International Meetings

1. Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) – Annual conference in Ft. Lauderdale, FL U.S.A. Posters and proceedings abstracts in the years: 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, and 2010
2. "Development of a retinal computational model" - The 7th Biennial Congress on Artificial Vision - Detroit, MI, USA, 2012. Poster presentation.

Israeli Meetings

1. Chairman of the conference and presenter "Neural simulation of the retina" - Vision Restoration Conference – December 13, 2013, Afeka, Tel-Aviv Academic College of Engineering, Tel Aviv
2. Cochairman of the plenary session –Optical Engineering Meeting 2014 of the Society of Electrical and Electronic Engineers in Israel, February 26, 2014, ORT Hermelin College, Netanya
3. Invited class: "Retinal Implant – Background, Status, Future" – 20 Hours mini course for the Israel Council of Optometrists, The Dan Hotel, Tel Aviv, Israel, 11-13 March 2007

מלגות ופרסים

פרסים

1. 1982 Recipient of the excellence award for studies – Ben Gurion University
2. 1983 Recipient of the excellence award for studies – Ben Gurion University
3. 1984 Recipient of the excellence award for studies – Ben Gurion University
4. 1985 B.Sc. Cum Laude Graduate - Ben Gurion University
5. 1985 Eta Kappa Nu, Electrical Engineering Honorary.
6. 1992 Recipient of scholarship for Ph.D. studies in Electrical Engineering
7. 1993 Recipient of scholarship for Ph.D. studies in Electrical Engineering

מענקים

1. 2010-2012 US Department of Veterans Affairs - VA Merit Review "Stimulation Thresholds of Ganglion Cells in the Degenerate Retina" (25% first year, 15% second year) (C7379-R) $59,280
2. 2006-2010 US Department of Veterans Affairs - VA CDA "Electrical vs. Optical Response Characteristics of Retinal Neurons" (C4828W) $566,200

פרסומים

ביקורת עמיתים

• O. Ziv, "Imaging through atmospheric turbulence - building an image from pieces", internal report, RAFAEL, 1986.
• O. Ziv, "Simulating flight rolls by applying angular transformation to image scanning axis", Internal report, RAFAEL, 1989.
• O. Ziv, "Changing visual perception by geometrical distortion of an image", Internal report, RAFAEL, 1990.
• O. Ziv, "Analysis of CCD video quality after traveling in a flexible printed circuit", Internal report, Lockheed Martin Fairchild Defense Systems, 1996.
• O. Ziv, "Comparing methods of Double Correlation Sampling (DCS) for analog to digital conversion", Internal Report, Lockheed Martin Fairchild Defense Systems, 1996.
• O. Ziv and J. H. Constable, "Channel capacity under cross talk noise", IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility, October 1999.
• Sandra R. Montezuma, Joseph F. Rizzo III and Ofer R. Ziv, "Combined vitrectomy lens and contact electrode for ERG recording during surgery", Retina, Vol: 2, No. 6, pp:828-829, 2002
• S. R. Montezuma, J. F. Rizzo, O. R. Ziv, "Differential Recovery of the ERG, VECP and EECP Following Vitrectomy: Implications for acute testing of an implanted retinal prosthesis", Accepted for publication, VA Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development, 2004 Mar;41(2):113-20.
• Ralph J. Jensen, Joseph F. Rizzo III, Ofer R. Ziv, Andrew Grumet, and John Wyatt, "Thresholds for Activation of Rabbit Retinal Ganglion Cells with an Ultrafine, Extracellular Microelectrode", IOVS, August 2003, Vol. 44, No. 8
• Y.Yamauchi, V.Enzmann, L.M. Franco, D.Jackson, J.Naber, J.F. Rizzo, O.R. Ziv, H.J. Kaplan, "The Retinal Prosthesis - The Stimulation Threshold Is Lower With A Subretinal Microelectrode Array", IVOS, 2004 45
• Yasuyuki Yamauchi, Luisa M Franco, Douglas J Jackson, John F Naber, R Ofer Ziv, Joseph F Rizzo III, Henry J Kaplan and Volker Enzmann, "Comparison of electrically evoked cortical potential thresholds generated with subretinal or suprachoroidal placement of a microelectrode array in the rabbit", J. Neural Eng. 2 (2005) S48–S56
• Ralph J Jensen, Ofer R Ziv and Joseph F Rizzo, "Responses of rabbit retinal ganglion cells to electrical stimulation with an epiretinal electrode", J. Neural Eng. 2 (2005) S16–S21
• Ofer R Ziv, Joseph F Rizzo III and Ralph J Jensen, "In vitro activation of retinal cells: estimating location of stimulated cell by using a mathematical model", J. Neural Eng. 2 (2005) S5–S15
• Jensen RJ, Ziv OR, Rizzo JF, "Thresholds for activation of rabbit retinal ganglion cells with relatively large, extracellular microelectrodes", IVOS, 2005 Apr;46(4):1486-96.
• Ralph J. Jensen, Ofer R. Ziv, Joseph F. Rizzo III, Dean Scribner, Lee Johnson, "Spatiotemporal aspects of pulsed electrical stimuli on the responses of rabbit retinal ganglion cells", Experimental Eye Research 89 (2009) 972–979.

פרסומים בכנסים אקדמיים

• M. R. Chatterjee, P.P. Banerjee and O. Ziv, "A numerical investigation of the modulation properties of an AM soliton pulse upon reflection from a nonlinear/dispersive interface", OSA 1992 annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM, 1992.
• O. Ziv and M. R. Chatterjee, "A numerical exploration of optical soliton reflection and transmission at a nonlinear/dispersive fiber boundary", OSA Nonlinear Optics Topical Meeting, Maui, Hawaii, 1992.
• O. R. Ziv, R.J. Jensen, J.F. Rizzo, "In Vitro Activation Of Ganglion Cells In Rabbit Retina: Effects Of Glutamate Receptor Agents", ARVO, May 2002.
• R.J. Jensen, O.R. Ziv, J.F. Rizzo, "Effect of Epiretinal Vs Transretinal In Vitro Electrical Stimulation of Rabbit Retinal Ganglion Cells", ARVO, May 2002.
• S.R. Montezuma, J.F. Rizzo, O.R. Ziv,"Differential Recovery of ERG and VEP Following Vitreoretinal Surgery: Implications for Acute Testing of an Implanted Retinal Prosthesis", ARVO, May 2002.
• J.F. Rizzo, S.R. Montezuma, O.R. Ziv, "Effect of Epiretinal vs Transretinal In Vivo Electrical Stimulation of Rabbit Retina on the Amplitude of Evoked Cortical Potentials", ARVO, May 2002.
• Ralph J Jensen PhD, Ofer R. Ziv, PhD, Joseph F. Rizzo, MD., "Stimulation of ganglion cells in rabbit retina with a microelectrode placed on the inner retinal surface", RRDS Feb 10-12 2002 Conf.
• R.J. Jensen, O.R. Ziv, J.F. Rizzo, "Thresholds for Direct and Indirect Activation of Ganglion Cells With an Epiretinal Electrode: Effect of Stimulus Duration and Electrode Size", ARVO, May 2003
• O.R. Ziv, R.J. Jensen, J.F. Rizzo, "In Vitro Activation Of Retinal Cells: Estimating Location Of Stimulated Cell By using A Mathematical Model", ARVO, April 2004
• R.J. Jensen, O.R. Ziv, J.F. Rizzo, "Activation of Rabbit Retinal Ganglion Cells with Large Diameter Electrodes: Effects of Pulse Duration", ARVO, April 2004
• J.L. Wyatt, J.F. Rizzo, L.Theogarajan, D.B. Shire, S.K. Kelly, M.D. Gingerich, S.Cogan, M.Markova, O.Ziv, "Engineering Development of a Prototype Wireless Subretinal Prosthesis", Paper Presentation, ARVO, May 2005
• V.Enzmann, Y.Yamauchi, L.M. Franco, D.Jackson, J.F. Naber, J.F. Rizzo, III, R.O. Ziv, H.J. Kaplan, "Do Excitatory and Inhibitory Electrical Fields Result After Stimulation of the Rabbit Retina With a Subretinal Micro-Electrode Array?", ARVO, May 2005
• L.M. Franco, Y.Yamauchi, J.H. Sandell, J.F. Rizzo, III, R.O. Ziv, H.J. Kaplan, V.Enzmann, "Electrophysiological and Anatomical Changes in the Outer Retina After Iodoacetic Acid Injection in the Rabbit", ARVO, May 2005
• Y.Yamauchi, V.Enzmann, L.M. Franco, D.Jackson, J.F. Naber, J.F. Rizzo, III, R.O. Ziv, H.J. Kaplan, "Subretinal Placement of the Microelectrode Array is Associated With a Low Threshold for Electrical Stimualtion", ARVO, May 2005
• L.M. Franco, Y.Katagiri, Y.Yamauchi, D.Jackson, J.F. Rizzo, III, O.R. Ziv, H.J. Kaplan, V.Enzmann," Elevated Retinal Thresholds With a Subretinal Microelectrode Array in a Rabbit Model of Photoreceptor Degeneration", ARVO, April 2006
• O.R. Ziv, R.J. Jensen, J.F. Rizzo III, "Multielectrode Recording of Burst Responses From Retinal Ganglion Cells to Photic Stimuli of Variable Duration and Intencsity", ARVO, May 2007
• D.B.Shire, O.R. Ziv, M.D. Gingerich, R. Jensen, J.F. Rizzo, S.F. Cogan, J.L. Wyatt, "Progress Toward a Platform for Studying Neural Coding of Vision: Recordings From a Flexible, Transparent Multielectrode Array", ARVO, May 2007
• G. Swider, W. Drohan, O.R. Ziv, S.K. Kelly, J.L. Wyatt, J.F. Rizzo, "Development of Stimulation/Recording System for Evaluation of Retinal Implants, ARVO, May 2007
• O. R. Ziv and J. F. Rizzo, III. "Multielectrode Recording of Responses From Retinal Ganglion Cells to Photic Stimuli of Variable Area and Electric Current Stimuli of Variable Magnitude", ARVO, May 2009
• M.D. Gingerich, R. Akhmechet, O.R. Ziv, D.B. Shire, J.L. Wyatt, J.F. Rizzo, "Microfabricated Multi-Electrode Arrays for In Vitro Neural Coding Studies in the Retina", ARVO, May 2009
• O. R. Ziv and J. F. Rizzo, III, "Spatial Response Distribution of Rabbit Retinal Ganglion Cells for Photic Spot Stimulation", ARVO, May 2010

פטנטים

• O. Ziv, P. Uy, D. Filipovich, J. Fiore, "Optical Path Switch And Method Of Using Thereof", United States Patent 6,639,706 October 28, 2003
• D. Filipovich, J. Fiore, O. Ziv, P. Uy, "Image Enhancement System And Method For Night Goggles", United States Patent 7,170,057 January 30, 2007
• D. Filipovich, J. Fiore, O. Ziv, P. Uy, "Modular Panoramic Night Vision Goggles", United States Patent 7,072,107 July 4, 2006
• D. Filipovich, J. Fiore, O. Ziv, P. Uy, "Image Enhancement System And Method For Night Vision Goggles", European Patent EP1356318 August 13, 2008
• D. Filipovich, J. Fiore, O. Ziv, P. Uy, "Modular Panoramic Night Vision Goggles", European Patent EP1325378 August 27, 2008
• D. Filipovich, J. Fiore, O. Ziv, "Improved modular panoramic night vision goggle system", European Patent EP1857854 November 19, 2008
• D. Filipovich, J. Fiore, O. Ziv, "Night vision goggles with detachable or reattachable modular components", United States Patent 7,800,043 September 21, 2010
• D. Filipovich, J. Fiore, O. Ziv, "Modular panoramic night vision goggles having configurable attachments", United States Patent 8,269,159 September 18, 2012
• D. Filipovich, J. Fiore, O. Ziv, "Night vision goggles with pellicle", United States Patent 8,431,881 April 30, 2013