first and second degree in four years of study thanks to my participation in the Program for Exceptionally Gifted Students."
Recommendation to Program participants: "For the first degree it is worth going the whole hog and completing all the tasks. One should not allow speed to be a substitute for achievements and complete and fundamental mastery of the material. Research is the essence of the second degree and the courses are marginal. The subject of the research should be sought right from the beginning of one's studies. Although most of the units claim their reservist may study for the second degree, actually they don't provide the necessary conditions for making a real second degree. My advice is – don't let the army cause you make a second degree just "for the record" with no real essence in it".
Amir was the chief architect in EZchip, located in Yokne'am. Amir also created and taught the course "high speed network processors" (046336), at the Technion.