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Romberg Visiting Professor 2008 Prof. Hoang Xuan Phu

Prof. Phu was appointed in 2008 as the first Romberg Visiting Professor of the Heidelberg Graduate School of Mathematical and Computational Methods for the Sciences (HGS MathComp). The program was one of three central funding lines of the Excellence Initiative (2005–2017) launched by the German federal and state governments to structure the training of young scientists at German universities and raise its international profile. 

With this program, the HGS MathComp invites leading researchers working in a relevant field for a stay of typically two months. The guests invited via the Romberg Program participate in joint research and make substantial contributions to the training program by complementing the teaching done by the members or by disseminating their latest research results at the school.

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Personal Data

Male, born 1956 in Nghe An, Vietnam
Nationality: Vietnamese 

Education

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School

Quang Ninh, Viet Nam

Thai Binh, Viet Nam

1962 - 1965

1966 - 1973

Study of German
College for Foreign Languages in Ha Noi and Herder-Institut in Leipzig
1974 - 1975
Study of Mathematics 
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Eberhard Zeidler
University of Leipzig
1975 - 1979
Diploma thesis
Supervisor: Doz. Dr. Günter Deweß
University of Leipzig
1979
Promotion (Dr. rer. nat.)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Rolf Klötzler
University of Leipzig
1981 - 1983
Habilitation (Dr. sc. nat.)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Rolf Klötzler
University of Leipzig
1985 - 1987

Scientific Employment

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Researcher
Institute of Mathematics, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology
1984 - 1991
Associate Professor
Institute of Mathematics, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology
1992 - 1995
Professor
Institute of Mathematics, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology
Since 1996

Selected Scientific Functions

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Chair of the Scientific Commission of the Institute of Mathematics, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology
2007 - 2012
Ambassador Scientist (Vertrauenswissenschaftler) of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung), Germany
2010 - 2016
Asian Member of the Commission for Developing Countries (CDC) of the International Mathematical Union (IMU)
2011 - 2014
Member of the CDC-Grant Selection Committee (CDC-GSC)
2011 - 2014

Fellowships

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Research Fellowship of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
Host: Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. mult. Roland Bulirsch, Technical University Munich
Jan. - Dec. 1989
Hosts: Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. mult. Karl-Heinz Hoffmann and Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. mult. Hans Georg Bock, University of Augsburg
Jul. - Dec. 1990
Host: Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. mult. Hans Georg Bock, University of Heidelberg
Aug. - Sep. 2012
Regular Associate of the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste
1999 - 2005

Honors

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Member (Korrespondierendes Mitglied) of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities (Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften)
Elected in 2004
Romberg Visiting Professor, Heidelberg Graduate School of Mathematical and Computational Methods for the Sciences (HGS MathComp), Heidelberg University
Elected in 2008
Member (Korrespondierendes Mitglied) of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities (Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften)
Elected in 2010
Fellow of TWAS, The World Academy of Sciences - for the advancement of science in developing countries
Elected in 2013
Member of the IMU Circle
Since 2014
Fellow of acatech - National Academy of Science and Engineering, Germany - Deutsche Akademie der Technikwissenschaften
Elected in 2019
Fellow of the European Academy of Sciences
Elected in 2025

Universities and Institutions Visited

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Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities
Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg
Center of Advanced European Studies and Research (caesar), Bonn
Chemnitz University of Technology
Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok
DFG Research Center MATHEON, Berlin
Facultes Universitaires de Namur
Graz University of Technology
Heidelberg University
Johannes Kepler University of Linz
Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg
Leipzig University
Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach
Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences, Leipzig
Osaka Metropolitan University
Peking University
Pukyong National University, Pusan, Korea
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich)
Technical University Munich
Technische Universität Berlin
Technische Universität Darmstadt
Technische Universität Ilmenau
Technische Universität Wien
The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste
Trier University
Universität Hamburg
Universität Karlsruhe
University of Augsburg
University of Bayreuth
University of Duisburg-Essen
University of Freiburg
University of Giessen
University of London
University of Warsaw
University of Zurich
Zuse Institute Berlin (ZIB)

Editorial Positions

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Member of the Editorial Board of Acta Mathematica Vietnamica
1996 - 1999
Member of the Editorial Board of Vietnam Journal of Mathematical Applications
2003 - 2011
Associate Editor of East Asian Journal on Applied Mathematics (Global Science Press)
2011 - 2017
Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Vietnam Journal of Mathematics (Springer)
1998 - 2011
Editor-in-Chief of Vietnam Journal of Mathematics (Springer)
2011 - 2022
Honorary Editor-in-Chief of Vietnam Journal of Mathematics (Springer)
Since 2023
Associate Editor of Mathematische Nachrichten (Wiley)
Since 2011
Member of the Editorial Board of Optimization (Taylor & Francis)
Since 2016
Member of the Editorial Board of Numerical Functional Analysis and Optimization (Taylor & Francis)
Since 2017
Member of the Editorial Board of Journal of Industrial and Management Optimization (American Institute of Mathematical Sciences)
Since 2017
Associate Editor of Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications (Springer)
Since 2021
Associate Editor of Computational Management Science (Springer)
Since 2022

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