Michal Feldman


Michal Feldman is an Israeli computer scientist known for her research in computational game theory and its applications to peer-to-peer networking. She is a professor of computer science in Tel Aviv University's Blavatnik School of Computer Science, and a visiting researcher at Microsoft Research.

Education and career

Feldman graduated summa cum laude from Bar-Ilan University with a bachelor's degree in computer science in 1999. She completed a Ph.D. in information management and systems at the University of California, Berkeley School of Information in 2005. Her dissertation, Incentives for Cooperation in Peer-to-Peer Systems, was supervised by John Chuang.
After postdoctoral research in computer science and engineering at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, she joined the faculty of the School of Business Administration at the Hebrew University in 2007, also becoming a member of the university's Center for the Study of Rationality. She began working with Microsoft Research in 2008. From 2011 to 2013 she was a visiting professor and Marie Curie International Outgoing Fellow at Harvard University. On her return, in 2013, she moved from the Hebrew University to Tel Aviv University.

Recognition

Feldman was a member of the Global Young Academy from 2011 to 2015.