Prof. Dr. Hubert Schwetlick

Retired Professor of Computer Numerics

Institute of Numerical Mathematics
TU Dresden

Education and academic degrees

1948-1956	Elementary school Gröditz, Saxony
1956-1960	Extended secondary school Elsterwerda, Abitur 1960
1960-1965	Studied mathematics (major subject) and physics (minor subject) at the Technische Hochschule/TUD Dresden University of Technology
1965	Diploma in mathematics at the TUD Dresden University of Technology Diploma thesis: Zur Theorie und Anwendung der Halbordnung in der Numerischen Mathematik Supervisor: Doz. Dr. J. W. Schmidt (Dresden)
1967	Doctorate (Dr. rer. nat.) at the TUD Dresden University of Technology Dissertation: Spektraleigenschaften linearer positiver Operatoren und Fehlerabschätzungen bei Operatorgleichungen Supervisor: Doz. Dr. J. W. Schmidt Supervisors: Prof. Dr. H. Heinrich, Prof. Dr. P.-H. Müller (Dresden)
1976	Habilitation (then Dr. Sc. nat., now Dr. rer.nat. habil.) at the TUD Dresden University of Technology Habilitation thesis: Über die numerische Lösung nichtlinearer Probleme Referees: Prof. Dr. J. W. Schmidt, Prof. Dr. H. Heinrich (Dresden), Prof. Dr. J. Focke (Leipzig)

Professional activities

1965-1969	Scientific assistant at the I. Institute for Applied Mathematics at the TUD Dresden University of Technology
1969-1970	Senior Academic Associate at the Department of Numerical Mathematics, Mathematics Section, TUD Dresden University of Technology
1970-1979	Lecturer at the Department of Numerical Mathematics, Mathematics Section, TUD Dresden University of Technology
1979-1992	Full Professor at the Department of Numerical Mathematics, Mathematics Section, Martin Luther University Halle Head of the Department of Numerical Mathematics
1982-1990	Deputy Director of Research at the Mathematics Section of Martin Luther University Halle
1992-2007	Professor at the Institute of Numerical Mathematics at TUD Dresden University of Technology
1992-1993	Acting Director of the Institute of Scientific Computing
1994-2002	Director of the Institute of Numerical Mathematics
2007-	Retired Professor at the Institute of Numerical Mathematics

Guest stays

July-December 1990		Visiting Professor at Colorado State University (CSU), Fort Collins, USA
February-April 1995

Membership in professional organizations

GAMM - International Association of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics

Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)

German Association of University Professors and Lecturers (DHV)

Participation in committees

1993-1998

Council member of the European Consortium for Mathematics in Industry (ECMI)

Editorial activity

1988-1996	Editorial Board of Computing
1991-1996	Editorial Board of Mitteilungen der Gesellschaft für Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik (GAMM-Mitteilungen)
Be 1992	Editorial Board of Optimization Methods and Software (OMS)
1995-2001	Editor-in-Chief of Zeitschrift für Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik (ZAMM)
2002-2008	Editorial Board of Zeitschrift für Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik (ZAMM)

DFG research group (GR 705/4-1,2,3, 1995-1997, 1998-2000)
Identification and optimization of complex models on the basis of analytical sensitivity calculations
Spokesperson: Prof. Andreas Griewank, Ph.D.
Subproject Schwetlick/Griewank
Analysis and optimization of nonlinear models using analytically calculated derivatives
DFG project Schwetlick/J. W. Schmidt (SCHW 469/3-1,2 1998-1999, 2000-2001)
Development of numerical algorithms for strip interpolation problems using spline functions

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