Sebastian Pokutta

Sebastian Pokutta has a diverse work experience in academia and industry. Sebastian currently holds the position of Vice President at Zuse Institute Berlin since September 2019. Sebastian is also a Co-Founder of Quantagonia, starting from November 2021.

Prior to these roles, Pokutta served as a Professor at Technische Universität Berlin starting in September 2019. Before that, they worked at Georgia Institute of Technology for several years, where they held various positions such as David M. McKenney Family Associate Professor, Associate Director of the Center of Machine Learning (ML@GT), and Assistant Professor.

Pokutta has also been involved in mentoring as a Mentor at CyberLaunch VC from November 2015 to August 2019. Sebastian has also held positions as a Professor for Algorithmic Discrete Mathematics at Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Lecturer for Operations Research and Statistics at MIT, and Postdoctoral researcher at Technische Universität Darmstadt.

In addition to their academic work, Pokutta has industry experience. Sebastian worked as a Senior Associate at KDB Krall Demmel Baumgarten GmbH and held roles as an Operations Research Consultant and Consultant (Optimization) at ILOG.

Overall, Sebastian Pokutta has contributed to academia, industry, and entrepreneurship through their various roles and experiences.

Sebastian Pokutta has an extensive education history in the field of Mathematics and Operations Research. Sebastian completed their PhD at the University of Duisburg-Essen from 1999 to 2005. Following their doctorate degree, they pursued further studies and completed a Post Doc in Mathematics & Operations Research at the University of Duisburg-Essen from 2005 to 2006. Sebastian then continued their post-doctoral studies at the MIT Sloan School of Management from 2006 to 2007, specializing in Operations Research.