2008 Ctegories  Categories for 2008 Exact Sciences: Chemistry Life Sciences: Genetics Social Sciences: Education Humanities: Middle East Studies Culture and Art: Music
 
 
Prof. Micha Sharir -Computer Science
Prof. Micha Sharir is awarded the EMET Prize for his pioneering work in computational geometry and its applications and for his fundamental contributions in the fields of algorithmic motion planning in robotics and discrete geometry

Prof. Shmuel Agmon - mathematics
Prof. Shmuel Agmon is awarded the EMET Prize for paving new paths in the study of elliptic partial differential equations and their boundary value problems and for advancing the knowledge in this field, as well for his essential contribution to the development of the spectral and scattering theories of Schroedinger operators.

Prof. Vitali Milman - Mathematics
Prof. Vitali Milman is awarded the EMET Prize for his crucial role in the discovery and development of the Concentration of Measure Phenomenon and its implications to geometric analysis, and especially for understanding the asymptotic properties of finite dimensional normed spaces, as well as for his essential contribution to the enhancement of excellence in mathematics in Israel.