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National Ranking
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Israel Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Mathematics in Israel Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Mathematics in Israel Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Israel Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Mathematics in Israel Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Israel Leader Award
  • 2016 - Khachiyan Prize of the INFORMS Optimization Society
  • 2015 - SIAM Fellow For contributions to continuous optimization, both theory and applications, including the field of robust optimization.
  • 2009 - Fellow of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
  • 2007 - EURO Gold Medal

Overview

Aharon Ben-Tal is affiliated with the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology in Israel and has contributed extensively to research in the fields of Decision Sciences and Management Science and Operations Research. Their work encompasses advanced topics including Risk and Portfolio Optimization, Advanced Optimization Algorithms Research, Probabilistic and Robust Engineering Design, and related areas such as Fuzzy Systems and Optimization and Sparse and Compressive Sensing Techniques.

Ben-Tal's publication record includes several recent papers, primarily featured in the INFORMS journal on computing, reflecting their engagement with optimization and computational methods. Notable papers include:

  • Convex Maximization via Adjustable Robust Optimization (2022, INFORMS journal on computing)
  • Extending the Scope of Robust Quadratic Optimization (2021, INFORMS journal on computing)
  • An Algorithm for Maximizing a Convex Function Based on Its Minimum (2022, INFORMS journal on computing)
  • Aharon Ben-Tal (2021, Authors group)
  • Code and Data Repository for An Algorithm for Maximizing a Convex Function Based on its Minimum (2022, INFORMS journal on computing)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Ben-Tal include:

  • Dick den Hertog
  • Ernst Roos
  • Aras Selvi
  • R.C.M. Brekelmans
  • Ahmadreza Marandi

The primary venues for publication have been:

  • INFORMS journal on computing
  • Authors group
  • arXiv (Cornell University)

Ben-Tal's expertise intersects several subfields of study such as Numerical Analysis, Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty, and Computational Mechanics, emphasizing analytical and computational approaches to optimization problems.

The scientist has received multiple recognitions including the Khachiyan Prize of the INFORMS Optimization Society (2016), the status of SIAM Fellow (2015) for contributions to continuous optimization particularly in robust optimization, Fellowship of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) since 2009, and the EURO Gold Medal awarded in 2007.

Best Publications

  • Lectures on modern convex optimization: analysis, algorithms, and engineering applications

    Aharon Ben-Tal;Arkadiaei Semenovich Nemirovskiaei

  • Robust Convex Optimization

    A. Ben-Tal;A. Nemirovski

  • Robust solutions of uncertain linear programs

    A. Ben-Tal;A. Nemirovski

  • Robust solutions of Linear Programming problems contaminated with uncertain data

    Aharon Ben-Tal;Arkadi Nemirovski

  • Robust optimization – methodology and applications

    Aharon Ben-Tal;Arkadi Nemirovski

  • Adjustable robust solutions of uncertain linear programs

    A. Ben-Tal;A. Goryashko;E. Guslitzer;A. Nemirovski

  • Lectures on modern convex optimization

    A. Ben-Tal

  • Robust Solutions of Optimization Problems Affected by Uncertain Probabilities

    Aharon Ben-Tal;Dick den Hertog;Anja De Waegenaere;Bertrand Melenberg

  • A sequential parametric convex approximation method with applications to nonconvex truss topology design problems

    Amir Beck;Aharon Ben-Tal;Luba Tetruashvili

  • Robust Truss Topology Design via Semidefinite Programming

    A. Ben-Tal;A. Nemirovski

  • On Polyhedral Approximations of the Second-Order Cone

    Aharon Ben-Tal;Arkadi Nemirovski

  • Retailer-Supplier Flexible Commitments Contracts: A Robust Optimization Approach

    Aharon Ben-Tal;Boaz Golany;Arkadi Nemirovski;Jean-Philippe Vial

  • Selected topics in robust convex optimization

    Aharon Ben-Tal;Arkadi Nemirovski

  • Optimization Methods for Truss Geometry and Topology Design

    M. P. Bendsøe;A. Ben-Tal;J. Zowe

  • AN OLD‐NEW CONCEPT OF CONVEX RISK MEASURES: THE OPTIMIZED CERTAINTY EQUIVALENT

    Aharon Ben-Tal;Marc Teboulle

  • Robust optimization for emergency logistics planning: Risk mitigation in humanitarian relief supply chains

    Aharon Ben-Tal;Byung Do Chung;Supreet Reddy Mandala;Tao Yao

  • Optimal design of water distribution networks

    Gideon Eiger;Uri Shamir;Aharon Ben-Tal

  • Deriving robust counterparts of nonlinear uncertain inequalities

    Aharon Ben-Tal;Dick Hertog;Jean-Philippe Vial

  • Extending Scope of Robust Optimization: Comprehensive Robust Counterparts of Uncertain Problems

    Aharon Ben-Tal;Stephen Boyd;Arkadi Nemirovski

  • Robust Solutions of Uncertain Quadratic and Conic-Quadratic Problems

    A. Ben-Tal;A. Nemirovski;C. Roos

  • Robust Solutions of Optimization Problems Affected by Uncertain Probabilities

    A. Ben-Tal;D. deHertog;A.M.B. De Waegenaere;B. Melenberg

Frequent Co-Authors

Arkadi Nemirovski
Arkadi Nemirovski Georgia Institute of Technology
Laurent El Ghaoui
Laurent El Ghaoui VinUniversity
Marc Teboulle
Marc Teboulle Tel Aviv University
Dick den Hertog
Dick den Hertog University of Amsterdam
Amir Beck
Amir Beck Tel Aviv University
Yonina C. Eldar
Yonina C. Eldar Weizmann Institute of Science
Martin P. Bendsøe
Martin P. Bendsøe Technical University of Denmark
Adi Ben-Israel
Adi Ben-Israel Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Uri Shamir
Uri Shamir Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Boaz Golany
Boaz Golany Technion – Israel Institute of Technology

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