Dr. Arie Jacobi

Assistant professor in the faculty of Business Administration

About

Arie Jacobi is an assistant professor in the faculty of Business Administration at the Ono Academic College and Peres Academic Center in Israel. He received his B.Sc. in Computer Science, Mathematics, and History of Art from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem (1985 – Cum laude). He received his M.Sc. in Computer Science from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem (1988 – Magna cum laude), specializing in Artificial Intelligence and Computer Graphics, and his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem (1995), specializing in Computer Aided Geometric Design (CAGD) and approximation methods.

Dr. Jacobi is a researcher in mathematical modeling, Healthcare Information Systems, Social Networks, and Approximation Theory. His academic experience enables him to conduct interdisciplinary research by integrating tools from various areas, such as Numerical Analysis, Approximation Theory, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, data science, and multi-dimensional data visualization technologies. He applies these tools to other fields that need advanced mathematical modeling and solutions, such as Finance and Healthcare and Medical Informatics. As part of his academic work, Dr. Jacobi has been published in well-established journals and is involved in international research collaborations.

Education

Ph.D

Department of Computer Science, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel. 1995

M.Sc

1998 .Magna cum laude. Department of Computer Science, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel

B.Sc

Magna cum laude. Department of Computer Science & Mathematics, History of Art, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel. 1995.

Teaching Areas

• Information Systems: Project Management; Web Technologies; Quality Assurance; Object-Oriented Programming; Database Theory and Implementation; Analysis and Design using UML; Introduction courses in Information Systems. • Computer Science: Introduction courses; Computer Structure & Architecture; Object-Oriented Programming (C++, Java); Computer Networks; Data Structures and Algorithms; Software Engineering; Scientific Computing; Automata Theory and Formal Languages; Graph Theory; Computer Aided Geometric Design and Computer Graphics.

Research interests

Dr. Jacobi’s research interests are mainly in the areas of (i) Mathematical Modeling with emphasis on Financial Modeling; (ii) Complexity with emphasis on Social Networks; (iii) Data Science and Artificial Intelligence; and (iv) Computer Aided Geometric Design (CAGD) and Approximation Theory.

Selected Publications