Gerhard-Wilhelm Weber

Gerhard-Wilhelm Weber
Professor, IAM, METU
University of Cologne, Ankara, Turkey

Biography

G.-W. (Willi) Weber is a Professor at IAM, METU, Ankara, Turkey. His research in on optimization and control (continuous and discrete), OR, financial mathematics, on life, bio and human sciences, dynamical systems, data mining, statistical learning, inverse problems, environment and development; he is involved into the organization of scientific life internationally. G.-W. Weber received both his Diploma and Doctorate in mathematics, and economics / business administration, at Aachen University of Technology (RWTH Aachen), and his Habilitation (second doctorate) at Darmstadt University of Technology (TU Darmstadt). He held Professorships by proxy at University of Cologne, Germany, and Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany, before he worked at Cologne Bioinformatics Center and then, in 2003, went to Ankara. At IAM, METU, he is in the Programs of Financial Mathematics, Actuarial Sciences and Scientific Computing, he is Assistant to the Director of IAM and a member of four further graduate schools, departments and institutes of METU. Further, he has affiliations at University of Siegen (Germany), University of Ballarat (Australia), University of Aveiro (Portugal), Malaysia University of Technology and University of North Sumatra (Indonesia). He has served in several national and international projects. Gerhard-Wilhelm Weber is (co-) author of more than 200 publications, e.g., papers and books, he has been member in the Editorial Boards of ca. 20 journals. G.-W. Weber got a number of awards, calls and distinctions. He has been involved in the organization of numerous international scientific events. G.-W. Weber has given various talks and courses all over the world, and he (co-) supervised about 70 students with their theses / final works. He is Honorary Chair of three EURO Working Groups (EUROPT, EURO OR for Development and EURO WG on Societal Complexity), he has been in leading positions of several EURO WGs, served in preparing and fostering EURO WGs, and supports OR in EURO and IFORS, e.g., via IFORS Development Countries Resources at IFORS homepage. Presently, he is “Advisor to EURO Conferences”. G.-W. Weber is a member in numerous national OR societies and other scientific organizations, and “Representative of German OR Society in Turkey”. He encourages education, research and their application, in particular, for an improvement of living conditions and a better understanding between the peoples.

Research Interest

Applied Mathematics, financial mathematics,bio and human sciences, dynamical systems, data mining, statistical learning, inverse problems, environment and development