Dirk C. Mattfeld

Prof. Dr. Dirk C. Mattfeld is a Full Professor for Business Information Systems (specializing in Decision Support) at the Technical University of Braunschweig since 2004. He holds a Habilitation in Business Administration from the University of Bremen (thesis: Management of Transshipment Terminals) and a Dr. rer. pol. (summa cum laude) focusing on evolutionary search in job shop scheduling. His research integrates logistics, operations research, and information systems with applications in transportation networks, stochastic modeling, and supply chain optimization.

• Affiliations: Carl Friedrich Gauss Faculty (Informatik, Mathematik, Wirtschaftswissenschaften)
• Engagements: Strategy Commission member (since 2013), Vice President of Braunschweig University Association, Board member of NOW IT GmbH, and former Dean (2008–2011).

Research interests emphasize dynamic routing, transshipment terminal management, bid price generation for projects, and IT integration for logistics. He has organized major conferences like Multikonferenz Wirtschaftsinformatik (MKWI’12) and served on editorial boards for journals like International Journal of Operations Research and Information Systems.

His academic career includes roles as Acting Professor at Hamburg University (2003–2004) and research positions at Bremen’s State Computing Center. He specializes in synergies between data mining and operations research, with contributions to vessel scheduling, lock congestion relief, and car-sharing system modeling.