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    Shoham

    contemporaryArtificial Intelligence / Computational Game Theory

    b. 1956

    Yoav Shoham is an Israeli-American computer scientist and game theorist at Stanford University, known for foundational contributions to multi-agent systems, knowledge representation, and the intersection of artificial intelligence and game theory. His work on reasoning about change, agent-oriented programming, and strategic interaction has been highly influential in both AI and formal epistemology.

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    Notable Achievements

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    Pioneered agent-oriented programming as a paradigm for multi-agent systems

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    Co-authored influential textbook 'Multiagent Systems: Algorithmic, Game-Theoretic, and Logical Foundations'

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    Developed formal frameworks for reasoning about time, change, and nonmonotonic logic

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    Advanced understanding of epistemic reasoning and belief revision in sequential games

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    Co-founded AI21 Labs, applying AI research to language technology

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    Plausibility updates in sequential games during actual play differ in interpretation from plausibility updates used in pregame deliberation for Backward Induction.

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    Plausibility updates in sequential games during actual play differ in interpretation from plausibility updates used in pregame deliberation for Backward Induction.

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