Category Archives: Academics

An Interview with Yisrael (Robert) Aumann

Posted on June 15, 2018 by

I was privileged to join Menachem Yaari and Sergiu Hart in interviewing Yisrael Aumann.  The interview is in Hebrew. It is an initiative of the Israel Academy of Sciences and the Humanities. For our non Hebrew speakers here is in … Continue reading →

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My Very First Book “Gina Says”, Now Published by “World Scientific”

Posted on November 20, 2017 by

I just received an advanced copy of my very first book: “Gina Says: Adventures in the Blogsphere String War” published by Word Scientific. It is a much changed version compared to the Internet version of 8 years ago and it … Continue reading →

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Twelves short videos about members of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Victoria

Posted on May 15, 2017 by

Very nice mathematical videos!

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Edmund Landau and the Early Days of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Posted on February 2, 2017 by

Some personal/historical remarks in  first minutes of my lecture at 7ECM on July 2016… German-Jewish mathematicians in the early days of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Being invited to give a plenary lecture at the 7ECM was a great honor … Continue reading →

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International mathematics graduate studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Posted on January 10, 2017 by

I am very happy to announce that a Ph. D program in mathematics for international students at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem is now open. Here is the link to the home page. About the program The Einstein Institute of … Continue reading →

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Celebrations in Sweden and Norway

Posted on May 23, 2012 by

Celebrations for Endre, Jean and Terry Anders Bjorner presents the 2012 Crafoord Prize in Mathematics  I am in Sweden for two weeks to work with colleagues and to take part in two celebrations. Jean Bourgain and Terence Tao are the 2012 laureates … Continue reading →

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Which Street is More Important: Canner Street or Cold Spring Street

Posted on March 22, 2012 by

Is it possible that Cold Spring Street is as important as Canner Street? I knew Canner Street from my earlier visits to Yale but Cold Spring Street was new to me. Naturally, I assumed that Canner Street was the important … Continue reading →

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The Internet, Journals and all that.

Posted on November 3, 2011 by

Tim Gowers wrote an interesting post where he proposed in surprising many details an Internet mechanism (mixing ingredients from the arXive, blogs, MathOverflow and polymath projects) to replace Journals. Noam Nisan (who advocated similar changes over the years) wrote an interesting related … Continue reading →

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הסטודנטיות כצנזור

Posted on June 24, 2010 by

עדכון (4 ליולי 2010): בית הדין הארצי לעבודה ביטל את פסק הדין של בית המשפא האזורי ונתן מעמד של פסק דין לפשרה שהושגה בין ד”ר חנה קהת לבין מכללת אורות ואשר מסדירה את תנאי העסקתה  משנת הלימודים הבאה. ראה למטה … Continue reading →

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Alarming Developments In Tel Aviv University

Posted on July 13, 2009 by

Update (July 24): A detailed new article in Hebrew and English. Dr. Leora Meridor, who replaced  Dov Lautman in March (just four months ago)  as chair of TAU’s executive council is quoted saying: ” I’d give him (Zvi Galil) a list … Continue reading →

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