The German Operations Research Society (GOR) awards an annual prize for outstanding dissertations in the field of Operations Research. One of the 2022 awardees is Daniel Rehfeldt for his thesis on “Faster algorithms for Steiner tree and related problems: From theory to practice.” The prize was awarded this year at the general meeting of the GOR at the KIT in Karlsruhe. The Steiner tree problem in graphs (SPG) is one of the most studied problems in combinatorial optimization. Many applications...Read More
The EURO Doctoral Dissertation Award (EDDA) has been awarded since 2003. It is awarded to outstanding dissertations in the field of Operations Research. This year the award goes to Daniel Rehfeldt for his thesis “Faster algorithms for Steiner tree and related problems: From theory to practice”. The prize is traditionally awarded at the Society’s annual European conference, where the four finalists present their work in a special session, this year in Espoo, Finland. The Steiner tree problem in graphs (SPG)...Read More
MODAL-Researcher Dr. habil. Timo Berthold has been awarded the “venia legendis” by TU Berlin. Timo will, from now on, serve as a lecturer and thesis advisor at TU Berlin in addition to his position as a Principal Engineer at the MODAL industry partner Fair Isaac Germany. His designation is another crucial step in the deep integration of public-private partnership research at MODAL, and we are delighted that Timo can bring his broad bandwidth of award winning academic research and hands-on practical development experience into teaching...Read More
