this program in the Israeli Parliament (knesset) and acted as an advisor regarding the newcomers’ academic seniority. Research and Publications Professor Lin's published work focuses on two main areas of research in the field of probability: Ergodic theory and Markov chain. More specifically, he researched in several areas: mean and individual Ergodic theory, Central limit theorem and functional analysis. Professor Lin has received various grants including: Israel Science Foundation (1995–1998) grant, Research Support Fund grant (2001–2002), Milken Families Foundation Chair in Mathematics grant (1989 until retirement). Among others, these grants supported his scientific research which has already yielded 85 scientific publications. References 1942 births Living people Israeli mathematicians Einstein Institute of Mathematics alumni