GRK 588:  Combinatorics, Geometry, and Computation

• Subject Area: Mathematics
• Term: from 2000 to 2005
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 272973

This European research training group combines in an interdisciplinaryfashion aspects of discrete mathematics and computer science. Itsscientific program ranges from more theoretical areas likecombinatorics and discrete geometry to application areas like computergraphics or geographic information systems. The program is subdividedinto four basic research areas: combinatorics, geometry, optimization,and algorithms and computation. In each of these areas at least one ofthe partners in the program is an internationally renowned center ofexpertise. Ph.D. students have the possiblity to gain knowledge ineach of the four areas, particularly also through a long term stay(6-12 months) at a partner university during the second year of theirstudies. The existing cooperation between the main partners "Berlin"and "Zurich" will be extended by other partner institutes in Belgium,Great Britain, the Netherlands, Poland, the Czech Republic, andHungary.

• DFG Programme: International Research Training Groups
• International Connection: Switzerland
• Applicant Institution: Freie Universität Berlin
• IRTG-Partner Institution: Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETH) ; Departments of Computer Science and Mathematics
• Spokesperson: Professor Dr. Helmut Alt
• Participating Researchers: Professor Dr. Martin Aigner; Professor Dr. Thomas Erlebach; Professor Dr. Luc van Gool; Professor Dr. Markus Gross; Professor Dr. Martin Grötschel; Professor Dr. Hans-Jakob Lüthi; Professor Dr. Rolf H. Möhring; Professor Dr. Jürg Nievergelt; Professor Dr. Hans Jürgen Prömel; Professor Dr. Günter Rote; Professor Dr. Bernt Schiele; Professor Dr. Ralph-Hardo Schulz; Professor Dr. Gábor Szèkely; Professor Dr. Roger Wattenhofer; Professor Dr. Emo Welzl; Professor Dr. Peter Widmayr; Professor Dr. Günter M. Ziegler