Background
Joskowicz, Leo was born on April 13, 1961 in Paris. Son of Alfredo and Esther (Seligson) Joskowicz.
Joskowicz, Leo was born on April 13, 1961 in Paris. Son of Alfredo and Esther (Seligson) Joskowicz.
Bachelor of Science, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, 1983. Master of Science, Courant Institute of Mathematics Science, New York University, 1984. Doctor of Philosophy, Courant Institute of Mathematics Science, New York University, 1988.
Research and training assistant Courant Institute, New York University, 1984—1988. Research staff member, Artificial Intelligence Department International Business Machines Corporation Research, 1988—1993, research staff member, computer-assisted surgery group, 1993—1994. Project leader, computer-assisted surgery group: modeling and registration International Business Machines Corporation T.J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York, 1994—1995.
Senior lecturer, Institute Computer Science Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 1995—2000, associate professor, school engineering and computer science, 2000—2006, professor, school engineering and computer science, since 2006, director, Leibniz Center for Research in Computer Science, since 2001, founder, Computer-Aided Surgery and Medical Image Processing Laboratory, School Engineering and Computer Science, Givat Ram Campus, 1995—2000. Co-founder Orthopaedic Computerized Assited Surgery and Biomechanics Laboratory, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical School, Ein Karem, 2003. Visiting professor Instituto de Investigaciones en Matemá Aplicada y en Sistemas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 1997, Instituto Technologico Autonomo de Mexico, 1996—2006, Instituto de Mathemáticas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 2006, School Medicine, Universidad Panamericana, Mexico, 2006.
Invited speaker in field.
Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (senior member), American Society of Mechanical Engineers (associate editor, Journal Computing and Information Science in Engineering, since 2005), Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence, International Society for Computer-Aided Orthopaedic Surgery, International Society for Computer-Assisted Surgery, Sociedad Mexicana para la Ciencia de la Computacion.
Married Arzit Yannai, September 15, 1983;children: Yael, Dana.