Rainer Ernst Burkard is an Austrian mathematician

Mathematician

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. His research interests include discrete optimization

Discrete optimization

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, graph theory

Graph theory

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, applied discrete mathematics

Discrete mathematics

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, and applied number theory

Number theory

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He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Vienna

University of Vienna

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 in 1967 and received his habilitation

Habilitation

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 from the University of Graz

University of Graz

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 in 1971. From 1973-1981 Rainer Burkard was full professor of Applied Mathematics at the University of Cologne

University of Cologne

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 (Germany).
Since 1981 Rainer Burkard is full professor with the Graz University of Technology

Graz University of Technology

The Graz University of Technology is the second largest university in Styria, Austria, after the University of Graz. Austria has three universities of technology – in Graz, in Leoben, and in Vienna. The Graz University of Technology was founded in 1811 by Archduke John of Austria. TUG, as the...

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Positions held

• 1984-1986 Vice-President of GMÖOR
• 1986-1988 President of the Austrian Operations Research Society
• 1995-1997 EURO Vicepresident of IFORS
• 1993-1996 Dean of the Faculty of Science, Technical University of Graz
• 1994-1998 Member of the Council of the European Consortium of Mathematics in Industry
• 1991-2000 Member of the Senate of the Christian Doppler Research Society
• 2001-2002 Vicepresident of EURO

Books

• Methoden der ganzzahligen Optimierung, Springer Wien, 1972
• with Ulrich Derigs: Assignment and Matching Problems: Solution Methods with FORTRAN- Programs. Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems, Band 184, Berlin-New York: Springer 1980.
• Graph Algorithms in Computer Science. HyperCOSTOC Computer Science, Vol. 36, Hofbauer Publ., Wiener Neustadt, 1989.
• With Mauro Dell' Amico and Silvano Martello: Assignment Problems, SIAM, Philadelphia, 2009. ISBN 978-0-898716-63-4