The paper “Convex mixed-integer optimization with Frank–Wolfe methods” by Deborah Hendrych, Hannah Troppens, Mathieu Besançon, and Sebastian Pokutta, from the Interactive Optimization at Learning Lab at ZIB and TU Berlin, has been selected as the Outstanding Paper of the Year 2025 of Mathematical Programming Computation (MPC), the leading journal for computational mathematical optimization, published in cooperation with the Mathematical Optimization Society. Mathieu Besançon has since joined Inria center at the Université Grenoble Alpes as a faculty member. Mixed-integer nonlinear optimization encompasses a broad class of problems...Read More
We warmly congratulate Jaap Pedersen on the successful defense of his dissertation, “Optimized Network Topology Design for Future Energy Infrastructure,” which he presented on July 9, 2026, at the Technical University of Berlin! In his thesis, Jaap Pedersen focuses on the development of cutting-edge mathematical models and solution algorithms for planning future energy infrastructures. At the forefront of his work are two innovative mathematical optimization tools that tackle complex planning tasks using algorithmic methods: FlyingSCIPJack: This tool combines Steiner tree...Read More
The Zuse Institute Berlin welcomes the participants of the 2026 Graduate-Level Research in Industrial Projects for Students (G-RIPS) summer program. From June to August, international graduate students from the USA and Europe will work in interdisciplinary teams on research projects that combine mathematical and computational methods with practical challenges from industry and applied science. Organized by ZIB in collaboration with the Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics (IPAM) at UCLA (USA) and embedded in the Research Campus MODAL at ZIB,...Read More
