Felix Fischer

Dr. Felix Fischer is a Senior Lecturer in Optimisation and Operations Research at Queen Mary University of London's School of Mathematical Sciences, and Deputy Head of the Centre for Combinatorics, Algebra and Number Theory. His research focuses on mechanism design, algorithms, mathematics of operations research, and applied probability, emphasizing systems where strategic individual behavior yields optimal collective outcomes. Notable areas include impartial selection, auction design, and prophet inequalities.

Grants:

• £192,474 EPSRC grant (2020–2023) for 'Optimal Impartial Mechanisms.'
• £5,000 Heilbronn Institute grant (2024) for the 30th British Combinatorial Conference.

Teaching:

Recent courses include Algorithmic Graph Theory, Optimization for Business Processes, and Research Methods in Mathematical Sciences at Queen Mary, plus contributions to Algorithmics II at the University of Glasgow and Optimization at the University of Cambridge.

Research Trends: Recent work emphasizes robust auction mechanisms, impartial selection algorithms, and theoretical bounds in game-theoretic systems. Articles address topics like nontruthful auctions' robustness and fair ranking aggregation.

Advising:

• Supervised over 15 students since 2012, including work on kidney exchange mechanisms, voting systems, and optimization algorithms.

Labs/Teams: Active leadership in the Centre for Combinatorics, Algebra and Number Theory, and organizer of the 2025 Colloquia in Combinatorics.