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Sohini Kar-Narayan takes up her position as the new director at the Max Planck Institute in Magdeburg
Prof. Dr. Sohini Kar-Narayan will take up her full-time position as the new director of the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems and as a Scientific Member of the Max Planck Society with effect from October 1, 2025. The materials scientist heads the new Materials Systems Engineering department and brings her expertise in the field of functionalized materials systems and devices to the Magdeburg institute.
Where do mathematics and AI fit together – and where do they not?
CDS member Prof. Dr. Thomas Kahle from the Faculty of Mathematics of the Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg discusses the impact of language models on mathematics research with Prof. Dr. Christian Stump from Ruhr University Bochum in the essay "Where Mathematics and AI Fit Together - and Where Not?".
Kick-Off EFRE Project "Further Development of the CDS" and general meeting
Am 11. September 2025 fand die Kickoffveranstaltung des EFRE-Projekt "Weiterentwicklung des CDS" und die diesjährige Mitgliederversammlung des Forschungszentrums Dynamische Systeme in der Lukasklause statt.
New members of the CDS
By decision of the Board of Directors, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Nicole Gehring and Prof. Dr.-Ing. Andreas Bück were admitted as new members of the Research Center for Dynamic Systems (CDS).
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Kai Sundmacher re-appointed a Fellow of the Max Planck School Matter to Life
CDS spokesperson Prof. Dr.-Ing. Kai Sundmacher, Director and Head of the Process Engineering Department at the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems Magdeburg, was re-appointed as a Fellow of the Max Planck School Matter to Life by the President of the Max Planck Society.
Dr.-Ing. Laura König-Mattern will be awarded the 2025 Deutscher Studienpreis by the Körber-Stiftung
Dr.-Ing. Laura König-Mattern is an alumna of the Process Engineering Department at the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems in Magdeburg. She was awarded second prize in the German Study Award for her doctoral thesis on "Systematic Solvent Screening and Design for Biomass Fractionation Processes."
How much is infinity minus infinity
In an article in the taz on answering children's questions, the podcast "Eigenraum" by CDS member Prof. Dr. Thomas Kahle was quoted.
CDS Progress Meeting "Dynamic Transportation Optimization"
On July 1, 2025, CDS member Prof. Dr. Marlin Ulmer invited to the CDS Progress Meeting in Building 22A at the Chair of Business Administration, especially Management Science, of the Faculty of Business and Economics.