Wael Mattar

Eager applied mathematician, currently pursuing my PhD at Tel Aviv University under the supervision of Prof. Nir Sharon. My research interests include harmonic analysis, approximation theory and machine learning.

2022 ~ current: PhD student at Tel Aviv University
2021 ~ 2022: Data scientist at Nemodata
2018 ~ 2021: M.Sc. in Applied Mathematics at Tel Aviv University, Magna Cum Laude
2015 ~ 2018: B.Sc. in Applied Mathematics at Braude College of Engineering, Cum Laude

Email: waelmattar.95[at]gmail.com

Publications

Wavelets Are All You Need for Autoregressive Image Generation

W. Mattar, I. Levy, N. Sharon, S. Dekel

To appear in Pure and Applied Functional Analysis, 2025.

Pyramid Transform of Manifold Data via Subdivision Operators

W. Mattar and N. Sharon

IMA Journal of Numerical Analysis, Volume 43, Issue 1, Pages 387 - 413, 2023.

Preprints

Awards & Scholarships

The Nehemia Levtzion Scholarship for Outstanding Doctoral Students From the Periphery (August 2023)
Excellence in Doctoral Research Award (April 2023)
The Council for Higher Education Scholarship for Arab Students in Graduate Studies (December 2018)