Dr. Rer. Nat. Habil. Volker Kaibel

Biography

Since 2007 Professor (W3) for Mathematical Optimization at Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg 2006 Visiting Professor at TU Berlin 2003-2006 Private lecturer at TU Berlin 2005-2006 Deputy Head of Department for Optimization at the Zuse Institute Berlin (ZIB) 2003-2004 Head of the Research Center for Optimization at the DFG Research Center MATHEON, Berlin 2003-2004 Member of the Executive Board of the DFG Research Center MATHEON, Berlin 2005-2006 Scientist in Charge for Application Area B Logistics, Traffic and Telecommunication Networks of the DFG Research Center MATHEON, Berlin 2003 Visitor at the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI), Berkeley (October-November) 1999-2003 Researcher (Research Assistant) at TU Berlin (with Günter M. Ziegler) 2002 Habilitation (Mathematics) at TU Berlin 1993-1999 Researcher (Research Assistant) at University of Cologne (with Michael Jünger) 1997 Doctoral Degree (Ph.D.) at the University of Cologne (supervisor: Michael Jünger, Thesis: Polyhedral Combinatorics of the Quadratic Assignment Problem) 1993 Diploma (Mathematics) at University of Cologne (supervisor: Michael Jünger, Thesis: Delaunay triangulations in different metrics) 1989-1993 Student of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Cologne

Research Interest

My scientific work area is discrete mathematics with a strong emphasis on optimization and geometry. The spectrum of discrete optimization methods includes telecommunications, transport planning or logistics. As a rule of thumb can be used: Discreet optimization is always required if there is too many solutions for a task to try them out and compare their quality. Mathematical analysis of the problem can lead to unimagined improvements.