Prof. Dr. em. Peter Gritzmann
Department of Mathematics
School of Computation, Information and Technology
Technische Universität München
Germany
Peter Gritzmann received his Ph.D. in 1980, his habilitation in 1984, and held positions as professor at various universities before joining the Dept. of Mathematics of the Technical University of Munich in 1997. Since 2008 he is also courtesy member of the Dept. of Informatics. P.G. was long-term visiting professor at various universities including the University of Washington, Seattle, the Institute for Mathematics and its Applications, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis and Université Paris 7.
P.G’s research focusses on discrete mathematics, applied geometry and optimization. In addition to his academic research he has also been working with industry on problems of predictive analytics, logistics, optimization of airport schedules, consolidation of farmland, etc.
P.G.’s work lead to more than 160 publications and his research was recognized, among others, by a Feodor-Lynen Research Stipend of the Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation, a Max-Planck Research Award, and the Euro Excellence in Practice Award.
P.G. served as President of the German Math. Soc. (2002-2003), Founding President of the Carl von Linde-Academy (2004-2008), Vice President of TU München (2008-2011), Member of the Board of Regents of the University Graz, Austria (2013-2023), Member of the Academic and Scientific Advisory Councils of the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (since 2015), as Chair of the selection committees for the German Research Chairs in Senegal, Ghana, Cameroon, South Africa, Tanzania, and Rwanda, and as chairman of the advisory board of the Elite Network Bavaria (since 2023).
Prof. Dr. Lajos Hajdu
Institute of Mathematics
University of Debrecen
Hungary
Lajos Hajdu received his Ph.D. in 1998, his habilitation in 2003, the D.Sc. of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in 2011. He was a postdoc at Leiden University, and a visiting professor at the Alfréd Rényi Mathematical Research Institute. He works at the University of Debrecen from 1996, since 2012 as a full professor, and he recieved the ’Professor of the Count István Tisza Foundation for the University of Debrecen’ title in 2023.
L.H.’s main research areas are number theory and discrete tomography, but he has several papers related to various problems in discrete mathematics, as well. He also worked on problems related to digital image processing and industrial mathematics.
L.H. has more than 150 scientific publications. His achievements were recognized, among others, by the János Bolyai Research Stipend, the Turán Prize and the Academic Prize of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, and by the Szele Prize of the János Bolyai Mathematical Society.
L.H. is the leader of a HUN-REN research group, and served as Secretary of the Doctoral Committee of the Section of Mathematics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (2010-2012), the Head of the Institute of Mathematics, University of Debrecen (2013-2021), Head of the OTKA (NKFIH) Mathematics – Computer Science Jury (2021-2023), Vice President of the Mathematical Committee of the Section of Mathematics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (2024-), Member of the Doctoral Committee of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (2024-), Vice President of the János Bolyai Mathematical Society (2024-).