On Thursday, October 10th, 2013, the CS department celebrated the change of deans and the opening of the school year. During the ceremony, speeches were carried by the new dean, Prof. Irad Yavneh, the Technion vice president for research, Prof. Oded Shnmueli, Prof. Azaria Paz, Prof. Danny Raz, Prof. Miki Elad, Prof. Avraham Lempel, Prof. Reuven Cohen (his wonderful rhymes are linked at the bottom), and the former dean, Prof. Eli Biham. In addition to congratulating Prof. Yavneh, the speakers highlighted the significant contributions of the former dean, Prof. Biham, to the development of the Computer Science Department. The excellent employee award was given to Gadi Rahamim and Rivka Zur. [Back to the news index]