Robert Aumann

Robert Aumann
ישראל אומן
Aumann in 2005
Born
Robert John Aumann

(1930-06-08) 8 June 1930
Academic background
EducationCity College of New York (BS)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MS, PhD)
ThesisAsphericity of alternating linkages (1955)
George Whitehead, Jr.
Academic work
DisciplineMathematical economics
Game theory
InstitutionsHebrew University of Jerusalem
Stony Brook University
Doctoral students
David Schmeidler
Sergiu Hart
Abraham Neyman
Yair Tauman
Notable ideas
Aumann's agreement theorem
Folk theorem
Correlated equilibrium
Anscombe-Aumann framework
Integral of a correspondence
AwardsNobel Memorial Prize in Economics
Erwin Plein Nemmers Prize in Economics
John von Neumann Theory Prize
Harvey Prize in Science and Technology
Israel Prize for Economical Research
Website

Robert John Aumann (Yisrael Aumann, Hebrew: ישראל אומן; 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 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.

Aumann received the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 2005 for his work on conflict and cooperation through game theory analysis. He shared the prize with Thomas Schelling.