Prof. Eli Porat, who lectures in computer science in Bar Ilan University, has broken many an academic record. Today, he is all of 34 and is a full professor. Bar Ilan�s Prof. Air Amihod, who heads the computer science department, attests to his young colleague�s accomplishments.

Porat studied in the Amit Bar-Ilan High School near the university, and at age 15, was a member of the �Math Genius� program at Bar Ilan and while his classmates were studying for the matriculation exams, he was working on his bachelors� degree. At age 21, he completed his doctorate studies.

(Yechiel Spira � YWN Israel)