Abraham Ginzburg (Hebrew: אברהם גינזבורג) (1926–2020) was a Professor Emeritus of Computer Science.
He began acquiring his education during World War II, after which he taught the children of Sh'erit ha-Pletah mathematics.
In 1949, Ginzburg immigrated to Israel, and began studying in the Technion Faculty of Electrical Engineering, where he received his BSc summa cum laude.
[1] In 1976, Ginzburg took part in the formation of the Open University of Israel, as its vice president,[5] and from 1977 until 1987 served as its president[6] Ginzburg received an Honorary degree from the UK Open University in 1988, an Honorary PhD from the Weizmann Institute in 1990,[7] and, in 2002 was awarded a Rotary Prize for the promotion of higher education in Israel.
The thesis title was "Multiplicative Systems as Homomorphic Images of Square Sets", and was done under the supervision of Prof. Dov Tamari.