Prof. Michael Hintermüller

Director of the Weierstrass Institute,
Head of the Research Group "Nonsmooth Variational Problems and Operator Equations"

Professor for Applied Mathematics
at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Spokesman of
The Berlin Mathematics Research Center MATH+ (Center of Excellence)

Research

Research

Current research interests comprise the theory, design and analysis of algorithms in:

Mathematical Image Processing
MPECs in Function Space
Nonsmooth Optimization
PDE-Constrained Optimization
Shape and Topology Optimization

Recent applications include:

Elasticity: contact, cracks, etc.
Image deblurring, denoising, demodulation and segmentation
Interface and free boundary problems
Modelling, simulation and optimization in the context of gas networks
Optimal control of multiphase flows and droplets

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