Hello and welcome!
I'm a professor of Business Information Systems (Wirtschaftsinformatik) at Hof University of Applied Sciences, where I also head the Business Information Systems degree program.
My research focuses on practical optimization problems and operations research. I'm interested in how tricky real-world planning problems can be solved well. These might be production and scheduling, cutting stock optimization, vehicle routing, or something else entirely. I draw on a broad toolbox of exact methods, heuristics, and hybrid approaches, such as mixed-integer programming, constraint programming, and genetic algorithms. If no suitable method exists yet, I'm happy to develop new algorithms and heuristics.
I originally come from theoretical computer science, specifically the design and analysis of algorithms. I earned my PhD at the Max Planck Institute for Informatics in Saarbrücken, in Kurt Mehlhorn's Algorithms and Complexity group. But I know the practical side too: I worked for many years as a consultant and project manager, and in real-world projects I used a variety of planning software solutions. So I know how hard it can be to embed optimization solutions in day-to-day business operations.
That's why I always look at the processes behind the problem. If you understand the processes, you know what matters in everyday practice. You can then build solutions that not only look convincing on paper but also work in real operations.
Do you have a planning task or an optimization problem? Feel free to get in touch. I'd love to hear from you!