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Prof. Gil Kalai awarded an ERC advanced grant (Jan. 2013) European Research Council (ERC) List of advanced grants 2012 - Physical Sciences and Engineering Prof. Saharon Shelah recipient of the 2013 AMS Leroy P. Steele Prize (Dec. 2012)

2012

Prof. Sergiu Hart (economics section), Prof. Elon Lindenstrauss (mathematics section) & Prof. Saharon Shelah (informatics section) were elected as members of the Academia Europaea, the Academy of Europe. (Sept. 2012)

Prof. Elon Lindenstrauss inducted into The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities (June 2012)

Dr. Mike Hochman has received the prestigious Allon Fellowship (June 2012)

Yehuda (John) Levy received the Michael B. Maschler Prize awarded at the annual Israeli Game Theory conference (May 2012)

Prof. David Kazhdan, recipient of the Israel Prize 2012 (Jan. 2012)

Prof. Gil Kalai, recipient of the Rothschild Prize for 2012 (Nov. 2011)

2011

Prof. Saharon Shelah laureate of the EMET Prize for art, science and culture, 2011. (August 2011)
פרופ' שהרן שלח בין זוכי פרס א.מ.ת לשנת 2011

Prof. Menachem Magidor awarded Humboldt Research Award (April 2011)
פרס הומבולדט למצוינות במחקר הוענק לפרופ' מנחם מגידור

Dr. Michael Temkin is the recipient of the the 2011 Levitzki Prize in Algebra , awarded by the Israel Mathematical Society

מתמטיקאי ממכון איינשטיין יישא את הרצאות הכבוד בכינוס האיגוד האמריקני
Alexander Lubotzky to speak on Expander Graphs in Pure and Applied Mathematics
at the Joint Mathematics Meetings, New Orleans 2011

2010

The Fields Medal for 2010 has been awarded to Elon Lindenstrauss (August 19, 2010)

Prof. David Kazhdan, recipient of the Rothschild Prize for 2010.
The Prizes was awarded in Jerusalem on 15th April 2010. (Nov. 2009)

2009

The Fermat Prize for mathematics research (2009) has been awarded to
Elon Lindenstrauss for his results in ergodic theory and their applications to number theory,
and to Cedric Villani for his contributions to optimal transportation theory and to the study of non-linear evolution equations.
(Oct. 23rd, 2009)

Dr. Noam Berger is among the five young Hebrew University of Jerusalem scientists awarded five-year research grants under the European Union's second competition for outstanding starting independent researchers, for his research project to improve the methods of study of processes of random motion in an irregular medium.
The research grants are being given through the European Research Council (ERC). (Sept. 2009)
More information: Hebrew U. researchers awarded research grants totaling over 6 million EUR / Dept. of Media Relations.

Dr. Michael Hochman is the recipient of the 2009 Haim Nessyahu Prize in Mathematics for excellent Ph.D. dissertations in the mathematical sciences, awarded by the Israel Mathematical Union.

The 2009 Levitzki Prize is awarded to Dr. Nir Avni from the Hebrew University.
(April 30, 2009)

Prof. Elon Lindenstrauss recipient of the Erdős Prize (given by the Israel Mathematical Society)
(Feb. 19th, 2009)

2008

Prof. Ehud Hrushovski inducted into The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities
(June 2008)

Prof. Elon Lindenstrauss recipient of the Michael Bruno Memorial Award (given by the Rothschild "Yad Hanadiv" Foundation)

Prof. Sergiu Hart elected President of the Game Theory Society 2008-2010
(May 2008)

Prof. Alex Lubotzky lectured at the Abel Lectures 2008
(May 2008)

Dr. Adi Shraibman is the recipient of the 2008 Haim Nessyahu Prize in Mathematics for excellent Ph.D. dissertations in the mathematical sciences, awarded by the Israel Mathematical Union.

Prof. David Kazhdan elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
More information: Academy Announces 2008 Class of Fellows
(April 2008)

Dr. Tsachik Gelander is among the five young Hebrew University of Jerusalem scientists awarded five-year research grants under the European Union's first competition for outstanding starting independent researchers, for his research project in group theory and geometry.
The research grants are being given through the European Research Council (ERC). (Jan. 2008)
More information: Five young Hebrew University scientists win first competitive EU grants / News@HebrewU

Zlil Sela laureate of the 2008 Carol Karp prize of the Association for Symbolic Logic "for his fundamental work connecting logic with geometric group theory". (Jan. 2008)

2007

Prof. Shmuel Agmon laureate of the EMET Prize for art, science and culture, 2007
(August 2007)

Prof. Ehud Hrushovski elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
More information: Academy Announces 2007 Class of Fellows
(April 2007)

Prof. Alex Lubotzky laureate of the Rector's prize 2006-2007
(March 2007)

Hebrew University team at SEEMOUS 2007 - Cyprus
(March 2007)

The Wolf Foundation Prize in Mathematics jointly awarded to
Prof. Hillel Furstenberg and Prof. Stephen J. Smale
Press release 16/1/07
(Jan. 2007)

2006

Faculty members inducted into The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities:
Prof. Sergiu Hart Prof. David Kazhdan
(Dec. 2006)

Prof. Alex Lubotzky received a honorary degree of "Doctor of Science" from the University of Chicago
(Oct. 2006)

Dr. Tsachik Gelander is the recipient of the 2006 Haim Nessyahu Prize in Mathematics for excellent Ph.D. dissertations in the mathematical sciences, awarded by the Israel Mathematical Union.

Prof. Benjamin Weiss, recipient of the Rothschild Prize for 2006 (Dec. 2005)
2006 Rothschild Prize laureates announced (Feb. 7th, 2006)

2005

Prof. Robert J. Aumann, Nobel Prize winner in economics (Oct.2005)

Alex Lubotzky elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (April 2005)
More information: Academy Elects 225th Class of Fellows and Foreign Honorary Members

Erez Lapid, recipient of the Krill Prize for Excellence in Scientific Research / The Wolf Foundation (March 2005)

Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel (Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences)
Robert John Aumann	2005
János Bolyai Prize
Saharon Shelah	2000
Michael Bruno Memorial Award / Rothschild Yad Hanadiv foundation: Fellowships and prizes
Elon Lindenstrauss	2008
Ehud Hrushovski	2004
פרס א.מ.ת. : פרס האמנות, המדע והתרבות EMET Prize for art, science and culture (In Hebrew) A.M.N. Foundation for the Advancement of Science, Art and Culture in Israel
Saharon Shelah	2011
Shmuel Agmon	2007
Hillel Furstenberg	2004
Michael O. Rabin	2004
Robert John Aumann	2002
EMS (European Mathematical society) prizes
Elon Lindenstrauss	2004
Erdős Prize פרס ארדש / Israel Mathematical Union
Elon Lindenstrauss	2009
Zlil Sela	2003
Shahar Mozes	2000
Ehud Hrushovski	1994
Gil Kalai	1992
Alexander Lubotzky	1990
Ilya Rips	1979
Saharon Shelah	1977
The Fermat Prize for mathematics research / Toulouse Mathematics Institute
Elon Lindenstrauss	2009
The Ferran Sunyer i Balaguer Prize / Foundation Ferran Sunyer i Balaguer
Alexander Lubotzky	2002
Alexander Lubotzky	1992
Fields medal / International Mathematical Union
Elon Lindenstrauss	2010
The Delbert Ray Fulkerson Prize Mathematical Programming Society and the American Mathematical Society
Gil Kalai	1994
Harvey prize / Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
Hillel Furstenberg	1993
Robert John Aumann	1983
Michael O. Rabin	1980
Humboldt Research Award
Menachem Magidor	2011
Israel Prize פרס ישראל
Ya'acov Levitzki	1953
Shimshon Amitsur	1953
Michael Fekete	1955
Avraham Halevi Fraenkel	1956
Arieh Dvoretzky	1973
Yoram Lindenstrauss	1981
Shmuel Agmon	1991
Hillel Furstenberg	1993
Robert John Aumann	1994
Michael O. Rabin	1995
Saharon Shelah	1998
David Kazhdan	2012
Carol Karp Prize recipients / Association for Symbolic Logic
Zlil Sela	2008
Ehud Hrushovski	1998
Ehud Hrushovski	1993
Saharon Shelah	1983
Krill Prize for Excellence in Scientific Research פרס קריל להצטיינות במחקר מדעי / The Wolf Foundation קרן וולף
Erez Lapid	2005
Frederick W. Lanchester Prize Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
Robert John Aumann	1995
Michael B. Maschler	1995
Levitzki Prize in Algebra פרס לויצקי / Israel Mathematical Union
Michael Temkin	2011
Nir Avni	2009
Yakov Varshavsky	1998
The Kurt Mahler Prize Fund in Mathematics פרס מהלר למתמטיקה / Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
Matania Ben-Artzi	1987
The Michael B. Maschler Prize / Game Theory Society. Israeli chapter
Reshef Meir	2013
Yehuda (John) Levy	2012
The Haim Nessyahu Prize in Mathematics פרס חיים נסיהו במתמטיקה / Israel Mathematical Union
Michael Hochman	2009
Adi Shraibman	2008
Tsachik Gelander	2006
Elon Lindenstrauss	2001
Isabella Novik	2000
Ehud Friedgut	1998
Mark Rudelson	1997
Yuval Roichman	1995
The Erwin Plein Nemmers Prize in economics and the Frederic Esser Nemmers Prize in mathematics Northwestern Univ.
Robert John Aumann	1998
George Pólya Prize / SIAM
Gil Kalai	1992
Saharon Shelah	1992
Rothschild Prize / Rothschild Yad Hanadiv foundation: Fellowships and prizes
Gil Kalai	2012
David Kazhdan	2010
Benjamin Weiss	2006
Alexander Lubotzky	2002
Ehud Hrushovski	1998
Sergiu Hart	1998
Saharon Shelah	1981
Hillel Furstenberg	1977
Michael O. Rabin	1974
Shimshon Amitsur	1969
Avraham Halevi Fraenkel	1962
Shmuel Agmon	1959
Leroy P. Steele Prizes / The American Mathematical Society: The Leroy P. Steele Prize for Mathematical Exposition
Saharon Shelah	2013
Yitzhak Katznelson	2002
Stefan Banach Medal / Polish Academy of Sciences
Joram Lindenstrauss	1997
A.M. Turing Award / ACM
Michael O. Rabin	1976
John von Neumann Theory prize Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
Robert John Aumann	2005
Weizmann Prize פרס ויצמן למחקרים במדעים מדויקים ע"ש ד"ר חיים ויצמן / עיריית תל-אביב יפו
Michael O. Rabin	1960
Shmuel Agmon	1956
Arieh Dvoretzky	1952
Wolf Foundation Prize in Mathematics פרס וולף / The Wolf Foundation קרן וולף
Hillel Furstenberg	2006/7
Saharon Shelah	2001

Elon Lindenstrauss	2012
Ehud Hrushovski	2008
Sergiu Hart	2006
David Kazhdan	2006
Israel Aumann	1989
Saharon Shelah	1988
Joram Lindenstrauss	1985
Michael Rabin	1982
Hillel Furstenberg	1974
Shimshon Avraham Amitsur	1969
Shmuel Agmon	1964
Abraham Halevy Fraenkel	1960

Year	Invited speakers
1970	Agmon Amitsur Dvoretzky Furstenberg Y. Lindenstrauss Rabin
1974	Shelah Weiss
1978	Aumann
1982	Rabin (Plenary) Shelah (Plenary) [Invited plenary speakers, did not attend because of events in Poland]
1986	Magidor Shelah (Plenary)
1990	Furstenberg Hrushovski Wigderson (School of Computer Science)
1994	Kalai Lubotzky Rips
1998	Hrushovski (Plenary) Kifer Mozes Shalev
2002	Sela Peres Linial (School of Engineering and Computer Science)
2006	de Shalit (Invited lecture on mathematical education)
2010	Furstenberg (Plenary) Lapid Last Aharonov (School of Engineering and Computer Science) E. Lindenstrauss (special lecture by a Fields medallist)

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