Dr Daniel Dörfler
lecturer mathematical optimization
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Publications
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Peer-reviewed publications
- Dörfler, D., Löhne, A.: A polyhedral approximation algorithm for recession cones of spectrahedral shadows. J. Nonlinear Var. Anal. 8(4), 549-569 (2024). articleExternal link, preprintExternal link.
- Dörfler, D., Löhne, A.: Convex sets approximable as the sum of a compact set and a cone. J. Nonlinear Var. Anal. 8(4), 681-689 (2024). articleExternal link, preprintExternal link.
- Dörfler, D., Löhne, A.: Polyhedral approximation of spectrahedral shadows via homogenization. J. Optim. Theory Appl. 200(2), 874-890 (2024). articleExternal link, preprintExternal link.
- Dörfler, D.: On the approximation of unbounded convex sets by polyhedra. J. Optim. Theory Appl. 194(1), 265-287 (2022). articleExternal link, preprintExternal link.
- Dörfler, D., Löhne, A., Schneider, C., Weißing, B.: A Benson-type algorithm for bounded convex vector optimization problems with vertex selection. Optim. Methods Softw. 37(3), 1006-1026 (2022). articleExternal link, preprintExternal link.
- Löhne, A., Dörfler, D., Rittmann, A., Weißing, B.: Solving bilevel problems with polyhedral constraint set. J. Appl. Numer. Optim. 1(3), 243-251 (2019). articleExternal link.
- Dörfler, D., Löhne, A.: Geometric duality and parametric duality for multiple objective linear programs are equivalent. J. Nonlinear Convex Anal. 19(7), 1181-1188 (2018). articleExternal link, preprintExternal link.
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Preprints
- Dörfler, D., Köhler, R., Löhne, A.: A solution concept for convex vector optimization problems based on a user-defined region of interest. arXiv preprint (2026). preprintExternal link.
- Salomon, L., Dörfler, D., Löhne, A.: MOCVXPY: a CVXPY extension for multiobjective optimization. arXiv preprint (2025). preprintExternal link.
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Theses
- PhD thesis: Calculus of unbounded spectrahedral shadows and their polyhedral approximationExternal link. 2023. Jena.
Academic career
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Positions
- since 07.2024: lecturer
- Friedrich Schiller University Jena
- 10.2023 - 03.2024: interim professorship "Mathematical Optimization 1"
- Friedrich Schiller University Jena
- 10.2019 - 09.2023: research associate and PhD student
- Friedrich Schiller University Jena
- 05.2017 - 07.2022: various activities as research assistant as well as lectureships
- Friedrich Schiller University Jena and Ernst Abbe University of Applied Sciences Jena
- since 07.2024: lecturer
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Degrees
- 2019-2023: Dr rer. nat., summa cum laude
- Friedrich Schiller University Jena
- Title of the PhD thesis: Calculus of unbounded spectrahedral shadows and their polyhedral approximation
- Reviewers of the PhD thesis:
- Prof. Dr Andreas Löhne, FSU Jena (supervisor)
- Prof. Dr Birgit Rudloff, WU Vienna
- Prof. Dr Gabriele Eichfelder, TU Ilmenau
- 2017-2019: M.Sc. Mathematics, 1.0
- Friedrich Schiller University Jena
- Title of the master's thesis: A Benson-type algorithm for convex multiple objective optimization problems with vertex selection
- 2013-2017: B.Sc. Mathematics, 1.3
- Friedrich Schiller University Jena
- Title of the bachelor's thesis: Equivalence of two duality theories in multiple objective linear optimization (in german)
- 2005-2013: general university entrance qualification, 1.3
- State grammar school "Johann-Gottfried-Seume" Vacha
- 2019-2023: Dr rer. nat., summa cum laude
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Awards and honours
- PhD award 2024
- endowed by the Friends and Patrons of the Friedrich Schiller University Jena
- master's thesis award 2020
- of the dean of the faculty of mathematics and computer science, Friedrich Schiller University Jena
- Deutschlandstipendium (german public-private scholarship)
- 2018-2019 endowed by EQUIcon Software GmbH Jena
- 2017-2018 endowed by Carl Zeiss Foundation Stuttgart
- PhD award 2024
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Certificates
- teaching qualification basic
- certificate from the service center LehreLernen for higher education didactics
- teaching qualification basic
Contact details
Daniel Dörfler, Dr
lecturer mathematical optimization
- Phone
- +49 3641 9-46221
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