Oded Kafri received a D.Sc. from the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, (1973) for his research on laser radiation. His research experience is in thermodynamics of light, optical metrology, encryption and communication. He served as senior scientist and a group leader at the Nuclear Research Center-Negev. He published 120 scientific papers, among them two pioneering papers on “Visual Cryptography” and on “Moire deflectometry” and holds numerous patents and two scientific monographs. He has received several international awards; among them CeBit Highlights award (1994). Dr. Kafri founded three high tech companies.