Yuval Peres

Yuval Peres
יובל פרס
Peres in 2005
Born (1963-10-05) 5 October 1963 (age 61)
NationalityIsraeli
Alma materHebrew University of Jerusalem
AwardsLoève Prize (2001)
Davidson Prize (1995)
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsHebrew University of Jerusalem
University of California at Berkeley
Microsoft Research
Doctoral advisorHillel Furstenberg

Yuval Peres (Hebrew: יובל פרס; born 5 October 1963) is an Israeli mathematician best known for his research in probability theory, ergodic theory, mathematical analysis, theoretical computer science, and in particular for topics such as fractals and Hausdorff measure, random walks, Brownian motion, percolation and Markov chain mixing times.[1] Peres has been accused of sexual harassment by several female scientists.[2]

  1. ^ Ravindran, Sandeep (25 September 2018). "Profile of Yuval Peres". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115 (39): 9646–9648. doi:10.1073/pnas.1813856115. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 6166848.
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