Head:          Coworkers:
Dietmar Hömberg    
      Thomas Arnold
    Daniela Kern
    Andreas Rathsfeld
        Ingo Bremer
    Norbert Kleemann
    Oliver Rott
Secretary:       Johannes Elschner
    Klaus Krumbiegel
    Gunther Schmidt
Anke Giese    
      René Henrion
    Chantal Landry
    Nataliya Togobytska
        Guanghui Hu
    Andris Möller
    Wolf Weiss

The work of the group concentrates on the analytical and numerical treatment of large-scale optimization and inverse problems occurring in current engineering applications. It ranges from basic research on analysis and numerics to the development of efficient algorithms and software.

The research group takes part in the following main application areas: