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Do not keep up with pace: Israel is losing altitude in international scientific publications
Ella Barzani, Daphne Getz, Noa Lavid
Until the early 1990s, Israel was ranked first in the per capita publications index, but fell to 14th place, while the number of Israeli publications remained almost identical, while other countries made a quantum leap. The good news: Israel continues to appear in the top ten in publications per capita in fields such as mathematics, neuroscience and physics.
The Ministry of Science will invest 15 million NIS in research in Artificial Intelligence
Ella Barzani, Daphne Getz, Eran Keter, Sima Tziperfal, Avida Shoham
The Ministry of Science & Technology will invest NIS 15 million in encouraging scientific and engineering research in the field of Artificial Intelligence, in order to strengthen knowledge and manpower in the field. The ministry will also award 5 million NIS in grants to students in the field, and another 20 million NIS will be awarded to robotics research. The ministry published a call for researchers to submit pre-proposals for 2019.
Time is money. But not only
Ofira Ayalon, Idan Liebes
The Carmel Tunnels project, which allows residents of Haifa and the North to cross the Carmel mountain in just a few minutes, is considered one of the most complex and groundbreaking projects in the State of Israel. A joint study by SNI and Eco-Finance shows that travel in the tunnels saves time, fuel, improves air quality as well as improves the quality of life in the area and reduces traffic congestion.
Research: there will be about 200,000 electric cars on Israeli roads by 2025
Ofira Ayalon, Idan Liebes
According to a new study by the Samuel Neaman Institute, which deals with future charging stations in Israel, in 7 years the market share of electric vehicles (EVs) is expected to reach about 5% of the total Israeli car fleet. By 2025 there will be a demand for about 150,000 private charging stations for EVs throughout Israel, and about 13,000 public charging stations.
The research was conducted by the Samuel Neaman Institute and the Dutch consulting company EVConsult with the support of the Ministry of Energy and the Fuel Choices and Smart Mobility Initiative from the Prime Minister’s Office, and its predictions are based over the global distribution between public and private charging.
Threat to Startup Nation: Israeli engineering grads lack basic skills
Arnon Bentur, Tamar Dayan, Avigdor Zonnenshain
A new of Report written by researchers at Samuel Neaman Institute finds that universities are not properly advancing in the education of engineers the development of special soft skills like teamwork, innovativeness and communication.
Not creative, failing time management and bad at team-work : so look graduates of engineering circles
Arnon Bentur, Tamar Dayan, Avigdor Zonnenshain
Israeli graduates lack vital skills for the high-tech world: They have narrow vision, have difficulty communicating and have no idea of regulation and budget, according to research conducted by the Samuel Neaman Institute. In order to curb the erosion of the relevance of academia to the field, the researchers propose a series of changes in training, arguing: “The time of the front staff, resources and expertise are the main obstacles to educational reform”.
The impact of Intel: 52 thousand employed persons in Israel
Intel publishes a corporate responsibility report with data from the Samuel Neaman Institute study, which presents its impact on the Israeli economy and high-tech over the years. In the wake of the forced resignation of the company’s CEO Brian Krzanich following an affair with a worker, Krzanich has led extensive investments in the development and manufacturing center in Israel, with Intel and the government expecting to see who will be the new CEO.
Here Lies the Garbage
About 80 percent of the waste in Israel is transferred to landfills, where it emits greenhouse gases, pollutes soil and groundwater, occupies large tracts of land, damages the landscape and creates odor hazards. A new program should reduce the problem but Prof. Ofira Ayalon says that budgeting alone is not enough for the program to be successfully implemented and that there are many legal processes that must be completed to establish waste treatment plants.
Israel is drying up
Benjamin Bental, Dan Peled
When it comes to a shortage of engineers, it is important to be precise, since many people report that it is difficult for them to integrate into high-tech after school. Not only Arabs and ultra-Orthodox and adults and people with disabilities, but also young university graduates, another study by Professors Dan Peled and Benjamin Bental from the University of Haifa and the Samuel Neaman Institute at the Technion, says that the shortage is focused on very few engineers. What is lacking in this industry are experienced workers.
The neglect of traditional industry in Israel is liable to harm the economy and high-tech industries
Research by the Smuel Neaman Institute, (Technion) finds that the neglect of the traditional industry in Israel is liable to harm the Israeli economy as a whole, as well as the high-tech industries. “If we do not invest in workers in the classical industries, but only in high tech, 95 percent of the economy will be left behind, with all the risks,” said Dr. Gilead Fortuna, a senior research fellow at the Samuel Neaman Institute at the Technion.