Elad Sharony

Elad Sharony

Ph.D. Student in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Technion — Israel Institute of Technology

I am a Ph.D. student at the Technion, advised by Prof. Shie Mannor in the (RL)² Lab. My research focuses on reinforcement learning and optimization for dynamical systems.

I leverage vision-language models (VLMs) and large language models (LLMs) to enhance data efficiency, exploration, and decision-making, enabling robust perception, reasoning, and generalization in robotics, autonomous systems, and high-dimensional environments.

Previously, I completed my B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering at Technion (Summa Cum Laude), and worked as a Control Engineer at Intel and as a Research Intern at Bosch Center for AI (BCAI).

News

MISO accepted to ICRA 2026! See you in Vienna.

Serving as reviewer for CoRL 2025 and ICLR 2026.

Finished research internship at Bosch AI (BCAI).

Started research internship at Bosch AI (BCAI).

Started Ph.D. at Technion, advised by Prof. Shie Mannor.

Research Interests

Reinforcement Learning

Sample efficiency, exploration, System 1 & 2 thinking

Optimization

Dynamical systems, control, amortized optimization

Foundation Models

VLMs and LLMs for robotics and autonomy

Publications

Teaching

Teaching Assistant
Control Theory, Control System Design, Control Systems 1
Technion
Project Supervision
Robotic Knot-Tying Skills, RL in Isaac Simulator
Technion

Services

Reviewer
CoRL 2025, ICLR 2026
Technical Editor
"Reinforcement Learning: Foundations" — S. Mannor, Y. Mansour, A. Tamar (Cambridge University Press, 2026)

Education

Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering
Technion — Israel Institute of Technology
2022 — Present (Expected 2027) Advisor: Prof. Shie Mannor
B.Sc., Mechanical Engineering
Technion — Israel Institute of Technology
2018 — 2022 Summa Cum Laude, GPA: 94.9

Honors & Awards