UCPH mathematician awarded the Elite Research Travelling Scholarship

Photo: Anders Holmgaard, Berlingske

Altogether three PhD students from University of Copenhagen did 25 February 2016 recieve an Elite Research travelling scholarship of 30,000 USD, respectively.

One of the happy prize winners is Mathias Bæk Tejs Knudsen. With a background from Department of Computer Sciences he now studies at Department of Computer Science (DIKU). He specialises in theoretical computer science and discrete mathematics, notably graph theory, as well as the understanding of randomness in analysis and construction of algorithms.

The prize winners are considered some of Denmark's most talented research students. They will now be given the opportunity to visit other universities and establish relationships in international research environments. They are, moreover, expected to serve as role models for other young people considering a research career.

Mathias will use his scholarship to finance his participation in a number of upcoming international top research conferences such as STOC, FOCS and SODA. For the latter Mathias has, by the way, already published a paper. Moreover, Mathias plans to visit a number of American universities such as Stanford and Princeton, where he has already established relationships within the algorithmic research environments.