Prof. Dr. Thomas Hanschke
Career
| 1949 | May 13, born in Erlangen |
| 1968-1974 | Studies of mathematics and economics at the Universities of Karlsruhe and Freiburg |
| 1978 | Doctorate (Dr. rer. nat.) at the University of Karlsruhe |
| 1979-1980 | Research fellow of the DFG. Visiting researcher at the Institute of Statistics of the Graz University of Technology and at the Institute of Mathematical Stochastics of the University of Freiburg |
| 1980-1986 | Research associate at the Department of Mathematics at the University of Mainz |
| 1985-1990 | Lecturer at the Department of Mathematics at the University of Kaiserslautern |
| 1986 | Joined IBM Germany |
| 1987 | Senior consultant IBM Germany |
| 1990 | Habilitation at the Department of Mathematics of the University of Mainz |
| 1990 | Senior consultant IBM Germany |
| 1991 | Appointment to the position of university professor (BesGr. C 4) for "Stochastic Models in Engineering Sciences" at the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science of the TU Clausthal |
| 1995 | Senior management consultant IBM Germany |
| 1998 | Appointment to the IBM Technical Expert Council (advisory board of IBM Executive Management Europe) |
| 1996-2000 | Dean of the Mathem.-Naturwiss. Faculty of the Technical University of Clausthal |
| 2000-2002 | Prorector for Studies and Teaching at the Clausthal University of Technology |
| 2002-2009 | Vice President for Studies and Teaching at Clausthal University of Technology |
| 07/2008-2009 | Executive President of the Clausthal University of Technology |
| since 21.10.2009 | President of the Clausthal University of Technology |
| since 01/01/2011 | Chairman of the Presidium of the Technical University of Lower Saxony |
Prizes and awards
| 1987 | Outstanding Innovation Award of IBM |
| 1990 | Exceptional Achievement Award of IBM |
| 1992 | Appointment to the IBM Academy of Technology |
| 1995 | Appointment as Senior Technical Staff Member of IBM Corporation |
Visiting Professor
| WS 1996/97 | Graz University of Technology |
Research associations, working groups and committees
| since 2010 | Member of the board of the e-learning academic network e.V. |
| since 2004 | Managing Director of the Simulation Science Center of the Clausthal University of Technology |
| 2002-2010 | Chairman of the Advisory Board for Study and Student Counseling of the State University Conference of Lower Saxony |
| 1992-2003 | Head of the "Technology Board" of IBM Deutschland Speichersysteme GmbH |
| 1992-2003 | Speaker of the VDI expert committee "Simulation and Optimization |
Research areas
- Applied stochastic processes
- Generalized matrix geometric methods and matrix continued fractions
- Queueing theory
- Service engineering (call center management, production planning and control, air traffic management)
Personal
- Artistic and writing activities: Photo and text productions (mainly in the field of alpine sports) for international daily newspapers, trade journals and magazines, including Der Stern, Der Spiegel, Quick, Die Zeit, Bunte Illustrierte, Hörzu, Epoca, Paris Match, Newsweek, etc.(Total circulation of all photos and texts: over 50 million).
- 1 book publication Alpine Ausrüstung (Rother Verlag, Munich, 1984).
- Cooperation with newspaper editors, publishers, press offices and advertising agencies for 40 years.
Contact
Phone: +49 5323 72-5210
Fax: +49 5323 72-2304 (Secretariat)
E-Mail: hanschke@math.tu-clausthal.de
Address
TU Clausthal
Institute of Mathematics
Stochastic Models in Engineering Group
Room 325 / Arnold-Sommerfeld-Strasse 6
38678 Clausthal-Zellerfeld