Jürgen Dassow

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Jürgen Dassow (* 1947 in Burg Stargard ) is a German mathematician and professor of theoretical computer science .

He is particularly concerned with automata theory and formal languages. From 1991 to 1993 he was Vice-Rector for Science at the Technical University of Magdeburg, and from 1993 to 1996 he was the founding rector of Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg .

Live and act

Jürgen Dassow was born in Burg Stargard, southeast of Neubrandenburg in what is now the Mecklenburg Lake District in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania , and grew up there. He attended a polytechnic high school (POS) and then an extended high school (EOS), where he graduated from high school in 1966 . Immediately after graduating from high school, he studied mathematics at the traditional University of Rostock , which he graduated in 1972 as a graduate mathematician . In a research study from 1970 to 1972, he developed his thesis with which he in 1972 received his doctorate (Dr. rer nat..).

From 1972 to 1980 he worked as a research assistant, and during this time he received his habilitation in 1978 (Dr. sc. Nat., Later changed to Dr. rer. Nat. Habil.), After having previously acquired the Facultas Docendi teaching qualification .

Jürgen Dassow was appointed as a university lecturer at the Otto-von-Guericke Technical University in Magdeburg in 1980. In 1987 he was appointed professor for algebra at the Technical University Otto-von-Guericke Magdeburg . From 1987 to 1990 he was director of the Mathematics and Physics section, the forerunner of today's Faculty of Mathematics at the Otto von Guericke University in Magdeburg . He was then appointed by the then Rector Richard Teßmer for the office of Vice Rector for Science, which he held from 1991 to 1993.

In 1992 Dassow was appointed to the chair for theoretical computer science. His main areas of work were the theory of formal languages and automata theory .

When the Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg was founded on October 3, 1993, Jürgen Dassow was elected founding rector and thus had a large number of tasks to deal with. In the wake of German reunification in 1990, a broad discussion arose about the restructuring of the academic institutions in Magdeburg. Various objectives developed from the establishment of a full university in Magdeburg , which was to be formed from the existing institutions of the Technical University of Magdeburg , the Medical Academy Magdeburg and the University of Education Magdeburg . The then rector Richard Teßmer worked closely with the various academic bodies of these institutions in the preparation phase.

It was the responsibility of the founding rector, Dassow, in particular to re-establish the university's faculties and make them operational so that institutes could in turn be built up within them. The appointment of numerous new university professors to existing and newly established chairs also took place during Dassow's tenure. The establishment and development of affiliated institutes such as the Institute for Automation and Communication (ifak, founder: Peter Neumann ) and the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems (founding director: Ernst Dieter Gilles ) were on Dassow's agenda. Likewise, the provision of special health care for the population through facilities of the medical faculty.

New building for the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, at the same time as a new gateway to the new Otto von Guericke University

The necessary planning and the start of construction of university buildings was also necessary and had to be managed and skilfully negotiated by the founding rector Dassow. Thus, among other things, a faculty of electrical engineering and information technology was created together with a new faculty building, in whose development process Ulrich Korn was heavily involved, who then worked as vice dean in 1992/93 and in 1994/98 as dean . This new building also designed a new gate to the new university. And Dassow had to do all of this under the conditions of the sharp increase in the number of students. He held this demanding founding office until 1996, when he was certified to be successful on all sides. Harald Böttger then followed him in office .

In 1998 Dassow became dean of the faculty for computer science until 2004. Dassow developed the faculty into one of the most successful computer science faculties in Germany. At that time he introduced innovations such as the establishment of the nationwide first SAP University Competence Center (UCC), the introduction of new courses such as engineering informatics, the relocation of the faculty to its own building or the first junior professorships at the faculty. At the end of his term of office, the Faculty of Computer Science Magdeburg was one of the best equipped computer science faculties in Germany, so it was read, among other things, in a report in the Süddeutsche Zeitung .

Jürgen Dassow was officially retired on September 18, 2012 with a celebratory colloquium.

Jürgen Dassow is married and has two grown children, he lives in Magdeburg.

Publications (selection)

Dassow is author / co-author of 4 monographs and more than 200 articles in scientific journals, of around 20 proceedings and over 100 lectures in almost 20 countries.

  • Completeness problems in the structural theory of automata. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1981.
  • Jürgen Dassow, Gheorghe Păun: Regulated Rewriting in Formal Language Theory. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1989, ISBN 978-3-05-500408-7 ; Springer, Berlin; Heidelberg; New York; London; Paris; Tokyo; Hong Kong 1989, ISBN 978-3-540-51414-5 .
  • Logic for computer scientists. Teubner, Stuttgart; Leipzig; Wiesbaden 2005, ISBN 978-3-519-00518-6 .
  • Henning Bordihn, Martin Kutrib, Bianca Truthe (editor), Jürgen Dassow (celebrated): Languages ​​alive - essays dedicated to Jürgen Dassow on the occasion of his 65th birthday. Springer, Berlin; Heidelberg 2012, ISBN 978-3-642-31643-2 .

literature

  • Ernst Dieter Gilles : Systems with distributed parameters. Introduction to control theory. Oldenbourg, Munich; Vienna 1973, ISBN 3-486-33911-7 .
  • Manfred Thoma : Heinz Töpfer 60 years. In: Automation technology, Munich. Vol. 38, No. 7, 1990, pp. 245-246.
  • Hans-Joachim Zander , Georg Bretthauer : Prof. Heinz Töpfer on his 80th birthday. In: Automation technology, Munich. Vol. 58, No. 7, 2010, pp. 413-415.
  • Eugen-Georg Woschni : Life in three German states - A Saxon reports. Tauchaer Verlag, Taucha / Leipzig 2012. ISBN 978-3897722156 .
  • Peter Neumann : Automation technology at the Magdeburg alma mater. In: Mechanical and plant engineering in the Magdeburg region at the beginning of the 21st century. Future based on tradition. Delta-D publishing house, Axel Kühling, Magdeburg 2014, ISBN 978-3-935831-51-2 .
  • Werner Kriesel : Future models for computer science, automation and communication. In: Frank Fuchs-Kittowski; Werner Kriesel (Ed.): Computer science and society. Festschrift for the 80th birthday of Klaus Fuchs-Kittowski . Frankfurt a. M., Bern, Bruxelles, New York, Oxford, Warszawa, Vienna: Peter Lang Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften, PL Academic Research 2016, ISBN 978-3-631-66719-4 (print), E- ISBN 978-3-653 -06277-9 (e-book).
  • Peter Neumann (Hrsg.): Magdeburg's automation technology in transition - from industrial to research location. Authors: Christian Diedrich , Rolf Höltge, Ulrich Jumar, Achim Kienle, Reinhold Krampitz, Günter Müller, Peter Neumann, Konrad Pusch, Helga Rokosch, Barbara Schmidt, Ulrich Schmucker, Gerhard Unger, Günter Wolf. Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg ; Institute for Automation and Communication Magdeburg (ifak), Magdeburg 2018, production: Grafisches Centrum Cuno GmbH & Co. KG, Calbe (Saale), ISBN 978-3-944722-75-7 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jürgen Dassow: About the behavior of local rings and their numerical characters in monoidal transformations. Dissertation A, University of Rostock, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Technical Sciences, Rostock 1972.
  2. ↑ Jürgen Dassow: A modified concept of completeness in an algebra of machine mappings. Habilitation thesis (dissertation B), University of Rostock, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Technical Sciences, Rostock 1978.
  3. ^ Quoted from Graham Horton , subsequent dean of the Faculty of Computer Science. In: Carola Lehmann: University of Magdeburg says goodbye to its founding rector in retirement. Communication from the university dated September 19, 2012.
personal data
SURNAME Dassow, Jürgen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German mathematician and professor of computer science, founding rector
DATE OF BIRTH 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Stargard Castle