Welzl, Emo#
Studied Computer Science in Graz, finnishing with a Ph.D. He was appointed Professor in Berlin when only 28 years old! In 1996 he accepted a Full Professorship of Computer Science at the Institute for Theoretical Computer Science of the ETH Zurich. He was also involved in high administrative posttions and retired as professor (but not as researcher) end of 2023.
Fields of Scholarship:
foundations of computer science
algorithms and data structures
computational geometry and applications
combinatorial models for optimization
analysis of geometric structures
randomized methods
discrete geometry
satisfiability
For more information and contact:
See his area of Member of the Academia Europaea
Sein Abschiedsinterview (Interview at begin of retirement)