Dr. Ron
Rymon
School of
Computer Science
Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya
Tel.
+972-9-952-7264
RymonR at
IDC.ac.il
Short Bio
My main interests lie at the interface of business and technology. I like
doing and learning about academic work; I enjoy teaching and supervising
students; and I thrive on technological innovation and entrepreneurship.
I have done my Ph.D. in Computer Science (Artificial Intelligence) at the
Computer and Information Science
Department of the University of Pennsylvania,
in 1993, under the supervision of Prof. Bonnie Webber. My thesis, concerned
an automated system for planning the diagnosis and treatment of trauma
patients (a.k.a. the TraumAID
Project). Before joining the IDC
faculty in 1996, I was on the Research Faculty at the
Intelligent Systems Program of the
University of Pittsburgh. As part of my
work there, I worked with NASA scientists at
Goddard Space Flight Center applying
machine learning technology to a variety of problems involving
interpretation of satellite imagery. I did my undergraduate work at
Tel Aviv University, graduating with a
BSc in Math and Computer Science.
As I was finishing my thesis, I have stumbled on a novel approach to
machine learning, which I called Set Enumeration (SE) trees. Since then,
most of my research interests were focused on further explorations of the
relationship between this approach and work of other researchers, as well as
on refining and improving the underlying algorithms. SE trees can clearly be
viewed as generalizations of the decision tree framework which is commonly
used in machine learning. More interestingly, I have discovered an
relationship between SE trees and a whole family of algorithms developed in
the 60s and 70s for minimization of Boolean circuits. I have published these
results back then. Most of my work since then has focused on applications of
this and other pattern recognition algorithms to real-world problems.
In 1999, I have started and run
CrediView, a company that used pattern recognition technology to develop
software that detects fraud in Internet payment transactions. The company
closed in 2001, when it failed to raise the capital it needed. In 2002, I
started a new company called Eurekify,
developing a highly technological and unique solution for Privilege Mapping
and Role Management in large organizations. I am also involved in several
other initiatives that involve applications of pattern recognition
technology, in financial services, marketing, and IT and physical security.
Research Interests
My current research interests span a few areas of Computer Science and
Business. Entrepreneurship and technology fill most of my life today. From a
Computer Science research perspective, I am still very interested in machine
learning. In addition, I am now attracted to a number of issues in security,
especially mechanisms that can foster widespread security and privacy. Areas
of old interests include medical diagnosis, risk management, and data
visualization. On the business end, I am most interested in
Entrepreneurship, and in applications of technology that can change the way
business is conducted. I also have an old interest in financial trading
systems.
Past Research and Publications
