Teaching

• Up-to-date contents
  Companies are undergoing a fundamental transformation, which some experts call an industrial revolution. In our courses, we keep our finger on the pulse of the time through up-to-date case studies, guest lectures by practitioners, impulses from ongoing research discussions, and by embedding modern topics in our courses (such as artificial intelligence and reinforcement learning).
   
• Well-structured, methodologically oriented courses
  At the methodological core of our program is nonlinear optimization, especially (mixed-) integer and combinatorial optimization. We look at mathematical foundations, algorithmic aspects for the design of successful heuristic and exact solution methods and provide an outlook on current research directions. The methods taught can be applied to a wide range of important business decisions, from the operative planning and control (e.g., scheduling, routing) to the tactical (e.g., design of production processes, design of logistics processes) and strategic (e.g., facility location) planning.
   
• Courses in English
  Business is going global, cutting-edge research speaks English. Therefore, we offer most of our courses in English.
   
• Didactically attractive
  In our courses we use various didactic methods in a targeted manner, such as interactive elements, blended learning, role-plays, teamwork, and video illustrations.

Here you can get an overview of the teaching program of our chair: