Dr. Hadassa Daltrophe
Hadassa (Katz) Daltrophe obtained a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in 2016. She is currently a Senior Lecturer (equivalent to an Associate Professor in the US) at the Department of Software Engineering of Shamoon Academic College of Engineering (SCE) in Ashdod, Israel. Her research explores diversity and social preferences across multiple domains, including social media, distributed systems, artificial intelligence, tournament theory, and ethics. She is particularly interested in interdisciplinary research at the intersection of computer science and the social sciences and welcomes collaborations and motivated, curious students seeking research opportunities
Education
2016-2017 Post Doctoral Research Fellow.
Communication Systems Engineering,
Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
Host: Prof. Chen Avin
2011-2016 Ph.D. (Summa cum Laude) in Computer Science.
Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel.
Dissertation title: Big Data Abstraction: Exploration, Interpolation and Extrapolation.
Advisors: Prof. Shlomi Dolev and Prof. Zvi Lotker.
2007-2009 M.Sc. in Computer Science.
Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel.
Dissertation title: Curvature-base statistics of edge co-occurrence
Advisor: Prof. Ohad Ben-Shahar.
2003-2005 B.Sc. in Computer Science.
Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel.
Publications
Journal Papers
1. Daltrophe, H., Shrot, T., & Aronshtam, L. (2026) Winning is not the only metric:
the complexity of control manipulation in knockout tournaments for a redefined
goal. International Transactions in Operational Research, 33 (5), 3110-3127 link
2. Daltrophe H., & Korem N. (2025) Does radical constructivism imply the need to
mitigate echo chambers? Constructivist Foundations 21(1): 69-70. link
3. Danilchenko, K., Idan, S., Jerbi, H., & Daltrophe, H. (2025). MrC: a Medicalrecord Chain System based on Blockchain. Blockchain: Research and Applications.
100344 link
4. Tolila, C. B., Hovav, Y., Danilchenko, K., & Daltrophe, H. (2025). BlockchainEnabled Car Sharing: Enhancing Reliability and Vehicle History Management. Engineering Reports 7,1 link
5. Rozenbaum, E., Shrot, T., Daltrophe, H., Kunya, Y., & Shafir, S., (2024) Machine Learning-Based Bee Recognition and Tracking for Advancing Insect Behavior
Research. Artificial Intelligence Review 57, 245 link
6. Avin C., Daltrophe H., & Lotker Z. (2024). On the impossibility of breaking
the echo chamber effect in social media using regulation. Scientific Reports, 14(1),
1107. link
7. Aronshtam L., Sand B., Shrot T., Cohen R., Levin C., & Daltrophe H. (2023).
Optimal Route Crowd-Shipping System for Sustainable Rapid Delivery: Algorithm
Simulation and Feasibility Evaluation. Future Transportation, 4(1), 1-14. link
8. Avin C., Daltrophe H., Keller B., Lotker Z., Mathieu C., Peleg D., & Pignolet
Y. A. (2020). Mixed preferential attachment model: Homophily and minorities
in social networks. Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 555,
124723. link
9. Daltrophe H., Dolev S., & Lotker Z. (2018). Big data interpolation using functional representation. Acta Informatica, 55, 213-225. link
10. Daltrophe H., Dolev S., & Lotker Z. (2015). Probabilistic connectivity threshold
for directional antenna widths. Theoretical Computer Science, 584, 103-114.link
Grants & awards
2025 Internal Excellence Research Track B, SCE. A reliable and environmentally sustainable delivery system based on artificial intelligence, utilizing certified and on-demand
couriers. 3 years, 90,000 NIS
2022 Internal Excellence Research Track B, SCE. A secure blockchain-based medical
records system. 3 years, 90,000 NIS
2019 Internal Young Researcher Grant, SCE Segregation vs. Integration: Game Strategies in Evolving Social Networks. 3 years, 150,000 NIS
Courses
Data Structure
Computer Networking
Social Networks Analysis
Selected Topics in Communication Systems and Information Security
Object Oriented Programming
Data Mining Applications
