Weierstrass Institute

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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) »

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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

Entropy “Best Paper Award 2021” to Petr Vagner and coauthors
Scientific paper “Dynamic Maximum Entropy Reduction” awarded by the international and interdisciplinary peer-reviewed open access journal of entropy and information studies.

Launch of new Einstein Research Unit on quantum computing
WIAS with contributions to “Variational Quantum Computing” involved in new granted Einstein Research Unit “Perspectives of a quantum digital transformation: Near-term quantum computational devices and quantum processors”

news archive

Events
Monday, 14.06.2021, 15.00 (Online Event)
Berlin Oberseminar: Optimization, Control and Inverse Problems
Dr. O. Öktem, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm:
Data driven large-scale convex optimisation

further events

Jobs

Forschungsdatenmanager/in im Bibliotheksbereich (m/w/d) (21/09)
Bibliothek, Forschungsdatenmanagement, Information

Research Assistant (f/m/d) (21/12)
Thermodynamic Modeling and Analysis of Phase Transitions, Mathematical modeling of gelation on biopolymer solutions

Finance/Controlling Officer (m/f/d) (21/13)
Processing of the finance section of the MaRDI network

Research Training Group Differential Equation- and Data-driven Models in Life Sciences and Fluid Dynamics
(in cooperation with Technische Universität Berlin)