Robert J. Aumann

Robert J. Aumann, Nobel Laureate

Born: 1930-06-08 in Frankfurt-on-the-Main, Germany

Gender: male

Field: Israeli-American mathematician (born 1930)

Biography

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. He also holds a visiting position at Stony Brook University, and is one of the founding members of the Stony Brook Center for Game Theory.

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Nobel Prize Details

The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2005

Awarded on: 2005-10-10

"for having enhanced our understanding of conflict and cooperation through game-theory analysis"

Affiliations:

  • University of Jerusalem, Center for RationalityHebrew – Jerusalem, Israel
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