Yuval Elovici

Timeline

1. 1989–2012

   From student to full professor

   Born in Beer-Sheva in 1966, he receives a B.Sc. in 1989 and an M.Sc. in 1991 in computer and electrical engineering from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, and a Ph.D. from the information systems program in Tel Aviv University’s Faculty of Management. In 2000 he becomes a lecturer in information systems engineering, and in 2012 he becomes a full professor.

2. Since 2005

   Machine learning for malware

   Since 2005 he directs Telekom Innovation Laboratories at Ben-Gurion University. As director of the laboratories, he develops machine-learning methods for detecting whether a suspected file is malicious or benign.

3. 2014

   Morphisec and a research center

   In 2014 he co-founds Morphisec, a start-up company that develops cyber security mechanisms related to moving target defense, and he serves as director of Ben-Gurion University’s Cyber Security Research Center.

4. 2018

   The Kitsune detector

   In 2018 Kitsune appears at the Network and Distributed Systems Security Symposium, with Yisroel Mirsky, Tomer Doitshman, Yuval Elovici, and Asaf Shabtai as authors. Its core algorithm, KitNET, uses an ensemble of neural networks called autoencoders to differentiate between normal and abnormal traffic patterns.

5. 2019

   CT-GAN medical image attacks

   In 2019 Yisroel Mirsky, Tom Mahler, Ilan Shelef, and Yuval Elovici present CT-GAN at the USENIX Security Symposium. The paper shows how deep learning can add or remove evidence of medical conditions from 3D medical scans.

6. November 2021

   Fujitsu center for secure AI

   In November 2021 he heads the Fujitsu Cybersecurity Center of Excellence in Israel under a three-year agreement to develop security technologies for AI-based systems. He is head of Ben-Gurion University’s Cyber Security Research Center.

7. February 2026

   A Boeing aviation partnership

   In February 2026 he is head of Ben-Gurion University’s Cyber Security Research Center. Boeing and the university have a five-year agreement, valued at over USD 10 million, on cybersecurity for aviation and space systems, and the collaboration applies the latest AI developments to new security capabilities for future aviation technologies.

8. As of October 2026

   Professor and Telekom lab director

   He is a full professor in the Institute for Software, Systems, and Security and center director of Deutsche Telekom Innovation Laboratories at Ben-Gurion University. In March 2026 he coauthors a comparative study of SHAP and GPT explanations for AI-driven venture capital decisions.