Lectures in memory of Shimon Even (at MTA)

			Shimon Even was born in Israel on June 15th, 1935. He died on May 1st, 2004. In addition to his pioneering research contributions (most notably to Graph Algorithms and Cryptography), Shimon is known for having been a highly influential educator. He played a major role in establishing computer science education in Israel (e.g., at the Weizmann Institute and the Technion). He served as a source of professional inspiration and as a role model for generations of young students and researchers.

The Academic College of Tel-Aviv Yaffo intends to hold yearly memorial lectures in honor of Professor Shimon Even, who served for a short period as its Vice President and head of its Computer Science Department.

• The first lectures were given, on June 3rd 2004, by Shimon's children:
  • Dr. Guy Even, Tel Aviv University: PNINIM of EVEN.
  • Dr. Dena Leshkowitz, Hebrew University: Bioinformatics: from data to biological knowledge.
• The 2005 lecture was given, on June 15th, by Oded Goldreich (Weizmann Institute).
  The title was Probabilistic Proof Systems: Simple proofs that are rarely misleading.
• The 2006 lecture was given, on May 11th, by Michael Rabin (Hebrew University and Harvard University).
  The title was Unbreakable Encryptions and Everlasting Secrets.
• The 2007 lecture was given, on May 10th, by Reuven Bar-Yehuda (Technion).
  The title was One for the price of two: a unified approach for designing approximation algorithms.
• The 2008 lecture was given, on May 15th, by Benny Chor (Tel-Aviv University).
  The title was An elementary introduction to modern cryptography.
• The 2009 lecture was given, on May 7th, by David Peleg (Weizmann Institute).
  The title was Hansel and Gretel - a mazing story: navigating without a map.
• The 2010 lecture was given, on May 5th, by Moni Naor (Weizmann Institute).
  The title was Cuckoo Nesting: Modern Methods for Organizing Lookup Tables.
• The 2011 lecture was given, on May 5th, by Avi Wigderson (Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton).
  The title was Cryptography: Secrets and Lies, Knowledge and Trust.
• The 2012 lecture was given, on May 16th, by Amir Herzberg (Bar-Ilan University).
  The title is Internet Security Challenges.
• The 2013 lecture will be given, on May 8th, by Benny Applebaum (Tel-Aviv University).
  The title is Turing vs Turing: How to Safeguard Secrets using Hard Problems.

Taking place in the college campus at Rabenu Yeruham 14, Yaffo.

A yearly event in memory of Shimon is also taking place at the Technion. See the memorial notices of years 2005, 2006 , 2007, and 2008

To the main memorial page for Shimon Even or back to Oded Goldreich's homepage.