Principal Investigators:
Prof. Dr. Petra Berenbrink
Chair of Algorithms, Randomization, Theory
Hamburg University, Hamburg
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+49 40 42883-2174
Prof. Dr. Amin Coja-Oghlan
Deputy Spokesman
Chair of Efficient Algorithms and Complexity Theory
TU Dortmund, Dortmund
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+49 231 755-6940
Prof. Dr. Holger Dell
Chair of Theoretical Computer Science
Goethe University, Frankfurt a.M.
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+49 69 798-28327
Prof. Dr. Tobias Friedrich
Chair of Algorithm Engineering
Hasso Plattner Institute/University of Potsdam, Potsdam
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+49 331 5509-410
Prof. Dr. Martin Hoefer
Spokesman
Chair of Algorithms & Complexity
Goethe University, Frankfurt a.M.
Official Website
+49 69 798-28155
Prof. Dr. Ulrich Meyer
Chair of Algorithm Engineering
Goethe University, Frankfurt a.M.
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+49 69 798-28433
Mercator Fellows:
Prof. Dr. Funda Ergun
Indiana University, Bloomington
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Dr. Kitty Meeks
University of Glasgow, Glasgow
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Dr. Thomas Sauerwald
University of Cambridge, Cambridge (UK)
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+44 1223 763538
Dr. Inbal Talgam-Cohen
Technion, Haifa
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PostDocs/PhD Students:
Tatiana Rocha Avila
Goethe University, Frankfurt a.M.
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+49 69 798-28325
Yannick Gerstorfer
Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, Frankfurt a.M.
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Lena Krieg
TU Dortmund, Dortmund
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+49 231 755-6367
Dr. Manuel Penschuck
Goethe University, Frankfurt a.M.
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+ 49 69 798-28823
Dr. Malin Rau
Hamburg University, Hamburg
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Lisa Wilhelmi
Goethe University, Frankfurt a.M.
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+49 69 798-28135
Associated Members:
Dr. Anselm Haak
Goethe University, Frankfurt a.M.
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+49 69 798-28324
Lukas Rasmus Hintze
Hamburg University, Hamburg
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+49 40 42883-2184
Tim Koglin
Goethe University, Frankfurt a.M.
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+49 69 798-28137
Dr. Pascal Lenzner
Hasso Plattner Institute, Potsdam
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+49 331 5509-419
Olga Scheftelowitsch
TU Dortmund, Dortmund
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+49 231 755-6374
Dr. George Skretas
Hasso Plattner Institute, Potsdam
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Hung Tran
Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, Frankfurt a.M.
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Former Members:
Dr. Nils Bertschinger
Moved to Innoplexus AG
Philipp Fischbeck
Hasso Plattner Institute, Potsdam
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+49 331 5509-413
Dr. Oliver Gebhard
Moved to Innovation Hub 110
Dr. Max Hahn-Klimroth
Moved to DB Systel
Dr. Philipp Loick
Moved to Amazon
Dr. Dominik Schallmoser (geb. Kaaser)
Research Fellow
TU Hamburg, Hamburg
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+49 40 42878-2524
Prof. Dr. Daniel Schmand
Assistant Professor in Discrete Optimization
University of Bremen, Bremen
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+49 421 218-99422