Awards

Scholarships and Academic Awards

2011-2013 Research Assistantship (full tuition and stipend), MIT Media Lab
2009 Dean’s Award for Outstanding Graduate Student, Faculty of Humanities, Univ. of Haifa (sole recipient)
2008-2009 Excellence Encouragement Scholarship for Graduate Studies, Dean of Graduate Studies, Univ. of Haifa (awarded twice)
2008 Best Paper Award (undergraduate honors thesis), Israel Society for the Promotion of Classical Studies (sole recipient)
2007 Uri M. Akavia Excellence Scholarship, Department of Computer Science, Univ. of Haifa
2007 Top Student Award, Ofakim Interdisciplinary Honors Program, Univ. of Haifa (sole recipient)
2007 Dean's List of Outstanding Students, Faculty of Humanities, Univ. of Haifa
2004-2006 Full Tuition Scholarship, Ofakim Interdisciplinary Honors Program, Univ. of Haifa (awarded 3 times)

Other Awards

2013 CHI Conference Travel Grant for Outstanding Student Interns, Microsoft Research
2007 Best Speaker, Israeli National Debating Championship
2006 Finalist, Israeli National Debating Championship
2005 Winner, Israeli Debating Championship for Freshmen Speakers