ד"ר יהושע סוקול

1988  M.Sc. in Materials' Engineering, National University MISiS, Moscow

                  Thesis: Changes of local non-uniformity in cobalt-rich amorphous alloys

                  Area: Experimental study of metal glasses

                  Supervisor: Prof. Yu.A. Skakov

1994  M.Sc. in Applied Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science

                  Thesis: Design of Planar Optical Interconnects

                  Area: Diffractive optics

                  Supervisors: Dr. Yaakov Amitai and Prof. Asher Friesem

2000  Ph.D. in Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science

Thesis: Dilepton Production in Pb-Au collisions at 158 GeV per Nucleon Using the   CERES Detector

                  Area: Experimental nuclear physics

                  Supervisor: Prof. Itzhak Tserruya

2003 – 2006          Adjunct lecturer, Dept. of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Ariel University

2015 – 2016          Adjunct lecturer, Dept. of Mathematics, Shamoon College of Engineering

2017 – present       Adjunct lecturer, Dept. of Mathematics, Jerusalem College of Engineering

2017 – 2018          Lecturer, Dept. of Electrical & Electronic Engineering,

                              Jerusalem College of Technology

2018 – present       Senior lecturer, Dept. of Electrical & Electronic Engineering,

                              Jerusalem College of Technology

  2007 – 2017 Falcon Analytics – self-owned consultancy

2003 – 2007 Senior Researcher at National Center for Radiation Sources and Applications (joint project of Tel-Aviv University and Ariel University under the auspices of the Ministry of Science).

                      Responsibilities: Coordinator of the Israeli Free-Electron Laser collaboration (~10 members)

1999 – 2003  Researcher at Dept. of Chemistry, Bar-Ilan University

                      Responsibilities: R&D team leader (+ 2 engineers) in the framework of Digital Printing Consortium (Chief Scientist, the Ministry of Economics)

1988 – 1990  R&D engineer, Lab. of soft magnetic materials, I.P. Bardin Research Institute for Ferrous Metallurgy, Moscow.

                      Responsibilities: team member – thermo-magnetic alloys                                   

1. Past

Falcon Analytics

         Projects with ELTA Systems Ltd (a division and subsidiary of Israel Aerospace Industries)

• R&D of high-power lasers and their applications
• Supervised by the Director, R&D and Strategic Planning, ELTA Systems Ltd
  • Simulations, feasibility studies and preliminary designs
  • Proof-of-concept experiments
  • Formulation of specifications, choice of sub-contactors (academy & industrial)
  • Collaboration with sub-contractors (including travels abroad), contacts with funding agencies
  • Preparation & presentation of proposals & reports

         with IDF Home Front & Technion

• Radiation effects and protection
• Monte Carlo simulations

         with Helmholz Zentrum Berlin & Budker Inst. for Nucl. Physics (Novosibirsk, Russia)

• Free-Electron Laser for extreme ultraviolet lithography: feasibility study & conceptual design

National Center for Radiation Sources and Applications (Ariel)

• Successful commissioning of the FEL
• Next stages' R&D
• Preparation & presentation of proposals & reports

            Avnet37 (Detection of Concealed Objects) Consortium (MAGNET)

• Sub-mm wave imaging – experiment, data processing, interpretation

Bar-Ilan University

DPI2000+ Digital Printing Consortium (MAGNET)

            In collaboration with Aprion Digital Ltd (presently – part of HP-Scitex)

• Inkjet printing head lab prototype – design, development & building
• Spectral imaging of ink drops, machine vision & classification
• Interaction with process engineers – support of inks' formulation
• Study of electrochemistry of conductive inks

I.P. Bardin Institute, Moscow

• Developed new class of nickel-rich thermo-magnetic alloys for temperature switches

1. Present

1. Radiation carcinogenesis – epidemiology and simulation: for the last years, my research interests have been centered on of the health effects of ionizing radiation, and during the last year – also in managing radiological emergency. I am active in statistical meta-analysis, Monte Carlo simulations and development of dynamic models, including developing computer model for real-time estimation of human and economic costs of population evacuation. My activity includes coordinating interdisciplinary research performed by international collaborations. The collaborators are affiliated with Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, National Centre for Nuclear Research (Poland), Inst. of Gerontology (Kiev, Ukraine), Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy (Moscow) and more.
2. Radiological emergency: estimating possible scenarios of radiological events (Red Team).
3. Machine learning for image processing and data fusion. Machine learning algorithms underwent explosive development during the last decade, with deep-neural-network (DNN) approach being a game-changer. During the last few years, DNN software became mature, being more and more user-oriented (rather than being specialist-oriented until recently), more and more resembling building blocks for user applications. Moreover, the nowadays trend is DNN-specific hardware (ASIC) to replace general-purpose hardware (GPU). The activity is in collaboration with ELTA Systems Ltd.

Books, Book Sections

1. Yehoshua Socol. Practical Aspects of Nuclear Threat (in Hebrew), 5-th Ed. Academic Forum for Nuclear Awareness, 2017. 54 pp + appendices in English

יהושע סוקול. איום גרעיני בהיבט מעשי. מהדורה חמישית, פורום אקדמאים למודעות גרעינית, 2017. 54 עמ' + נספחים באנגלית

2. Vaiserman, A. Koliada and Y. Socol. Hormesis through low dose radiation. Book chapter (chap. 13) in: S. Rattan and M. Kyriazis (Eds), “The Science of Hormesis in Health and Longevity”, by Elsevier, Oct. 2018, ISBN 978-0-12-814253-0, pp. 129-138.      

Peer-Reviewed Papers in Refereed Journals

1. D'yakonova N.G., V.V. Sadchikov and E.I. Sokol. Thermomagnetic properties of high nickel alloys. Metal Science and Heat Treatment 32 (1990) 713–716. Q3, Impact factor: 0.3
2. Socol E., Y. Amitai and A.A. Friesem. Design of planar optical interconnects. SPIE Proceedings 2426 (1995) 433–442. Impact factor: 0.4. Times cited: 3
3. Agakichiev G. et al. (CERES Collaboration) New results from NA45/CERES. Phys. A 590 (1995) 103–116. Q2, Impact factor: 1.5. Times cited: 49
4. Agakichiev G. et al. (CERES Collaboration) Performance of the CERES Electron Spectrometer in the CERN SPS Lead Beam. Instr. Meth. A 371 (1996) 16–21. Q1, Impact factor: 2.0. Times cited: 9
5. Faschingbauer U. et al. (CERES Collaboration) A doublet of 3" cylindrical silicon drift detectors in the CERES/NA45 experiment. Instr. Meth. A 377 (1996) 362–366. Q1, Impact factor: 1.5. Times cited: 11
6. Ullrich T. et al. (CERES Collaboration) First results from CERES/NA45 on low-mass electron pair production in Pb-Au collisions. Phys. A 610 (1996) 317–330. Q2, Impact factor: 1.5. Times cited: 64
7. Appelshauser H. et al. (CERES Collaboration) Physics with the upgraded CERES detector. Acta Phys. Polonica B 29 (1998) 3153–3159. Q2, Impact factor: 0.6. Times cited: 4
8. Agakichiev G. et al. (CERES Collaboration) Low-mass e⁺e^–- pair production in 158A GeV Pb-Au collisions at the CERN SPS, its dependence on multiplicity and transverse momentum. Lett. B 422 (1998) 405–412. Q1, Impact factor: 3.6. Times cited: 238
9. Ceretto F. et al. (CERES Collaboration) Hadron physics with CERES: spectra and collective flow. Phys. A 638 (1998) 467c–470c. Q2, Impact factor: 1.5. Times cited: 40
10. Ravinovich et al. (CERES Collaboration) CERES results on low-mass electron pair production in Pb-Au collisions. Nucl. Phys. A 638 (1998) 159c–170c. Q2, Impact factor: 1.5. Times cited: 19
11. Lenkeit B. et al. (CERES Collaboration) New results on low-mass lepton pair production in Pb-Au collisions at 158 GeV/c per nucleon. Phys. A 654 (1999) 627c–630c. Q2, Impact factor: 1.5. Times cited: 13
12. Lenkeit B. et al. (CERES Collaboration) Recent results from Pb-Au collisions at 158 GeV/c per nucleon obtained with the CERES spectrometer. Phys. A 661 (1999) 23c–32c. Q2, Impact factor: 1.5. Times cited: 52
13. Socol Y., O. Abramson, A. Gedanken et al. Suspensive electrode formation in pulsed sonoelectro­chemical synthesis of silver nanoparticles. Langmuir 18 (2002), 4736–4740. Q1, Impact factor: 4.0. Times cited: 76
14. Socol Y., Y. Meshorer, L. Berenstein and A. Zaban. Using ultrasonic energy to improve the ink drying process: a feasibility study. Imag. Sci. Techn., 47 (2003) 239–242. Q2, Impact factor: 0.9. Times cited: 1
15. Socol Y., L. Berenstein, and A. Zaban. Method for in situ measurements of inkjet printed ink drops. Imag. Sci. Techn., 48 (2004) 15–21. Q2, Impact factor: 0.9. Times cited: 11
16. Agakichiev G. et al. (CERES Collaboration) Semihard scattering unraveled from collective dynamics by two-pion azimuthal correlations in 158A GeV/c Pb+Au collisions. Rev. Let. 92 (2004) Art. 032301. Q1, Impact factor: 7.6. Times cited: 99
17. Bormashenko E., R. Pogreb, Y. Socol, et al. Novel scheme for electrically-controlled resonance IR waveguides. Applicata 34 (2004) 303–307. Q3, Impact factor: 0.6. Times cited: 2
18. Bormashenko E., R. Pogreb, Y. Socol, et al. Polyvinylidene fluoride – piezoelectric polymer for integrated infrared optics applications. Materials 27 (2004) 429–434. Q1, Impact factor: 2.0. Times cited: 29
19. Bormashenko E., R. Pogreb, O. Stanevsky et al. Self-assembled honeycomb polycarbonate films deposited on polymer piezoelectric substrates and their applications. Adv. Technol. 16 (2005) 299–304. Q1, Impact factor: 2.0. Times cited: 37
20. Agakichiev G. et al. (CERES Collaboration) e⁺e^– -pair production in Pb-Au collisions at 158 GeV per nucleon. Phys. J. C41 (2005) 475–513. Q1, Impact factor: 4.9. Times cited: 126
21. Bielcikova J. et al. (CERES collaboration) Semihard scattering unraveled from collective flow at the SPS. Phys. J. C43 (2005) 323–327. Q1, Impact factor: 4.9. Times cited: 2
22. Socol Y., A. Gover, A. Eliran et al. Coherence limits and chirp control in long pulse free electron laser oscillator. Rev. ST Accel. Beams 8 (2005) Art. 080701. Q1, Impact factor: 2.0. Times cited: 7
23. Socol Y. Mechanical means for temperature compensation of planar diffractive optical interconnects. Eng. Lett. 45 (2006) Art. 040502. Q1, Impact factor: 1.2
24. Socol Y. and I.S. Guzman. Fast ring-shape self-assembling in water-based ink-jetted droplets. Phys. Chem. B, 110 (2006) 18347–18350. Q1, Impact factor: 3.2. Times cited: 20
25. Socol Y., G. N. Kulipanov, A. N. Matveenko, O. A. Shevchenko and N.V. Vinokurov. Compact 13.5-nm free-electron laser for extreme ultraviolet lithography. Rev. ST Accel. Beams 14 (2011) 040702. Q1, Impact factor: 2.0. Times cited: 47
26. Socol Y., M. Yanovskiy and M. Bronshtein. Challenges of a multi-polar nuclear world. Obrana a strategie (Defence & Strategy) 12/1 (2012) 27–40, DOI: 10.3849/1802-7199.12.2012.01.027-040 Times cited: 1
27. Socol Y. High-power free-electron lasers–technology and future applications. Optics & Laser Technology 46 (2013) 111–126. Q2, Impact factor: 1.9. Times cited: 11
28. Socol Y., M. Yanovskiy and Zatcovetsky. Low-dose ionising radiation: scientific controversy, moral-ethical aspects and public choice. Int. J. Nuclear Governance, Economy and Ecology, 4 (2013) 59–75. Times cited: 8
29. Socol Y., L. Dobrzyński, M. Doss et al. Commentary: ethical issues of current health-protection policies on low-dose ionizing radiation. Dose-Response 12 (2014) 342–348. Q1, Impact factor: 2.4. Times cited: 19
30. Socol Y., J. Cuttler, L. Dobrzyński et al. Comment on "NAIRAS aircraft radiation model development, dose climatology, and initial validation", Space Weather 12/2 (2014) 120–121. Q2, Impact factor: 2.6. Times cited: 1
31. Socol Y. Chernobyl's legacy: black prophecies' bubble. Europhysics News 45/1 (2014) 27, DOI: 10.1051/epn/2014199. Times cited: 2
32. Socol Y. Nuclear-powered unmanned aerial vehicles for science, industry and telecommunications. J. Nuclear Governance, Economy and Ecology 4/2 (2014) 77–82.
33. Fornalski KW., M. Cohen, J. Cuttler et al. Letter to the Editor: French nuclear power plants and childhood leukemia. Dose-Response. 12 (2014) 518–21. Q1, Impact factor: 2.4. Times cited: 1
34. Socol Y. Reconsidering health consequences of the Chernobyl Dose-Response 13/1 (2015) 14-040. Q1, Impact factor: 2.4. Times cited: 3
35. Socol Y. and L. Dobrzyński. Atomic bomb survivors life-span study: insufficient statistical power to select radiation carcinogenesis model. Dose-Response 13/1 (2015) 14-034. Q1, Impact factor: 2.4. Times cited: 16
36. Socol Y. and JS. Welsh. Regarding the credibility of data showing an alleged association of cancer with radiation from CT scans. Cancer Res. Treat. 15/1 (2016) 159–162. Q2, Impact factor: 2.2. Times cited: 6
37. Socol Y. and JS. Welsh. Changing attitude toward radiation carcinogenesis and prospects for novel low-dose radiation treatments. Cancer Res. Treat. 15/6 (2016) 732–736. Q2, Impact factor: 2.2. Times cited: 1
38. Dobrzyński L., KW. Fornalski, Y. Socol and J.M. Reszczyńska. Modeling of irradiated cells' transformation: the dose- and time-dependent effects. Radiation Research. 186/4 (2016) 396–406. Q1, Impact factor: 2.5. Times cited: 8
39. Cuttler J., L. Feinendegen and Y. Socol. Evidence that lifelong low dose-rates of ionizing radiation increase lifespan in long- and short-lived dogs. Dose-Response, Jan-Mar (2017) 1–6. Q1, Impact factor: 2.4. Times cited: 12
40. Siegel JA, B. Sacks and Y. Socol. The LSS Cohort of Atomic Bomb Survivors and LNT. Radiation Research, 188 (2017), 463–464. Q1, Impact factor: 2.5   Times cited: 1
41. Vaiserman A., A. Koliada, O. Zabuga and Y. Socol. Health Impacts of Low-Dose Ionizing Radiation: Current Scientific Debates and Regulatory Issues. Dose-Response 16/3 (2018) 1559325818796331 Impact factor: 2.4.
42. Cuttler J., L. Feinendegen and Y. Socol. Evidence of a dose-rate threshold for lifespan reduction of dogs exposed lifelong to γ-radiation. Dose-Response 16/4 (2018) 1559325818820211. Q1, Impact factor: 2.4
43. Yanovskiy M., Y.Y. Shaki and Y. Socol. Ethics of adoption and use of the linear no-threshold model. Dose-Response 17/1 (2019) 1559325818822602. Q1, Impact factor: 2.4
44. Socol Y., Y.Y. Shaki and A. Vaiserman. Thyroid cancer overdiagnosis: implications for understanding radiation carcinogenesis and for medical imaging. Chemico-Biological Interactions 305 (2019) 1– Q1, Impact factor: 3.5.
45. Socol Y, YY Shaki, M Yanovskiy. Interests, Bias, and Consensus in Science and Regulation. Dose-Response 17/2 (2019) 1559325819853669 Q1, Impact factor: 2.4

  Peer-Reviewed Papers in Refereed Conference Proceedings

1. Socol, E. Dyunin, A. Gover et al. Present Status of the Israeli FEL: Increasing FEL Power by Electron Beam Energy Boosting. FEL 2006—28^th International Free Electron Laser Conference, Aug 27 – Sep 01, 2006, Berlin. pp. 352-355, poster
2. Einat, N. S. Ginzburg, N. Yu. Peskov, M. I. Petelin, A. Gover, Y. Socol, A. Kaminsky, S. Sedykh, J. Lucas. Development of Powerful FEMs for X, Ka and W Bands for Physical and Industrial Applications. FEL 2006—28^th International Free Electron Laser Conference, Aug 27 – Sep 01, 2006, Berlin. pp. 390-392, poster
3. Faingersh, J. Dadoun, Kh. Garb, A. Gover, Y. Socol, G.G. Denisov, M.Y. Shmelyov, M. Einat, B. Kapilevich, B. Litvak, Y. Pinhasi, A. Yahalom. New Resonator for the Israeli FEL. FEL 2006—28^th International Free Electron Laser Conference, Aug 27 – Sep 01, 2006, Berlin. pp. 349-351, poster
4. Socol, G.N. Kulipanov, O.A. Shevchenko, N. Vinokurov, A.N. Matveenko. 13.5-nm Free-Electron Laser for EUV Lithography. FEL 2010—32^nd International Free Electron Laser Conference, Aug 23–27, 2010, Malmo, Sweden. pp.250-252, poster
5. Socol. Changing Attitude to Radiation Hazards and Consequent Opportunities for LINAC Applications LINAC12—26th Linear Accelerator Conference, Sep 9-14, 2012, Tel-Aviv, Israel. pp. 288-290, poster.
6. Socol. Positive Trends in Radiation Risk Assessment and Consequent Opportunities for Linac Applications LINAC14—27th Linear Accelerator Conference, Aug 31–Sep 5, 2014, Geneva, Switzerland. pp. 1202-1206, invited lecture at the closing session.

 Patents  

            Passive solar trackers based on thermo-magnetic effects. Provisional application US 62/315,021 (2016).

Courses taught

• Ariel University, 2003 – 2006:

Stochastic Signals and Noise • Introduction to Lasers • Semiconductor Materials & Devices • Probability and Statistics • Introduction to Numerical Methods • Digital Systems

• Shamoon College of Engineering, 2015 – 2016:

Probability and Statistics • Linear algebra • Ordinary differential equations

• Technion civil engineering program (at Jerusalem College of Engineering), 2017 – 2018: Probability and Statistics

• Jerusalem College of Technology

Nanotechnologies • Optical electronics • Digital systems • Physics B (Electricity and Magnetism) • Signals and Systems

Course material developed

• Ariel University, 2005 – 2006: Stochastic Signals and Noise (upgrade)
• Jerusalem College of Engineering, 2017: Probability and Statistics
• Jerusalem College of Technology
  • 2018: Signals and Systems–Laboratory Manual (upgrade)
  • 2018: Physics B (Electricity and Magnetism)
  • 2018: Optical Electronics

Journal refereeing

• Radiation Research
• Dose-Response
• International Journal of Molecular Sciences,
• International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
• Current Medical Imaging Reviews

Conference organization

• Risk Assessment of Nuclear Accidents. James H. (Jimmy) Belfer Memorial Symposium, Technion 29.10.2012 (with Prof. Michael Shapiro and Prof. Ezra Elias).
• Free-Electron Lasers' Applications. LINAC12 satellite meeting, Tel-Aviv, 11.09.2012

Conference session chair

• Session: Nuclear and Radiation Safety, at: Risk Assessment of Nuclear Accidents. James H. (Jimmy) Belfer Memorial Symposium, Technion 29.10.2012

Invited Speaker

• Irradiation of arbitrary time-dependence: mathematical model of adaptive response and oscillatory behavior. Applications of Low Radiation Doses in Medical Diagnosis and Therapy, Sep 17-18, 2019, Kielce, Poland.
• Recent development in radiation research and consequent opportunities for accelerator applications, MMT-2018—10^th International Conference on Material Technologies and Modeling, Aug 20-24, 2018, Ariel, Israel
• Childhood Cancer from Hiroshima to Fukushima: The Myths and the Evidence. Apulian Pediatric Endocrinology Congress, June 17-18, 2016, Brindisi, Italy
• Positive Trends in Radiation Risk Assessment and Consequent Opportunities for LINAC Applications. Closing session, LINAC14—27th Linear Accelerator Conference, Aug 31- Sep 5, 2014, Geneva, Switzerland
• Systems in Nuclear Environment. Electricity 2010—International Convention, Nov 17-20, Eilat, Israel
• Assessing Radiological and Nuclear Terror Scenarios. ICT's 9th International Conference on Counter-Terrorism, Sep 7-10, 2009, Herzliya, Israel
• Nuclear Threat – New Challenge for Anti-Missile Defense Systems, Military Technologies 2009, May 6, Airport City, Israel

• Chairman, Academic Forum for Nuclear Awareness (AFNA-forum.org). Founded in 2007, AFNA is a non-partisan organization promoting awareness and preparedness in the face of nuclear threats