New Staff Members

The Optimization Research Group welcomes two new staff members:

Best Paper Award

The article “Consensus-based optimization for multi-objective problems: a multi-swarm approach” by Kathrin Klamroth, Michael Stiglmayr, and Claudia…

Award-winning theses in optimization

We are delighted that four theses from the field of optimization were awarded prizes at this year's graduation ceremony!

SAFER project receives funding as part of NeueWege.IN.NRW

The SAFER project - Safe, Algorithm-based Footpath Routing - is supported as part of the NeueWege.IN.NRW funding programme. It is a collaboration…

Barmenia Mathematics Prize for Renée Lamsfuß

As part of the graduation ceremony, Renée Lamsfuß was awarded one of the Barmenia Mathematics Prizes for her excellent achievements in her Master's…

Research Stay in Portugal

As part of the DAAD-funded project OCO (Ordinal Combinatorial Optimization - Trading-Off With Non-Metric Costs), Kathrin Klamroth and Michael…

RAMOO 2024

The workshop on Recent Advances in Multi-Objective Optimisation (RAMOO 2024) took place on 12-13.9.24 at the University of Wuppertal.

Meeting of the EU Project ROAR-NET

The Working Group Meeting of the EU Cost-Action "Randomised Optimisation Algorithms Research Network (ROAR-NET)" was hosted at the University of…

RAMOO Workshop 2024

The 11th Workshop on Recent Advances in Multiobjective Optimization (RAMOO 2024) will be held on 12.-13. September at the University of Wuppertal.

New chairs of IMACM juniors

We congratulate Ms. Lara Löhken and Dr. Julia Sudhoff Santos as the new chairs of the IMACM Juniors.

Talk

Prof. Dr. Clemens Thielen (TU München, Campus Straubing) will visit the working group Optimization. He will present his current research on "Using…

GOR Dissertation Prize

On the occasion of the OR2023 conference in Hamburg from 29.08. to 01.09., Dr. Julia Sudhoff Santos was awarded the GOR Dissertation Prize.

International visitor from Glasgow

International guest Dr. Thomas Byrne from the University of Strathclyde presents his research results in location theory.

Solution of ordinal optimization problems using multicriteria optimization

Our article on ordinal optimization was published in the European Journal of Operational Research.

Wuppertal–Coimbra Optimization Workshop

The first Wuppertal–Coimbra Optimization Workshop was held on May 3-4, 2023 attended by eight members of the Working Group Optimization.

Improving thermal insulation with renewable raw materials

Claudia Totzeck, Junior Professor for Continuous Optimisation, wants to improve the microstructure of highly porous wood-fibre insulation boards in…

Bachelor Prize

On the occasion of BUW's graduation ceremony on 04.11.22, Ms Lina Landwehr was awarded the GOR Bachelor Prize.

Women in Optimization Workshop 2022

This year the workshop will take place from June 13-15 at the PTB in Berlin.

Inaugural Lecture of Claudia Totzeck

Claudia Totzeck will give her inaugural lecture on "Optimization with Debating Agents" at the Mathematical Colloquium on May 31, 2022 at 4:00 pm.

Presentation by Carlos Fonseca

Carlos M. Fonseca of the University of Coimbra will give a talk on black-box models in combinatorial optimization problems.

Contributions of the Optimization Group to the Open Day

To mark its 50th anniversary, the University of Wuppertal will host an open day on May 21, 2022, starting at 11 a.m.

Inaugural Lecture of Michael Stiglmayr

Michael Stiglmayr will give his inaugural lecture on "Representation of the non-dominated set" on May 3, 2022 at 4:00 pm.

GOR Young Researchers Award for Britta Schulze

The GOR Young Researchers Award is given to outstanding young researchers in the field of Operations Research.

Julia Sudhoff was awarded with the FABU prize

For her master's thesis "Methods of artificial intelligence and their possible applications in development at Vaillant", Julia Sudhoff was awarded by…

RAMOO Workshop

The RAMOO workshop 2021 will be held virtually at the University of Wuppertal on 23. September 2021.