Jan Schwiddessen

Measurable performance through algorithms. PhD candidate in mathematical optimization.

Awards & Honors

  • Master’s Thesis Award (2021) — German Operations Research Society (GOR) (Link)
  • Best Master’s Thesis (2020) — TU Dortmund University, Department of Business and Economics (Link)
  • Best Graduate Student (2020) — TU Dortmund University, Department of Mathematics (Link)
  • “Germany Scholarship” (Deutschlandstipendium, 2015/2016) — TU Dortmund University, Department of Mathematics
  • DMV Abiturpreis (2013) — awarded by the German Mathematical Society (DMV) for outstanding performance in mathematics in high school

Grants & Fellowships

  • Mobility Grant for funding a research visit at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Department of Mathematics, Stockholm (2024) — University of Klagenfurt, Research Council
  • Mobility Grant for funding a research visit at Sapienza University of Rome, Department of Computer, Control and Management Engineering, Rome (2023) — University of Klagenfurt, Research Council
  • PhD student within doc.funds doctoral school “Modeling–Analysis–Optimization of discrete, continuous, and stochastic systems” (2021-2025) funded by Austrian Science Fund (FWF) (Link)
  • Marie Skłodowska-Curie ITN MINOA Predoctoral Fellowship (2021) (Link)