Yonatan Yehezkeally
Technical University of Munich
Associate Professorship of Coding and Cryptography (Prof. Wachter-Zeh)
Postal address
Postal:
Theresienstr. 90
80333 München
- Phone: +49 (89) 289 - 29056
- Room: 0104.03.415
- yonatan.yehezkeally@tum.de
Biography
Yonatan Yehezkeally received the Ph.D. degree in electrical and computer engineering from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel, in 2020. Before that, he received the M.Sc. degree (summa cum laude) in electrical and computer engineering and the B.Sc. degree (cum laude) in mathematics, in 2017 and 2013 respectively, also from Ben-Gurion University.
From Oct. 2020, Yonatan is a postdoctoral researcher in the Institute for Communications Engineering, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, TU Munich, Munich, Germany. He is working in the Coding for Communications and Data Storage group (COD, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Antonia Wachter-Zeh). Previously, between July-September 2020, he was a postdoctoral researcher at Ben-Gurion University.
Yonatan has studied rank-modulation codes for Flash memories in his master's thesis, which are Gray codes in the symetric group of finite sets designed to alleviate the read-write imbalance in Flash technology. His doctoral thesis dealt with string-duplication channels, with applications to data storage in DNA (specifically, in vivo DNA data storage). He is interested in coding for DNA data storage in general, including coding over sliced information, and coding for combined noise models (e.g., substitutions and duplications, etc.)
His research interests further include combinatorial structures, algebraic coding and finite group theory.
Teaching
Lectures
- Digital Systems (at BGU; mandatory module for Bachelor students), Winters 2018/19,2019/20.
- Calculus 1 (at BGU; prep. module for Bachelor students), Summer 2017
Publications
Journal Publications
[4] Yuanyuan Tang, Yonatan Yehezkeally, Moshe Schwartz, and Farzad Farnoud, "Single-error detection and correction for duplication and substitution channels," IEEE Trans. on Inform. Theory, 66(11), pp. 6908-6919, November 2020. (doi)
[3] Yonatan Yehezkeally and Moshe Schwartz, "Reconstruction codes for DNA sequences with uniform tandem-duplication errors," IEEE Trans. on Inform. Theory, 66(5), pp. 2658-2668, May 2020. (doi)
[2] Yonatan Yehezkeally and Moshe Schwartz, "Limited-magnitude error-correcting Gray codes for rank modulation," IEEE Trans. on Inform. Theory, 63(9), pp. 5774-5792, September 2017. (doi)
[1] Yonatan Yehezkeally and Moshe Schwartz, "Snake-in-the-box codes for rank modulation," IEEE Trans. on Inform. Theory, 58(8), pp. 5471-5483, August 2012. (doi)
Conference Publications
[5] Yonatan Yehezkeally and Moshe Schwartz, "Uncertainty of Reconstructing Multiple Messages from Uniform-Tandem-Duplication Noise," in Proc. of the 2020 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT2020), Los Angeles, CA, USA, June 2020. (doi)
[4] Yuanyuan Tang, Yonatan Yehezkeally, Moshe Schwartz, and Farzad Farnoud (Hassanzadeh), "Single-error detection and correction for duplication and substitution channels," in Proc. of the 2019 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT2019), pp. 300-304, Paris, France, July 2019. (doi)
[3] Yonatan Yehezkeally and Moshe Schwartz, "Reconstruction codes for DNA sequences with uniform tandem-duplication errors," in Proc. of the 2018 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT2018), pp. 2535-2539, Vail, CO, U.S.A., June 2018. (doi)
[2] Yonatan Yehezkeally and Moshe Schwartz, "Limited-magnitude error-correcting Gray codes for rank modulation," in Proc. of the 2016 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT2016), pp. 2829-2833, Barcelona, Spain, July 2016. (doi)
[1] Yonatan Yehezkeally and Moshe Schwartz, "Snake-in-the-box codes for rank modulation," in Proc. of the 2012 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT2012), pp. 2993-2997, Boston, MA, U.S.A., July 2012. (doi)
Theses
[2] Yonatan Yehezkeally, "Coding for duplicatoin channels with application to DNA storage," Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel, Jun. 2020.
[1] Yonatan Yehezkeally, "Snake-in-the-box codes for rank modulation," Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel, Jun. 2016.
Honors and awards
2020 | Awarded a Carl Friedrich von Siemens Research Fellowship of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation for postdoctoral researchers. |
2020 | Awarded a Minerva Fellowship for a research residency at TU Munich, EI, LNT (host: Prof. Antonia Wachter-Zeh) from the Minerva Stiftung. (Declined due to conflict with Humboldt Research Fellowship.) |
2020 | Received the Dr. Max Fogiel and Helen J. Kaufmann Award for Highest Student Achievment in Electrical Engineering, from the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. |
2017 | Awarded a Negev-Faran scholarship from the Kreitman School of Advanced Graduate Studies, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. |
2008 | Winner of the Intel Prize (Israel) for excellent B.Sc. students in relevant fields of study. |
Education
2016-2020 | Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Supervisor: Prof. Moshe Schwartz Thesis: "Coding for Duplication Channels with Applications to DNA Storage" |
2014-2017 | M.Sc. (summa cum laude) in Electrical and Computer Engineering Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Supervisor: Prof. Moshe Schwartz Thesis: "Snake-in-the-Box Codes for Rank Modulation" |
2006-2013 | B.Sc. (cum laude) in Mathematics Ben-Gurion University of the Negev |
Work Experience
2020-current | Postdoctoral researcher Institute for Communications Engineering, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Technical University of Munich |
2020 | Postdoctoral researcher School of Electrical and Computer Engineering Ben-Gurion University of the Negev |
2018-2020 | Lecturer and Teaching Assistant School of Electrical and Computer Engineering Ben-Gurion University of the Negev |
2011-2018 | Teaching Assistant Department of Mathematics Ben-Gurion University of the Negev |
2001-2006 | Technical Officer (mandatory service) Israeli Defense Forces |