Andrii Mironchenko’s work is concerned with so-called infinite-dimensional systems – mathematical models that may underlie optimised, adaptive and self-regulating traffic-control systems, for example, or intelligent power networks. They fall within the field of mathematical systems theory, which develops the theoretical foundations needed to control and stabilise dynamical systems. Endowed with €10,000, this year’s award was presented on 29 October in connection with the Gauss Lecture of the German Mathematical Society (Deutsche Mathematiker-Vereinigung, DMV) in Bochum.
- DFG Press-Release
- Press-release of the Universität Passau, where Andrii Mironchenko carried out his habilitation in 2023
Dr. habil. Andrii Mironchenko, Chair of Applied Mathematics at The University of Bayreuth, was awarded von Kaven Award, conferred by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) in recognition of his outstanding research in mathematical systems theory.
After studying applied mathematics at Odesa I.I. Mechnikov National University, Ukraine, Mironchenko obtained his doctorate at the University of Bremen with a dissertation on the stability of infinite-dimensional control systems. Following a postdoctoral position at the University of Würzburg and a fellowship from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science at the Kyushu Institute of Technology, he worked as a postdoc at the University of Passau, where he completed his habilitation (post-doctoral lecturing qualification, habilitation thesis title: “Input-to-state stability of distributed parameter systems”) in 2023. After teaching at the University of Klagenfurt, Austria, he moved to the University of Bayreuth in December 2024. Since then, he has received funding under the DFG’s Heisenberg Programme.
Mironchenko is the author of more than 70 journal and conference papers in the fields of control theory and applied mathematics. He is also co-founder and co-organiser of the biennial workshop series “Stability and Control of Infinite-Dimensional Systems”, and he is a Senior Member of the international professional association IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers). In 2023, he received the IEEE CSS George S. Axelby Outstanding Paper Award, and in 2024 the Karl-Heinz-Pollok-Gedächtnispreis of the University of Passau for his habilitation thesis.
The von Kaven Award
The Kaven Award usually goes to mathematicians participating in the DFG’s Heisenberg Programme or Emmy Noether Programme as a special distinction, but may also be awarded on recommendation for outstanding research achievements by mathematicians working in the European Union. The recipient is selected by the DFG’s Mathematics review board. The prize money comes from a foundation established in 2004 by mathematician Herbert von Kaven together with the DFG. Von Kaven was primarily interested in the foundations of mathematics, to which he was committed to promoting throughout his life. He died in 2009 at the age of 101.