Associate professor Ron Lavi joined the faculty of Industrial Engineering and Management at Technion in 2006, after completing his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the Hebrew University (2004), and after conducting post-doctoral studies at the California Institute of Technology (2004-2006).  

His research focuses on topics on the border between Computer Science and Economics, and in particular on ways to design auctions and other economic mechanisms over the Internet. His works represent a successful integration of economic models with computer science analysis methods.