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Forschungscampus MODAL - Mathematical Optimization and Data Analysis Laboratories -- Smart solutions for the digital society
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Luka Stärk and Carolin Scholl win the DISPLIB 2025 Competition for real-time train dispatching! #branch-and-bound algorithm for difficult #scheduling problems. #MODAL #MobilityLab @zuseinstitute.bsky.social
@mathplusberlin.bsky.social, @ Internat. Conf. Optim. & Decision Science, Milan 4 Sept 2025.
Luka Stärk and Carolin Scholl win the DISPLIB 2025 Competition for real-time train dispatching. Their custom branch-and-bound algorithm solved the difficult scheduling problems, many of them even to proven optimality. The innovative method has a parameterized complexity of O(4^k poly(n)), where k is the number of conflicts and n is the number of operations. The international competition was held in two phases, with problem instances published in October 2024 and February 2025, respectively. The winners were announced at the International Conference on Optimization and Decision Science (ODS 2025), which took place from September 1 to 4 in Milan. Luka Stärk will be researching train dispatching in the MobilityLab at the MODAL research campus starting in November. The photo shows Luka Stärk receiving the award, with the chairs of the Scientific and Organizing Committees of the Competition, Giorgio Sartor and Bjørnar Luteberget, on his left and right, respectively. Congratulations to Carolin and Luka!
September 15, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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MODAL - Smart Solutions for the Digital Society - BMFTR, German Federal Ministry of Research, Technology, and Space highlights MODAL's third funding period:
www.forschungscampus.bmbf.de/aktuelles/st...
Dr. Ina Czyborra, Senatorin für Wissenschaft, Gesundheit und Pflege des Landes Berlin, Prof. Dr. Günter Ziegler, Präsident der Freien Universität Berlin, Dr. Karsten Hess, Referatsleiter Universum und Materie im BMFTR, Bundesministerium für Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt at the opening of MODAL's third funding period, @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social @gmziegler.bsky.social‬ @zuseinstitute.bsky.social @mathplusberlin.bsky.social @senbjf.bsky.social‬ ( c ) ZIB
July 30, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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Martin Hammerschmidt, CEO @JCMwave.bsky.social, presents MODAL-#NanoLab results at the 15th International Conference on Metamaterials, Photonic Crystals and Plasmonics, META 2025, Malaga, Spain, 23 July 2025. #MachineLearning #BayesianOptimization @cnoatzib.bsky.social‬,
Inv Talk in Session 2A10.
Image: M.H. at META2025, Malaga, upcoming presentation: "Physics Informed Bayesian Optimization For Efficient Solution Of Inverse Problems In Nanophotonics" Abstract: We introduce physics-informed multi-channel Bayesian optimization for inverse design problems in nanophotonics and nanometrology. By learning vector-valued physical properties of numerically simulated systems, from which the final cost is constructed, our approach achieves faster convergence compared to other optimization methods, enhancing efficiency in solving inverse problems across engineering and physics.
July 22, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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On the occasion, Thorsten Koch crated cocktails in the colors of Forschungscampus MODAL
June 21, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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Opening of MODAL / Phase3 on 16 June 2025 & Inauguration party of new #FUHUB labs and offices at #FUBIC @zuseinstitute.bsky.social @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social @mathplusberlin.bsky.social @htwberlin.bsky.social‬
June 21, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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Google DeepMind’s #AlphaEvolve recently set records on 13 notoriously difficult math problems. At MODAL we were curious: Could we tackle those with mathematical optimization instead of AI heuristics? Read the FICO blog to learn how we improved on DeepMind’s results:
www.fico.com/blogs/best-g...
June 16, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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June 11, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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MODALs new industrial partner Stryker Berlin GmbH visited MODAL at ZIB together with their Freiburg colleagues from Stryker Leibinger GmbH & Co KG, Patient Specific Solutions. Research in #Medicine #LifeSciences #3Dvisualizations.
June 11, 2025 at 7:26 AM