Institute for Experimental Mathematics
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The Institute for Experimental Mathematics (IEM) was founded, with the support of the Volkswagen
Foundation, as a central scientific facility of the former University of Essen, now University of Duisburg-Essen
in 1989. With the addition of the Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach
Foundation Chair on 1 January 1999, the Institute was expanded in the area of Computer Networking Technology. A.J. Han Vinck
is currently the Institute's managing director.
The primary objective of the Institute is to foster interactions between the fields of mathematics, computer science and the engineering sciences. Mathematicians, computer experts and telecommunications engineers are engaged in trans-disciplinary collaboration under one roof. The main areas of research are
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Foundation, as a central scientific facility of the former University of Essen, now University of Duisburg-Essen
University of Duisburg-Essen
The University Duisburg-Essen is a public university in Duisburg and Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany and a member of the new founded University Alliance Metropolis Ruhr....
in 1989. With the addition of the Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach
Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach
Alfried Felix Alwyn Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach , often referred to as Alfried Krupp, was a convicted war criminal, an industrialist, a competitor in Olympic yacht races and a member of the Krupp family, which has been prominent in Germany since the early 19th century.The family company, known...
Foundation Chair on 1 January 1999, the Institute was expanded in the area of Computer Networking Technology. A.J. Han Vinck
A.J. Han Vinck
A.J. Han Vinck is a professor in Digital Communications at the University of Essen since 1990.He studied electrical engineering at the University of Eindhoven, the Netherlands, where he obtained his Ph.D...
is currently the Institute's managing director.
The primary objective of the Institute is to foster interactions between the fields of mathematics, computer science and the engineering sciences. Mathematicians, computer experts and telecommunications engineers are engaged in trans-disciplinary collaboration under one roof. The main areas of research are
- Discrete mathematicsDiscrete mathematicsDiscrete mathematics is the study of mathematical structures that are fundamentally discrete rather than continuous. In contrast to real numbers that have the property of varying "smoothly", the objects studied in discrete mathematics – such as integers, graphs, and statements in logic – do not...
- Number theoryNumber theoryNumber theory is a branch of pure mathematics devoted primarily to the study of the integers. Number theorists study prime numbers as well...
- Digital communicationData transmissionData transmission, digital transmission, or digital communications is the physical transfer of data over a point-to-point or point-to-multipoint communication channel. Examples of such channels are copper wires, optical fibres, wireless communication channels, and storage media...
- Computer networking technology
Staff members
- Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Gerhard FreyGerhard FreyGerhard Frey is a German mathematician, known for his work in number theory. His Frey curve, a construction of an elliptic curve from a purported solution to the Fermat equation, was central to Wiles' proof of Fermat's Last Theorem....
- Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Lempken
- Prof. Dr.-Ing. Erwin P. Rathgeb
- Prof. Dr. Trung van Tran
- Prof. Dr. ir. Han VinckA.J. Han VinckA.J. Han Vinck is a professor in Digital Communications at the University of Essen since 1990.He studied electrical engineering at the University of Eindhoven, the Netherlands, where he obtained his Ph.D...
- Prof. Dr. Helmut Völklein
- Prof. Dr. Gabor Wiese
External staff members
- Prof. Dr. Gebhard Böckle, Universität Duisburg-Essen
- Prof. Dr. Hélène EsnaultHélène EsnaultHélène Esnault is a French mathematician. She is a professor of algebraic geometry at the University of Duisburg-Essen. She worked previously at the Max-Planck-Institut für Mathematik in Bonn and at the University of Paris VII: Denis Diderot.In 2003 she won the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize with...
, Universität Duisburg-Essen - Prof. Dr. Eckart ViehwegEckart ViehwegEckart Viehweg was a German mathematician. He was a professor of algebraic geometry at the University of Duisburg-Essen.In 2003 he won the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize with his wife, Hélène Esnault....
, Universität Duisburg-Essen - Prof. Dr. Kees Schouhamer Immink, Turing Machines, Netherlands