BSc degree in Information Systems Engineering at the Technion.
MSc and PhD in Computer Science at the Technion.
Participated in the Technion Excellence Program: October 1998 - January 2002.
Roy took advanced and graduate courses without the need for the perquisite courses in several areas including stochastic processes and theoretical computer science.
His advisor, Prof. Avishai Mandelbaum from the Faculty of Industrial Engineering helped him a lot and Roy was in continuous interaction with him during his undergraduate studies. He conducted a year-long project under the supervision of Prof. Mandelbaum: "Simulation Experiments with M/G/100 Queues in the Halfin-Whitt Regime".
The goal was to study the behavior of queuing systems in which arriving agents might leave the system before reaching the head of the queue and finish receiving their service. Towards the end of his BSc degree, Roy started his MSc degree in Computer Science under the supervision of Prof. Seffi Naor from the Faculty of Computer Science. Thesis subject: "Circular Arrangements".
His PhD research focused on algorithms, specifically: theory of algorithms, combinatorial optimization, randomized algorithms and submodular optimization.
Recommendation to Program participants: "It is important to take as much advanced courses as possible in different disciplines since there are always nice and interesting surprises along the way. New and unfamiliar problems might be encountered."