Prof. Dr. Jessica Burgner-Kahrs
Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), Engineering and engineering trades , Robotics, continuous robots, soft robots
Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs)
Algorithmics, theoretical computer science
Algorithm theory
Algorithm engineering
Graph algorithms
Algorithmic geometry
Traffic optimisation
Visualisation
Analysis of social networks
Sensor networks
Google Focused Research Award, 2012
Named Fellow of the GI (German computer science society), 2008
Offer of a professor position at the University of Innsbruck, Austria (declined), 2003
Offer of a professor position at the University of Magdeburg, Germany (declined), 1994
English, German
Member of the German Research Foundation (DFG) Senate Committee on Strategic Planning
Member of the joint committee of the Sino-German Centre for Research Promotion in Beijing, China
Member of the Helmholtz "Think Tank", since 2010
Member of the advisory board to the Competence Centre for Bibliometrics at the Institute for Research Information and Quality Assurance (iFQ), since 2009
Member of working group IV of the innovation advisory board for the State of Baden-Württemberg, since 2009
Member of the Core Group, since 2008
Vice president of the German Research Foundation (DFG), 2007
Spokesperson for the DFG review board Computer Science, since 2004
Member of and spokesperson for the scientific advisory board of Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz Centre for Informatics, since 2004
Standing committee for Physical and Engineering Sciences (PESC) of the European Science Foundation (ESF), 2004
Member of the advisory board of Interdisciplinary Information Sciences, since 2003
Selection committee for German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) scholarship recipients, 2002 – 2005
Member of the executive board of GI (German computer science society), 2002 – 2004
Chairperson of the nomination committee for the GI dissertation award, 2001 – 2009
Member of the EATCS Council (European Association for Theoretical Computer Science), 2001 – 2005
Peer reviewer for the German Research Foundation (DFG) in theoretical computer science, 2000 – 2007
Member of the executive committee of the GIBU (GI's advisory council for university professors), 1997 – 2004, as chair of the committee, 2000 – 2004
Editor in chief of JDA, Journal of Discrete Algorithms
Editorial board of JGAA, Journal of Graph Algorithms and Applications
Editorial board of CGTA, Computational Geometry: theory and applications
Editorial board of the series Leitfäden der Informatik (computer science series), B. G. Teubner
Editorial board of EPTCS, Electronic Proceedings in Theoretical Computer Science
Member of the steering committee of the Workshop on Algorithm Engineering and Experiments (ALENEX), since 2008
Member of the steering committee of the International Symposium on Graph Drawing (GD), 2005 – 2008
Member of the steering committee of the Workshop on Algorithmic Approaches for Transportation Modelling, Optimization, and Systems (ATMOS), since 2001
Member of the steering committee of the European Symposium on Algorithms (ESA), 1999 – 2003, as spokesperson for the committee, 2001 – 2003
Member of the steering committee of the International Workshop on Graph-Theoretic Concepts in Computer Science (WG), since 2000
Co-organiser of ALGO 2008 (ESA, WABI, WAOA, ATMOS), 2008
Co-organiser of the 14th International Symposium on Graph Drawing (GD 2006), 2006
Organiser of the 26th International Workshop on Graph-Theoretic Concepts in Computer Science (WG 2000), 2000
PC Co-Chair of the 10th Workshop on Algorithm Engineering and Experiments (ALENEX 2008), 2008
PC Co-Chair of the 14th International Symposium on Graph Drawing (GD 2006), 2006
PC Chair of the 2nd Workshop on Algorithmic Methods and Models for Optimization of Railways (ATMOS 2002), 2002
PC Chair of the 26th International Workshop on Graph-Theoretic Concepts in Computer Science (WG 2000), 2000
PC Co-Chair of the 4th Workshop on Algorithm Engineering (WAE 2000), 2000
Member of the programme committee for WADS '93, ISAAC '95, STACS '97, WG '97, WG '98, GD '98, WG '99, OR '99, WG '00, GD '00, WAE '00, ALENEX '01, ESA '01, ICALP '01, ATMOS '01, WADS '01, WG '02, ATMOS '02, WADS '03, GD '03, WG '03, WG '04, WEA '05, ICALP '05, SOFSEM '06, WG '06, GD '06, GD '07, ISAAC '07, ALENEX '08, ALGOSENSORS '08, WG '08, WEA '08, ATMOS '08, WAW '09, ICALP '09, SEA 2010, IWOCA 2010, ASONAM 2010
Data Structures, 2004, 2006
Seminar: Algorithmic methods for railway optimization, 2004
Seminar: Algorithmic aspects of large and complex networks, 2001, 2003, 2005
Seminar: Link analysis and visualization, 2001
Seminar: Graph algorithms and applications, 1996, 1998
Co-organiser of the GI-Dagstuhl seminar: Algorithms for sensor and ad hoc networks, with Roger Wattenhofer, 2005
Co-organiser of the GI-Dagstuhl seminar: Drawing graphs, with Michael Kaufmann, 1999
Co-organiser of the Dagstuhl seminar: Combinatorial methods for integrated circuit design, since 1993
Co-initiator of the DFG Priority Programme SPP 1307: Algorithm engineering, spokesperson Prof. Peter Sanders, since 2008
Member and deputy spokesperson for the DFG Research Training Group GK 1194: Self-organising sensor-actor networks, since 2006
Co-initiator and spokesperson for the DFG Priority Programme SPP 1126: Algorithmics of large, complex networks, 2001 – 2008
Initiator and coordinator of the EU Research Training Network AMORE: Algorithmic Methods for Optimizing the Railways in Europe, 2000 – 2004
Active within various administrative bodies at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
Vice dean of the Department of Informatics, 2004 – 2007
Spokesperson for the Area of Competence: Information, Communication and Organisation (IKO), and for the IKO Field of Competence: Algorithms and Software, 2007 – 2009
Deputy spokesperson for the Focus: COMMputation, at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, since 2007
Member of the Council for the Promotion of Research and Young Scientists (CRYS), 2006 – 2009
Elected member of the senate at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, since 2009
Elected member of the senate at the University of Karlsruhe (TH), Germany, 2006 – 2009
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Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), Engineering and engineering trades , Robotics, continuous robots, soft robots
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Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), Efficient algorithms
Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), Software engineering