Meinolf Sellmann
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Meinolf Sellmann, born in Holzminden
Holzminden
Holzminden is a town in southern Lower Saxony, Germany. It is the capital of the district of Holzminden. It is located directly on the river Weser, which here is the border to North Rhine-Westphalia.-History:...

, Germany
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, computer scientist, best known for algorithm
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ic research in combinatorial optimization, artificial intelligence, and the hybridization thereof.

He received a doctorate degree (Dr. rer. nat.) in 2002 from Paderborn University (Germany) and is now leading a group on the integration of artificial intelligence and operations research at IBM
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 Research. Prior to his current appointment he was appointed Assistant Professor at Brown University
Brown University
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 (Rhode Island
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/USA) and Postdoctoral Scholar at Cornell University. His honors include an NSF Career Award in 2007 and two Gold Medals at the SAT Competition 2011.
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