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{\Large המחלקה למתמטיקה, בן-גוריון}

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{\Huge Excellence Day 2026 }\\[0.2\baselineskip]

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\item{} 13:00-14:00 Lunch buffet on site
\item{} 14:05 Greetings by Prof. Gaby Lemcoff, Dean of Natural Sciences.
\item{} 14:10 Opening remarks: Michael Lin, Daniel Sternheimer,
\item{} 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 .
\item{} 14:30 Honorary lecture: \emph{Prof. Benjy Weiss}, (Hebrew University) \textbf{The isomorphism problem in ergodic theory}
\item{} 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).
\item{} 15:45 Presentation by Itamar Har Even of the winning video.
\item{} 15:50 Prof. Tom Meyerovitch, Introducing the recipient of the Noriko Sakurai prize for  excellent Post-Doc. Prize presented by Prof. Sternheimer.
\item{} 15:55 Lecture by the 2026 Noriko Sakurai prize recipient Dr. Aidan Young

\emph{Title}: \textbf{Covering radii and games on graphs}

\emph{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
\item{} 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.
\item{} 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. \emph{Gilad Ofek} (won third prize), \emph{Yarden Gur Arieh}, \emph{Roei Sharifie} and \emph{Iftah Nave} (received a commendation).
\item{} 16:30 Prof. Inna Entova- Eizenbod and Mrs. Adaya Cohen will present the Mia Cohen prize for high-school student in the department to \emph{Yasmin Ifrah}
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\textbf{Time}: \emph{יוני 30, 13:00—17:00, 2026}

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\textbf{Location}: \emph{-101}

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\textbf{Web}: \emph{https://www.math.bgu.ac.il/research/events/excellence-day-2026}


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