Avishai Wool

Prof. Avishai Wool is a faculty member at Tel Aviv University, serving as Head of the Systems Department in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Deputy-Director of the Interdisciplinary Cyber Research Center. He received his B.Sc. (1989), M.Sc. (1992), and Ph.D. (1997) in Mathematics/Computer Science from Tel Aviv University and the Weizmann Institute. His career includes co-founding cybersecurity companies AlgoSec and Lumeta Corp.

Research Interests: His work focuses on computer security, network security, SCADA systems, side-channel cryptanalysis, and firewall technology. Recent publications explore GPU overclocking faults, vehicular radar spoofing, power grid protocol diversity, and password strength estimation.

Recent Article Trends: His 2024-2025 research spans SCADA network modeling, DDoS detection via stream analysis, password security via data-driven recommendations, vehicular camera spoofing, and RSA vulnerabilities from GPU faults. Earlier work includes cache attacks on TrustZone, Wi-Fi direction finding, and encrypted IoT traffic classification.

Labs & Teams: He leads the Systems Department and contributes to the Interdisciplinary Cyber Research Center, focusing on practical cybersecurity solutions for industrial systems, wireless networks, and embedded devices.