Prof. Dr. Henryk Wozniakowski

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsNumerical Analysis, Optimization, Simulation
KeywordsHochdimensionale numerische Probleme

Current contact address

CountryUnited States of America
CityNew York
InstitutionColumbia University
InstituteDepartment of Computer Science

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Erich NovakMathematisches Institut, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Jena
Start of initial sponsorship01/10/2006

Programme(s)

2005Humboldt Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Professor Henryk Wozniakowski influenced many fields of mathematics, theoretical computer science, and computational physics. He created a field that is called "Information-Based Complexity'' or "Complexity Theory for Continuous Problems''. He studied the computation of integrals, the solution of differential equations, and recently also quantum computers. Since almost 15 years Professor Wozniakowski studies the curse of dimension: Which high dimensional problems can be solved on a computer? Also during his time in Jena, Professor Wozniakowski will work on the curse of dimension, together with Erich Novak.