Yoav Shoham
Yoav Shoham researches AI, including temporal reasoning, nonmonotonic logic and multiagent systems. His work links computer science with game theory. He earned a Yale doctorate and briefly held a postdoctoral appointment at Weizmann before his Stanford career. He published Toward the AI Index in AI Magazine in 2017. He chaired the AI Index initiative, which tracks global AI activity. With N. S. Lambert and A. Marple, Shoham co-authored a 2019 Games and Economic Behavior article on equilibria in games with imperfect recall. He received the IJCAI Research Excellence Award that year.
- Works
- 399
- Citations
- 22,507
- h-index
- 60
Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 14 October 2026.
Timeline
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1980s
Yale and Stanford research
He earned a Yale doctorate and briefly held a postdoctoral appointment at Weizmann before his Stanford career.
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2017
Tracking AI research and activity
He published Toward the AI Index in AI Magazine in 2017. He chaired the AI Index initiative, which tracks global AI activity.
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2019
Game-theory research
With N. S. Lambert and A. Marple, Shoham co-authored a 2019 Games and Economic Behavior article on equilibria in games with imperfect recall. He received the IJCAI Research Excellence Award that year.
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As of October 2026
Agents, logic and industry
He founded several AI companies, including AI21 Labs.
Sources and credits
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