Sarit Kraus

Professor Sarit Kraus is a Professor of Computer Science at Bar-Ilan University in Ramat Gan, Israel, renowned for foundational contributions to artificial intelligence including multi-agent systems, human-agent interaction, and non-monotonic reasoning. Her research spans theoretical frameworks, experimental validation, and real-world applications in security, healthcare, and automated negotiation.

She received her Bachelor's, Master's, and PhD degrees from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Her research focuses on developing intelligent agents capable of proficient interaction in cooperative and adversarial scenarios through integration of game theory, machine learning, and optimization. Key areas include:

• Collaborative planning frameworks and coalition formation
• Culture-sensitive agents and automated negotiation protocols
• Non-monotonic reasoning for knowledge representation
• Security applications (e.g., ARMOR for airport security)
• Healthcare implementations (e.g., Sheba Project for speech therapy)

Professor Kraus has received numerous prestigious honors:

• ACM Athena Lecturer Award (2020)
• ACM Fellow (2014) and Fellow of AAAI/EurAI
• Israel EMET Prize (2010)
• IJCAI Computers and Thought Award (1995)
• ACM SIGART Autonomous Agents Research Award (2007)
• IFAAMAS Influential Paper Award

As an educator, she has supervised 62 Master's and 34 PhD students. Her research has produced six books, 122 journal articles, 176 conference papers, and nine patents with applications including law enforcement training systems and intelligent recommendation engines. She actively serves on editorial boards for leading AI journals and holds leadership roles in major conferences like IJCAI and AAMAS.

Professor Kraus leads a research group at Bar-Ilan University advancing multi-agent systems with ongoing projects in security robotics, human training systems, and cross-cultural negotiation mediation.