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Timo de Wolff
Technische Universität Braunschweig
Institut für Analysis und Algebra, AG Algebra
Universitätsplatz 2
38106 Braunschweig
Research areas
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Applied Algebra
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Polynomial Optimization
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Real Algebraic Geometry
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Computational Algebraic Geometry
Resume
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Since 04/2019
W2 Professor (tenured Associate Professor) at the Technical University Braunschweig -
07/2017–04/2019
Head of Emmy Noether Junior Research Group, Department of Mathematics, Technical University Berlin -
08/2014–05/2017
Visiting Assistant Professor at the Department of Mathematics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA -
07/2013–08/2014
Postdoc at the Department of Mathematics, Saarland University, Saarbrücken -
2009–2013
PhD in Mathematics at the Goethe University, Frankfurt/Main -
2004–2009
Diplom (Master) in Mathematics at the Goethe University, Frankfurt/Main -
2002–2011
Magister Artium (Master) in Philosophy at the Goethe University, Frankfurt/Main
Selection of
publications
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Re-entrant tensegrity: A three-periodic, chiral, tensegrity structure that is auxetic
with M. Oster, M. Dias, and M. Evans; Science Advances, 7 (50), 2021; doi: 10.1126/sci-adv.abj6737; see also ArXiv 2105.04601.
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Initial Steps in the Classification of Maximal Mediated Sets
with J. Hartzer, O. Röhrig, and O. Yürük; Journal of Symbolic Computation (special issue for ``MEGA 2019''); 109 (2022), 404-425; doi: 10.1016/j.jsc.2020.07.013; see also ArXiv 1910.00502.
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Computing the Real Isolated Points of an Algebraic Hypersurface
with P.L. Huu, and M. Safey El Din; Proceedings of ISSAC 2020, Kalamata, Greece, July 20-23, 2020 (virtual conference due to COVID-19) (I. Z. Emiris, and L. Zhi (eds.)), ACM, (2020), 297 - 304; see ArXiv 2008.10331.
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Global Optimization via the Dual SONC Cone and Linear Programming
with M. Dressler, H. Naumann, and J. Heuer; Proceedings of ISSAC 2020, Kalamata, Greece, July 20-23, 2020 (virtual conference due to COVID-19) (I. Z. Emiris, and L. Zhi (eds.)), ACM, (2020), 138 - 145; see ArXiv 2002.09368.
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Evaluation of Pool-based Testing Approaches to Enable Population-wide Screening for COVID-19
with D.~Pflüger, M.~Rehme, J.~Heuer, and M.-I.~Bittner; PLoS ONE 15 (12): e0243692. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0243692; see also ArXiv 2004.11851.
Activities
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WissZeitVG: a response to the key points paper of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research
Die Junge Akademie publishes a response to the key points paper of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research on the German Fixed-Term Academic Contracts Act (Wissenschaftszeitvertragsgesetz, WissZeitVG).
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Berlin 2023
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Final event "7 Adventures"
Lecture and discussion as part of the nationwide event series under the patronage of the Federal Minister of Education and Research Bettina Stark-Watzinger
After six successful events on "The 7 Greatest Adventures in Mathematics", the Millennium Prize Problems, the nationwide event series under the patronage of the German Federal Minister of Education and Research Bettina Stark-Watzinger is coming to its final event in Berlin. The focus of the event is on the "Yang- Mills theory".
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- Starts on
- 18.11.22
- Ends on
- 18.11.22
Event access: Public
Berlin-Brandenburgischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
Leibniz-Saal
Jägerstraße 22/23
10117 Berlin18:00 — 20:30
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Mythos Promotion. Aber wie sieht die Kosten-Nutzen-Rechnung für die Doktorarbeit aus?
Im Rahmen einer Diskussionsveranstaltung am 9. November 2022 in Halle werden die Promotion und ihre systemischen Rahmenbedingungen von verschiedenen Seiten beleuchtet und diskutiert.
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- Starts on
- 09.11.22
- Ends on
- 09.11.22
Event access: Public
Hauptgebäude der Leopoldina
Jägerberg 1
06108 Halle (Saale)18:00 — 19:30
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Symposium „Technologie- und Innovationstransfer“
On November 7, 2022, the symposium “Technology and Innovation Transfer” will take place in Berlin, initiated and organized by the German University Alliance (UA) 11+, with the Junge Akademie as a cooperation partner together with the Stifterverband.
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- Starts on
- 07.11.22
- Ends on
- 07.11.22
Event access: Public
Leibniz-Saal of Berlin-Brandenburg
Academy of Sciences and Humanities09:00 — 19:00
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Views on the German Fixed-Term Academic Contracts Act (Wissenschaftszeitvertragsgesetz, WissZeitVG)
Die Junge Akademie proposes measures to improve the plannability of careers in science.
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Berlin 2022
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Kick-off event "The 7 Greatest Adventures in Mathematics"
Münster will host the official kick-off event of the series "The 7 Greatest Adventures in Mathematics" on 15 June 2022. The host is the Cluster of Excellence Mathematics Münster - one of the seven locations dedicated to the Millennium Problems from June to November 2022. They are considered the central questions of mathematics. The mathematicians of Technische Universität Braunschweig Timo de Wolff (Speaker of the Board of Die Junge Akademie) and Sebastian Stiller will give a welcoming speech as initiators of the series.
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- Starts on
- 15.06.22
Event access: Public
Hörsaal S8 im Schloss in Münster
18:30 — 21:00
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Freundschaft: Kalender 2022
Ideal, Utopie und Notwendigkeit? Der aktuelle Kalender widmet sich dem Thema „Freundschaft“: ein Plädoyer für die Verbindungen von Wissenschaft und Kunst zur Gesellschaft.
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Berlin 2021
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Image / Language
Science is inconceivable without language. But what about images? In six articles, the new Junge Akademie Magazin explores this question from different perspectives. Additionally, the poster page poses the question, solely through pictures, of what influence such simple images as emojis have on our ideas of science and of scientists.
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Berlin 2021
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Berlin 2020
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