Shie Mannor

Shie Mannor is a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology. He previously served as an Assistant Professor and then Associate Professor at McGill University from 2004 to 2010, during which he held the Canada Research Chair in Machine Learning. His research focuses on Machine Learning, Data Science, Reinforcement Learning, and Control Systems, with applications in Automation, Robotics, and large-scale system analysis.

• Education: PhD in Electrical Engineering from the Technion (2002), followed by a Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellowship at MIT's LIDS.
• Academic Affiliations: McGill University (2004–2010), Technion (since 2008).
• Industry Roles: Co-founded four companies (Kashya, WideSail Technologies, Jether Energy Research, Amooka AI) and held leadership positions at SAIPS (Ford subsidiary) and NVIDIA Research.

His work has resulted in over 80 journal papers, 200 conference papers, 10 patents, and 20,900+ citations (h-index: 72). Awards include the Canada Research Chair and Fulbright Fellowship.

• Research Themes: Reinforcement learning, control systems, and scalable data-driven decision-making.
• Scientific Awards:
  • Canada Research Chair in Machine Learning (2005–2009)
  • Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellowship at MIT (2002–2004)