Dr. rer. nat. habil. Abebe Geletu W. Selassie

He received his B.Sc. degree in Mathematics in 1987 and M.Sc. degree in Applied Optimization in 1995 from Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia. He received his Ph.D. degree in Computational Optimization in 2004 and Habilitus (professional qualification) in Systems Optimization in 2018, both from the Technology University of Ilmenau, Germany.

Dr. Geletu worked as a lecturer from 1989 to 1998 at Haramaya University, Ethiopia. Prior to joining AIMS in September 2021, for 24 years he was an academic staff and a senior research scientist in applied mathematics, numerical methods of optimization, stochastic optimization, control engineering, data-driven optimization, machine learning, image processing, and computer vision, etc. with applications in engineering sciences at the Technology University of Ilmenau, Germany. His current research focus includes systems optimization for sustainable resources utilization in Africa, multidisciplinary research and development for addressing engineering problems, AI, and Data-driven approaches to complex problems.