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SYSTEMS INFORMATION Prof. Dr. Stefan Voß SHORT INFORMATION PR ............................................................................................................................. ............................................................................................................................. areas, and skills to generate crea- • An exact algorithm for the tive solution approaches through reliability redundancy alloca- sound methodological knowledge. tion problem (with M Caserta). European Journal of Opera- tional Research 244 (2015) █ RESEARCH 110-116 The main focus of Prof. Voß´ inter- • Design and evaluation of road ests is located in the fields of In- pricing: State-of-the-art and formation Systems, Public Trans- methodological advances (with port, Telecommunications, Supply T Tsekeris). Netnomics 10 (2009) 5-52 Chain Management and Logistics as well as Intelligent Search. He • Dispatching of an electric █ COORDINATES has an international reputation as a monorail system: Applying me- OF. DR. STEFAN VO result of numerous publications in ta-heuristics to an online Chair and Director of the Institute these fields. pickup and delivery problem (with K Gutenschwager and C of Information Systems within the Current research projects are, Niklaus). Transportation Sci- Faculty of Business Administration among others, considering problem ence 38 (2004) 434-446 at the University of Hamburg (since formulations in the field of Infor- 2002) mation Systems in Supply Chain • A super-function based Japa- Management, Computational Lo- nese-Chinese machine trans- University of Hamburg gistics as well as Metaheuristics lation system for business us- Institut für Wirtschaftsinformatik and Intelligent Search Algorithms in ers (with X Zhao and F Ren). Von-Melle-Park 5 practical applications. In various Lecture Notes in Artificial Intel- D-20146 Hamburg, Germany areas the research of Prof. Voß ligence 3265 (2004) 271-281 +49-40-42838-3062 and the members of his institute • Container terminal operation Fax +49-40-42838-5535 may be rated as world-class. This and operations research – A includes recent work related to classification and literature re- SS [email protected] container terminals as well as view (with D Steenken and R developments in matheuristics. Stahlbock). OR Spectrum 26 █ BACKGROUND Prof. Voß is editor of Netnomics (2004) 3-49 and Public Transport. • Prof. Voß holds degrees in Mathe- The pilot method (with C matics (diploma) and Economics █ MEMBERSHIPS (selection) Duin). Networks 34 (1999) from the University of Hamburg 181-191 and a Ph.D. and the habilitation • ACM, IAME, INFORMS, GOR • The Steiner tree problem with from the University of Technology hop constraints. Annals of Op- █ SELECTED Darmstadt. Previous positions in- erations Research 86 (1999) clude full professor and head of the PUBLICATIONS 321-345 department of Business Admin- Books (from more than 30): ........................................................... istration, Information Systems and ............................................................... • MATHEURISTICS: Hybridizing Information Management at the █ FURTHER ACTIVITIES Metaheuristics and Mathemati- University of Technology Braun- cal Programming (Ed., with V schweig (Germany), 1995-2002. • Several consulting projects Maniezzo and T Stützle). • Guest professorships (e.g., in Springer, Berlin (2009). █ TEACHING Graz, Austria; Valenciennes, • Introduction to Computational France; Shanghai, China; Val- The Institute`s university course- Optimization Models for Pro- paraiso, Chile) duction Planning in a Supply work focuses on all levels of stu- nd • Conference organization (e.g. Chain (with DL Woodruff). 2 dents from business administration, MIC - Metaheuristics Internatio- ed., Springer, Berlin (2006). economics, mathematics, computer nal Conference and ICCL - In- science, and industrial engineering. • Informationsmanagement (with ternational Conference on Besides Introduction to Information K Gutenschwager). Springer, Computational Logistics). Systems, courses deepen the infor- Berlin (2001). • mation systems education with Past Chair of the Telecommu- classical as well as modern topics In Journals/Collections (from more nications Section of INFORMS as well as project management and than 400 refereed publications): • Book Series Editor Operations decision analytics. The goal of the • Generalized local branching Research / Computer Science education is to develop the ability heuristics and the capacitated Interfaces and Integrated Se- 2 to analytically work through com- ring tree problem (with A. Hill). ... ries in Information Systems IS plex interrelations in appropriate Discrete Applied Mathematics (Springer) 242 (2018), 34 - 52. SYSTEMS INFORMATION IWI - Prof. Dr. Stefan Voß RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS ............................................................................................................................. ............................................................. In a joint effort with the Department Andreas Witt (PhD): Professor, of Computer Science the Bachelor University of Applied Sciences Degree (B.Sc.) in Information Sys- Fulda tems is running since 2006 with the first students successfully graduat- Sven Spieckermann (PhD): CEO ing in 2009. Since winter 2009 a of the Simplan AG Maintal new Master Degree (M.Sc.) had Prizes (Selection): been set up where students have the possibility to specialize in either Livetime Achievement Award of Management of Information Sys- the INFORMS Telecom Section █ COORDINATES tems or Computational Logistics, (Stefan Voß, 2010) something quite unique in Germa- First Place of the Logistics Prize of INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION ny. Moreover, interested high po- the Metropolitan Region Hamburg SYSTEMS – INSTITUT FÜR WIRT- tentials can decide to pursue fur- several times (e.g., 2009, 2012, OF THE IWI (INSTITE SCHAFTSINFORMATIK (IWI) ther for PhD or the habilitation 2013, 2018) within the Hamburg School of degree. Business Administration, University Julian Wulf (Diplom) Science Price of Hamburg. Chair and Director █ ACHIEVEMENTS Logistics of the Logistics-Initiative (since 2002): Prof. Dr. Stefan Voß Hamburg (2011) In 2002 the information systems ............................................................................................................................. Peter Wenzel (Master): Young University of Hamburg degree of the University of Ham- Professional Award FUTRA (2013) Institut für Wirtschaftsinformatik burg, together with the business Von-Melle-Park 5 administration degree, was among PEMA Challenge, 1st Place (2015, D-20146 Hamburg, Germany the lowest ranked degrees in their 2017, 2018) +49-40-42838-3062 class according to the CHE- Fax +49-40-42838-5535 Ranking. As of 2005 and 2009 the In various areas the research of information systems degree Prof. Voß and the members of his [email protected] jumped up to a middle place and institute may be rated as world- [email protected] even became one of the top ten class. This includes recent work information system degrees in related to container terminals as OF INFORMATION SYSTE █ TEACHING @ IWI Germany according to the well- well as developments in metaheu- known Handelsblatt Ranking. The ristics. Publications appear in The Institute`s university course- latter research ranking also reveals major outlets, joint research pro- work focuses on all levels of stu- that Prof. Voß is among the Top 25 jects with industry allow a suc- dents from business administration, of several thousand business pro- cessful dissemination of academic economics, mathematics, computer fessors within Germany, Austria content into practice (Examples: science, and industrial engineering. and Switzerland (as of 2005, 2009, BASF, EADS, HHLA, Telekom, Besides Introduction to Information 2012 and 2015). His current rank Simplan). Systems, courses deepen the infor- overall is number 13. mation systems education with █ SUPPORTING THE PRO- Students finishing a degree on any various topics incl. project man- .............................................................. level as mentioned above fill posi- FESSION agement, planning, and decision analysis. The goal of the education tions with highest degree of re- sponsibility in companies and aca- • Editorial Duties is to develop the ability to analyti- demia. Examples (supervision Prof. cally work through complex • Conference organization Voß) are given as follows: interrelations in appropriate areas, In Hamburg, e.g., MIC - Meta- and skills to generate creative Andreas Fink (PhD and habilita- heuristics Internat. Conference solution approaches through sound tion): Professor, Helmut Schmidt (2009), INFORMS Telecom MS) methodological knowledge. University Hamburg Conference (2018), LM09 - Lo- gistics Management Confer- Driven by the Bologna Declaration Stefan Lessmann (Habilitation): ence (2009). INOC – Interna- of June 1999 German universities Professor, Humboldt University tional Network Optimization moved into a new system for Berlin Conference (2011) university education. Recent years successfully focused on the neces- Marco Caserta (Habilitation): Asso- Founder and annual continua- sary changes from the German ciate Professor, IE University, tion at different places: Diploma degrees to the Interna- Madrid ICCL – International Confer- tional Bachelor and Master de- Kai Gutenschwager (PhD): Profes- ence on Computational Logis- grees under the leadership of Prof. sor, Ostfalia University of Applied tics, e.g., in Valparaiso (2014), Voß in the respective administra- Sciences Braunschweig Salerno (2018), Barranquilla tive bodies. .. (2019). Julia Pahl (PhD): Associate Pro- Matheuristics (earlier name fessor, Odense University Model Based Metaheuristics). .