Two new members have been elected to the Dean's Office in the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Computer Science and Mathematics.
From October 1, 2025, Prof. Dr. Axel-Cyrille Ngonga Ngomo will take over the office of Vice Dean for Computer Science. He succeeds Prof. Dr. Eric Bodden, whom the Faculty would like to thank for his commitment. Also on October 1, Prof. Dr. Balázs Kovács will succeed Prof. Dr. Tobias Weich as Vice Dean for Mathematics. We would also like to thank Prof. Weich for his dedicated work in the Dean's Office.
Professor Kovács studied and completed his doctorate at ELTE Eötvös Loránd University in Hungary in 2016. In 2014, his path led him to the University of Tübingen as a DAAD Fellow in the group of Christian Lubich, where he subsequently completed his habilitation in 2018. As a DFG Heisenberg Fellow, he has been conducting research at the University of Regensburg in Harald Garcke's group since 2020. Since July 2023, he has been a Heisenberg Professor at the Institute of Mathematics in the field of numerical partial differential equations.
Prof. Dr. Ngonga studied at the University of Leipzig, where he also received his doctorate in 2009 and subsequently habilitated. He has received numerous awards for his research work, including 6 best paper awards at top conferences such as ISWC and ESWC and the Innovation Award of the Federal State of NRW 2024. The Lamarr and Next Einstein Fellow was able to win the University of Paderborn as a substitute professor for “Data Science” in 2016. He took over this professorship in 2017 and has now been teaching in this field for more than seven years. He has been a board member of the Heinz Nixdorf Institute since July 2024.
The Faculty wishes both new Vice Deans a successful start and looks forward to working together in the coming term of office.
