Yoav Benjamini


Yoav Benjamini is an Israeli statistician best known for development of the “false discovery rate” criterion. He is currently The Nathan and Lily Silver
Professor of Applied Statistics at Tel Aviv University, Irsael.

Early life

Yoav studied mathematics and physics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel and graduated in 1973. His masters degree in Mathematics from the same university in 1976. In 1981, he received his Ph.D. in Statistics from Princeton University, USA.

Scientific fields of interest

Benjamini's scientific work combines theoretical research in statistical methodology with applied research that involves complex problems with massive data. The methodological work is on selective and simultaneous inference, as well as on general methods for data analysis, data mining, and data visualization. His research citations exceeds 90,000.

Honors and awards