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Prof. Michael Werman holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science and is a full professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He has been a faculty member for several decades and plays an active role in both research and teaching.

🔬 Research Interests

Prof. Werman is a leading researcher in the fields of: Computer Vision, Computational Photography, Image Processing and 3D Reconstruction

His work is widely cited and has contributed foundational algorithms and methods to computer vision and image understanding.

📚 Selected Publications

Prof. Werman has authored or co-authored over 200 peer-reviewed publications. Notable works include:

Gradient Domain High Dynamic Range Compression

Fast and Robust Earth Mover’s Distances 

Linear Time Euclidean Distance Transform Algorithms

A Linear Time Histogram Metric for Improved SIFT Matching 

 Over 13,000 total citations, reflecting the significant impact of his research.

Director of the genetic chip laboratory team at the Hadassah University Medical Center. Has a PhD from Tel Aviv University in the field of life sciences, a master's degree from the Hebrew University in the field of plant genetic engineering, and a bachelor's degree from the Hebrew University in agricultural sciences.