Academic Research · Supervised Projects

Research ideas turned into working systems.

Selected capstone and research projects I have supervised across software engineering and computer science. This section is designed to show the range of questions, methods, and systems developed by the students I mentor.

Recognition

Distinguished & recommended projects

Projects with confirmed institutional distinction or a documented recommendation for outstanding-project consideration.

Chronological archive

All supervised projects by year

2026

NavSight system architecture diagram from the project repository
2026Shenkar · Software Engineering

NavSight

Beyond GPS: Precision Navigation in GPS-Denied Environments

Roey Ben Harush · Tamir Sobuh · Morad Zubidat

A smartphone navigation system for GPS-denied environments, combining camera and inertial sensing with offline map matching. The public repository reports 91% to 93% travelled-distance accuracy on real urban rides.

Visual-inertial odometryHMM map matchingSmartphone navigation
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Chart of accuracy by market regime for the structural score and the classical ratios
2025–2026SCE · Computer Science · Beer ShevaPresented at IEEE ADTM Conference, 2026 · Recommended for Dean's Outstanding Project consideration

Data-Driven Risk-Adjusted Performance Analysis

A Structural Complement to Classical Risk Ratios

Nehoray Sade · Aviv Asraf

An empirical study of classical risk-adjusted performance ratios and a complementary exponential-fit score, evaluated across market regimes, ETFs, and train/test windows.

Sharpe & SortinoExponential regressionMarket regimesETF backtestingMean reversion vs momentum
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NLP sockpuppet detection pipeline diagram
2025–2026SCE · Computer Science · Beer Sheva

Sockpuppet Detection in Hebrew Wikipedia: NLP & Authorship Analysis

Mahmoud Khatib · Daniel Blinov

A Hebrew-language proof of concept for detecting coordinated or duplicate Wikipedia identities using linguistic and authorship-oriented signals.

NLPStylometryTF-IDFHebrew language modelsClassification
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Network-analysis sockpuppet research pipeline diagram
2025–2026SCE · Computer Science · AshdodRecommended for Dean's Outstanding Project consideration, 2026

Sockpuppet Detection in Hebrew Wikipedia: Network Analysis & SNA

Independent Ashdod Team

Lidor Lotati · Haim Bortman

A parallel supervised project on identifying duplicate or coordinated Wikipedia identities through graph structure, interaction patterns, and social-network statistics, later continued toward a research manuscript.

Social network analysisGraph structureInteraction networksNetwork statisticsResearch validation
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TradeMind pipeline diagram
2025–2026SCE · Computer Science · Beer Sheva

TradeMind

Intelligent Algorithmic Trading System

Jlaa Amara · Abdallah Ismail

A state-conditional portfolio-allocation and market-prediction platform combining quantitative modeling with an interactive web interface.

Markov modelsMonte CarloMarket indicatorsAPI integrationWeb application
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Chart of simulated TQQQ portfolio value from nine different entry dates
2025–2026SCE · Computer Science · Beer Sheva

Stability of Leveraged ETF Performance

Daniel Shub · Pavel Zaikin

An empirical study of 18 leveraged ETFs and 324 simulated entry cases, showing how entry timing alone can change compounded outcomes under leverage.

Leveraged ETFsEmpirical financeVolatilityPath dependenceBacktesting
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2025

Unity scene view of the Zone Tag arena with two competing agents, one red and one blue
2024–2025SCE · Computer Science · AshdodOutstanding Research Project, Departmental Excellence, 2025

Zone Tag

Agent-Based Tag with Geometric Awareness

Daniel Cohen · Gal Elhiani

An agent-based tag project exploring geometric and directional awareness in autonomous pursuit behavior. The work later developed into a research manuscript on facing direction in agent-based tag.

Agent-based modelingSimulationGeometric awarenessGame AI
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Chart of average BPM deviations per workout phase with and without adaptive music
2024–2025Shenkar · Software EngineeringOutstanding Final Project, Shenkar, 2025

OnBeat

Adaptive Music for Real-Time Exercise

Maayan Babayoff · Lotem Yaakobian · Nikolai Melnichev

A system that adapts music to workout intensity in real time using physiological and activity signals from a smart ring. In the project’s validation study with 20 participants, the report shows a 13.8% average improvement in run score.

React NativePythonRecommendation systemsWearable dataReal-time adaptation
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Calc Master adaptive feedback workflow diagram
2024–2025SCE · Computer Science · Beer Sheva

Platform for Identifying Causes of Mathematical Errors

Shahar Levi · Lee Wilner

A software platform for analyzing student mathematical mistakes and supporting systematic identification of likely error sources.

Educational softwareError analysisData modelingSoftware engineering
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Traffic-control reinforcement-learning pipeline diagram
2024–2025SCE · Computer Science · Beer Sheva

Smart Traffic Control

Reinforcement Learning for Adaptive Signal Control

Or Avital Butbul · Lotem Cohen

A reinforcement-learning project for adaptive traffic-signal control, aimed at improving signal decisions from simulated traffic conditions.

Reinforcement learningTraffic simulationOptimizationAdaptive control
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NetXplore interface showing the Network Data Table with centrality metrics and communities
2025Shenkar · Software Engineering

NetXplore

Tslil Aharon · Noy Raichman · Shira Dagan-Roberts

A web platform that turns WhatsApp and Wikipedia discussions into networks, with centrality metrics, community detection, cross-group comparison, anonymization and export.

Social network analysisGraph metricsCommunity detectionInteractive visualizationPrivacy
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Project archive

From capstone to research artifact

Every project listed here has a dedicated page with its question, method and, where verified, results. Reports, repositories, demos and official pages are linked only when a public source exists.