Fellow
Grötschel Martin
Professor of mathematics at TU Berlin (retired) & President of Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities (retired)
Current nationality
Germany
Current country of residence
Germany
Past nationality
Germany
Affiliation / Institution
Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Biodata
From Oct 2015 till Sept 2020, Grötschel was President of the Berlin Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities. He obtained his PhD in 1977 at U Bonn, was full professor of mathematics at U Augsburg (1982-1991), at TU Berlin (1991-2015) and Vice President (1991-2012)/President (2012-2015) of the Zuse Institute Berlin (ZIB). He was President of the German Mathematical Society (1993-1994), Secretary of the International Mathematical Union (2007-2014), chaired the DFG Research Center MATHEON “Mathematics for Key Technologies” (2002-2008), and held many other administrative positions in the service of the sciences. His scientific awards include the Leibniz, the Beckurts, Dantzig, Fulkerson, and John von Neumann Theory Prize. He is a member of five scientific academies, including NAE (USA) and CAS (China) and holds four honorary doctoral degrees.
Keywords
Discrete mathematics; optimization and operations research with a special focus on the design of practically efficient algorithms for hard combinatorial optimization problems appearing in application areas such as telecommunications; chip design; energy
ELECTED
2016
Place of birth
Schwelm
Country of birth
Germany
DATE OF BIRTH
10
September
1948
Section
07. Mathematical Sciences
Country where living and working for the majority of the last 10 years
Germany
Public contact information
EMAIL
groetschel@bbaw.de
Last updated on 12/07/2023