Faculty & staff

Data acquisition and control circuits

Microprocessor and FPGA based embedded systems

Low vision aids systems

Genetic algorithm methods and implementation

Introduction to Computer Architecture

Microprocessors

Hardware design using VHDL

Digital systems

Micro-controllers laboratory

VHDL laboratory

1992-an IDF Award for Engineering

TEXTBOOKS

1. S. Polack, N. Thirer

Introduction to microcomputers and microcontrollers

The Open University of Israel, School of Technology

2004, 415 pages (in Hebrew)

2. Y. Shinboim, N. Thirer, S. Polack

Introduction to microcomputers and microcontrollers, 2nd Edition

The Open University of Israel, School of Technology

2007, 425pages (in Hebrew)

CHAPTERS IN BOOKS

. N. Thirer, I. Uchansky, A FPGA based Computer System for a Greenhouse Control

Emerging Innovations in Agriculture:From Theory to Practice, ATINER,Athens,

Greece 2015 (coordinator : Dr. Amitava Rakshit) ISBN:978-618-5065-84-3

ARTICLES (last years, partial list)

1. J. Bergman, N. Thirer

Computing methods to evaluate electrical parameters of asynchronous motors

Bulletin SEV/VSE, Zurich, Switzerland

19, 1991 (49-52)

2. N. Thirer, H. Matzner

A micro-computer keyboard circuit

23rd IEEE Convention of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in Israel

IEEE Proc., Tel-Aviv, Israel, 6-7 Sept. 2004 (126-128)

3 N. Thirer, I. David, I. Baal Zedaka, U. Efron

An FPGA controller for the image transceiver device

23rd IEEE Convention of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in Israel

IEEE Proc., Tel-Aviv, Israel, 6-7 Sept. 2004 (169-172)

4 . Y. David, N. Thirer, I. Baal Zedaka, U. Efron

Design of low cross-talk image transceiver device and controller circuitry

11^th IEEE Int'l Conf. on Electronics, Circuits and Systems (ICECS)

Tel-Aviv, Israel, 13-15 Dec. 2004 (531-534)

5. U. Efron, I. David, B. Apter, N. Thirer, I. Baal Zedaka, A. Ben-Guigui,

O. Levy, P. Nater

A head-mounted, image transceiver-based, low vision aid

Elsevier Int'l. Congress Series, 1282, 2005 (512-516)

6. Y. David, N.Thirer, I. Zedaka, U. Efron

Design of low cross-talk image transceiver device and controller circuitry

Proc. SPIE Conf. 5881 "Infrared and Photoelectronic Imagers and Control Devices”

San Diego, CA, USA, 31 July-4 August 2006

7. N. Thirer, Y. David, I. Baal Zedaka, U. Efron

Improvement of pipelines implementations in FPGA design

Proc. SPIE Conf. 6294 "Optical Engineering and Instrumentation"

San Diego, CA, USA, 13-17 August 2006 (paper # 6294-37)

8. R. Florescu, N. Thirer

Distribution Laws of Small Size Samples, Metrological Implementation

IEEE 24th Convention of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in Israel

15-17 November 2006 (79-81)

9. N.Thirer, A. Souhami

Parallel Processing for a DSP Application using FPGA.

IEEE 24th Convention of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in Israel

15-17 November 2006 (389-392)

10. N. Thirer, R. Florescu

A new UART controller

4^th Int'l Conf. on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics

Angers, France, 9-12 May 2007

11. N. Thirer, Y. David, I. Baal Zedaka, U. Efron

Considerations concerning an Image Transceiver System Design

Proc. SPIE Symposium on Photonics Devices and Applications

San Diego, CA, USA, 26-30 August 2007 (paper # 6660B-33)

12. U. Efron, I. David, B. Apter, N. Thirer, I. Baal Zedaka, O. Bogillo, M. Weyl,

O. Levy, M. Salasnik

An image transceiver-based, low vision goggle

Proc. 9th Int'l. Conf. on Low Vision (Vision 2008)

Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 7-11 July 2008

13. l. Ciobanu, N. Thirer

Modeling vehicles and mobile robots

IEEE 25th Convention of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in Israel

Eilat, Israel, 3-5 December 2008 (246-249)

14. Y. David, B. Apter, N. Thirer, I. Baal-Zedaka, U. Efron

Design of integrated eye tracker-display device for heat mounted systems

Proc. SPIE Infrared Systems and Photoelectronic Technology IV,

San Diego, USA, 20 August 2009, Vol.7419

15. V. Yakobov, L. Mash, N. Thirer

On chip implementation of an OCR algorithm for musical notation

IEEE 26th Convention of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in Israel

Eilat, Israel, 17-20 November 2010 (00581-00584

16. A. Godkin, N. Thirer

A FPGA implementation of hardware based accelerator for a generic algorithm

IEEE 26th Convention of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in Israel

Eilat, Israel, 17-20 November 2010 (00578-00580)

17. N. Thirer

A pipelined based FPGA implementation of a genetic algorithm

Int'l. Conf. on Evolutionary Computation Theory and Applications -

ECTA 2011 (part of IJCCI 2011)

Paris, France, 24-26 October 2011 (343-345)

18. N. Thirer

About the FPGA implementation of a genetic algorithm for solving sudoku puzzles

2012 IEEE 27th Conv. of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in Israel:

Celebrating 50 Years of the IEEE-Israel Section

Eilat, Israel, 14-17 November 2012

19. N. Thirer

A pipelined FPGA implementation of an encryption algorithm based on genetic algorithm

Proc. SPIE Conf. "Machine Intelligence and Bio-inspired Computation:

Theory and Applications VII, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, 29 April-3 May 2013

Vol.8751D [doi: 10.117/12.2014829]

20. N. Thirer

A novel pipeline based FPGA implementation of a genetic algorithm.,

SPIE Conf. "Machine Intelligence and Bio-inspired Computation"

Theory and Applications VIII [paper number : 9119-11]

Baltimore, Maryland, USA, 5-9 May 2014