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Stefania Petra, Professor

Mathematical Imaging Group
Institute of Applied Mathematics
Im Neuenheimer Feld 205,
Mathematikon A 4.209
69120 Heidelberg
Phone: +49 (0) 6221 54 14165
(secretary: Ms. Evelyn Wilhelm)
E-Mail: petra (at) math.uni (minus) heidelberg.de

Scientific Interests

My main research lies in Mathematical Imaging and Optimization. In particular, I am interested in Compressed Sensing as well as Variational Inequalities and Complementarity Problems, and how, using these tools, structures of signal- and data-generating models  can be exploited in Image Analysis and Inverse Problems.

Current Research

  • Tomography From Few Projections: Theory and Algorithms
  • Compressed Motion Sensing with Application to Dynamic Tomo PIV and Echo PIV
  • Structured Regularization for Multi-Channel Signal Recovery
  • Geometry of Multiplicative Iterative Solvers
  • Graphical Model Parameter Learning by Inverse Linear Programming
  • Geometric Image Labeling

Short CV

  • Jun 2001 B.Sc. in Mathematics and Computer Science at Cluj-Napoca University, Romania
  • Jun 2003 M.Sc. in Mathematics at Cluj-Napoca University
  • Jul 2006 Ph.D. in Mathematics at University Würzburg
  • Feb 2007 – Dec 2012 postdoctoral research fellow with IPA at Heidelberg University
    (former CVGPR Group, University Mannheim)
  • since 2013 – 2015  junior research group leader in the Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics at the University of Heidelberg, enrolled in the Margarete von Wrangell postdoctoral lecture qualification program
  • since 2015 professor (W2), Math. & Comp. Sci. Dept., Heidelberg University