Prof. Michael Hintermüller

Director of the Weierstrass Institute and
Head of Research Group "Nonsmooth Variational Problems and Operator Equations"
Professor for Applied Mathematics at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Founding Coordinator of BR50
Unit Technology and Engineering

Spokesperson of MaRDI
Mathematical Research Data Initiative

Co-Spokesman of MATH+
Center of Excellence

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