Eilon Solan Explained

Eilon Solan
Native Name:אילון סולן
Native Name Lang:he
Birth Date:1969
Fields:Game theory
Workplaces:Tel Aviv University
Alma Mater:Tel Aviv University
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Thesis Title:Discounted Stochastic Games
Thesis Url:https://www.jstor.org/stable/3690643
Thesis Year:1998
Doctoral Advisor:Abraham Neyman

Eilon Solan (born 1969) is an Israeli mathematician and professor at the School of Mathematical Sciences of Tel Aviv University. His research focuses on game theory, stochastic processes, and measure theory.

Biography

Solan obtained a B.Sc. in mathematics and computer science from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1989, and an M.Sc. in mathematics from Tel Aviv University in 1993.[1] He completed his doctorate at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1998 under the supervision of Abraham Neyman, with a dissertation on stochastic games.[2]

Scientific career

Solan was one of the inventors of CAPTCHA in 1997, along with Eran Reshef and Gili Raanan.[3]

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Eilon Solan. Tel Aviv University. 23 February 2019.
  2. Solan. Eilon. Discounted Stochastic Games. Mathematics of Operations Research. 23. 4. 1998. 1010–1021. 3690643. 10.1287/moor.23.4.1010. 10.1.1.190.4002.
  3. US. 2005/0114705 A1. Method and system for discriminating a human action from a computerized action. 26 May 2005. 11 December 1997. 1 March 2004. Eran. Reshef. Gil. Raanan. Gili Raanan. Eilon. Solan. .