Michael Maschler

Michael Bahir Maschler
Born(1927-07-22)July 22, 1927
DiedJuly 20, 2008(2008-07-20) (aged 80)
Jerusalem, Israel
Alma materHebrew University of Jerusalem
Known forGame theory
AwardsFrederick W. Lanchester Prize (1995)
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsHebrew University of Jerusalem
Doctoral advisorStefan Bergman (Stanford University) Michael Fekete (Hebrew University)
Doctoral studentsAnna Sfard

Michael Bahir Maschler (Hebrew: מיכאל בהיר משלר) (July 22, 1927 – July 20, 2008) was an Israeli mathematician well known for his contributions to the field of game theory. He was a professor in the Einstein Institute of Mathematics and the Center for the Study of Rationality at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel. In 2012, the Israeli Chapter of the Game Theory Society founded the Maschler Prize, an annual prize awarded to an outstanding research student in game theory and related topics in Israel.[1]