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Visitors for the Academic Year 2025/2026

Name	Institution	Period of Visit	Host
Prof. Steven LaValle	Prof. Steven LaValle Professor of Computer Science and Engineering Faculty of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering University of Oulu, Finland Email: steven.lavalle@oulu.fi	November 1-7, 2025	Prof. Dan Halperin School of Computer Science and AI Phone: +-972-3-6406478 Email: danha@tauex.tau.ac.il
Prof. Andrea Massa	Department of Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering University of Trento, Trento, Italy Phone: +39 0461 282057 Email: andrea.massa@unitn.it	Two weeks December 2025	Prof. Amir Boag School of Electrical Engineering Phone: +972-3-6408246 Email: boag@tauex.tau.ac.il
Prof. Sergei Tabachnikov	Department of Mathematics Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA Email: tabachni@math.psu.edu	January 11 - April 12, 2026	Prof. Michael Bialy Department of Pure Mathematics Phone: +972-3-6408704 Email: bialy@tauex.tau.ac.il
Prof. Jeremy A. Dauber	Atran Professor of Yiddish Language, Literature, and Culture Director of Yiddish Studies Program Department of Germanic Languages Colombia University, , NY, USA Phone: +1 (212) 854-9608 Email: jad213@columbia.edu	Two weeks Spring Semester Academic Year 2025/2026	Dr. Yoav Fromer Department of English and American Studies Director, Center for the Study of the United States Email: yoavfromer@tauex.tau.ac.il
Prof. Jonathan Keating FRS	Sedleian Professor of Natural Philosophy Mathematical Institute University of Oxford Oxford, UK Phone: +44 1865 273535	One to two weeks Academic Year 2025/2026	Prof. Lior Bary-Soroker School of Mathematical Sciences Phone: +972-3-640-5362 Email: barylior@post.tau.ac.il
Prof. Herman Aguinis	Vice President & Program Chair - Academy of Management Avram Tucker Distinguished Scholar Chairperson, Department of Management The George Washington University School of Business Washington DC, USA Washington, D.C., USA Email: haguinis@gwu.edu	One week Academic Year 2025/2026	Dr. Uriel Stettner Academic Director, Coller School of Management Phone: +972-3- 640-6330 Email: urielste@tauex.tau.ac.il
Prof. Mitsuo Kawato	Director, Brain Information Communication Research Laboratory Group Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International (ATR) Kyoto, Japan Email:kawato@atr.jp	One week Academic Year 2025/2026	Prof. Talma Hendler School of psychological science Sagol School of neuroscience Phone: +972-3-6973953 Email: tlvcbf@gmail.com
Prof. Paul North	Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures Yale University New Haven, Connecticut, USA Email: paul.a.north@yale.edu	Three weeks Academic Year 2025/2026	Prof. Galili Shahar Head, School of Cultural Science Phone: +972-3-6409325 Email: gshahar@tauex.tau.ac.il
Prof. Pedro Vieira	The Clay Riddell Paul Dirac Chair in Theoretical Physics Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics Perimeter Research Chair, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Email: pvieira@perimeterinstitute.ca	Four-Six weeks Academic Year 2025/2026	Dr. Amit Sever School of Physics and Astronomy Phone: +972-3- 6408579 Email: asever@tauex.tau.ac.il