Prof. Moshe Tur

• Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel.
  Mathematics and Physics, B.Sc. 1969.
  
• Weizmann Institute, Rehovot, Israel.
  Applied Physics, M.Sc. 1972. (with special distinction). Title of Master's thesis: "Optical propagation through cholesteric liquid crystals".
  Name of Supervisor: Prof. S. Shtrikman
  
• Tel-Aviv University, Faculty of Engineering, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
  Wave propagation and Electro-optics, Ph.D. 1981.
  Title of Doctoral dissertation: "Numerical and analytical Investigations of wave propagation in random media".
  Name of Supervisor: Prof. M.J. Beran
  

ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL AWARDS

• Hebrew University Scholarships, Jerusalem, Israel, Achievements in study.
• Feinberg Graduate School Scholarships, The Weizmann Institute, Rehovot, Israel. Achievements in study and research.
• Tel-Aviv University, Faculty of Engineering Scholarships, Tel-Aviv, Israel. Achievements in study and research.
• The Chief of Intelligence prize for creative thinking
• The Students Award for Best Lecturer (Third place).
• The Rothschild Fellowship
• The Weizmann Fellowship (Declined)
• The Fullbright Fellowship
• Alon Fellowship
• Annual Award in Applied Electronics of The Polish-Jewish Ex-Serviceman Association - London.
  

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

• Fellow, Optical Society of America (OSA)
  
• Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
  

ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES (Theory and Experiments)

• Head of the Faculty Graphics Committee (1985-1989).
• Head of the Faculty Computer Committee (1988-1996).
• Head, Image Processing Laboratory (Since 1988).
• Department Chairman (1988-1992).
• Member of the Organizing Committee, French--Israeli Symposium on “Advanced Topics in Telecommunications”, Tel-Aviv, Israel, December 1989.
• Member of the Program Committee, 8th Optical Fiber Sensors Conference, Monterey, California, January 1992.
• Member of the Israeli National Committee for Electro-Optics (1994-1999).
• Head of the Tel-Aviv University Computer Committee (1995-Present).
• Department Chairman (1996-2000).
• Member of the Organizing Committee, French-Israeli Workshop on Nonlinear Optics (FRISNO6), Les Huches, France, February 2000.
• Head of Tel-Aviv University, Faculty of Engineering Appointment Committee (1998-Present).
• Member of the Editorial Board of Optical Networks Magazine (1999-Present).
• Member of the Program Committee, 14th Optical Fiber Sensors Conference, Venice, Italy, October 2000.
• Member of the Program Committee, 15th Optical Fiber Sensors Conference, Portland, Oregon, USA, May 2002.
• Member of the Organizing Committee, French-Israeli Workshop on Nonlinear Optics (FRISNO7), Les Huches, France, February 2003.
• Member of the Program Committee, 16th Optical Fiber Sensors Conference, Nara, Japan, October 2003.
• Member of the Program Committee, 2nd European Workshop on optical fibre sensors, EWOFS’04, Santander, Spain, June 2004.
• Member of the International Scientific Committee, 2nd European Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring, Munich, Germany, July 2004.
• Member of the Program Committee, 17th Optical Fiber Sensors Conference, Bruges, Belgium, May 2005.
• Member of the International Scientific Committee, 3rd European Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring, Granada, Spain, July 2006.
• Member of the Program Committee, 18th Optical Fiber Sensors Conference, Cancun, Mexico, October 2006.
• Official Delegate of Israel in the European financed COST 299: Optical Fibers for New Challenges Facing the Information Society (FIDES), 2006-2010
• Member of the Program Committee, 2nd European Workshop on optical fibre sensors, EWOFS’07, Italy, July 2007.
• Member of the Program Committee, 19th Optical Fiber Sensors Conference, Perth, Australia, April 2008.
• Member of the International Scientific Committee, 4th European Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring, Cracow, Poland, July 2008.
• Member of the Program Committee, Slow and Fast Light, Boston, USA, July 2008.

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