What is Gerhard J. Woeginger?
[[File:GerhardWoeginger 2011 MFO14972.jpg|right|200px]] '''Gerhard J. Woeginger''' (31 May 1964 – 1 April 2022) was an Austrian mathematician and computer scientist. He worked in Germany as a professor at [[RWTH Aachen University]].<ref>{{citation|url=http://algo.rwth-aachen.de/english/mitarbeiter.php|title=Algorithmen und Komplexität|publisher=RWTH|access-date=17 January 2017|archive-date=7 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170107150327/http://algo.rwth-aachen.de/english/mitarbeiter.php|url-status=dead}}.</ref> He was program chair of the [[European Symposium on Algorithms]] in 1997. In 1996, Woeginger won the [[Start-Preis]].<ref>{{citation|url=http://list.fwf.ac.at/de/wissenschaft-konkret/im-fokus-start/starter-liste/1996|title=Die START-ProjektleiterInnen im Portrait: Jahrgang 1996|publisher=[[Austrian Science Fund]]|access-date=19 September 2015|archive-date=29 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160529174022/http://list.fwf.ac.at/de/wissenschaft-konkret/im-fokus-start/starter-liste/1996|url-status=dead}}.</ref> He was elected a member of the [[Academia Europaea]] in 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ae-info.org/ae/Member/Woeginger_Gerhard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328104806/https://www.ae-info.org/ae/Member/Woeginger_Gerhard |title=Gerhard Woeginger |publisher=Academia Europaea |archive-date=28 March 2019}}</ref> Woeginger died on 1 April 2022, at the age of 57.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://algo.rwth-aachen.de/ |title=Startseite |language=de |trans-title=Home Page |publisher=RWTH Aachen, Lehrstuhl für Informatik 1 – Algorithmen und Komplexität |access-date=4 April 2022 |quote=Am 1. April ist Prof. Gerhard Woeginger im Alter von 57 Jahren nach schwerer Krankheit überraschend verstorben. |trans-quote=On 1 April, Prof. Gerhard Woeginger died suddenly after a severe illness at the age of 57.}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Woeginger, Gerhard J.}} [[Category:1964 births]] [[Category:2022 deaths]] [[Category:Austrian mathematicians]] [[