Welcome to the
Chair of Algorithm Engineering (Ls11)

Prof. Dr. Petra Mutzel

Algorithm Engineering, in particular graph algorithms and data structures

• Combinatorial Optimization, in particular for NP-hard optimization problems (ILP-based)
• Graph Drawing
• Network design und optimization
• Anlysis of biological networks and proteomics

Prof. Dr. Sven Rahmann

Bioinformatics for High-Thoughput Technologies

• Efficient algorithms for large biological datasets in genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics and imaging methods
• Reconstruction and analysis of complex biological networks
• Algorithmic statistics in bioinformatics
• Applications of combinatorial optimization in bioinformatics

Prof. Dr. Günter Rudolph

Computational Intelligence

• Multi-objective Optimization and Industrial Optimization
• Evolutionary Computation
• Hybrid Metaheuristics
• Artificial Neural Networks and Fuzzy Systems
• Experimental Statistical Methods

Prof. Dr. Jan Vahrenhold

Foundations of Computer Science and Computer Science Education

• Computational Geometry
• Computer Science Education
• External Memory Algorithms and Data Structures
• Spatial and Spatio-Temporal Databases

Former head of Chair 11:

Prof. a.D. Dr.-Ing. Dr. Sc. h.c. Hans-Paul Schwefel