معرفی
Emo Welzl has been a Full Professor of Computer Science at the Institute for Theoretical Computer Science, ETH Zurich since 1996. His academic journey spans institutions including Free University of Berlin, University of Denver, Rijks University Leiden, and collaborations through graduate programs like the Berlin-Zurich Graduate Program in 'Combinatorics, Geometry, and Computation'.
- 1996–Present: Full Professor of Computer Science, ETH Zurich
- 1987–1996: Full Professor of Mathematics (theory of computation), Free University of Berlin
Education
- Diplom in Applied Mathematics, Graz University of Technology (1981)
- Ph.D. in Formal Languages, Graz University of Technology (1983)
- Habilitation in Foundations of Computer Science, Graz University of Technology (1988)
Research Interests
Welzl's work focuses on foundations of computer science, with emphasis on algorithms, data structures, and computational geometry. Key subfields include combinatorial optimization, randomized methods, and discrete geometry. His recent interests extend to satisfiability problems.
Honours and Awards
- Max Planck Prize (1992)
- Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz-Prize (1995)
- ACM Fellow (1998)
- Member of Leopoldina (2005), Academia Europaea (2006), and Berlin-Brandenburg Academy (2007)
Service and Leadership
He has chaired program committees for major conferences like the ACM Symposium on Computational Geometry (1995), ICALP (2000), and European Symposium on Algorithms (2007). He served on editorial boards of journals including the Journal of Discrete and Computational Geometry and ACM Transactions on Computation Theory.
