Lihi Zelnik-Manor

Lihi Zelnik-Manor is a Professor at the Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology. Her research focuses on digitizing the sense of touch, integrating Haptics, Robotics, and Computer Vision to create digital representations of physical properties and develop haptic feedback devices for virtual interactions.

• Executive Vice President for Innovation and Industry Relations (2023-2026)
• Vice Dean for Graduate Studies (2022-2023)
• General Chair: CVPR’21, ECCV’22

Her work spans Neural Architecture Search (NAS), 3D Reconstruction, and Image Processing, with recent publications on haptic devices (2025), diffusion models (2025), and soft-tissue simulation (2024). She actively contributes to academic leadership through roles in top conferences and community initiatives like the Schmidt Postdoctoral Award steering committee.