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
From June 15 to 26, 2026, the Research Campus MODAL at the Zuse Institute Berlin (ZIB) hosted the hybrid PEREGRINE PIPS-IPM++ Hackathon. Part of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWE) funded (03EI1082A-B) PEREGRINE project, the two-week event brought together optimization experts and developers to expand the ecosystem of the parallel open-source interior point solver, PIPS-IPM++. The central goal of the hackathon was to increase the accessibility of PIPS-IPM++ beyond its existing GAMS implementation. Participants were challenged...Read More
