Berenike Masing successfully defended her PhD thesis on “Enriched Periodic Timetabling” at the Institute of Mathematics at Freie Universität Berlin on April 29, 2026. The thesis makes substantial progress on the topic of periodic timetabling in public transit with the periodic event scheduling problem (PESP) as its central mathematical framework. It strengthens the theoretical foundations of PESP, improves the computational performance of this model, and enhances its modeling scope and practical applicability by including aspects of passenger routing and infrastructure...Read More
On May 11–12, 2026, the annual strategy workshop of the BMFTR’s „Research Campus” funding initiative took place in the MODAL rooms at FUHUB. Under the guidance of PtJ, representatives from the participating research campi engaged in in-depth discussions about the prospects for sustaining their projects. They presented their individual concepts and visions for transferring their respective flagship clusters into the national and international innovation landscape. The workshop, along with the subsequent campus tour and presentations of the six MODAL labs,...Read More
Am 23. April 2026 hieß das ZIB erneut viele neugierige Schülerinnen zum bundesweiten Girls’Day willkommen. Gemeinsam mit dem Fachbereich Mathematik und Informatik der Freien Universität Berlin boten wir auch in diesem Jahr ein vielseitiges Programm mit etwa 180 Plätzen für Schülerinnen, davon rund 100 am ZIB. Am ZIB konnten die Teilnehmerinnen in acht Workshops Fragestellungen aus Mathematik und Informatik sowie aktuelle Anwendungen kennenlernen: Dem Zufall auf der Spur: Wissenschaftler*innen und die Welt der Mathematik Informatik zum Anfassen: Die Tricks hinter...Read More
