Karl Kunisch
Prof. Dr.
Scientific Director

Karl Kunisch
Prof. Dr.
Scientific Director
- Group Leader
- Optimization and Optimal Control
Biographical sketch
- Born on Sept. 16, 1952 in Linz, Austria; married, 3 children
- 1975: "Diploma" Degree from Technical University of Graz
- 1975: Master Degree from Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA
- 1978: Ph.D. Degree from Technical University of Graz
- 1980: Habilitation at Technical University of Graz
Former and Current Positions
- September 1976 - March 1986: Assistant at Institute of Mathematics, Technical University of Graz, Austria.
- March 1986 - October 1993: Professor of Mathematics at the Technical University of Graz, Austria ("außerordentlicher Professor").
- September 1979 - July 1980: Visiting Assistant Professor, Lefschetz Center for Dynamical Systems, Division of Applied Mathematics, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.
- Academic years 1978/79 and 1981/82: Joint appointment at the University of Graz, Austria.
- September 1982 - June 1983: Visiting Associate Professor at the University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA, and at Brown University, Providence, RI,USA.
- January 1985 - July 1985: Visiting Associate Professor, Lefschetz Center for Dynamical Systems, Division of Applied Mathematics, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.
- March 1985 - February 1987: Consultant at the Institute for Computer Applications in Science and Engineering at NASA Langley, Virginia, USA.
- December 1985: Declined call to C3-Professor in Erlangen, Germany.
- February 1989 - July 1989: Visiting Professor, Division of Applied Mathematics, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.
- September 1991 - March 1992: Visiting Professor at Institute de Rechere en Informatique et en Automatique (INRIA), Rocquencourt, France.
- 1992: Call to chairs in Berlin and Vienna.
- January 1994: Visiting Professor at Paris IX (Université de Paris-Dauphine).
- March 1994: Visiting Professor at Institute de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (INRIA9, Rocquencourt, France.
- November 1993 - October 1996: Professor of Mathematics (C4) at Technical University Berlin.
- November 1996 - present: Full Professor of Mathematics at University of Graz, Austria.
- 1998: Call to C4-Professorship at University of München.
- 2003: offer to C4-Professorship at the University of Stuttgart.
- since Oct. 2004: Group Leader of the Group "Optimization and Optimal Control" at RICAM.
Academic Honors and Awards
- Pro Scienta-Scholarship 1974 - 1977.
- Research Award of Theodor-Körner-Fonds, Vienna, April 1979.
- Fulbright Travel Scholarship in academic years 1979/80, 1985.
- Max Kade Scholarship 1982/83.
- Fellowship of the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science,March 1990.
- Award of Christian Doppler Laboratory Fellowship, April 1992.
Publications
- Time optimal control for a reaction diffusion system arising in cardiac electrophysiology - a monolithic approach. / Kunisch, Karl; Pieper, Konstantin; Rund, Armin.
in: ESAIM-MATHEMATICAL MODELLING AND NUMERICAL ANALYSIS-MODELISATION MATHEMATIQUE ET ANALYSE NUMERIQUE, Jahrgang 50, Nr. 2, 01.03.2016, S. 381-414.