skills of self- expression. As testified by one of the graduates, “I am now a speech therapist and an instructor at the Ministry of Education. I work in a primary school assisting children with ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorders) and support their communications. In my role as an instructor, I work as a counselor in kindergartens in Maale Adumim near Jerusalem. Department of Computer Science Part of the Department’s success story is its reputation in the community through internships and collaborations with high- tech companies such as Intel and Cisco. These opportunities have reciprocal benefits insofar as they allow students to gain practical experience (and oftentimes they can parlay this experience into their required final project) and companies benefit from students who they seek to work on projects specific to their needs. Several projects are so innovative that the details cannot be revealed because of their intellectual property possibilities or patent status. What can be said is that one involves collaborating with HAC’s Optometry department to diagnose eye disease more quickly and less expensively. Another has implications for a patent and is aimed at helping improve the health care system. As testified by one of the graduates, “Currently, I work with Mobileye which develops, manufactures, and distributes accident prevention systems and develops autonomous driving tools. We are developing new technologies through image processing, machine learning, and applied mathematics to implement autonomous driving". Page 49 of 58