Background

Ben-Tal, Aharon was born on September 5, 1946 in Ramat-Gan, Israel. Son of Meir and Rivka Ben-Tal.

Education

Bachelor in Economics and Statistics, Tel-Aviv University, 1969. Master of Arts in Operations Research, Tel-Aviv University, 1971. Doctor of Philosophy in Applied Mathematics, Northwestern University, 1973.

Career

Senior lecturer Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, 1975-1980, associate professor, 1980-1986, professor, since 1987, dean, faculty industrial engineering and management, 1987—1990. Visiting professor University Delaware, Newark, 1979—1980, University British Columbia, Vancouver, 1980—1981, University Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1986—1988, Delft University of Technology, 2000—2001, University Copenhagen, 1994—1995, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, since 2005. Sergeant Israeli Defense Forces, 1964-1967.

Achievements

• Aharon Ben-Tal has been listed as a noteworthy Operations research specialist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Optimality in Nonlinear Programming: A Feasible Directions Approach (Pure & Applied Mathematics)

Membership

Member of Society Industrial and Applied Mathematics (associate editor Journal Optimization since 1998), Operations Research Society Israel, Mathematics Programming Society (council since 1994), Operations Research Society of America (associate editor Operations Research Letter 1985-1992, area editor Mathematics Operations Research since 1993).

Interests

• Avocation: music.

Connections

Married Varda Haron, June 1, 1972 (divorced 1994). Children: Yoav, Amos. Life partner Rachel Or-Bach.

Father:

Meir Ben-Tal

Mother:

Rivka Ben-Tal

Spouse:

Varda Haron

child:

Yoav Ben-Tal

child:

Amos Ben-Tal