Sergiu Hart ( he, סרג'יו הרט) (born 1949) is an

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and

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. He is the Chairperson of the Humanities Division of the

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, and the past President of the

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(2008–2010). He also is emeritus professor of mathematics at the Kusiel-Vorreuter University Professor, and the emeritus professor of economics at the Center for the Study of Rationality at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel.

Biography

Hart was born in

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and immigrated to Israel in 1963. He received a B.Sc. in mathematics and statistics (summa cum laude, 1970) and an M.Sc. in mathematics (summa cum laude, 1971) from

Tel Aviv University Tel Aviv University (TAU) ( he, אוּנִיבֶרְסִיטַת תֵּל אָבִיב, ''Universitat Tel Aviv'') is a public research university in Tel Aviv, Israel. With over 30,000 students, it is the largest university in the country. Locate ...

. His M.Sc. thesis was on the subject of "Values of Mixed Games" and was supervised by

Robert Aumann Robert John Aumann (Hebrew name: , Yisrael Aumann; born June 8, 1930) 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 ...

, who was also his advisor in his doctoral thesis on "Cooperative Game Theory Models of Economic Equilibrium" ( Ph.D., summa cum laude, 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

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(1976–1979), and a visiting professor at the Department of Economics of

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(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

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(1991–1999) there.

Research contributions

His main area of research is game theory and economic theory, with additional contributions in mathematics, computer science, probability and statistics. Among his major contributions are studies of strategic foundations of cooperation; strategic use of information in long-term interactions ("repeated games"); adaptive and evolutionary dynamics, particularly with boundedly rational agents; perfect economic competition and its relations to models of fair distribution; and riskiness. Hart edited, with Robert J. Aumann, the first three volumes of the ''Handbook of Game Theory with Economic Applications'' (1992, 1994, 2002).

Awards and honors

In 1985, he became the fellow of the

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. In 1999, he became the charter member of the

. From 2000 to 2005, he became the Member of the First Council of the Game Theory Society. In 2006, he became the member of the

. In 2012, he became the member of

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. In 2013, he became the fellow of the Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory. In 2016, he became the Foreign Honorary Member of the

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. In 2017, he became the Fellow of the Game Theory Society and the member of the Advisory Board of the Game Theory Society. In 2019, he became the Chairperson of the Humanities Division of the

. In 1975, he was awarded the Israel Defense Prize. In 1998, he was award the

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in the Social Sciences., In 2018, he was award the

Israel Prize The Israel Prize ( he, פרס ישראל; ''pras israél'') is an award bestowed by the State of Israel, and regarded as the state's highest cultural honor. History The Israel Prize is awarded annually, on Israeli Independence Day, in a state cer ...

in Economics and Statistics. In 2020, he was award the ACM SIGecom Test of Time Award. In 2000, he was invited to give the Cowles Lecture at

Yale University Yale University is a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and among the most prestigious in the w ...

. In 2003, he was invited to give the Walras-Bowley Lecture of the

. In 2008, Presidential Address, GAMES 2008 - The Third World Congress of the Game Theory Societ. In 2009, he was invited to give the Harris Lecture at

. In 2011, he was invited to the Kwan Chao-Chih Distinguished Lecture, Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing. In 2012, he was invited to give the Algorithms, Combinatorics, and Optimization (ACO) Distinguished Lecture at

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. In 2013, he was invited to give the

Don Patinkin Don Patinkin (Hebrew: דן פטינקין) (January 8, 1922 – August 7, 1995) was an American-born Israeli monetary economist, and the President of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.Nissan Liviatan, 2008. "Patinkin, Don (1922–1995)," ''The N ...

Lecture at the Israeli Economic Association. From 2000 to 2005, he became a member of the First Council of the

. From 2005 to 2006, he became the president of the Israel Mathematical Union. From 2006 to 2008, he became the executive vice-president of the

. From 2008 to 2010, he became the president of the

. From 1991 to 2007, he became the member of the Academic Committee
Center for the Study of Rationality
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. From 2020, he became the member of the Academic Committee, Center for the Study of Rationality, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. From 2010 to 2015, he was award ERC (European Research Council) Advanced Investigator Grant.

References

External links

Hart’s homepage
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hart, Sergiu 1949 births Living people Israeli mathematicians Israel Defense Prize recipients Jewish scientists Israeli economists Game theorists Fellows of the Econometric Society Academic staff of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Members of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities Romanian emigrants to Israel Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Israel Prize in economics recipients Scientists from Bucharest