Wael Mattar

Starting postdoc at Paris Dauphine-PSL University soon!

Applied mathematician with extensive knowledge, experience and enthusiasm to solve real-world problems. Currently in my last stages of my PhD studies at Tel Aviv University under the supervision of Prof. Nir Sharon. My research interests include harmonic analysis, approximation theory and machine learning.

Email: waelmattar.95[at]gmail.com
GitHub: https://github.com/waelmattar
Resume: click here

Publications

Multiscaling in Wasserstein Spaces

W. Mattar and N. Sharon

To appear in Multiscale Modeling and Simulation, 2026.

Multiscale Analysis via Pseudo-reversing and Applications to Manifold-valued Sequences

W. Mattar and N. Sharon

Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics, 2025.

Wavelets Are All You Need for Autoregressive Image Generation

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

Pure and Applied Functional Analysis, 2025.

Pyramid Transform of Manifold Data via Subdivision Operators

W. Mattar and N. Sharon

IMA Journal of Numerical Analysis, 2023.

Preprints & reports

Composing and Steering Diffusion Models with Generalized Feynman-Kac Correctors

W. Mattar and D. Freedman. In review.

Event Identification for Digitised Traces from Muon Decay Detectors

B. Shustin, ... W. Mattar, ... N. Gould.

Geometric Multiscale Analysis via Nonstationary Subdivision Schemes

H. Landau, W. Mattar and N. Sharon. In review.

Poems & essays

Teaching (Fall 2027)

No courses this semester.

Material

Awards & Scholarships

Excellence in Doctoral Research Award -- granted by the School of Mathematical Sciences, TAU (July 2025)
The Nehemia Levtzion Scholarship for Outstanding Doctoral Students From the Periphery (August 2023)
Excellence in Research -- granted by the faculty of Exact Sciences, TAU (April 2023)
The Council for Higher Education Scholarship for Arab Students in Graduate Studies (December 2018)

Last updated: 30 October 2026