Hubertus Th. Jongen




 
** Born at July 1, 1947 in Oirsbeek (NL)  
** Secondary school (Gymnasium B) at Bisschoppelijk College in Sittard (NL)  
** Period 1965 - 1972
Royal Dutch Navy: Adelborst and Luitenant-ter-Zee  
** Period 1969 - 1970
3-semester study of mathematics at Twente University of Technology (NL)
degree: Baccalaureus Technische Wetenschappen (met lof) 
** Period 1972 - 1974
Scientific assistant at the Orthopedic University Hospital in Muenster (D)
(research group in biomechanics)
Autodidactic study of mathematics; degree(1973): Diplom-Mathematiker 
** Period 1974 - 1980
Scientific assistant at Twente University of Technology
Dissertation in 1977 (advisors: Prof.Dr.W.W.E.Wetterling and Prof.Dr.F.Takens/University of Groningen) 
** Period 1980 - 1982
Professor in mathematics at the University of Hamburg (D), Institute of Applied Mathematics) 
** From 1983 on:
Special professorship at the University of Hamburg (D)  
** In 1985:
(First) Professor at the guest-chair "Karl Weierstrass", Humboldt University of Berlin (D)  
** Since 1987:
Full Professor at the RWTH Aachen University (D)  
** In 1990:
(Co-)founder of the Special Interest Group for Optimization (SIGOPT) in Berlin (D)  
** 1992-1994 and 1996-1998:
Chairman Department of Mathematics, RWTH-Aachen  
** 1998-2000:
Senator of the RWTH-Aachen  
** Since 2001:
(First) ALMA-Professor at University Maastricht (NL)  
** In 2003:
Doctor honoris causa Shanxi University (Taiyuan, P. R. China)  
** Guest-/Visiting Professorship:
Universidad de La Habana, Berkeley (ICSI), University of Rome, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo Science University  
** International Conferences:
Member of the Executive Committee of the series: International Conference on Approximation and Optimization in the Caribbean (La Habana/Cuba 1993, Puebla/Mexico 1995, Caracas/Venezuela 1997, Pointe-a-Pitre/Guadeloupe 1999, Guatemala City/Guatemala 2001, Leon/Nicaragua 2004, Santo Domingo/Dominican Republic 2006, San Andres/Colombia 2008)
Member of the Executive Committee of the series: International Conference on Parametric Optimization and Related Topics (Plaue 1985, Eisenach 1989, Guestrow 1991, Enschede 1995, Tokyo 1997, Dubrovnik 1999, Puebla 2002, Cairo 2005, Cienfuegos 2007)
President of the 1st International Andean Conference on Operations Research, Cartagena de Indias, Colombia (2004)
(Co-)organizer and member of the International Programme Committee of numerous other international conferences.  

H.Th. Jongen - 07.12.2006