Professor Flaxer holds a B.Sc. degree in Physics and Computer Science,  an M.Sc. in Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering, and a Ph.D. in Applied Physics, from the Tel Aviv University.  Professor  Flaxer is an associate professor of computer science and electrical engineering at AFEKA - Tel Aviv Academic College of Engineering and at Tel Aviv University.  Since 1987, professor  Flaxer has worked on the development of electronic interfaces and software for control and automation systems for various industrial applications and research laboratories, specializing in embedded systems, real-time applications, control, and mechatronics.  Nowadays, professor  Flaxer works in the fields of control, vision and nano-metric motion, in Tel Aviv University.