Prof. Dr. William J. Cook

Profil

Derzeitige StellungProfessor W-3 und Äquivalente
FachgebietOptimierung,Kombinatorik,Statistik und Ökonometrie
KeywordsDiscrete and Combinatorial Optimization, Integer and Mixed Integer Programming, Traveling Salesman Problem, Network Optimization, Polyhedral Combinatorics

Aktuelle Kontaktadresse

LandKanada
OrtWaterloo,Ontario
Universität/InstitutionUniversity of Waterloo
Institut/AbteilungDepartment of Combinatorics and Optimization
Websitehttp://www.math.uwaterloo.ca/~bico/

Gastgeber*innen während der Förderung

Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Bernhard KorteForschungsinstitut für Diskrete Mathematik, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn
Beginn der ersten Förderung01.11.1983

Programm(e)

1983Humboldt-Forschungsstipendien-Programm
2019Forschungspreis-Programm auf Gegenseitigkeit für Wissenschaftler*innen aus dem Ausland

Projektbeschreibung der*des Nominierenden

Professor Cook is the world’s foremost researcher in the field of computational discrete optimization, a methodology used to solve practical problems that involve choosing the best alternatives from a field of possibilities. This research combines technics from discrete mathematics, complexity theory, algorithms, engineering modelling, mathematical optimization, data structure, and-high performance computing. During his stay at the research institute in Bonn Professor Cook will contribute his superb knowledge of the travelling salesman problem to several algorithmic problems in the area of chip design.