Michal Feldman (born 1 February 1976) is a full professor of Computer Science and the Chair of Computation and Economics at

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 ...

, the head o
Economics and Computation (EC) lab
and a visiting researcher in

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Israel. Michal’s research focuses on algorithmic game theory, an area that lies in the intersection of

computer science Computer science is the study of computation, automation, and information. Computer science spans theoretical disciplines (such as algorithms, theory of computation, information theory, and automation) to Applied science, practical discipli ...

microeconomics Microeconomics is a branch of mainstream economics that studies the behavior of individuals and firms in making decisions regarding the allocation of scarce resources and the interactions among these individuals and firms. Microeconomics fo ...

and

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 ...

. Among other topics, she studies

auction theory Auction theory is an applied branch of economics which deals with how bidders act in auction markets and researches how the features of auction markets Incentivisation, incentivise predictable outcomes. Auction theory is a tool used to inform the ...

mechanism design Mechanism design is a field in economics and game theory that takes an objectives-first approach to designing economic mechanisms or incentives, toward desired objectives, in strategic settings, where players act rationally. Because it starts a ...

algorithm design In mathematics and computer science, an algorithm () is a finite sequence of rigorous instructions, typically used to solve a class of specific problems or to perform a computation. Algorithms are used as specifications for performing ca ...

, the

price of anarchy The Price of Anarchy (PoA) is a concept in economics and game theory that measures how the efficiency of a system degrades due to selfish behavior of its agents. It is a general notion that can be extended to diverse systems and notions of efficien ...

, and

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. Michal is an alumna of th
Israel Young Academy
and of the

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. Her research is funded by prestigious grants, including, among others, grants of the ERC (

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) : ERC starters and ERC consolidator, ISF grants
Israel Science foundation
, and a
Amazon Research Award
She was selected by the

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as one of the most influencing women in Israel in 2016. , and was recently awarded th
Kadar Award for Outstanding Research

Biography

Michal was born to Tzipi and Dr.

Menachem Finkelstein Menachem Finkelstein was Israel's Military Advocate General from 2000 to 2004, during the height of the Second Intifada. Finkelstein was born in 1951 and received an Orthodox Jewish upbringing. He passed the Israeli bar exam in 1976. He served ...

. Michal is married t
Yuval Feldman
a law professor at

Bar-Ilan University Bar-Ilan University (BIU, he, אוניברסיטת בר-אילן, ''Universitat Bar-Ilan'') is a public research university in the Tel Aviv District city of Ramat Gan, Israel. Established in 1955, Bar Ilan is Israel's second-largest academic i ...

, and they have five children. Upon graduating high school, Michal served in the intelligence unit. In 1999, she received her

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in computer science from Bar Ilan University ''

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''. In 2005, she completed her

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studies in the

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. In her PhD thesis, she studied incentives for collaboration in

peer-to-peer Peer-to-peer (P2P) computing or networking is a distributed application architecture that partitions tasks or workloads between peers. Peers are equally privileged, equipotent participants in the network. They are said to form a peer-to-peer n ...

systems. Her PhD dissertations included several breakthroughs in the area of cooperation in peer-to-peer systems, and paved the way for a fruitful research area. Upon graduation, Feldman returned to Israel and continued her postdoctoral studies at 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 ...

, under the supervision of Prof.

Noam Nisan Noam Nisan ( he, נעם ניסן; born June 20, 1961) is an Israeli computer scientist, a professor of computer science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is known for his research in computational complexity theory and algorithmic game th ...

. In 2007, she joined as a faculty member to the

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, and as a member of th
Center for the Study of Rationality
From 2011 to 2013, Feldman was a visiting professor at

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in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and a visiting researcher in Microsoft Research New England. In 2011, Feldman was elected to the Global Young Academy, and in 2012, she was elected to the Israel Young Academy, established by the National Academy of Sciences and Humanities. In 2013, upon her return to Israel, Feldman joined the School of Computer Science at Tel Aviv University.

Honors and awards

•
Kadar Award for Outstanding Research (2022)
• The Alon Scholarship for outstanding researchers, by the Israeli Council for Higher Education (2009). • Two ERC grants, of the

(2013 - starter, 2019 – consolidator). �
Marie Curie IOF fellowship, of the European Commission
(2011) �
Amazon Research Award
(2018). • Tel Aviv University Rector award for excellence in teaching (2016). • Member of the Israe
Young Academy
and a member of its management committee (2012-2016). • Member of the

(2011-2015). •

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Magazine's 40 under 40 (most promising young men and women under the age of 40) (2014). • Forbes magazine list of 50 most influential women in Israel (2016).

References

External links

• Michal Feldman's list of publications o
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Michal Feldman's home page, Tel Aviv University
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The Economics and Computation (EC) Lab homepage
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Forbes list of 50 most influential women in Israel
(2016). {{DEFAULTSORT:Feldman, Michal 1976 births Living people Israeli women computer scientists Israeli computer scientists Bar-Ilan University alumni University of California, Berkeley alumni Hebrew University of Jerusalem faculty Tel Aviv University faculty