Eilon Solan () (born 1969) is an Israeli

mathematician A mathematician is someone who uses an extensive knowledge of mathematics in their work, typically to solve mathematical problems. Mathematicians are concerned with numbers, data, quantity, structure, space, models, and change. History On ...

and professor at the School of Mathematical Sciences of

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 research focuses on

game theory Game theory is the study of mathematical models of strategic interactions among rational agents. Myerson, Roger B. (1991). ''Game Theory: Analysis of Conflict,'' Harvard University Press, p.&nbs1 Chapter-preview links, ppvii–xi It has appli ...

stochastic processes In probability theory and related fields, a stochastic () or random process is a mathematical object usually defined as a family of random variables. Stochastic processes are widely used as mathematical models of systems and phenomena that appe ...

, and

measure theory In mathematics, the concept of a measure is a generalization and formalization of geometrical measures ( length, area, volume) and other common notions, such as mass and probability of events. These seemingly distinct concepts have many simil ...

Biography

Solan obtained a B.Sc. in mathematics and computer science from the

Hebrew University of Jerusalem The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI; he, הַאוּנִיבֶרְסִיטָה הַעִבְרִית בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם) is a public research university based in Jerusalem, Israel. Co-founded by Albert Einstein and Dr. Chaim Weiz ...

in 1989, and an M.Sc. in mathematics from

in 1993. He completed his doctorate at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1998 under the supervision of

Abraham Neyman Abraham Neyman (born June 14, 1949, Israel) is an Israeli mathematician and game theorist, Professor of Mathematics at the Federmann Center for the Study of Rationality and the Einstein Institute of Mathematics at the Hebrew University of Jerus ...

, with a dissertation on

stochastic game In game theory, a stochastic game (or Markov game), introduced by Lloyd Shapley in the early 1950s, is a repeated game with probabilistic transitions played by one or more players. The game is played in a sequence of stages. At the beginning of each ...

Scientific career

Solan was one of the inventors of

CAPTCHA A CAPTCHA ( , a contrived acronym for "Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart") is a type of challenge–response test used in computing to determine whether the user is human. The term was coined in 2003 ...

in 1997, along with Eran Reshef and

Gili Raanan Gili Raanan (born 1969) is an Israeli venture capitalist and one of the inventors of CAPTCHA (US patent application with 1997 priority date ), the WAF (web application firewall) and many other inventions in the fields of application security and ...

.. Solan has 12 research papers joint with his son, Omri Nisan Solan. Some of these were published before Omri finished undergraduate studies.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Solan, Eilon Date of birth missing (living people) Game theorists Hebrew University of Jerusalem alumni Israeli mathematicians Israeli statisticians Living people Tel Aviv University alumni Tel Aviv University faculty 1969 births