Applied Mathematics

Applied Analysis

Dr. Christian Seifert (TUHH)
Research Interests and Expertise
  • applied functional analysis
  • mathematical physics
  • partial differential equations
  • evolution equations
  • approximation
  • influence of randomness
  • uncertainty quantification
  • neural networks
Potential Match-Making Fields
  • data science
  • machine learning
Publications

Applied Mathematics

Prof. Nihat Ay (TUHH)
Research Interests and Expertise
  • information geometry and its applications to biology
  • mathematical theory of learning in the context of neural networks, cognitive systems, and robotics
  • machine learning
  • graphical models (Bayesian networks) and their applications to causality theory
  • complexity and information theory
  • geometric structures in quantum information theory
Potential Match-Making Fields
  • inverse problems (in particular, in the context of scattering and diffraction patterns)
  • neuronal representation and inference of physical structures and laws
  • causal inference
  • prediction and active inference
Publications
Prof. Martin Burger (DESY/UHH)
Research Interests and Expertise
  • inverse problems
  • computational imaging
  • regularization methods
  • partial differential equations
  • variational methods
  • numerical methods for differential equations
  • mathematical modeling
  • many particle systems
  • uncertainty quantification
  • convex optimization
Potential Match-Making Fields
  • inverse problems and image reconstruction
  • machine learning
  • simulation and modelling of imaging techniques
  • numerical algorithms for differential equations
  • signal and image processing
Publications

Computational Mathematics

Prof. Sabine Le Borne (TUHH)
Research Interests and Expertise
  • numerical linear algebra
  • iterative solvers
  • preconditioners
  • rank structured/hierarchical matrices
  • data fitting
  • radial basis functions
Potential Match-Making Fields
  • modeling and simulation with partial differential equations
  • population balance equations
  • multivariate aggregation
Publications
Prof. Daniel Ruprecht (TUHH)
Research Interests and Expertise
  • computational mathematics and numerical algorithms
  • high-performance computing
  • parallel-in-time integration methods
  • time-dependent differential equations and initial value problems
  • optimization
Potential Match-Making Fields
  • modeling and simulation with partial differential equations
  • modelling and simulation with time-dependent differential equations
  • simulations of fast ion trajectories
Publications

Discrete Mathematics

Prof. Anusch Taraz (TUHH)
Research Interests and Expertise
  • discrete mathematics
  • combinatorial optimization
  • random discrete structures
  • randomized algorithms
  • probabilistic and extremal combinatorics
Potential Match-Making Fields
  • complex networks
  • random graphs
  • average-case analysis of algorithms
  • positional games
Publications

Intelligent Process Control

Prof. Annika Eichler (DESY/TUHH)
Research Interests and Expertise
  • control theory
  • feedback controller design for stability and robustness
  • fault diagnosis
  • supervisory control
  • mode predictive control
  • merging data-driven with model-based control and diagnosis techniques
  • reinforcement leaning and dynamic programming
  • distributed control concepts and distributed optimization
Potential Match-Making Fields
  • machine learning
  • data sciences
  • predictive maintenance
  • optimization
  • computer science
Publications

Machine Learning Methods, Data Analysis Methods, Dynamical Systems

Prof. Sarah Hallerberg (HAW)
Research Interests and Expertise
  • dynamics of learning networks
  • automated analysis of (bio-)acoustic data
Potential Match-Making Fields
  • data analysis
  • machine learning
  • dynamical systems
  • time-series analysis
  • predictability of rare events and critical transitions
  • predictive maintenance
Publications

Numerical Mathematics

Prof. Michael Breuer (HSU)
Research Interests and Expertise
  • fluid mechanics
  • turbulence
  • fluid-structure interaction
  • multiphase flows
  • particle-laden flows
  • computational fluid dynamics
  • large-eddy simulation
  • direct numerical simulation
  • high-performance computing
Potential Match-Making Fields
  • modeling and simulation with partial differential equations
  • numerical algorithms for continuum mechanics and particle tracking
  • multiphysics
  • high-performance computing
Publications
Prof. Armin Iske (UHH)
Research Interests and Expertise
  • approximation theory and algorithms for mathematical data analysis
  • kernel-based multivariate scattered data approximation
  • meshfree methods for partial differential equations
  • geometrical methods in dimensionality reduction
Potential Match-Making Fields
  • applications of particle methods in fluid flow simulation
  • mathematical signal processing
  • adaptive approximation for sparse data representations
Publications
 
Dr. Jens-Peter Zemke (TUHH)
Research Interests and Expertise
  • numerical linear algebra
  • Krylov subspace methods
  • eigenvalue problems
  • perturbation theory
  • round-off error analysis
Potential Match-Making Fields
  • structure and symmetries
  • initialization and training of neural networks
  • fast implementation of numerical schemes
  • optimization and regularization
Publications

Optimization

Prof. Winnifried Wollner (UHH)
Research Interests and Expertise
  • optimization, inverse problems, large scale optimization
  • optimization involving differential equations/inequalities
  • shape optimization, optimization under uncertainty
  • regularization
  • coupling of data driven and finite element simulations
Potential Match-Making Fields
  • mechanical engineering
  • material physics
  • new states of matter
  • others may also be possible depending on the needed input
Publications

Scientific Computing

Prof. Jörn Behrens (UHH)
Research Interests and Expertise
  • numerical methods for (geophysical) fluid flow
  • adaptive mesh refinement
  • multiscale numerical methods
  • efficient algorithms
  • uncertainty treatment in numerical simulations
Potential Match-Making Fields
  • adaptive two- and three-dimensional tracer dispersion
  • multiscale representation of subgrid processes in transport dominated flows
  • structure-preserving numerical methods for conservation laws
  • methods for wetting and drying boundary conditions
Publications