Rainer Burkard

Rainer Ernst Burkard (born January 28, 1943, Graz, Austria ) is an Austrian mathematician. His research interests include discrete optimization, graph theory, applied discrete mathematics, and applied number theory.^[1][2]

He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Vienna in 1967 and received his habilitation from the University of Graz in 1971. From 1973-1981 Rainer Burkard was full professor of Applied Mathematics at the University of Cologne (Germany). Since 1981 Rainer Burkard is full professor with the Graz University of Technology.

Positions held

• 1984-1986 Vice-President of GMÖOR
• 1986-1988 President of the Austrian Society of Operations Research
• 1995-1997 EURO Vicepresident of IFORS
• 1993-1996 Dean of the Faculty of Science, Graz University of Technology
• 1994-1998 Member of the Council of the European Consortium of Mathematics in Industry
• 1991-2000 Member of the Senate of the Christian Doppler Research Society
• 2001-2002 Vicepresident of EURO

Awards

• Prize of the Austrian Mathematical Society in 1972
• The Scientific Prize of the Society of Mathematics, Economics and Operations Research in 1991
• The EURO Gold Medal 1997
• Since 1998 Honorary Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
• Since 2011 Honorary Member of the Austrian Society of Operations Research

Books

• Methoden der ganzzahligen Optimierung, Springer Wien, 1972
• with Ulrich Derigs: Assignment and Matching Problems: Solution Methods with FORTRAN- Programs. Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems, Band 184, Berlin-New York: Springer 1980.
• Graph Algorithms in Computer Science. HyperCOSTOC Computer Science, Vol. 36, Hofbauer Publ., Wiener Neustadt, 1989.
• With Mauro Dell' Amico and Silvano Martello: Assignment Problems, SIAM, Philadelphia, 2009. ISBN 978-0-89871-663-4

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