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Haya Kaspi
Born (1948-10-06) October 6, 1948 (age 76)
Kibbutz HaOgen
Alma mater Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Cornell University
Known for Markov processes, Markov local time, permanental point processes
Awards Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (2008), Itô Prize (2011)
Scientific career
Fields Operations Research, Statistics, Probability Theory
Institutions Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Doctoral advisor N. U. Prabhu

Haya Kaspi is a smart Israeli scientist. She was born on October 6, 1948. She studies how to make systems work better. This field is called operations research. She also works with statistics and probability theory. She used to be a professor at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. This is a famous science school in Israel.

Becoming a Scientist

Haya Kaspi was born in a place called HaOgen. She loved to learn about numbers and math. In 1971, she earned her first degree in mathematics. She got this degree from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Advanced Studies

She continued her studies at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. There, she earned a master's degree in applied mathematics in 1974. Applied mathematics uses math to solve real-world problems.

After that, she went to the United States. She studied at Cornell University and earned her Ph.D. in 1979. A Ph.D. is the highest university degree. Her special topic was operations research. This field helps businesses and organizations make better decisions.

Teaching and Research

After her studies, Haya Kaspi worked at Princeton University. Then, in 1980, she came back to the Technion. She started as a lecturer. A lecturer is like a teacher at a university. She became a full professor in 1997. This means she was a top expert in her field.

Important Awards and Recognition

Haya Kaspi has received special honors for her work. These awards show how important her research is.

Institute of Mathematical Statistics

In 2008, she became a Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics. This is a big honor in the world of statistics. She was chosen for her work on Markov processes. These are special math models that help predict future events. She also helped with the theory of Markov local time. This award also recognized her great teaching and editing work.

Itô Prize Winner

In 2011, Haya Kaspi won the Itô Prize. She shared this prize with another scientist, Nathalie Eisenbaum. They won for their work on "permanental point processes." These are complex math ideas. They help understand how points are arranged in space or time. This prize is given by the Bernoulli Society. It is a group for math statistics and probability.

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