Excellence Day 2026

Time
Jun 30, 13:00—17:00, 2026
Place
-101
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Excellence Day 2026
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  • 13:00-14:00 Lunch buffet on site
  • 14:05 Greetings by Prof. Gaby Lemcoff, Dean of Natural Sciences.
  • 14:10 Opening remarks: Michael Lin, Daniel Sternheimer,
  • 14:20 Award of Excellence certificates to Ph.D. students Guy Shtotland and Liran Ron by Prof. Orna Braun-Lewensohn, Dean of Kreitman school of advanced studies and Dean Lemcoff .
  • 14:30 Honorary lecture: Prof. Benjy Weiss, (Hebrew University) The isomorphism problem in ergodic theory
  • 15:40 Prof. Yair Hartman will present the prizes for the 2026 Mathematics video competition to Itamar Har Even (first place) and Shahar Khudadadi (second place).
  • 15:45 Presentation by Itamar Har Even of the winning video.
  • 15:50 Prof. Tom Meyerovitch, Introducing the recipient of the Noriko Sakurai prize for excellent Post-Doc. Prize presented by Prof. Sternheimer.

  • 15:55 Lecture by the 2026 Noriko Sakurai prize recipient Dr. Aidan Young

    Title: Covering radii and games on graphs

    Abstract: The covering radius of a shift space is a quantity arising from the study of error-correcting codes in information theory. We will describe how these quantities can be computed by game-theoretic methods, translating the quantity into the payout of a two-player zero-sum game on graphs. Based on joint work with Tom Meyerovitch

  • 16:20 Prof. Gili Golan, introducing Mr. Eitan Sapir, the recipient of the Zabey- Harzfeld Prize for excellent Master thesis. Prize presented by Prof. Lin.
  • 16:25 Professor Inna Entova- Eizenbod will present recognition certificates by the department to the BGU team to the 2025 International Math. Competition for students. Gilad Ofek (won third prize), Yarden Gur Arieh, Roei Sharifie and Iftah Nave (received a commendation).
  • 16:30 Prof. Inna Entova- Eizenbod and Mrs. Adaya Cohen will present the Mia Cohen prize for high-school student in the department to Yasmin Ifrah