Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Hans Georg Bock

Curriculum Vitae

Born
May 9, 1948, in Bottrop

1981-1982
Researcher, German Aerospace Establishment (DLR), Oberpfaffenhofen

1982-1985
Mathematical Consultant for Industry, Commerce and Research Institutions

1985-1987
Senior Researcher, SFB 256 "Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations", Bonn

1986
Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics, University of Bonn

1987-1988
Visiting Professor for Numerical Mathematics, UHD

1988-1991
Professor (C3) for Applied Mathematics, University of Augsburg

1991-
Professor (C4) at the IWR, UHD

1991-2004
Co-Initiator and Project Leader, Collaborative Research Center "Reactive Flow, Diffusion and Transport" (SFB 359), Heidelberg

1993-2004
Vice Managing Director of IWR

1993-2001
Chairman, Ph.D. Research Training Program "Modeling and Scientific Computing in Mathematics and the Sciences", Heidelberg

1995-
Chairman, "Association for Mathematics in Industry and Research"

1999-
Head, Technology Transfer Center "Simulation and Optimization''

2001-
Chairman, Int. Ph.D. Research Training Program, Heidelberg-Warsaw

2002-
CDC-EMS "Committee for Developing Countries" of the EMS

2004
Microsoft Research Award (with R. Eils)

2005-
Managing Director of IWR

Fields of Interest

Numerical Methods for DAE, PDE and FDE; Direct "Simultaneous" Methods for Nonlinear Optimization and Optimal Control with DE Constraints: Sensitivity Analysis, State and Parameter Estimation, Optimum Experimental Design, Real-Time Optimization, Constrained Open- and Closed-Loop Control; Optimization under Uncertainties; Adaptive Discretization and Approximate Newton Type Methods with DE Constraints; Eigenvalue Optimization and Stability Optimization of Gait Patterns; Applications diverse fields.

Selected Publications (since 2003)

• S. Sager, H. G. Bock, M. Diehl, G. Reinelt, and J. P. Schlöder: Numerical methods for optimal control with binary control functions applied to a Lotka-Volterra type fishing problem. In: A. Seeger (ed.), Recent Advances in Optimization, Springer LN in Econ. and Math. Sciences 563, 269-289, 2006.
• M. Diehl, H. G. Bock, J. P. Schlöder: A real-time iteration scheme for nonlinear optimization in optimal feedback control. SIAM J. on Control and Optimization 43, 5, 1714-1736, 2005.
• H. G. Bock, S. Körkel, E. A. Kostina, J. P. Schlöder: Numerical Methods for Optimal Control Problems in Design of Robust Optimal Experiments for Nonlinear Dynamic Processes. Optimization Methods and Software 19, 3/4, 327-338, 2004.
• M. Diehl, R. Findeisen, S. Schwarzkopf, I. Uslu, F. Allgöwer, H. G. Bock, E. D. Gilles, J. P. Schlöder: An Efficient Algorithm for Nonlinear Model Predictive Control of Large-Scale Systems. Automatisierungstechnik 51, 1, 22-29, 2003.
• D. B. Leineweber, I. Bauer, H. G. Bock, J. P. Schlöder: An Efficient Multiple Shooting Based Reduced SQP Strategy for Large-Scale Dynamic Process Optimization - Part I: Theoretical Aspects, Part II: Software Aspects and Applications. Comput. Chem. Engng. 27, 137-174, 2003.