Principal Investigators:
Prof. Dr. Petra Berenbrink
Chair of Algorithms, Randomization, Theory
Hamburg University
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Prof. Dr. Amin Coja-Oghlan
Deputy Spokesman
Chair of Efficient Algorithms and Complexity Theory
TU Dortmund University
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Prof. Dr. Holger Dell
Chair of Theoretical Computer Science
Goethe University Frankfurt
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Prof. Dr. Martin Hoefer
Spokesman
Chair of Algorithms & Complexity
RWTH Aachen University
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Prof. Dr. Ulrich Meyer
Chair of Algorithm Engineering
Goethe University Frankfurt
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Mercator Fellows:
Dr. Kitty Meeks
University of Glasgow
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Dr. Thomas Sauerwald
University of Cambridge
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Dr. Inbal Talgam-Cohen
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
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PostDocs/PhD Students:
Tatiana Rocha Avila
Goethe University Frankfurt
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Dr. Manuel Penschuck
Goethe University Frankfurt
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Lisa Wilhelmi
RWTH Aachen University
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Kostas Zampetakis
TU Dortmund University
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Associated Members:
Julian Brinkmann
Goethe University Frankfurt
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Yannick Gerstorfer
Goethe University Frankfurt
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Lukas Rasmus Hintze
Hamburg University
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Tim Koglin
RWTH Aachen University
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Lena Krieg
TU Dortmund University
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Dr. Pascal Lenzner
University of Augsburg
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Olga Scheftelowitsch
TU Dortmund University
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Dr. Hung Tran
Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies
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Former Members:
Dr. Nils Bertschinger
Moved to Innoplexus
Prof. Dr. Funda Ergun
Professor of Computer Science
Indiana University Bloomington
Dr. Philipp Fischbeck
Prof. Dr. Tobias Friedrich
Chair of Algorithm Engineering
HPI Potsdam/University of Potsdam
Dr. Oliver Gebhard
Moved to Innovation Hub 110
Dr. Anselm Haak
Research Fellow
Paderborn University
Dr. Max Hahn-Klimroth
Moved to DB Systel
Dr. Philipp Loick
Moved to Amazon
Dr. Malin Rau
Assistant Professor
Chalmers University of Technology
Dr. Dominik Schallmoser (geb. Kaaser)
Research Fellow
Hamburg University of Technology
Prof. Dr. Daniel Schmand
Assistant Professor in Discrete Optimization
University of Bremen
Dr. George Skretas
Research Fellow
HPI Potsdam