Alwin Walther Medal

The Alwin Walther Medal was awarded between 1997 and 2010 by the Technical University of Darmstadt for outstanding achievements as well as for extraordinary research and development work in the fields of computer science or applied mathematics .

Since 2016, the Robert Piloty Prize , which is endowed with 10,000 euros and includes award winners from the fields of electrical engineering and information technology, has been awarded in succession to the Alwin Walther Medal .

Alwin Oswald Walther,
Darmstadt 1964 in his IPM

Alwin Walther

Alwin Oswald Walther (1898–1967) was a German mathematician , engineer and university professor . He is one of the pioneers of computer technology in Germany . At his Institute for Practical Mathematics (IPM) at the Technical University in Darmstadt , the first commercial computer was installed as early as 1957, on which all students of the university could learn to program. His work aimed at the use of mathematics in the natural , engineering and economic sciences . He was instrumental in setting up the German Computer Center (DRZ) in Darmstadt.

Award winners

• 1997: Hans H. Jung , Hans-Peter Kohlhammer
• 2000: Robert Piloty , Willi Jäger
• 2002: Hartmut Wedekind , Karl-Heinz Hoffmann
• 2004: Roland Bulirsch , Theo Härder
• 2006: Reinhard Wilhelm , Martin Grötschel
• 2008: Klaus Tschira , Karl Kunisch
• 2010: Peter Deuflhard , Wolfgang Effelsberg

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Invitation to the awarding of the Alwin Walther Medal 2010 on November 2, 2010.
2. ↑ The Robert Piloty Prize. In: tu-darmstadt.de. Retrieved August 25, 2018 . 
3. ↑ Personnel and course catalog 1959/60 of the Technical University of Darmstadt, p. 44.

Web links

• Alwin Walther Medal at the TU Darmstadt