Department of Computer Science | Institute of Theoretical Computer Science | CADMO

Theory of Combinatorial Algorithms

Prof. Emo Welzl and Prof. Bernd Gärtner

Activity Report 2002

Theory of Combinatorial Algorithms
Teaching and Research Group Emo Welzl

Institut für Theoretische Informatik
Departement Informatik
ETH Zürich
CH-8092 Zürich
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Personnel



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Publications



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Courses and Seminars


Winter 01/02

Summer 02

Organization of Workshops etc.



Dissertations



Diploma Theses



Semester Theses and Pre-Doc Projects


Miscellaneous


U. ADAMY
Teach. Assistance Theoretische Informatik (Kernfach; SS02).

C. AMBÜHL
Teach. Assistance Algebra II (D-INFK; SS02; chief assistant).

A. BELOW
Teach. Assistance Logik (WS01/02), Algebra II (D-INFK; SS02).

M. HOFFMANN
Teach. Assistance Algebra II (D-INFK; SS02).

M. JOHN
Coordinator ECG (project: Effective Computational Geomtry for Curves and Surfaces).
Teach. Assistance Logik (WS01/02), Theoretische Informatik (Grundst.; SS02).

I. SCHURR
Teach. Assistance Approximation: Theory and Algorithms (WS02/03)

B. SPECKMANN
Teach. Assistance Logik (WS01/02), Algebra II (D-INFK, SS02).

T. SZABÓ
Teach. Assistance Topological Methods in Combinatorics and Geometry (WS01/02).

CS. D. TÓTH
Teach. Assistance Randomized Algorithms (WS01/02).

F. TSCHIRSCHNITZ
Member of selection committee for Assistenzprofessur für Theoretische Informatik, Department of Computer Science
Board member of VMI (Mittelbauvertretung D-INFK), Information Officer (WS01/02, SS02).
Teach. Assistance Informatik I für Mathematiker (WS01/02; chief assistent), Algebra II (D-INFK; SS02).
Maintenance of the WWW-Site of the Graduate Program "Combinatorics, Geometry, and Computation" and of "Theory of Combinatorial Algorithms" group.

U. WAGNER
Coordinator Noon Seminar.
Teach. Assistance Approximation: Theory and Algorithms (WS01/02), Theoretische Informatik (Kernfach; SS02).

E. WELZL
Speaker (for site Zurich) of Berlin-Zurich Graduate Program `Combinatorics, Geometry, and Computation'.

Editorial Board member of

Program committee member of

Member (chair, contact person) of selection committees for

Referee for dissertations of

Coreferee for dissertations of Coreferee for habilitations of

Member of the EATCS Council (European Association for Theoretical Computer Science).

The project "Study of Arrangements and Randomized Techniques in Discrete and Computational Geometry" (principal investigators: Micha Sharir, Tel Aviv University, Emo Welzl, Freie Univ. Berlin and ETH Zürich, and Kurt Mehlhorn, Max Planck Institute in Computer Science, Saarbrücken) funded 1994-1998 by the German-Israeli Foundation (GIF) for Scientific Research and Development, has been selected by GIF as one of 30 reference projects (out of 690 projects funded since establishment in 1986) for its evaluation in 2002.

Mitglied des Fachausschusses 0.1. Theoretische Informatik der Gesellschaft für Informatik (GI).
Mitglied der Prüfungsgruppe des Schwerpunktprogramms "Algorithmik grosser und komplexer Netzwerke" der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG).
Mitglied der Konferenz der Dozenten der ETH Zürich.
Mitglied des Dozentenausschuss der ETH Zürich.
Mitglied der Studienkommission der ETH Zürich.
Delegierter für Professorenwahlen an der ETH Zürich.