Feldman, Michal, 1976-

Michal Feldman (Hebrew: מיכל פלדמן; born 1 February 1976) is a full professor of Computer Science and the Chair of Computation and Economics at Tel Aviv University, the head of Economics and Computation (EC) lab, and a visiting researcher in Microsoft Research Israel. Her research focuses on algorithmic game theory, an area that lies in the intersection of computer science, microeconomics and game theory. Among other topics, she studies auction theory, mechanism design, algorithm design, the price of anarchy, and e-commerce. Feldman is an alumna of the Israel Young Academy and of the Global Young Academy. Her research is funded by prestigious grants, including, among others, grants of the ERC (European Research Council) : ERC starters and ERC consolidator, ISF grants (Israel Science foundation), and an Amazon Research Award. Feldman was selected by the Forbes magazine as one of the most influencing women in Israel in 2016, and is the recipient of the Kadar Award, Bruno Award, and ACM SIGecom mid-career Award.