Multi-Agent Simulation of Socio-Economic Systems
Vehicle and Pedestrian Traffic including Panic
Evacuation, Catastrophe Preparedness, and Disaster Management
Behavioral Models, Decision and Game Theory
Self-Organization Phenomena in Space and Time
Business Cycles and Dynamics of Supply Networks
Optimization of Traffic and Production Processes
Stochastic Systems and Monte-Carlo Simulations
Molecular Dynamics, Gas-Kinetic, and Fluid-Dynamic Models
Micro-Macro Link
PhD in Physics, 10/1992 (Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. W. Weidlich, University of Stuttgart)
Diploma in Physics, 4/1990 (Prof. Dr. M. R. Schroeder, Georg-August University Göttingen)
Studies in Physics and Mathematics with Applied Statistics and Computer Programming, 10/1984-4/1990 (Georg-August University Göttingen)
Abitur-German equivalent of A-levels, 5/1984 (Kopernikus-Gymnasium Wasseralfingen)
Since 6/2000: Full Professor for "Traffic Modelling and Econometrics" at Dresden University of Technology, Institute for Economics and Traffic, Faculty of Traffic Sciences "Friedrich List".
10/1997 - 5/2000: Assistant Professor for Theoretical Physics at the University of Stuttgart.
3/1997 - 3/2000: Heisenberg Scholar. Visiting Scientist at the Tel Aviv University (Prof. Dr. I. Goldhirsch, Prof. Dr. E. Ben-Jacob), at the Weizmann Institute of Science (Prof. Dr. D. Mukamel), and at the Eötvös University in Budapest (Prof. Dr. T. Vicsek); Consultant at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (Prof. Dr. B. A. Huberman, Stanford University); Senior Fellow at the Collegium Budapest - Institute for Advanced Study.
7/1990 - 2/1997: Research Associate, II. Institute of Theoretical Physics (Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. W. Weidlich), University of Stuttgart.
6/1992: Trainee in Management Consulting and Planning, Human Resources Consulting (Prof. Dr. I. Borg and Dr. R. Bergermaier), Munich.
1/1989 - 3/1990: Technical Assistant (Programmer), Institute of Medical Statistics (Prof. Dr. E. Brunner), Georg-August University Göttingen.
Referee for: German Research Foundation (DFG), National Science Foundation (NSF), German-Israeli Foundation for Scientific Research & Development (GIF), Netherland's Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO), Nature, Transportation Science, Physical Review Letters, Europhysics Letters, Physical Review E, Physica A, International Journal of Physics C, European Journal of Physics B, Transport Theory and Statistical Physics, Transportation Research B, and Journal of Mathematical Sociology, JASSS.
Boards: Editor-in-Chief of the TrafficForum and Cooper@tive Tr@nsport@tion Dyn@mics. Associate Editor of Transportation Science. Member of the Advisory Board of the Econophysics Forum, Vice-Chairman of the Focus Group for Physics of Socio-Economic Systems (AKSOE) of the German Physical Society (DPG), Member of the Science Board of the EU-Program EXYSTENCE in Complex Systems.
Presentations and Response in the Media: About 100 talks,
50 of them at international conferences, many
invitations to colloquia, etc.
More than 150 reports in newspapers, on the radio or TV.
Teaching: Lectures, seminars, and/or exercises in Quantitative Methods (Traffic Modelling and Econometrics, Operations Research and Logistics, Multivariate Statistics, Time Series Analysis, Stochastic Modelling of Transport Phenomena, Traffic Modelling and Simulation), previously in Theoretical Physics (Traffic Theory from the Physics Point of View I & II, Interdisciplinary Applications of Synergetics, Theoretical Physics on Computers, Electro- and Hydrodynamics, Theory of Scattering Processes and Nuclear Reactions, Neuronal Networks II).
Education of: 12 master students, 8 PhD students, and 2 postdocs.
Projects: DFG-Project Computer Simulation and Management of Pedestrian Streams. EU-Project MMCOMNET Measuring and Modelling Complex Networks Across Domains. EU-Project ISCOM Information Society as a Complex System. DFG-Project Catastrophic and Evacuation Scenarios. DFG-Project Application of Self-Organization Concepts to Adaptive Traffic Signal Control. SCA-Project Optimization of Production Processes and Supply Networks. isv-Project Simulation of the Evacuation of a Ship Based on the Social Force Model. BMBF Project INVENT---Intelligent Traffic and User-Friendly Technology. VW Project Traffic Jam Avoidance by Intelligent Vehicle Behaviour. ALTANA-Quandt Project Non-Linear Dynamics in Models of Complex Systems---Interacting Socio-Economic Agents and Networks of Electrical Circuits. ddg Project VASIS---Model-Based Estimation of Traffic States Considering Different Data Sources. VW Project Congestion Avoidance by Intelligent Traffic Behaviour. DFG Project Collective Phenomena in Road Traffic. BMBF Project SANDY (Applications of Non-Linear Dynamics to Traffic Systems). DFG Project Ensemble- and Trajectory-Description of Classical and Quantum Systems. GDOT Research Project Traffic Flow Model Verification for the Atlanta Freeway System.
Organization of Conferences: 19th Dresden Conference on Traffic and Transportation Sciences, September 22 - 23, 2003, Dresden University of Technology. 18th Dresden Conference on Traffic and Transportation Sciences, September 17 - 18, 2001, Dresden University of Technology. International Conference Dynamic Days 2001, June 5-8, 2001, MPI for Physics of Complex Systems, Dresden. International workshop on Economic Dynamics from the Physics Point of View, March 27-30, 2000, Physics Center Bad Honnef. International conference Traffic and Granular Flow '99: Social, Traffic and Granular Dynamics, September 27-29, 1999, University of Stuttgart. Interdisciplinary workshop on Traffic Planning and Simulation, November 30 and December 1, 1998, University of Stuttgart.
Fund Raising: Presently more than 450.000,-- EUR per year.
Contacts to Industrial Companies: Volkswagen AG, Wolfsburg; Siemens AG, Munich; SCA Packaging Ltd.; Infineon Technologies AG, Dresden; ddg - Traffic Data GmbH, Düsseldorf; DaimlerChrysler AG, Stuttgart; Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart; BMW AG, Munich; SEL Alcatel, Stuttgart; and others.
Research Prize, 10/1993 (Association of Friends of the University of Stuttgart)
Rotary Award for Young Scientists and Artists, 3/1993 (Rotary Club Stuttgart)
Summa cum Laude at Doctoral Degree, 10/1992 (University of Stuttgart)
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