Publications

Selected

All publications

• 2026
  Molecular diversity as a biosignatureYoffe G., Klenner F., Sober B., Kaspi Y., Halevy I.. Nature Astronomy 10, 664-673.
• 2026
  מספר הסופרים במגילת ישעיה השלמה: הצעה חדשה HebrewDaifany, H., Shor Y., Sober B.. Meghilot. In Hebrew.
• 2025
  Estimation of Local Geometric Structure on Manifolds from Noisy DataAizenbud, Y., Sober, B.. Journal of Machine Learning Research 26(64), 1−89.
• 2025
  A New Hebrew Ostracon from LachishVainstub, D., Kang. H.G., Sober, B., Arad, I., Garfinkel, Y.. Jerusalem Journal of Archaeology 8, 41-50.
• 2025
  Diversity Statistics of Onomastic Data Reveal Social Patterns in Hebrew Kingdoms of the Iron AgeVishne, A., Golub, M. R., Piasetzky, E., Finkelstein, I., Sober B.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 122(20), e2503850122.
• 2025
  Estimating the Influence of Sequentially Correlated Literary Features in Textual Classification: A Data-Centric Hypothesis-Testing ApproachYoffe, G., Vishne, A., Dershowitz, N., Sober, B.. Journal of Quantitative Linguistics 32(3), 313-345.
• 2025
  An Unsupervised Information-Theoretic Approach to Identifying Formulaic Clusters in Textual DataYoffe, G., Segev, Y., Sober, B.. Journal of Computational Humanities Research 1, e9.
• 2024
  Exploring the stylistic uniqueness of the Priestly source in Genesis and Exodus through a statistical/computational lensBühler, A., Yoffe, G., Dershowitz, N., Piasetzky, E., Finkelstein, I., Römer, T., Sober, B.. Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft 136(2), 165-190.
• 2023
  A statistical exploration of text partition into constituents: The case of the Priestly source in the books of Genesis and ExodusYoffe, G., Bühler, A., Dershowitz, N., Finkelstein, I., Piasetzky, E., Römer, T., Sober, B.. Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics: ACL 2023 1918-1940.
• 2023
  Image separation with side information: A connected auto-encoders based approachPu, W., Sober, B., Daly, N., Zhou, C., Sabetsarvestani, Z., Higgitt, C., Daubechies, I., Rodrigues, M. R.. IEEE Transactions on Image Processing 32, 2931-2946.
• 2023
  Approximating the span of principal components via iterative least-squaresAizenbud, Y., Sober, B.. Applied and Computational Harmonic Analysis 63, 84-92.
• 2022
  Revealing and reconstructing hidden or lost features in art investigationSober, B., Bucklow, S., Daly, N., Daubechies, I., Dragotti, P. L., Higgitt, C., Huang, J.J., Pižurica, A., Pu, W., Reynolds, S., Rodrigues, M.R.D., Schönlieb, C., Yan, S.. IEEE BITS the Information Theory Magazine 2(1), 4-19. This is a Survey paper.
• 2022
  Computational handwriting analysis of ancient Hebrew inscriptions—A surveyFaigenbaum-Golovin, S., Shaus, A., Sober, B.. IEEE BITS the Information Theory Magazine 2(1), 90-101. This is a Survey paper.
• 2022
  Neural network approximation of refinable functionsDaubechies, I., DeVore, R., Dym, N., Faigenbaum-Golovin, S., Kovalsky, S.Z., Lin, K.C., Park, J., Petrova, G., Sober, B.. IEEE Transactions on Information Theory 69(1), 482-495.
• 2022
  Mixed X-ray image separation for artworks with concealed designsPu, W., Huang, J.J., Sober, B., Daly, N., Higgitt, C., Daubechies, I., Dragotti, P.L., Rodrigues, M.R.. IEEE Transactions on Image Processing 31, 4458-4473.
• 2021
  Literacy in Judah and Israel: Algorithmic and Forensic Examination of the Arad and Samaria OstracaFaigenbaum-Golovin, S., Shaus, A., Sober, B., Gerber, Y., Turkel, E., Piasetzky, E., Finkelstein, I.. Near Eastern Archaeology 84(2), 148-158.
• 2021
  Approximation of functions over manifolds: A moving least-squares approachSober, B., Aizenbud, Y., Levin, D.. Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics 383, 113140. This paper is part of my doctoral dissertation.
• 2021
  A learning based approach to separate mixed X-ray images associated with artwork with concealed designsPu, W., Huang, J., Sober, B., Daly, N., Higgitt, C., Dragotti, P. L., Daubechies, I., Rodrigues, M. R. D.. 2021 29th European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO), IEEE 1491-1495.
• 2020
  Forensic document examination and algorithmic handwriting analysis of Judahite biblical period inscriptions reveal significant literacy levelShaus, A., Gerber, Y., Faigenbaum-Golovin, S., Sober, B., Piasetzky, E., Finkelstein, I.. Plos one 15(9), e0237962.
• 2020
  Expression of fractals through neural network functionsDym, N., Sober, B., Daubechies, I.. IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Information Theory 1(1), 57-66.
• 2020
  Algorithmic handwriting analysis of the Samaria inscriptions illuminates bureaucratic apparatus in biblical IsraelFaigenbaum-Golovin, S., Shaus, A., Sober, B., Turkel, E., Piasetzky, E., Finkelstein, I.. PLoS One 15(1), e0227452.
• 2020
  Manifold approximation by Moving Least-Squares projection (MMLS)Sober, B., Levin, D.. Constructive Approximation 52(3), 433-478. This paper is part of my doctoral dissertation.
• 2020
  A connected auto-encoders based approach for image separation with side information: With applications to art investigationPu, W., Sober, B., Daly, N., Higgitt, C., Daubechies, I., Rodrigues, M. R. D.. ICASSP 2020-2020 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP), IEEE 2213-2217.
• 2019
  Structuring High Dimensional Data: A Moving Least-Squares Projective Approach to Analyze Manifold DataSober, B.. Applied Mathematics, Tel Aviv University. Advised by Prof. David Levin. Approval Date: December 2019.
• 2019
  Raman Binary Mapping of Iron Age Ostracon in an Unknown Material Composition and High‐Fluorescence Setting—A Proof of ConceptShaus, A., Sober, B., Tzang, O., Ioffe, Z., Cheshnovsky, O., Finkelstein, I., Piasetzky, E.. Archaeometry 61(2), 459-469.
• 2019
  Artificial intelligence for art investigation: Meeting the challenge of separating x-ray images of the Ghent AltarpieceSabetsarvestani, Z., Sober, B., Higgitt, C., Daubechies, I., Rodrigues, M. R. D.. Science advances 5(8), eaaw7416.
• 2019
  A renewed reading of Hebrew ostraca from cave A-2 at Ramat Beit Shemesh (Nahal Yarmut), based on multispectral imagingMendel-Geberovich, A., Faigenbaum-Golovin, S., Shaus, A., Sober, B., Cordonsky, M., Piasetzky, E., Finkelstein, I., Milevski, I.. Vetus Testamentum 69(4-5), 682-701.
• 2017
  Statistical inference in archaeology: Are we confidentShaus, A., Sober, B., Faigenbaum-Golovin, S., Mendel-Geberovich, A., Levin, D., Piasetzky, E., Turkel, E.. Rethinking Israel: Studies in the History and Archaeology of Ancient Israel in Honor of Israel Finkelstein. Edited by O. Lipschits, Y. Gadot, M. J. Adams, Winona Lake. 389-401.
• 2017
  A brand new old inscription: Arad ostracon 16 rediscovered via multispectral imagingMendel-Geberovich, A., Shaus, A., Faigenbaum-Golovin, S., Sober, B., Cordonsky, M., Piasetzky, E., Finkelstein, I.. Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 378(1), 113-125.
• 2017
  Computer aided restoration of handwritten character strokesSober, B., Levin, D.. Computer-Aided Design 89, 12-24. This paper is based on my Master's thesis.
• 2017
  Multispectral imaging reveals biblical-period inscription unnoticed for half a centuryFaigenbaum-Golovin, S., Mendel-Geberovich, A., Shaus, A., Sober, B., Cordonsky, M., Levin, D., Turkel, E., Piasetzky, E., Finkelstein, I.. PLoS One 12(6), e0178400.
• 2017
  Potential contrast–a new image quality measureShaus, A., Faigenbaum-Golovin, S., Sober, B., Turkel, E.. Proc. IS&T Int'l. Symp. on Electronic Imaging: Image Quality and System Performance XIV 29, 52-58.
• 2016
  Facsimile creation: Review of algorithmic approachesShaus, A., Sober, B., Faigenbaum-Golovin, S., Mendel-Geberovich, A., Piasetzky, E., Turkel, E.. Alphabets, Texts and Artefacts in the Ancient Near East, Studies Presented to Benjamin Sass, edited by I. Finkelstein, C. Robin, and T. Römer (Van Dieren Éditeur, Paris). 474-488.
• 2016
  Algorithmic handwriting analysis of Judah's military correspondence sheds light on composition of biblical textsFaigenbaum-Golovin, S., Shaus, A., Sober, B., Levin, D., Na'aman, N., Sass, B., Turkel, E., Piasetzky, E., Finkelstein, I.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 113(17), 4664-4669.
• 2016
  Beyond the ground truth: Alternative quality measures of document binarizationsShaus, A., Sober, B., Turkel, E., Piasetzky, E.. 2016 15th International Conference on Frontiers in Handwriting Recognition (ICFHR), IEEE 495-500.
• 2015
  X-ray fluorescence (XRF) measurements of red ink on a Tel Malhata ostraconNir-El, Y., Goren, Y., Piasetzky, E., Moinester, M., Sober, B.. Tel Malhata: A Central City in the Biblical Negev, edited by Itzhaq Beit-Arieh. Tel Aviv University Monograph Series 32. Tel Aviv University. 507-509.
• 2015
  Multispectral imaging of Tel Malhata ostracaFaigenbaum, S., Sober, B., Moinester, M., Piasetzky, E., Bearman, G.. Tel Malhata: a central city in the biblical Negev, edited by Itzhaq Beit-Arieh, Tel Aviv University Monograph Series 32. 510-513.
• 2015
  Computerized paleographic investigation of Hebrew Iron Age ostracaFaigenbaum-Golovin, S., Shaus, A., Sober, B., Finkelstein, I., Levin, D., Moinester, M., Piasetzky, E., Turkel, E.. Radiocarbon 57(2), 317-325. This was an invited survey of our project.
• 2015
  The Ophel (Jerusalem) ostracon in light of new multispectral imagesFaigenbaum-Golovin, S., Rollston, C. A., Piasetzky, E., Sober, B., Finkelstein, I.. Semitica 57, 113-137.
• 2014
  Multispectral imaging as a tool for enhancing the reading of ostracaSober, B., Faigenbaum, S., Beit-Arieh, I., Finkelstein, I., Moinester, M., Piasetzky, E., Shaus, A.. Palestine Exploration Quarterly 146(3), 185-197.
• 2014
  Multispectral imaging of two Hieratic inscriptions from Qubur el-WalaydahFaigenbaum, S., Sober, B., Finkelstein, I., Moinester, M., Piasetzky, E., Shaus, A., Cordonsky, M.. Ägypten und Levante/Egypt and the Levant 349-353.
• 2013
  Evaluating glyph binarizations based on their propertiesFaigenbaum, S., Shaus, A., Sober, B., Turkel, E., Piasetzky, E.. Proceedings of the 2013 ACM symposium on Document engineering 127-130.
• 2013
  Improving binarization via sparse methodsShaus, A., Sober, B., Turkel, E., Piasetzky, E.. Proceedings of the 16th International Graphonomics Society Conference (IGS 2013) 163-166.
• 2012
  Multispectral images of ostraca: acquisition and analysisFaigenbaum, S., Sober, B., Shaus, A., Moinester, M., Piasetzky, E., Bearman, G., Cordonsky, M., Finkelstein, I.. Journal of Archaeological Science 39(12), 3581-3590.
• 2012
  Reconstructing ancient Israel: integrating macro-and micro-archaeologyFinkelstein I., Evian S.B.D, Boaretto E., Cabanes D., Cabanes M.T., Eliyahu-Behar A., Faigenbaum S., Gadot Y., Langgut D., Martin M., Meiri M., Namdar D., Sapir-Hen L., Shahack-Gross R., Shaus A., Sober B., Toffolo M., Yahalom-Mack N., Zapassky L., Weiner S.. Hebrew Bible and Ancient Israel 1(1), 133-50.