Weierstrass Institute

For infection prevention reasons, the institute is currently only accessible to visitors by prior arrangement.

Mission

The project-oriented research at the Weierstrass Institute is characterized by combining the mathematical disciplines of analysis, stochastics and numerics. This combination has great potential for solving complex applied problems such as the reliable extraction of information from large datasets or the suitable consideration of uncertainties in describing processes. In this way, the institute aids in solving current societal challenges.

Research

The institute dedicates itself to fundamental mathematical research as well as the development of algorithms and scientific software. During the problem-solving process, mathematical models of physical and technological systems are designed that properly capture observed phenomena, thereby providing access to highly developed mathematical analysis. At WIAS the phases of the solving process are repeated and coordinated until an optimal solution is found.

Service to the Community

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Office of the German Mathematical Society (DMV) »

Leibniz Network "Mathematical Modeling and Simulation" »

Mathematical Core Areas

The WIAS is organised in eight Research Groups specializing in different mathematical techniques and methods. Additional temporary teams are created within a Flexible Research Platform as the need arises. The core areas of mathematical research are the analysis and numerics of partial differential equations, and stochastics.

Main Areas of Application

Research at WIAS focuses on the following application areas

Cooperation and Consulting

Modern applied mathematical methods are a fundamental resource and driving force for technological and economic development around the world. The rapid development of computer technology and mathematically based numerical methods are making it possible to numerically simulate ever more complex engineering, medical, economic and environmental problems.

At the WIAS excellent fundamental research is combined with years of experience in cooperating successfully with partners in the widest possible mix of application fields. The institute is therefore a recognized expert in the solution of complex economic, scientific, and technical problems by means of mathematical modeling and numerical simulation.

News

Recent results of joint research with the Tyndall Institute (Cork, Ireland)
Multidisciplinary approach where Physicists and Mathematicians worked together to understand how fundamental properties of materials affected the properties of optoelectronic devices and guide the design of nitride-based light emitters published in AIP J. Appl. Phys.

DFG presents Funding Atlas 2021
The current DFG Funding Atlas witnesses the institute's successful acquisition of research funding in the period 2017-2019.

news archive

Events
Wednesday, 27.10.2021, 11.30 (Online Event)
Seminar Interacting Random Systems
A. Tóbiás, TU Berlin:
Virus dynamics in the presence of contact-mediated host dormancy (online talk)

further events

Jobs

Research Assistant Position (f/m/d) (20/23)
Nonsmooth Variational Problems and Operator Equations

Employee in computer engineering (f/m/d) (20/25)
data management systems, JAVA

Financial Management Officer (21/17)
Invoicing, claims management, preparation of project statements and payment requests, account assignment, etc.

Postdoc position (f/m/d) (21/19)
intersection of the areas machine learning / mathematical optimization / optimal control with a focus on robustness under distribution shift

PhD student position (f/m/d) (21/21)
statistical machine learning, continuous optimization, nonparametric statistics

PhD student position (f/m/d) (21/22)
Numerical Mathematics and Scientific Computing