Rainer Burkard
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Rainer Ernst Burkard (born 28 January 1943, Graz, Austria ) is an Austrian mathematician. His research interests include discrete optimization, graph theory, applied discrete mathematics, and applied number theory.[1][2]
He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Vienna in 1967 and received his habilitation from the University of Graz in 1971. From 1973–1981 Rainer Burkard was a full professor of Applied Mathematics at the University of Cologne (Germany). Since 1981 Rainer Burkard is a full professor at the Graz University of Technology.
Positions held
[edit]- 1984-1986 Vice President of GMÖOR
- 1986-1988 President of the Austrian Society of Operations Research
- 1995-1997 EURO Vice President of IFORS
- 1993-1996 Dean of the Faculty of Science, Graz University of Technology
- 1994-1998 Member of the Council of the European Consortium of Mathematics in Industry
- 1991-2000 Member of the Senate of the Christian Doppler Research Society
- 2001-2002 Vice President of EURO
Awards
[edit]- Prize of the Austrian Mathematical Society in 1972
- The Scientific Prize of the Society of Mathematics, Economics and Operations Research in 1991
- The EURO Gold Medal 1997
- Since 1998 Honorary Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
- Since 2011 Honorary Member of the Austrian Society of Operations Research
Books
[edit]- Methoden der ganzzahligen Optimierung, Springer Wien, 1972
- with Ulrich Derigs: Assignment and Matching Problems: Solution Methods with FORTRAN- Programs. Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems, Band 184, Berlin-New York: Springer 1980.
- Graph Algorithms in Computer Science. HyperCOSTOC Computer Science, Vol. 36, Hofbauer Publ., Wiener Neustadt, 1989.
- With Mauro Dell' Amico and Silvano Martello: Assignment Problems, SIAM, Philadelphia, 2009. ISBN 978-0-89871-663-4
