Shmuel Gal is a professor of statistics

Statistics

Statistics is the study of the collection, organization, analysis, and interpretation of data. It deals with all aspects of this, including the planning of data collection in terms of the design of surveys and experiments....

 at the University of Haifa

University of Haifa

The University of Haifa is a university in Haifa, Israel.The University of Haifa was founded in 1963 by Haifa mayor Abba Hushi, to operate under the academic auspices of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem....

 in Israel.

Gal received a Ph.D. in mathematics from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Hebrew University of Jerusalem

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem ; ; abbreviated HUJI) is Israel's second-oldest university, after the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. The Hebrew University has three campuses in Jerusalem and one in Rehovot. The world's largest Jewish studies library is located on its Edmond J...

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He devised the Gal's accurate tables

Gal's accurate tables

Gal's accurate tables is a method devised by Shmuel Gal to provide accurate values of special functions using a lookup table and interpolation. It is a fast and efficient method for generating values of functions like the exponential or the trigonometric functions to within last-bit accuracy for...

 method for the computer evaluation of elementary functions. With Zvi Yehudai he developed in 1993 a new algorithm for sorting

Sorting algorithm

In computer science, a sorting algorithm is an algorithm that puts elements of a list in a certain order. The most-used orders are numerical order and lexicographical order...

 which is used by IBM. He has also solved the Princess and monster game

Princess and monster game

In game theory, the princess and monster game is a pursuit-evasion game played by two players in a region. The game was devised by Rufus Isaacs and published in his book Differential Games as follows. "The monster searches for the princess, the time required being the payoff. They are both in a...

  and made several significant contributions to the area of search games

Search games

A search game is a two-person zero-sum game which takes place in a set called the search space. The searcher can choose any continuous trajectory subject to a maximal velocity constraint...

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Gal has been working on rendezvous problem

Rendezvous problem

The rendezvous dilemma can be formulated in this way:If they both choose to wait, of course, they will never meet. If they both choose to walk there are chances that they meet and chances that they do not...

s with his collaborative colleagues Steve Alpern

Steve Alpern

Steven Alpern is a professor of mathematics at the London School of Economics. He has made a significant contribution to both the fields of search games and Rendezvous, informally introducing the rendezvous problem as early as 1976. His collaborators include Shmuel Gal, Vic Baston and Robbert...

, Vic Baston, and John Howard.