Research Areas

Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil. Andreas Fischer
Chair of Numerical Optimization

• Nonlinear Optimization and Applications

• Complementarity Problems and Variational Inequalities

• Nonsmooth and Degenerate Problems

• Machine Learning and Applications

Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Gunar Matthies
Chair of Numerical Analysis

• Finite Element Methods

• Stabilization Techniques

• Incompressible Flow Problems

• Time Discretizations

Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Oliver Sander
Chair of Numerical Methods of Partial Differential Equations

• Geodesic Finite Elements for Manifold-Valued Problems

• Multigrid Methods for Nonsmooth Problems

• Nonlinear Domain Decomposition Methods

• Design and Development of Scientific Software

• Computational Mechanics

Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Alexandra Schwartz 

Chair of Mathematical Optimization

• Optimization Problems with Disjunctive Constraints

• Nonconvex Nash Equilibrium Problems

• Development of Optimality Conditions and Solution Algorithms

• Applications as Truss Optimization, Portfolio Optimization, Computation Offloading, Optimization of Booking Decisions in the Gas Market