Dipl.-Inf. Gunnar Völkel

Interests

• Discrete Optimization / Combinatorial Optimization
• Metaheuristics, e.g.:
  • Ant Colony Optimization
  • Evolutionary Algorithms
  • Simulated Annealing
• Optimization problems in Logistics

Publications

• Gunnar Völkel, Johann M. Kraus, Hans A. Kestler: Algorithm Engineering with Clojure, European Lisp Symposium 2012, University of Zadar, Croatia.
• Tobias Eibach, Gunnar Völkel, Enrico Pilz: Optimising Gröbner Bases on Bivium, Mathematics in Computer Science Vol. 3, 2008, S. 159-172
• Tobias Eibach, Gunnar Völkel: Optimising Gröbner Bases on Bivium, Proceedings of SCC’08—First International Conference on Symbolic Computation and Cryptography, S. 83–94. LMIB Beihang University (2008)
• Tobias Eibach, Enrico Pilz, Gunnar Völkel: Attacking Bivium Using SAT Solvers, SAT 2008,Vol. 4996 Springer (2008), S. 63-76
• Gunnar Völkel: Gröbner Bases in Cryptography, Diplomarbeit, 2009

Talks

• "Can ants solve optimization problems?", Talk at the annual meeting 2011 of the Graduate School, 17.02.2011
• "Gutjahr's Convergence Proof (2002)" (Handout), Talk, 13.08.2010
• "Ant Colony Optimization - A survey of current research" (Handout), Talk at Graduate School, 10.06.2010

Other Topics

• Seminar paper: "Punktlokalisierung" (Slides, Paper), Seminar on "Algorithmische Geometrie", 27.01.2012