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Prof. Dr. Oliver Stein

  • Geb. 09.21

Sprechzeiten

Forschungsinteressen

  • Optimierungsverfahren und ihre theoretischen Grundlagen
  • Verallgemeinerte Nash-Spiele und Multi-Agent-Optimierung
  • Mehrstufige Optimierung
  • Mehrzieloptimierung
  • Gemischt-ganzzahlige Optimierung

Publikationen

 

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Wissenschaftliche Veröffentlichungen

 

[ Herausgeber | Eingereicht | Zeitschriften | Tagungsbände | Bücher und Skripten | Buchbeiträge | Sonstiges | Reviews ]

 

Herausgebertätigkeiten für folgende Zeitschriften:

  • Mathematical Methods of Operations Research (Editor-in-Chief 2015- , Mitglied des Editorial-Boards 2009-2014).
  • Czech Economic Review (Mitglied des Editorial-Boards 2008- ).
  • Journal of Global Optimization (Mitglied des Editorial-Boards 2009-2014).
  • Optimization (Mitglied des Editorial-Boards, 2011-2014).
  • Central European Journal of Operations Research, Volume 16, Number 2 (2008) (Sonderband "Advances in Continuous Optimization", Gast-Herausgeber).
  • Mathematical Programming, Series B, Volume 136, Issue 1 (2012) (Ausgabe "Parametric Optimization - Recent Advances", Gast-Herausgeber).
  • Optimization, Volume 57, Issue 1-2 (2008) (Sonderband "In Celebration of Prof. Dr. Dr. H. Th. Jongen's 60th Birthday" - Gast-Herausgeber).
  • Optimization, Volume 68, Issue 2-3 (2019) (Sonderband "11th International Conference on Parametric Optimization and Related Topics (paraoptXI)" - Gast-Herausgeber).
  • Pacific Journal of Optimization, Volume 9, Number 2 (2013) (Sonderband "Equilibrium Optimization", Gast-Herausgeber).

 

Eingereicht zur Veröffentlichung:

 

Veröffentlichungen in Zeitschriften:

73    C. Neumann, S. Schwarze, O. Stein, B. Müller, Feasible rounding based diving strategies in branch-and-bound methods for mixed-integer optimization, EURO Journal on Computational Optimization, Vol. 10 (2022), 100051.
72    M. Beck, O. Stein, Semi-infinite models for equilibrium selection, erscheint in: Minimax Theory and its Applications.
71    G. Eichfelder, O. Stein, Limit sets in global multiobjective optimization, Optimization, 2022, DOI: 10.1080/02331934.2022.2092479.
70    C. Zimmerling, C. Poppe, O. Stein, L. Kärger, Optimisation of manufacturing process parameters for variable component geometries using reinforcement learning, Materials & Design, Vol. 214 (2022), 110423.
69    C. Neumann, O. Stein, Feasible rounding approaches for equality constrained mixed-integer optimization problems, Optimization, Vol. 72 (2023), 581-606.
68    H. Djelassi, A. Mitsos, O. Stein, Recent advances in nonconvex semi-infinite programming: applications and algorithms, EURO Journal on Computational Optimization, Vol. 9 (2021), 100006.
67    C. Neumann, O. Stein, Generating feasible points for mixed-integer convex optimization problems by inner parallel cuts, SIAM Journal on Optimization, Vol. 31 (2021), 2396-2428.
66    L. Lampariello, C. Neumann, J.M. Ricci, S. Sagratella, O. Stein, Equilibrium selection for multi-portfolio optimization, European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 295 (2021), 363-373.
65    G. Eichfelder, P. Kirst, L. Meng, O. Stein, A general branch-and-bound framework for continuous global multiobjective optimization, Journal of Global Optimization, Vol. 80 (2021), 195-227.
64    L. Lampariello, C. Neumann, J.M. Ricci, S. Sagratella, O. Stein, An explicit Tikhonov algorithm for nested variational inequalities, Computational Optimization and Applications, Vol. 77 (2020), 335-350.
63    C. Füllner, P. Kirst, O. Stein, Convergent upper bounds in global minimization with nonlinear equality constraints, Mathematical Programming, Vol. 187 (2021), 617-651.
62    C. Neumann, O. Stein, N. Sudermann-Merx, Bounds on the objective value of feasible roundings, Vietnam Journal of Mathematics, Vol. 48 (2020), 299-313.
61    C. Neumann, O. Stein, N. Sudermann-Merx, Granularity in nonlinear mixed-integer optimization, Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, Vol. 184 (2020), 433-465.
60    L. Lampariello, S. Sagratella, O. Stein, The standard pessimistic bilevel problem, SIAM Journal on Optimization, Vol. 29 (2019), 1634-1656.
59    C. Neumann, O. Stein, N. Sudermann-Merx, A feasible rounding approach for mixed-integer optimization problems, Computational Optimization and Applications, Vol. 72 (2019), 309-337.
58    P. Kirst, O. Stein, Global optimization of generalized semi-infinite programs using disjunctive programming, Journal of Global Optimization, Vol. 73 (2019), 1-25.
57    T. Bajbar, O. Stein, Coercive polynomials: Stability, order of growth, and Newton polytopes, Optimization, Vol. 68 (2019), 99-124.
56    O. Stein, N. Sudermann-Merx, The noncooperative transportation problem and linear generalized Nash games, European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 266 (2018), 543-553.
55    T. Bajbar, O. Stein, On globally diffeomorphic polynomial maps via Newton polytopes and circuit numbers, Mathematische Zeitschrift, Vol. 288 (2018), 915-933.
54    P. Kirst, F. Rigterink, O. Stein, Global optimization of disjunctive programs, Journal of Global Optimization, Vol. 69 (2017), 283-307.
53    O. Stein, Error bounds for mixed integer nonlinear optimization problems, Optimization Letters, Vol. 10 (2016), 1153-1168.
52    P. Kirst, O. Stein, Solving disjunctive optimization problems by generalized semi-infinite optimization techniques, Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, Vol. 169 (2016), 1079-1109.
51    O. Stein, N. Sudermann-Merx, The cone condition and nonsmoothness in linear generalized Nash games, Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, Vol. 170 (2016), 687-709.
50    P. Kirst, O. Stein, P. Steuermann, Deterministic upper bounds for spatial branch-and-bound methods in global minimization with nonconvex constraints, TOP, Vol. 23 (2015), 591-616.
49    T. Bajbar, O. Stein, Coercive polynomials and their Newton polytopes, SIAM Journal on Optimization, Vol. 25 (2015), 1542-1570. This example by Sönke Behrends shows that the implication in Lemma 2.2 may not be reversed.
48    O. Stein, Error bounds for mixed integer linear optimization problems, Mathematical Programming, Vol. 156 (2016), 101-123.
47    O. Stein, N. Sudermann-Merx, On smoothness properties of optimal value functions at the boundary of their domain under complete convexity, Mathematical Methods of Operations Research, Vol. 79 (2014), 327-352.
46    N. Harms, C. Kanzow, O. Stein, Smoothness properties of a regularized gap function for quasi-variational inequalities, Optimization Methods and Software, Vol. 29 (2014), 720-750.
45    O. Stein, P. Steuermann, On smooth relaxations of obstacle sets, Optimization and Engineering, Vol. 15 (2014), 3-33.
44    O. Stein, Twice differentiable characterizations of convexity notions for functions on full dimensional convex sets, Schedae Informaticae, Vol. 21 (2012), 55-63.
43    N. Harms, C. Kanzow, O. Stein, On differentiability properties of player convex generalized Nash equilibrium problems, Optimization, Vol. 64 (2015), 365-388.
42    O. Stein, How to solve a semi-infinite optimization problem, European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 223 (2012), 312-320.
41    M. Diehl, B. Houska, O. Stein, P. Steuermann, A lifting method for generalized semi-infinite programs based on lower level Wolfe duality, Computational Optimization and Applications, Vol. 54 (2013), 189-210.
40    O. Stein, P. Steuermann, The adaptive convexification algorithm for semi-infinite programming with arbitrary index sets, Mathematical Programming, Ser. B, Vol. 136 (2012), 183-207.
39    V. Shikhman, O. Stein, On jet-convex functions and their tensor products, Optimization, Vol. 61 (2012), 717-731.
38    A. Dreves, C. Kanzow, O. Stein, Nonsmooth optimization reformulations of player convex generalized Nash equilibrium problems, Journal of Global Optimization, Vol. 53 (2012), 587-614.
37    D. Dorsch, V. Shikhman, O. Stein, Mathematical programs with vanishing constraints: critical point theory, Journal of Global Optimization, Vol. 52 (2012), 591-605.
36    D. Ralph, O. Stein, The C-index: a new stability concept for quadratic programs with complementarity constraints, Mathematics of Operations Research, Vol. 36 (2011), 504-526.
35    O. Stein, Lifting mathematical programs with complementarity constraints, Mathematical Programming, Vol. 131 (2012), 71-94.
34    O. Stein, A. Winterfeld, A feasible method for generalized semi-infinite programming, Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, Vol. 146 (2010), 419-443.
33    O. Stein, A. Tezel, The semismooth approach for semi-infinite programming without strict complementarity, SIAM Journal on Optimization, Vol. 20 (2009), 1052-1072.
32    H. Günzel, H. Th. Jongen, O. Stein, Generalized semi-infinite programming: on generic local minimizers, Journal of Global Optimization, Vol. 42 (2008), 413-421.
31    V. Shikhman, O. Stein, Constrained optimization: projected gradient flows, Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, Vol. 140 (2009), 117–130.
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H. Th. Jongen, O. Stein, Smoothing by mollifiers. Part II: Nonlinear optimization, Journal of Global Optimization, Vol. 41 (2008), 335-350.
29    H. Th. Jongen, O. Stein, Smoothing by mollifiers. Part I: Semi-infinite optimization, Journal of Global Optimization, Vol. 41 (2008), 319-334.
28    H. Günzel, H. Th. Jongen, O. Stein, Generalized semi-infinite programming: the Symmetric Reduction Ansatz, Optimization Letters, Vol. 2 (2008), 415-424.
27    O. Stein, A. Tezel, The semismooth approach for semi-infinite programming under the Reduction Ansatz, Journal of Global Optimization, Vol. 41 (2008), 245-266.
26    H. Günzel, H. Th. Jongen, O. Stein, On the closure of the feasible set in generalized semi-infinite programming, Central European Journal of Operations Research, Vol. 15 (2007), 271-280.
25    C. A. Floudas, O. Stein, The adaptive convexification algorithm: a feasible point method for semi-infinite programming, SIAM Journal on Optimization, Vol. 18 (2007), 1187-1208.
24    S. D. Flåm, H. Th. Jongen, O. Stein, Slopes of shadow prices and Lagrange multipliers, Optimization Letters, Vol. 2 (2008), 143-155.
23    F. Guerra Vázquez, J.-J. Rückmann, O. Stein, G. Still, Generalized semi-infinite programming: a tutorial, Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics, Vol. 217 (2008), 394-419.
22    J. Guddat, L. Neralic, O. Stein, Sensitivity analysis of the proportionate change of a subset of outputs or/and inputs in data envelopment analysis, Mathematical Communications, Vol. 11 (2006), 187-201.
21    O. Stein, On Karush-Kuhn-Tucker points for a smoothing method in semi-infinite optimization, Journal of Computational Mathematics, Vol. 24 (2006), 719-732.
20    O. Stein, M. Winkler, Amorphous molecular beam epitaxy: global solutions and absorbing sets, European Journal of Applied Mathematics, Vol. 16 (2005), 767-798.
19    O. Stein, J. Oldenburg, W. Marquardt, Continuous reformulations of discrete-continuous optimization problems, Computers and Chemical Engineering, Vol. 28 (2004), 1951-1966.
18    L. Neralic, O. Stein, On regular and parametric data envelopment analysis, Mathematical Methods of Operations Research, Vol. 60 (2004), 15-28.
17    O. Stein, On constraint qualifications in non-smooth optimization, Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, Vol. 121 (2004), 647-671.
16    B. B. King, O. Stein, M. Winkler, A fourth order parabolic equation modeling epitaxial thin film growth, Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications, Vol. 286 (2003), 459-490.
15    H. Th. Jongen, O. Stein, On the complexity of equalizing inequalities, Journal of Global Optimization, Vol. 27 (2003), 367-374.
14    O. Stein, G. Still, Solving semi-infinite optimization problems with interior point techniques, SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization, Vol. 42 (2003), 769-788.
13    O. Stein, G. Still, On generalized semi-infinite optimization and bilevel optimization, European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 142 (2002), 444-462.
12    H. Th. Jongen, O. Stein, Nonconvex optimization: gradient flows and deformation, Journal on Dynamical and Control Systems, Vol. 7 (2001), 425-446.
11    O. Stein, The role of the transition function in a continuum model for kinetic roughening and coarsening in thin films, Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing, Vol. 4 (2001), 405-416.
10    O. Stein, First order optimality conditions for degenerate index sets in generalized semi-infinite programming, Mathematics of Operations Research, Vol. 26 (2001), 565-582.
  9    J.-J. Rückmann, O. Stein, On linear and linearized generalized semi-infinite optimization problems, Annals of Operations Research, Vol. 101 (2001), 191-208.
  8    O. Stein, A note on the dual description of projected polytopes, Investigación Operacional, Vol. 22 (2001), 139-144.
  7    A. Jess, H. Th. Jongen, L. Neralic, O. Stein, A semi-infinite programming model in data envelopment analysis, Optimization, Vol. 49 (2001), 369-385.
  6    O. Stein, G. Still, On optimality conditions for generalized semi-infinite programming problems, Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, Vol. 104 (2000), 443-458.
  5    O. Stein, On level sets of marginal functions, Optimization, Vol. 48 (2000), 43-67.
  4    H. Th. Jongen, O. Stein, On generic one-parametric semi-infinite optimization, SIAM Journal on Optimization, Vol. 7 (1997), 1103-1137.
  3    H. Th. Jongen, J.-J. Rückmann, O. Stein, Generalized semi-infinite optimization: a first order optimality condition and examples, Mathematical Programming, Vol. 83 (1998), 145-158.
  2    H. Th. Jongen, J.-J. Rückmann, O. Stein, Disjunctive optimization: critical point theory, Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, Vol. 93 (1997), 321-336.
  1    O. Stein, Bifurcations of hyperbolic fixed points for explicit Runge-Kutta methods, IMA Journal of Numerical Analysis, Vol. 17 (1997), 151-175.

 

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Vorträge

 

Popular Science Talks

  • 13.08.15: Wie oft passt der Mond in die Erde?, KIT Kinder-Uni (KIT Children's University), KIT.
  • 18.01.12: Von generischen Optimierungsproblemen zu geschliffenen Edelsteinen, Inaugural Lecture, Faculty of Mathematics, KIT.
  • 29.04.09: Brauchbare Antworten auf OR-Fragen, Inaugural Lecture, Faculty of Economics and Business Engineering, KIT.
  • 18.12.07: Size matters - Wie Operations Research uns zu größeren Edelsteinen verhilft, Uni im Rathaus, Karlsruhe.

 

Scientific Talks in the Past Five Years

[ Conferences | Seminars and Colloquia ]
 

Talks in Conferences

  • 15.09.22: Semi-infinite models for equilibrium selection, 12th International Conference on Parametric Optimization and Related Topics, Augsburg, September 12 - 16, 2022.
  • 07.09.22: Semi-infinite models for equilibrium selection, OR 2022, Karlsruhe, September 6 - 9, 2022.
  • 30.07.22: Plenary talk "Branch-and-bound for continuous and mixed-integer multiobjective optimization", 19th EUROPT Workshop on Advances in Continuous Optimization, Lisbon, Portugal, July 29 - 30, 2022.
  • 09.07.21: Plenary talk "Granularity - a Bridge between Continuous and Discrete Optimization", 18th EUROPT Workshop on Advances in Continuous Optimization, Toulouse, France, July 7 - 9, 2021 (online).
  • 07.07.21: A general branch-and-bound framework for global multiobjective optimization, 18th EUROPT Workshop on Advances in Continuous Optimization, Toulouse, France, July 7 - 9, 2021 (online).
  • 20.05.21: On semi-infinite reformulations for equilibrium selection, Workshop on Applications of Semi-infinite Optimization, Fraunhofer ITWM, Kaiserslautern, May 20 - 21, 2021 (online).
  • 09.12.20: A general branch-and-bound framework for global multiobjective optimization, Workshop on Geometry and Optimization in memory of Victor Zalgaller, Technion, Haifa, Israel, December 9, 2020 (online).
  • 22.10.20: A general branch-and-bound framework for global multiobjective optimization, Arbeitsgruppentreffen zur Vektor- und Mengenwertigen Optimierung, Lutherstadt Wittenberg, October 22 - 23, 2020.
  • 05.03.20: A general branch-and-bound framework for global multiobjective optimization, SIGOPT 2020, Dortmund, March 4 - 6, 2020.
  • 06.09.19: Granularity in nonlinear mixed-integer optimization, OR 2019, Dresden, September 3 - 6, 2019.
  • 26.06.19: Granularity in nonlinear mixed-integer optimization, EURO 2019, Dublin, Ireland, June 23 - 26, 2019.
  • 27.03.19: On pessimistic bilevel optimization, Computational Management Science / Mathematical Methods in Industry and Economics 2019, Chemnitz, March 27 - 29, 2019.
  • 05.07.18: Global optimization of generalized semi-infinite programs using disjunctive programming, 23nd International Symposium on Mathematical Programming, Bordeaux, France, July 1 - 6, 2018.
  • 21.03.18: The cone condition and nonsmoothness in linear generalized Nash games, SIGOPT 2018, Irsee, March 21 - 23, 2018.
  • 13.03.18: The cone condition and nonsmoothness in linear generalized Nash games, Games, Dynamics and Optimization GDO 2018, Vienna, Austria, March 13 - 15, 2018.
  • 17.10.17: Feasible roundings for granular optimization problems, German-Israeli Research Workshop on Optimization, Haifa, Israel, October 16 - 19, 2017.
  • 21.09.17: Feasible roundings for granular optimization problems, 11th International Conference on Parametric Optimization and Related Topics, Prague, Czech Republic, September 19 - 22, 2017.
  • 07.09.17: Feasible roundings for granular optimization problems, OR 2017, Berlin, September 6 - 8, 2017.
  • 29.05.17: Invited talk "Feasible roundings for granular optimization problems", Workshop on Variational Analysis, Equilibria and Optimization, Pisa, Italy, May 29 - 30, 2017.

 

Talks in Seminars and Colloquia

  • 02.08.22: Equilibrium Selection: A Rendezvous of Nash Games, Multicriteria Optimization, and Semi-infinite Programming, EUROPT Summer School 2022, SST NOVA, Lisbon, Portugal.
  • 09.06.22: The granularity concept in mixed-integer optimization, Optimization and Systems Theory Seminar, KTH Stockholm, Sweden.
  • 14.-17.11.21: Equilibrium Selection - Multicriteria Optimization and Semi-infinite Programming, UNIVERS Winter School on Optimization, Games and Markets, Chemnitz University of Technology, Chemnitz.
  • 17.05.21: The granularity concept in mixed-integer optimization, Algorithmic Optimization Colloquium, University of Trier, Trier (online).
  • 22.07.20: A general branch-and-bound framework for global multiobjective optimization, Variational Analysis and Optimisation Webinar (online).
  • 27.01.20: On pessimistic bilevel optimization, AICES-SSD Seminar Series, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen.
  • 18.12.19: Granularity in nonlinear mixed-integer optimization, Mathematical Colloquium, Institute of Mathematics, Ilmenau University of Technology, Ilmenau.
  • 30.10.18: On pessimistic bilevel optimization, Departamento de Matematicas, University of Alicante, Alicante, Spain.
  • 30.10.18: Coercive polynomials and their Newton polytopes, Departamento de Matematicas, University of Alicante, Alicante, Spain.
  • 22.06.18: Interrelations between disjunctive and generalized semi-infinite programming, Frankfurt-Darmstadt Afternoon on Optimization, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main.
  • 11.04.18: Global optimization of generalized semi-infinite programs using disjunctive programming, Mathematical Colloquium, Institute of Mathematics, Ilmenau University of Technology, Ilmenau.
  • 04.04.18: The cone condition and nonsmoothness in linear generalized Nash games, Management, Operations Research and Economics Seminar, Department of Computer, Control, and Management Engineering Antonio Ruberti at Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
  • 22.02.17: Feasible roundings for granular optimization problems, Center of Doctoral Studies in Business, Mannheim.

Bisherige Lehrveranstaltungen

Bisherige Lehrveranstaltungen am Karlsruher Institut für Technologie:

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Bisherige Lehrveranstaltungen außerhalb des Karlsruher Instituts für Technologie:

Wintersemester 2005/06 (an der Middle East Technical University Ankara)

  • Modern Concepts in Semi-infinite Optimization

Sommersemester 2005 (an der RWTH Aachen)

Wintersemester 2004/05 (an der Universität Duisburg-Essen)

  • Optimierung III (Nichtlineare Optimierung)
  • Übungen zur Optimierung III
  • Programmierseminar zur Optimierung III

Sommersemester 2004 (an der RWTH Aachen)

Wintersemester 2003/04 (an der RWTH Aachen)

Sommersemester 2003 (an der RWTH Aachen)

Wintersemester 2002/03 (an der RWTH Aachen)

Sommersemester 2002 (an der TU Chemnitz)

  • Mathematik II (Teil 2) (für Elektro- und Informationstechniker)
  • Parametrische Optimierung

Lebenslauf

Professional Experience: 10/2010 - Co-opted member of the Faculty of Mathematics, KIT
  10/2008 - 09/2014: Vice dean of education at the Faculty of Economics and Business Engineering
  09/2008 - Lecturer at the Hector School for Engineering and Management
  11/2006 - Full Professor at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
  07/2005 - 11/2006: Heisenberg fellow of the German Research Foundation (DFG)
  02/2006 - 04/2006: Academic Visitor at the Department of Chemical Engineering, Princeton University, USA
  07/2005 - 09/2005: Academic Visitor at the Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, UK
  04/2005 - 06/2005: Assistant Professor at RWTH Aachen University
  10/2004 - 03/2005: Full Professor (substituting) at the University of Duisburg-Essen
  10/2002 - 09/2004: Assistant Professor at RWTH Aachen University
  04/2002 - 09/2002: Full Professor (substituting) at the Chemnitz University of Technology
  04/2000 - 03/2002: Assistant Professor at RWTH Aachen University
  04/1999 - 04/2000: Postdoc at the Interdisciplinary Center for Applied Mathematics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg VA, USA
    and fellowship holder of the Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung
  07/1997 - 03/1999: Assistant Professor at RWTH Aachen University
  01/1997 - 06/1997: Wissenschaftlicher Angestellter at RWTH Aachen University
  04/1995 - 12/1996: Member and scholarship holder of the "Graduiertenkolleg Mathematische Optimierung" at the University of Trier
  03/1994 - 12/1994: Teaching Assistant at the University of Trier
 
Education and degrees: 07/2002: Habilitation at RWTH Aachen University, Venia Legendi for Mathematics
    Habilitation Thesis: Bi-level Strategies in Semi-infinite Programming
  01/1997: Graduation "mit Auszeichnung" (summa cum laude)
    Advisors: Prof. Dr. R. Hettich, University of Trier,
    and Prof. Dr. H. Th. Jongen, RWTH Aachen University
    Doctoral Thesis: On parametric semi-infinite optimization
  12/1993: Diploma in mathematics (C/G numerical analysis) and economics at the University of Trier, Germany
 
Grants and awards: 02/2022: EUROPT Fellow 2022 of the EURO Working Group on Continuous Optimization
  2014-2022: Hector Teaching Awards 2011/2012, 2013/2014, 2014/2015, 2015/2016, 2019/2020
  12/2013: TOP-5 paper published in Journal of Global Optimization in 2012
  11/2011: KIT faculty teaching award
  07/2005 - 11/2006: Heisenberg fellowship of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
  04/1999 - 04/2000: Feodor Lynen fellowship of the Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung
  04/1990 - 09/1993: Scholarship of the Friedrich Ebert-Stiftung
 
Professional Societies:   DMV, GOR, MOS, SIAM, SIGOPT
    Member of several conference program and organization committees
 
Other Professional Activities: 1994 - 1996: Mathematical consultant at the "Institut für Arbeitsrecht und Arbeitsbeziehungen in der Europäischen Gemeinschaft (IAAEG)", Trier
  1989 - 1994: Freelancer at the news agency "Associated Press", Frankfurt a.M.