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Heinz-Otto Peitgen

Heinz-Otto Peitgen (born April 30, 1945 in Bruch, Nümbrecht near Cologne) is a German mathematician and was President of Jacobs University from January 1, 2013 to December 31, 2013. Peitgen contributed to the study of fractals, chaos theory, and medical image computing, as well as helping to introduce fractals to the broader public.[1]

Heinz-Otto Peitgen
President of Jacobs University
In office
2013–2014
Preceded byJoachim Treusch
Succeeded byAntonio Loprieno
Personal details
Born
Heinz-Otto Peitgen

(1945-04-30) April 30, 1945 (age 79)
Nümbrecht, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Alma materUniversity of Bonn
ProfessionScientist, University administrator

Life

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Peitgen studied mathematics, physics and economics from 1965 until 1971 in Bonn, where he received his PhD in 1973. His doctoral dissertation was entitled “Asymptotische Fixpunktsätze und Stabilität” (English: “Asymptotic Fixed-point Theorems and Stability”).[2]

After receiving his habilitation in 1977, he was awarded a professorship in mathematics at the University of Bremen, where he served until 2012.[citation needed] There, he was involved in establishing and developing the Institute for Dynamical Systems, where in 1982 he set up a computer graphics laboratory for mathematical experiments.[citation needed] Since 1992, Peitgen has served as the director of the Center for Complex Systems and Visualization (Centrum für Complexe Systeme und Visualisierung - CeVis) at the University of Bremen.[citation needed] His research specialties include mathematics, computer science and medical image computing, focusing on medical diagnostics and surgery with a particular emphasis on oncology, as well as neurodegenerative and cardio-vascular diseases.[citation needed] At the beginning of his career in 1970 he contributed to computational algebraic topology.[citation needed] Later in the 1980s he spearheaded fractal geometry in computer graphics, and in the early 1990s he introduced chaos theory and fractal geometry into mathematics education and spearheaded reforms in teacher training in the US.[citation needed] The second half of his career was almost entirely devoted to digital applications in medicine, in particular in radiology and surgery.[citation needed]

Peitgen held professorships simultaneously in Germany and the US. From 1985 until 1991, along with his professorship at the University of Bremen, he was also a professor of mathematics at the University of California, Santa Cruz;[citation needed] and from 1991 to 2012 he was a professor of mathematics and biomedical sciences at Florida Atlantic University.[citation needed] Currently,[when?] while retired from the University of Bremen, he is a professor emeritus at Florida Atlantic University.[citation needed] In 1995, he founded the not-for-profit Center for Medical Image Computing, MeVis Research GmbH, in Bremen, which became a Fraunhofer Society institute at the beginning of 2009[citation needed] and is now[when?] called the Fraunhofer MEVIS - Institute for Medical Image Computing.[citation needed] Peitgen left the directorship of the institute in 2012, after he retired from the University of Bremen.[citation needed] In 1997, Peitgen and some of his colleagues founded a commercial company, MeVis Medical Solutions AG (de), MMS, which has been listed on the German stock market since 2007.[citation needed] MMS is one of the world’s leading independent producers of software products for image-based medicine, particularly digital radiology.[citation needed] Peitgen served as the Chairman of the Supervisory Board between 2006 and 2015.[citation needed]

Peitgen has been appointed to chairs at several German and American universities and has served as a visiting professor at universities in Belgium, Brazil, Canada, the United States, Mexico and Italy.[citation needed] He is the author of several award-winning books,[citation needed] which were translated into German, Italian, Japanese, Chinese, Polish, and Russian and became worldwide bestsellers.[citation needed] Moreover, he created a series of films that have helped to publicize fractal geometry and chaos theory around the world.[citation needed] He is co-editor of several professional journals.[citation needed]

In 1992, Peitgen was elected as a member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts[citation needed] and in 2008 as a member of the Goettingen Academy of Sciences.[citation needed] In 2015 he was elected Dean of Class IV - Natural Sciences in the European Academy of Sciences and Arts.[citation needed] In 2015 he was awarded Dr.-Ing.h.c. from the Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg for his merits in medical image computing.[citation needed]

University Leadership

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On January 1, 2013, Dr. Peitgen took over as President of Jacobs University (Former International University Bremen), Bremen, Germany.[3] He was successor of former President Joachim Treusch. He resigned abruptly from the post at the end of 2013.[4]

Awards

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  • 1996: Verdienstkreuz 1. Klasse der Bundesrepublik Deutschland
  • 1999: Karl Heinz Beckurts-Preis für Forschung und Innovation[5]
  • 2005: Werner-Körte-Medaille in Gold der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Chirurgie (DGCH)[6]
  • 2006: Inducted as Fellow into the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science Hall of Fame at Florida Atlantic together with Benoit B. Mandelbrot [7]
  • 2006: Deutscher Gründerpreis 2006 in der Kategorie „Visionäre“[8]
  • 2013: Fraunhofer-Medaille[9]

Selected books

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  • The Beauty of Fractals, Springer, Heidelberg, 1986 (with P. H. Richter)
  • The Science of Fractal Images, Springer Verlag, Tokyo, Springer, New York, 1988 (with D. Saupe)
  • Newton's Method and Dynamical Systems, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, 1989
  • Fractals for the Classroom – Part One, Springer-Verlag, New York, and NCTM, 1991 (with H. Jürgens and D. Saupe)
  • Fractals for the Classroom – Part Two, Springer-Verlag, New York, and NCTM, 1992 (with H. Jürgens and D. Saupe)
  • Fractals for the Classroom – Strategic Activities, Vol. 1, Springer-Verlag, New York, and NCTM, 1990 (with H. Jürgens, D. Saupe, E. Maletsky, T. Perciante and L. Yunker)
  • Fractals for the Classroom – Strategic Activities, Vol. 2, Springer-Verlag, New York, and NCTM, 1992 (with H. Jürgens, D. Saupe, E. Maletsky, T. Perciante and L. Yunker)
  • Fractals for the Classroom – Strategic Activities, Vol. 3, Springer-Verlag, New York, and NCTM, 1999 (with H. Jürgens, D. Saupe, E. Maletsky, T. Perciante)
  • Chaos and Fractals: New Frontiers of Science, Springer-Verlag, 1992 (with H. Jürgens and D. Saupe); 2nd edition 2004, ISBN 0387202293

Notes

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Press Release Jacobs University 2013

  1. ^ Peitgen, Heinz-Otto; Richter, Peter H. (1986). The Beauty of Fractals. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-61717-1. ISBN 978-3-642-61719-5.
  2. ^ Peitgen, H.O (July 1974). "Asymptotic fixed-point theorems and stability". Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications. 47 (1): 32–42. doi:10.1016/0022-247x(74)90034-1. ISSN 0022-247X.
  3. ^ Press release of Jacobs University June 8, 2012 news archive entry: "Change in leadership: Heinz-Otto Peitgen will be the next President..." Archived December 16, 2021, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "Prof. Dr. Heinz-Otto Peitgen resigns as President of Jacobs University at the end of the year | Jacobs University". 2014-03-25. Archived from the original on 2014-03-25. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
  5. ^ Preisträger des Karl Heinz Beckurts-Preises
  6. ^ Preisträger der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Chirurgie
  7. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-03-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. ^ Deutscher Gründerpreis 2006 Archived 2013-02-06 at archive.today
  9. ^ Fraunhofer-Medaille für Heinz Otto Peitgen. Pressemitteilung vom 6. September 2013 beim Informationsdienst Wissenschaft (idw-online.de)

References

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