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Prof. Dr. Friedhelm Meyer auf der Heide appointed as a new member of the North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences, Humanities and the Arts
Professor Meyer auf der Heide, Head of the Algorithms and Complexity research group at the Heinz Nixdorf Institute and Head Speaker of the Collaborative Research Centre 901 "On-the-Fly Computing", was accepted into the North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences, Humanities and the Arts on Wednesday at the annual ceremony in Düsseldorf. Following in the footsteps of Professors Burkhard Monien and Franz J. Rammig, this makes him the third Computer Science researcher from the University of Paderborn to be distinguished by this award.
Friedhelm Meyer auf der Heide received his doctorate in Mathematics from the University of Bielefeld in 1981, completing his post-doctorate (habilitation) in Computer Science from the Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt in 1986. From 1984 to 1985 he worked as a visiting researcher at IBM Research in San Jose, California, USA. From 1986 to 1989 he conducted research and taught as a professor of Theoretical Computer Science at the University of Dortmund, moving from there to the University of Paderborn in 1989.
During his time as a professor at the University of Paderborn, he received numerous calls from Saarbrücken, Augsburg and from the industry, which he all declined. In 1992, he was jointly granted the Leibniz Prize of the German Research Foundation together with his colleague Professor Burkhard Monien. In 2007 he was accepted into the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. He is a member of the University Council at the University of Paderborn and is also active on the boards of several research institutions.
Friedhelm Meyer auf der Heide is delighted about receiving the prestigious award and sees important connections to his current key research interests: "In particular, due to today’s substantial topical discussion about the possibilities, limitations and risks of global networking in almost all areas of life, scientific disciplines must reach across their borders more intensively."
The North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences, Humanities and the Arts is an association of the state's leading researchers and home to nearly 20 scientific research projects. The Academy advises the state government on matters of research promotion and encourages scientific research. Like in the other seven State Academies in Germany, the members here foster the exchange of scientific ideas and maintain close contact with other scientific institutions at home and abroad.
We sincerely congratulate Friedhelm Meyer auf der Heide for this prestigious award!
