Nathan Netanyahu

For his grandfather, see Nathan Mileikowsky.

Nathan S. Netanyahu (Hebrew: נָתָן נְתַנְיָהוּ; born 28 November 1951) is an Israeli computer scientist and a professor of computer science at Bar-Ilan University.^[1]

Nathan S. Netanyahu
נָתָן נְתַנְיָהוּ
Born	(1951-11-28) November 28, 1951 (age 73)
Alma mater	University of Maryland, College Park
Known for	Nearest neighbor search, k-means clustering, computer chess, image registration
Scientific career
Fields	Computer Science
Institutions	Bar-Ilan University
Doctoral advisor	David Mount, Azriel Rosenfeld

Netanyahu is the son of mathematician Elisha Netanyahu and Supreme Court of Israel justice Shoshana Netanyahu, the nephew of historian Benzion Netanyahu, and the cousin of current Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu. He did his graduate studies at the University of Maryland, College Park, earning a Ph.D. in 1992 under the supervision of David Mount and Azriel Rosenfeld.^[2]

Netanyahu has co-authored highly cited research papers on nearest neighbor search^[3] and k-means clustering.^[4] He has published many papers on computer chess, was the local organizer of the 12th World Computer Chess Championship in 2004, and was program co-chair for the 4th International Conference on Computers and Games, colocated with the WCCC. Another frequent topic in his research is image registration.