Yakov Ben-Haim

Prof. Yakov Ben-Haim initiated and developed info-gap decision theory for modeling and managing severe uncertainty. Info-gap theory is applied by scholars and practitioners around the world in engineering, biological conservation, economics, project management, climate change and natural hazard response, national security, medicine, and other areas (see info-gap.com).

Yakov has published widely on the foundations of info-gap theory and on its applications in many disciplines, often in collaboration with other scholars. He has published more than 100 articles and 5 books. Yakov has been a visiting scholar in many countries and has lectured at universities, technological and medical research institutions, public utilities and central banks. Yakov is a professor of mechanical engineering and holds the Yitzhak Moda'i Chair in Technology and Economics at the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology.

Contact: yakov@technion.ac.il

Further information: http://info-gap.com