Sergiu Hart
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Sergiu Hart is an Israeli mathematician
and economist
and the past President of the Game Theory Society (2008 – 2010). He is the Kusiel-Vorreuter University Professor at the Center for the Study of Rationality at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
in Israel.
Hart was born in Bucharest
, Romania
and immigrated to Israel in 1963. He received a B.Sc. in Mathematics and Statistics (summa cum laude, 1967 – 1970) and an M.Sc. in Mathematics (summa cum laude, 1970 – 1971) from Tel Aviv University
. His M.Sc. thesis was on the subject of “Values of Mixed Games” and was supervised by Prof. Robert Aumann
, who was also his advisor in his doctoral thesis on “Cooperative Game Theory Models of Economic Equilibrium” (Ph.D.
, summa cum laude, 1972 – 1976).
In 1979 – 1991 he was at the School of Mathematical Sciences of Tel Aviv University, as Professor since 1985. He was an Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics, Department of Operations Research, and Institute for Mathematical Studies in the Social Sciences at Stanford University
(1976 – 1979), and a Visiting Professor at the Department of Economics of Harvard University (1984 – 1985 and 1990 – 1991). Since 1991 he is a member of the Departments of Economics and Mathematics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and he was the Founding Director of the Center for the Study of Rationality (1991 – 1999) there.
Hart was elected Fellow of the Econometric Society
(1985), was a member of the First Council of the Game Theory Society (2000 – 2005), President of the Israel Mathematical Union (2005 – 2006), Executive Vice-President of the Game Theory Society (2006 – 2008), and currently serves as the President of the Game Theory Society (2008 – 2010).
He is a recipient of the Israel Defense Prize
(1975) and the Rothschild Prize (1998), and selected to give the Cowles Lecture at Yale University
(2000) and the Walras-Bowley Lecture
of the Econometric Society
(2003). In 2006 he was elected Member of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities
.
Mathematician
A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study is the field of mathematics. Mathematicians are concerned with quantity, structure, space, and change....
and economist
Economist
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and the past President of the Game Theory Society (2008 – 2010). He is the Kusiel-Vorreuter University Professor at the Center for the Study of Rationality at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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in Israel.
Hart was born in Bucharest
Bucharest
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, Romania
Romania
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and immigrated to Israel in 1963. He received a B.Sc. in Mathematics and Statistics (summa cum laude, 1967 – 1970) and an M.Sc. in Mathematics (summa cum laude, 1970 – 1971) from Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv University is a public university located in Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel. With nearly 30,000 students, TAU is Israel's largest university.-History:...
. His M.Sc. thesis was on the subject of “Values of Mixed Games” and was supervised by Prof. Robert Aumann
Robert Aumann
Robert John Aumann is an Israeli-American mathematician and a member of the United States National Academy of Sciences. He is a professor at the Center for the Study of Rationality in the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel...
, who was also his advisor in his doctoral thesis on “Cooperative Game Theory Models of Economic Equilibrium” (Ph.D.
Ph.D.
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, summa cum laude, 1972 – 1976).
In 1979 – 1991 he was at the School of Mathematical Sciences of Tel Aviv University, as Professor since 1985. He was an Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics, Department of Operations Research, and Institute for Mathematical Studies in the Social Sciences at Stanford University
Stanford University
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(1976 – 1979), and a Visiting Professor at the Department of Economics of Harvard University (1984 – 1985 and 1990 – 1991). Since 1991 he is a member of the Departments of Economics and Mathematics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and he was the Founding Director of the Center for the Study of Rationality (1991 – 1999) there.
Hart was elected Fellow of the Econometric Society
Econometric Society
The Econometric Society is an international society for the advancement of economic theory in its relation with statistics and mathematics. It was founded on December 29, 1930 at the Stalton Hotel in Cleveland, Ohio....
(1985), was a member of the First Council of the Game Theory Society (2000 – 2005), President of the Israel Mathematical Union (2005 – 2006), Executive Vice-President of the Game Theory Society (2006 – 2008), and currently serves as the President of the Game Theory Society (2008 – 2010).
He is a recipient of the Israel Defense Prize
Israel Defense Prize
The Israel Defense Prize, in honor of Eliyahu Golomb, is a prize awarded annually to people and organizations who made significant contributions to the defense of the State of Israel....
(1975) and the Rothschild Prize (1998), and selected to give the Cowles Lecture at Yale University
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
(2000) and the Walras-Bowley Lecture
Walras-Bowley Lecture
The Walras-Bowley Lecture is an annual lecture of the Econometric Society, given by a non-North-American member at the summer North American meeting or, in World Congress years, at the World Congress. The lecture was named in honor of Léon Walras and A. L...
of the Econometric Society
Econometric Society
The Econometric Society is an international society for the advancement of economic theory in its relation with statistics and mathematics. It was founded on December 29, 1930 at the Stalton Hotel in Cleveland, Ohio....
(2003). In 2006 he was elected Member of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities
Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities
The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, based in Jerusalem, was set up in 1961 by the State of Israel to foster contact between scholars from the sciences and humanities in Israel, to advise the government on research projects of national importance, and to promote excellence. It comprises...
.