Dirk Helbing

Dirk Helbing ( born January 19, 1965 in Aalen ) is since 2007 Professor of Sociology at the ETH Zurich.

Life and achievements

Helbing studied physics and mathematics in Göttingen doctorate and habilitation in Theoretical Physics in Stuttgart. As a scientist, he then worked in Israel, California and Hungary.

From 2000 to 2007 he was professor in Dresden for Verkehrsökonometrie and statistics, since he is a professor of sociology with emphasis Modelling and Simulation in Zurich. His research interests include behavioral models, decision theory and game theory, socio-economic systems (including Evolutionary Finance) and stochastic processes and Monte Carlo simulations.

Swell

  • Curriculum Vitae. ETH Zurich, 5 May 2010, archived from the original on 14 April 2011, accessed on 30 July 2010 (English ).
  • About the Institute. Technical University of Dresden 18 May 2010, archived from the original on 14 April 2011, accessed on 30 July 2010.

Publications (selection )

  • Stochastic methods, nonlinear dynamics and quantitative models of social processes. Shaker, Aachen, 1993, ISBN 3-86111-547-6.
  • Traffic dynamics: new physical modeling concepts. Springer, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-540-61927-5.
  • Managing complexity: insights, concepts, applications. Springer, Heidelberg 2008, ISBN 978-3-540-75260-8.
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