Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg

Research Group
"Mathematical and Computational Optimization"

People

Members of the MathOpt Team

Head of Group

Dr. Sebastian Sager

Address

Building 2, Room 224
Universitätsplatz 2
39106 Magdeburg, Germany

phone: +49 391 67 18745
fax: +49 391 67 11171

Website

Expertise/Interests

  • Nonlinear Mixed-Integer Optimal Control
  • Mixed-Integer Nonlinear Programming
  • Simultaneous Methods for Constrained Nonlinear Optimal Control Problems
  • Numerical Methods for Optimum Experimental Design
  • Optimization under Uncertainty
  • Applications in Transport, Aerospace, Chemical and Process Engineering, Systems Biology, Economics, and Psychology
Sebastian Sager

Secretary

Susanne Heß

Address

Room G02-201
Building 02, Universitätsplatz 2
39106 Magdeburg, Germany

phone +49 391 67-18756
fax +49 391 67-11171

Secretary


Postdocs

Dr. Christian Kirches

Address

Room 414
Im Neuenheimer Feld 368
69120 Heidelberg, Germany

phone +49 6221 54-8895
mobile +49 176 21723722
fax +49 6221 54-5444

Website

Expertise/Interests

  • Nonlinear Mixed-Integer Optimal Control
  • Nonlinear Model-Predictive Control
  • Real-Time Online Optimization
  • Structure Exploiting Quadratic Programming
  • Implicitly Discontinuous / Hybrid Systems
  • Optimization under Uncertainty / Robust Optimization
  • Applications in Automotive Engineering, Chemistry
Christian Kirches

PhD Students

Holger Diedam

Address

Room 404
Im Neuenheimer Feld 368
69120 Heidelberg, Germany

phone +49 6221 54-8230
fax +49 6221 54-5444

Website

Expertise/Interests

  • Nonlinear Mixed-Integer Dynamic Optimization
  • Nonlinear Model-Predictive Control
  • Real-Time Online Optimization
  • Automated Modelling
  • Applications in Economics
  • Applications in Psychology
  • Applications in Robotics
Holger Diedam

Michael Engelhart

Address

Room 407
Im Neuenheimer Feld 368
69120 Heidelberg, Germany

phone +49 6221 54-8809
fax +49 6221 54-5444

Expertise/Interests

  • Nonlinear Mixed-Integer Dynamic Optimization
  • Mixed-Integer Nonlinear Programming
  • Applications in Cancer Chemotherapy
  • Applications in Psychology
Michael Engelhart

Janick Frasch

Address

Room 407
Im Neuenheimer Feld 368
69120 Heidelberg, Germany

phone +49 6221 54-8809
fax +49 6221 54-5444

Website

Expertise/Interests

  • Mixed-Integer Optimal Control
  • Model-Predictive Control
  • Embedded Optimization
  • Combinatorial Optimization
  • Scheduling
  • Industrial Applications
  • Applications in Automotive Engineering
  • Machine Learning
  • Data Mining
Picture Frasch

Tony Huschto

Address

Room 407
Im Neuenheimer Feld 368
69120 Heidelberg, Germany

phone +49 6221 54-8809
fax +49 6221 54-5444

Website

Expertise/Interests

  • Optimal Control
  • Stochastic Differential Equations
  • Polynomial Chaos
  • Applications in Biology
  • Applications in Economics
Tony Huschto

Michael Jung

Address

Room 404
Im Neuenheimer Feld 368
69120 Heidelberg, Germany

phone +49 6221 54-8230
fax +49 6221 54-5444

Expertise/Interests

  • Nonlinear Mixed-Integer Optimal Control
  • Hybrid Systems
  • Combinatorial Optimization
  • Scheduling
  • Applications in Transport (e.g. Water networks)
Michael Jung

Florian Kehrle

Address

Room 407
Im Neuenheimer Feld 368
69120 Heidelberg, Germany

phone +49 6221 54-8809
fax +49 6221 54-5444

Expertise/Interests

  • Nonlinear Mixed-Integer Dynamic Optimization
  • Mixed-Integer Nonlinear Programming
  • Nonlinear Model-Predictive Control
Florian Kehrle

Jonas Rauch

Address

Room 404
Im Neuenheimer Feld 368
69120 Heidelberg, Germany

phone +49 6221 54-8230
fax +49 6221 54-5444

Expertise/Interests

  • Optimal Control Policies in Airline Revenue Management
  • Airline Demand ForecastingNonlinear Mixed-Integer Dynamic Optimization
Jonas Rauch

Associated members

Anamaria Bodea

Address

Room 108
Institut für Angewandte Mathematik
Im Neuenheimer Feld 294
69120 Heidelberg, Germany

phone +49 6221 54-4871

Website

Expertise/Interests

  • Mathematical Finance
  • Applied Mathematics especially in the areas of Applied Partial Differential Equations
  • Stochastic Processes
  • Probability Theory and its Applications in Economic and Finance
  • Optimization Theory
  • Monte Carlo Methods
Anamaria Bodea

Kathrin Hatz

Address

Room G02-223
Building 02, Universitätsplatz 2
39106 Magdeburg, Germany

phone +49 391 67-11450
fax +49 391 67-11171

Expertise/Interests

  • Parameter estimation in optimal control problems
    (Identification of objective functions and system parameters of optimal control models)
  • Hierarchical Optimization
  • Applications in, e.g., biomechanics
  • Mathematical programs with equilibrium constraints
  • SQP methods
  • Human gait modeling (cerebral palsy gaits)
  • Nonnegative tensor factorization
Kathrin Hatz

Dennis Janka

Address

Room 402
Im Neuenheimer Feld 368
69120 Heidelberg, Germany

phone +49 6221 54-8822
mobile +49 178 7251280
fax +49 6221 54-5444

Expertise/Interests

  • Numerical Methods for Optimum Experimental Design
  • Numerical Methods for Optimal Control Problems
  • Applications in Chemical Engineering
Dennis Janka

Sabrina Kellner

Address

Room 502
Im Neuenheimer Feld 368
69120 Heidelberg, Germany

phone +49 6221 54-8217

Website

Expertise/Interests

  • Mathematical Finance, Commodity Pricing
  • Analysis and Modeling of Market Dynamics
  • Stochastic Analysis, Statistics
  • Application of Mathematics in Economics
  • Network Modeling
  • Optimization Theory
Sabrina Kellner

Lilian Kramer

Address

Room 502
Im Neuenheimer Feld 368
69120 Heidelberg, Germany

phone +49 6221 54-8217

Website

Expertise/Interests

  • Modeling and simulation of market and price dynamics
  • Network optimization
  • Model reduction
  • Stochastic processes, statistics
  • Financial mathematics, econometrics
Lilian Kramer

Stephan Ludwig

Address

Room 502
Im Neuenheimer Feld 368
69120 Heidelberg, Germany

phone +49 6221 54-8217

Expertise/Interests

  • Valuation and hedging of commodity derivatives
  • Optimal portfolio allocation
  • Market data quality management and parameter fitting
  • Optimal stochastic control theory
  • Monte Carlo methods
Stephan Ludwig

Leonard Wirsching

Address

Room 411
Im Neuenheimer Feld 368
69120 Heidelberg, Germany

phone +49 6221 54-8833
fax +49 6221 54-5444

Website

Expertise/Interests

  • Nonlinear optimization
  • SQP methods
  • Numerics of optimal control and parameter estimation
  • Model predictive control
  • Moving horizon estimation
  • ODE modelling and simulation
  • Sensitivity generation
Leo Wirsching

Former Guests

Bernat Joseph i Duran

Former members

Alexander Buchner

Hendrik Burgdörfer

Mark Mueller

Anja Schäfer

Last modified by: Sebastian Sager on 2011-09-26
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