Torsten Ueckerdt

Torsten Ueckerdt is an Interim Professor in the Algorithmics I group at the Institute of Theoretical Informatics, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT). He has held academic positions since 2012, including postdoctoral roles and habilitation in Discrete Mathematics. His research focuses on combinatorial objects like graphs, posets, and hypergraphs in geometric settings, exploring structural properties, colorings, and geometric representations.

Holds a PhD from TU Berlin (2011) and habilitation from KIT (2017). Professional service includes editorial roles (Annals of Combinatorics) and program committees for conferences like Graph Drawing, SoCG, and EuroCG. Supervised numerous students across Bachelor's, Master's, and diploma theses.

Research interests span structural graph theory, geometric graph theory, Ramsey theory, discrete geometry, and combinatorial games. Active in graph drawing and algorithm design, with contributions to queue layouts, graph representations, and optimization problems like cartograms and wind farm cabling.