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Yair Censor

Yair Censor is an Israeli mathematician and professor emeritus at the University of Haifa who works on computational mathematics and optimization, with uses in medical imaging and radiation therapy planning.

born 1943Mathematics of radiation therapy planningThe book Parallel OptimizationDefending academic freedom in Israel

Born: 29 November 1943, Rishon LeZion
Occupation: mathematician
Education: Technion – Israel Institute of Technology

Yair Censor was born in 1943 in Rishon LeZion

Yair Censor was born in Rishon LeZion on November 29, 1943.

After his army service he studied at the Technion in Haifa. He completed his doctorate there in 1975, supervised by Professor Adi Ben-Israel.

He joined the Department of Mathematics at the University of Haifa in 1979 and became a full professor in 1989. His work deals with mathematical aspects of Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) and, more recently, the Superiorization Methodology. In 2002 he founded the university's Center for Computational Mathematics and Scientific Computation.

With S.A. Zenios he wrote the book Parallel Optimization, published in 1997, which won the ICS Prize in 1999. He helped found the Inter-Senate Committee of the Universities for the Protection of Academic Independence and headed it from 2002 to 2005.

He became professor emeritus in 2012. He lives in Haifa, is married, and has 3 children.

Milestones in Yair Censor's life

1943
Born in Rishon LeZion.
1975
Earned his doctorate at the Technion.
1979
Joined the University of Haifa mathematics department.
1989
Became a full professor.
1997
Published Parallel Optimization with S.A. Zenios.
1999
Received the ICS Prize for the book.
2002
Founded the Center for Computational Mathematics and Scientific Computation.
2012
Became professor emeritus.