Rainer E. Burkard

Curriculum Vitae:

Education:

• Ph.D. in Mathematics, University of Vienna in 1967.
• Habilitation for Mathematics, University of Graz, 1971.

  Professional Positions:

  • 1967-1973 Assistant at the Institute of Applied Mathematics, University of Graz, Austria.
  • 1972 Visiting Professor at the University of Cologne, Germany.
  • 1973 Research Fellow at the University of Bonn, Germany.
  • 1973-1981 Full Professor of Applied Mathematics at the University of Cologne, Germany.
  • 1979-1981 joint appointment with the Technical University of Aachen, Germany.
  • Since 1981 Full Professor of Mathematics at the Technical University of Graz, Austria.

  Membership/Positions Held:

  • 1984-1986 Vice-President of GMÖOR,
  • 1986-1988 President of the Austrian Operations Research Society,
  • 1995-1997 EURO Vicepresident of IFORS,
  • 1993-1996 Dean of the Faculty of Science, Technical University of Graz,
  • 1994-1998 Member of the Council of the European Consortium of Mathematics in Industry,
  • 1991-2000 Member of the Senate of the Christian Doppler Research Society, Since 2001 Vicepresident of EURO.

  Main Research Interests:
  

  • Combinatorial Optimization
  • Applied Discrete Mathematics
  • Graph Theory
  • Applied Number Theory