Yuval Peres
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Yuval Peres is an Israeli-American mathematician renowned for his contributions to probability theory, ergodic theory, and random processes, and for his influential work at institutions such as Microsoft Research.
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| Yuval Peres canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Yuval Peres Context triple: [Harry Kesten, doctoralStudent, Yuval Peres]
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A.
Moshe Rosenblum
Moshe Rosenblum is known primarily as the son of Herzl Rosenblum, a prominent Israeli journalist, politician, and signatory of the Israeli Declaration of Independence.
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B.
Ehud Kalai
Ehud Kalai is an Israeli-American game theorist and economist known for his influential contributions to bargaining theory, game theory, and economic theory.
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C.
Oded Kotler
Oded Kotler is an Israeli actor and theater director known for his prominent roles in film and stage as well as his influential work in Israeli performing arts.
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D.
Yair Shamir
Yair Shamir is an Israeli businessman, former military officer, and politician who served as a government minister and is the son of former Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir.
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E.
Zeev Rudnick
Zeev Rudnick is an Israeli mathematician known for his work in number theory, quantum chaos, and mathematical physics.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Yuval Peres Target entity description: Yuval Peres is an Israeli-American mathematician renowned for his contributions to probability theory, ergodic theory, and random processes, and for his influential work at institutions such as Microsoft Research.
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A.
Moshe Rosenblum
Moshe Rosenblum is known primarily as the son of Herzl Rosenblum, a prominent Israeli journalist, politician, and signatory of the Israeli Declaration of Independence.
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B.
Ehud Kalai
Ehud Kalai is an Israeli-American game theorist and economist known for his influential contributions to bargaining theory, game theory, and economic theory.
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C.
Oded Kotler
Oded Kotler is an Israeli actor and theater director known for his prominent roles in film and stage as well as his influential work in Israeli performing arts.
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D.
Yair Shamir
Yair Shamir is an Israeli businessman, former military officer, and politician who served as a government minister and is the son of former Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir.
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E.
Zeev Rudnick
Zeev Rudnick is an Israeli mathematician known for his work in number theory, quantum chaos, and mathematical physics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (59)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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mathematician ⓘ probabilist ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Erdős Prize
NERFINISHED
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Fellow of the American Mathematical Society NERFINISHED ⓘ Loève Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ Rollo Davidson Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coAuthor |
Assaf Naor
NERFINISHED
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Elchanan Mossel NERFINISHED ⓘ Gábor Pete NERFINISHED ⓘ Itai Benjamini NERFINISHED ⓘ James Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ Oded Schramm NERFINISHED ⓘ Perla Sousi NERFINISHED ⓘ Robin Pemantle NERFINISHED ⓘ Russell Lyons NERFINISHED ⓘ Yinon Peres NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coAuthorOf | “Probability on Trees and Networks” NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coAuthorWith | Russell Lyons NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Israel
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United States of America ⓘ |
| employer |
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
NERFINISHED
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Microsoft Research NERFINISHED ⓘ Microsoft Research Redmond NERFINISHED ⓘ Microsoft Research Silicon Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ University of California, Berkeley ⓘ University of Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ Yale University ⓘ |
| familyName | Peres NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Brownian motion
NERFINISHED
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Markov chains NERFINISHED ⓘ ergodic theory ⓘ fractal geometry ⓘ game theory ⓘ percolation theory ⓘ potential theory ⓘ probability theory ⓘ random processes ⓘ random walks ⓘ |
| givenName | Yuval NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Harry Kesten
NERFINISHED
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Paul Erdős NERFINISHED ⓘ Yakov Sinai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOf | American Mathematical Society NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Yuval Peres NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
contributions to ergodic theory
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contributions to probability theory ⓘ contributions to random processes ⓘ leadership in Microsoft Research theory group ⓘ |
| notablePublication | “Probability on Trees and Networks” NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
work on Brownian motion and potential theory
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work on fractal geometry and probability ⓘ work on mixing times of Markov chains ⓘ work on noise sensitivity and Boolean functions ⓘ work on percolation and random media ⓘ work on random spanning trees ⓘ work on random walks in random environments ⓘ work on random walks on graphs ⓘ |
| occupation | university teacher ⓘ |
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