Alumni

Tal Shnitzer

Tal Shnitzer
Postdoctoral Researcher at CSAIL MIT in the Geometric Data Processing Group
Faculty of Biomedical Engineering and Electrical Engineering

BSc in Biomedical Engineering and Electrical Engineering, graduated summa cum laude, direct PhD at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering at the Technion.

Participated in the Technion Excellence Program: 2009-2013.

During her PhD research, Tal developed novel methods for signal processing and sensor fusion based on geometric modeling of signals, with a focus on medical applications.

Selected Honors and Awards:

  • Dvora and Prof. Israel Cederbaum Scholarship, 2018
  • Freud Excellence Award for PhD students at the EE Department, Technion, 2017
  • Lyon Sachs Technion – University of Toronto Student Collaboration Fund, 2017
  • Canada-Israel Innovation Initiative for Student Mobility: Funding for a 3-month research internship at the University of Toronto, 2017
  • Diane and Leonard Sherman Interdisciplinary Excellence Award, 2015
  • Josef and Rina Zipers Excellence Prize, 2014
  • Meyer Foundation Prize, 2014

Recommendation to Program Participants: "Take advantage of the opportunities the excellence program offers, look for courses that interest you in other faculties as well and work with people from different fields and faculties. This is the time to explore your interests and find out what you are most passionate about, so try to do several projects in different fields during your BSc."