Cordian Riener
Pro-Dean, Professor in mathematics
Job description
I work in the interplay of mathematics and theoretical computer science. One focus of my research is on questions related to the computational complexity of algorithmic questions in real algebraic geometry and optimization. Concretely, I am interested in polynomial optimization, the representation of positive polynomials by sums of squares, moment problems, quadrature formulas, algorithmic complexity, convex sets, and semidefinite relaxation.
Please visit my Research Homepage for more details on research and preprints.
I am leading the Algebra group and I am also one of the initiators of the Lie-Størmer Center for Fundamental Structures in Computational and Pure Mathematics. I currently also serve as a pro-dean at the faculty of science and technology with a focus on the PhD program. I am chair of the Norwegian Mathematics Council and a member of the board of the Abel Prize.
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Research interests
Real Algebraic Geometry, Optimization, Computational Algebra, Computational Complexity Theory
Teaching
Member of research group
CV
Education
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2000 - 2006 Mathematical economics (Universität Ulm)
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2003 - 2007 Philosophy (Universität Ulm)
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2004 - 2005 Master 2 Mathematiques pures (Université de Bordeaux 1)
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2007 - 2011 Dr. Phil nat in Mathematics (Goethe Universität Frankfurt)
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2009 - 2014 Magister Artium in Philosophy (Goethe Universität Frankfurt
- 2018 Habilitation in Mathematics (Universität Konstanz)
Positions
- Since 2019: Professor, UiT, Tromsø.
- 2018 - 2019 Associate Professor, UiT, Tromsø
- 2016 - 2018: Acting Professor (W2), Universität Konstanz
- 2012 - 2016: Aalto Science Institute Fellow, Aalto Ylliopisto, Helsinki.
- 2011 - 2012: Associate Fellow, Zukunftskolleg, Konstanz.
- 2007- 2011: Research Assistant, Goethe Universität Frankfurt.
Service
- 2023 - Norwegian Mathematics Council (chair)
- 2022 - Steering Board of the Abel Prize
- 2022 - 2023 SIAM AG Algebraic Geometry (officer)
- 2019 - 2020 Faculty board (NT Faculty UiT)
Conference organization
- ISSAC 2023 (Tromsø - chair local organization)
- Nasjonalt Matematikermøte 2022 (Tromsø - local organization committee)
- Baltic Way 2022 (Tromsø - chair local organization committee)
- Nordic Combinatorial Conference 2022 (Tromsø - local organization committee)
- Lie-Størmer Colloquium 2020 (Rosendal - organization committee)
- MEGA 2021 (Tromsø - virtual- chair local organization)
- A^3 — Arctic Applied Algebra (Tromsø - chair local organization committee)
- Applications of Real Algebraic Geometry 2014 (Aalto University)
- Mathematics, Algorithms, and Proofs 2012 (organizational committee)
Organization of smaller mathematical gatherings
- Combinatorial Hopf algebras and modern Lie theory with applications (Summer school Nordfjordeid)
- Symmetry, Stability, and Interactions with Computation (CIRM 2023)
- CATMI (Bergen -scientific committee)
- Topics in real and tropical algebraic geometry (Summer school Nordfjordeid)
- MFO-RIMS Tandem Workshop: Symmetries on Polynomial Ideals and Varieties (MFO)
- Summer school in Algebraic Statistics (2018 UiT)