# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/benjamin-weiss
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:31:49.389Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/benjamin-weiss"
name: "Benjamin Weiss"
slug: "benjamin-weiss"
description: "Benjamin Weiss is an American-Israeli mathematician known for his contributions to ergodic theory, topological dynamics, probability theory, game theory, and descriptive set theory. In 2026, he received the Israel Prize for mathematics and computer science research."
tagline: "Israeli mathematician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Prof.b.weiss.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "IL"
category:
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birthDate: "1941"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump