Sarit Kraus

Sarit Kraus is a Professor of Computer Science at Bar-Ilan University, Israel, and an Adjunct Professor at the University of Maryland. She has focused her research on intelligent agents and multi-agent systems. In particular, she developed Diplomat, the first automated agent that negotiated proficiently with people. Kraus has received the EMET Prize for her expertise and contributions to artificial intelligence, the IJCAI Computers and Thought Award, the ACM SIGART Agents Research award, and...See more

Sarit Kraus is a Professor of Computer Science at Bar-Ilan University, Israel, and an Adjunct Professor at the University of Maryland. She has focused her research on intelligent agents and multi-agent systems. In particular, she developed Diplomat, the first automated agent that negotiated proficiently with people. Kraus has received the EMET Prize for her expertise and contributions to artificial intelligence, the IJCAI Computers and Thought Award, the ACM SIGART Agents Research award, and the prestigious Advanced ERC Grant. She also received a special commendation from the city of Los Angeles, together with Professor Tambe, Professor Ordonez, and their students, for the creation of the ARMOR security scheduling system. Kraus has published over 300 papers in leading journals and major conferences. See less