Research Centre for Mathematical Modelling

(Forschungsschwerpunkt Mathematisierung, FSPM)

News

Priority Programme granted

The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft funds the Priority Programme Probabilistic Structures in Evolution, coordinator Prof. Dr. Ellen Baake. See uni.aktuell or DFG press releases.

Hans Zessin retired

Long time member of the FSPM, Hans Zessin, retired from his position at Bielefeld University in September 2010.

New position for former member of the FSPM

Thorsten Pampel is now working as lecturer at Hamburg University.

New members of the FSPM

The FSPM is happy to announce three new members in 2009:

• Eva Buchkremer, faculty for biology; research interest: evolution biology.
• Mario Botsch, technical faculty; research interest: computer graphics.
• Franz Gähler, faculty for mathematics; research interest: aperiodic order.

New positions for former members of the FSPM

Friederike Schmid is now professor for condensed matter theory at the Johannes-Gutenberg University in Mainz.

As of January 1st 2009, Christoph Richard is appointed Akad. Oberrat in the mathematical institute at the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg.

Humboldt Fellow guest of the FSPM

The Humboldt Fellow Robin Hill, RMIT Melbourne, is guest of the FSPM from March to the end of June 2009

Sample publications now available on FSPM-website

A collection of sample publications can now be found directly on the FSPM webpage.

Dr. Haik Mashurian appointed Professor in Zittau/Görlitz

As of November 1st, 2007, Dr. Haik Mashurian, a former staff member of the FSPM, has been appointed W2-Professor for biostatistics at the University of Applied Sciences of Zittau/Görlitz (FH).

After his PhD at the University of Jerevan (Armenia) and a postdoctoral year at the FU Berlin (at the chair of M. Aigner) he came to Bielefeld to first work in the information theory group of R. Ahlswede. Later, he worked on the topics of combinatorics and point process theory within the group of M. Baake. His last stage in Bielefeld was the group for biomathematics of E. Baake.

In Zittau/Görlitz he is going to play an important role in the program in biomathematics.