Itai Dabran

Director- ICST
Associate Teaching Fellow

Phone:

+972 4 829 2980

E-mail:

Office:

Taub 209

Address:

The Henry and Marilyn Taub Faculty of Computer Science

Technion - Israel Institute of Technology

Haifa 3200003, Israel

Research Interests:

Internet of Things (IoT)
Smart Cities
Smart Homes
Distributed Web caching
Cache inter-communication
Internet cache protocols and solutions
TCP protocols
Wireless Networks

PROFESSINAL RECORD

Director of the Interdisciplinary Center for Smart Technologies at the Computer Science faculty, Technion
Projects Advisor of over 300 projects in Computer Communication and the Internet of Things, Responsible on the collaboration with the Hi-Tech industrys
Lecturer of The Internet of Things (IOT) - technologies and implementations at the Computer Science faculty, Technion
Lecturer of IoT Technologies for Managers, at the MBA Program, Industrial Engineering Faculty, Technion

Formerly Lecturer of Computer Networks at the Computer Science faculty, Technion

Formerly Chief Engineer of the Laboratory of Computer Communication and Networking
Formerly Lecturer of Internet Architecture and Protocols course, at the Division of Continuing Education & External Studies

1986 – 1988:

Research Manager in the Local Area Network Field
Marketing Product Manager of Remote Access Products
Software Engineer of Various Embedded Systems

ACTIVITIES

Chairman of the Israeli IEEE Communication Society chapter
Board Member of the Israeli Society of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (at AEAI)
Member of the Internet Society
2018-2020: Board Member of the Israeli Society of Data Science (at AEAI)
2002-2010: Vice-Chair of the Israeli IEEE Communication Society chapter

Program Committees:

TPC - COMCAS 2011-2023; TPC - IEEEI 2014; TPC - ICSEE 2016; Executive Committee - COMCAS 2017-2023; Publication Chair - SYSTOR 2020

PUBLICATIONS

T. Sofer, I. Dabran, E. Ginzburg, E. Levi, T. Ron, "Smart Healthcare Bed for Prevention of Hospital Inpatient Falls", to be presented in the 2024 International Conference on Microwaves, Communication, Antennas and Electronic Systems (COMCAS 2024), Israel, November 2024

I. Dabran, M. Levy, M. Pauzner, M. Mosheva, T. Sofer, T. Shilton, E. Eldar, D. Gothelf, "A Multidisciplinary Effort for Smart Health Assistive Technology in a Children’s Psychiatric Unit", to be presented in the 2023 International Conference on Microwaves, Communication, Antennas and Electronic Systems (COMCAS 2024), Israel, November 2024

I. Dabran, "Digital Twin as a Tool for Corrosion Control and Monitoring in Harsh Environments", to be presented in the 15th Israeli Corrosion Conference, Kfar Maccabiah, Israel, June 2024

I. Dabran, "Integration of an Advanced Academic IoT Project Course in a Higher Education Institution", to be presented in the the 12th International Conference on Information and Education Technology (ICIET), Japan, March 2024

I. Dabran, T. Sofer, N. Bitterman, "A Smart Inhaler for Medication Adherence", presented in the Proceedings of the 16th ACM International Systems and Storage Conference (SYSTOR 2023), June 2023.

I. Dabran, I. Ashkenazi, "The IoT World and 5G (URLLC) Networking Concepts", presented in the IEEE 7th Forum on Research and Technologies for Society and Industry Innovation (RTSI), Paris-France, August 2022

I. Dabran, "Using the Digital Twin as a Support Tool for Production Improvement", presented in the 12th conference on Quality in the Galilee, ORT Braude College, Israel, June 2022

O. Elmakias, I.Dabran, "Using Machine Learning and Virtual Reality for Orthopedic Treatment and Abnormality Detection Based on Multivariate Time Series Data", presented in the 2021 International Conference on Microwaves, Communication, Antennas and Electronic Systems (COMCAS 2021), November 2021

I. Dabran, "Assimilation of Digital Twins in the traditional industry", presented in the Workshop of Digital Twins in Industry 4.0 Chalenges, AEAI – Israel, April 2021.

I. Dabran, B. Hunter, "An Efficient Traffic Control Management in the Smart City", presented in the 2019 International Conference on Microwaves, Communication, Antennas and Electronic Systems (COMCAS 2019), November 2019

D. Ma'ayan, I. Dabran, "Case Study: Implementing an Industrial IoT solution for a Multihead Weighing Machine (MWM)", presented in the 2019 International Conference on Microwaves, Communication, Antennas and Electronic Systems (COMCAS 2019), November 2019

I. Dabran, A. Eilam, G. Menhel, Y. Ron, G. Shofen, "Case study: Implementing a Personal Area Network MAC Protocol for Inaudible Sound Waves", presented in the 2019 International Conference on Microwaves, Communication, Antennas and Electronic Systems (COMCAS 2019), November 2019

I. Dabran, S. Shalev, A. Shiber, O. Raitzes, A Smart Outdoor Navigation System for Visually Impaired People", presented in the Proceedings of the 12th ACM International Systems and Storage Conference (SYSTOR 2019), June 2019.

A. Avrahami, M. Erez, I. Dabran, Y. Herer, "Digitization as a transition from traditional production to advanced production", presented in the Workshop of the Israeli National Conference of Industrial Engineering, April 2019.

I. Dabran, Y. Cohen, O. Eden, A. Lapid, "An Intelligent Recycle Bin for Smart Cities", presented in the Proceedings of the 11th ACM International Systems and Storage Conference (SYSTOR 2018), June 2018.

I. Dabran, O. Elmakias, R. Smelkin, Y. Zusman, "An Intelligent Sound Alarm Recognition System for Smart Cars and Smart Homes", presented in IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS 2018), April 2018.

I. Dabran, T. Avni, E. Singher, H. Bendanan, "Augmented Reality Speech Recognition for the Hearing Impaired", presented in the 2017 International Conference on Microwaves, Communication, Antennas and Electronic Systems (COMCAS 2017), November 2017.

I. Dabran, T. Brokhman, T. Palny, "A Framework for Elderly Support in Smart Cities", presented in the 2017 International Conference on Microwaves, Communication, Antennas and Electronic Systems COMCAS 2017), November 2017.

Itai Dabran and Danny Raz, "Routing Algorithms for Cognitive Networks", presented in the 2016 International Conference on the Science of Electrical Engineering (ICSEE), November 2016.

Itai Dabran and Tom Palny, "A Robotic Mobile Hot Spot Relay (MHSR) for Disaster Areas", presented in the Proceedings of the 9th ACM International Systems and Storage Conference (SYSTOR 2016),June 2016.

Itai Dabran and Danny Raz "TCP Cooperation for Multimedia over Wireless Networks", presented in the 5'th International Conference on Broadband Communication, Networks and Systems (Broadnets 2008).

Itai Dabran and Danny Raz "On the power of Cooperation in Multimedia Caching", presented in the 9'th International Workshop on Management of Multimedia Networks and Services MMNS 2006).

Itai Dabran, Philippe Klein and Danny Raz "Efficient handling of Multimedia Attachments", presented in the 7'th International Workshop on Management of Multimedia Networks and Services

Reuven Cohen and Itai Dabran, "The 'Last-Copy' Approach for Distributed Cache Pruning in a Cluster of HTTP Proxies", presented in the 7'th International Workshop for High-Speed Networks

Itai Dabran, "Who needs Remote Access Solutions", published in Computer World, November 1996.

Itai Dabran, "Using ASCII printers with the AS/400 and Sys/3X", published in Computer World, August 1991.

HONORS

2023 Best Poster Award, Systor 2023
2020 CS Faculty Recognition Award (Lab Manager)
2019 Best Poster Award, Systor 2019
2019 Winner - International IEEE ComSoc Student Competition (Project Instructor)
2018 Best Venture Award, Knowledge Center for Innovation, Technion
2016 Excellent Employee Award, Technion
2016 Excellent Employee Award, CS Faculty, Technion
2016 Best Project Award of CS Faculty, Technion (Instructor/Lab Manager)
2015 Best Project Award of CS Faculty, Technion (Instructor/Lab Manager)
2013 Best Project Award of CS Faculty, Technion (Instructor/Lab Manager)
2012 Best Project Award of CS Faculty, Technion (Instructor/Lab Manager)
2011 Best Project Award of CS Faculty, Technion (Instructor/Lab Manager)
2010 Excellent Employee Award, CS Faculty, Technion
2010 Best Project Award of CS Faculty, Technion (Instructor/Lab Manager)
2009 Best Project Award of CS Faculty for LCCN, Technion (Lab Manager)
2008 Best Project Award of CS Faculty, Technion (Instructor/Lab Manager)
2007 Best Project Award of CS Faculty, Technion (Instructor/Lab Manager)
2003 IEEE Senior Member
2002 Excellent Employee Award, CS Faculty, Technion
1999 Member of the IEEE Communication Society
1987 Graduates Ben Gurion University Cum Laude
1986 Guthwirth scholarship (Under auspices of the Technion)
1985 Ben Gurion University scholarship

USEFUL

Labs:

We design and implement State of the Art projects in the IoT and other related fields, together with other Technion faculties and the High-tech Industry. We also provide sophisticated computing facilities for advanced undergraduate courses and projects, graduate thesis projects, and research related to systems and software development.

We mentor undergraduate and graduate students who want to scale up their practical and professional networking knowledge , alongside building strong connections between academia and industry.