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Itai Benjamini

Itai Benjamini is an Israeli mathematician at the Weizmann Institute of Science who works in probability theory, especially random processes on graphs.

born 1965Random processes on graphsCollaboration with Oded SchrammNoise sensitivity of Boolean functions

Occupation: mathematician
Education: Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Itai Benjamini was born in 1965 in Israel

Itai Benjamini was born in Israel in 1965.

He earned his Ph.D. at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1992, supervised by Benjamin Weiss. His thesis dealt with random walks on graphs and manifolds.

He holds the Renee and Jay Weiss Chair in the Department of Mathematics at the Weizmann Institute of Science. For many years he worked with Oded Schramm on limits of planar graphs, noise sensitivity of Boolean functions and first passage percolation. With Olle Häggström, he edited Schramm's selected works.

He also studied the Biham-Middleton-Levine traffic model and isoperimetric inequalities on Riemannian manifolds. In 2004 he received the Rollo Davidson Prize and the Morris L. Levinson Prize, and in 2010 he spoke at the International Congress of Mathematicians.

Milestones in Itai Benjamini's life

1965
Born in Israel.
1992
Completed his Ph.D. at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
2004
Won the Rollo Davidson Prize.
2004
Won the Morris L. Levinson Prize of the Weizmann Institute.
2010
Spoke on random planar metrics at the International Congress of Mathematicians.