Benedikt Löwe MAE (born 1972) is a German mathematician and logician working at the universities of Hamburg and Cambridge.[1] He is known for his work on mathematical logic and the foundations of mathematics, as well as for initiating the interdisciplinary conference series Foundations of the Formal Sciences (FotFS; 1999–2013) and Computability in Europe (CiE; since 2005).[2]

Benedikt Löwe
Benedikt Löwe in Prague, August 2019
Born1972
Alma materUniversity of Tübingen, Humboldt University of Berlin
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics, Logic
Thesis Blackwell Determinacy  (2001)
Doctoral advisorsRonald Jensen
Donald Anthony Martin

Biography edit

Löwe studied mathematics and philosophy at the universities of Hamburg, Tübingen, HU Berlin, and Berkeley. In 2001, he completed his PhD entitled Blackwell Determinacy about determinacy under supervision of Donald A. Martin and Ronald Björn Jensen.[3] He worked at the Institute for Logic, Language and Computation of the University of Amsterdam from 2003 to 2023. In 2009, he was appointed professor for mathematical logic and interdisciplinary applications of logic at the University of Hamburg[4] and is also an extraordinary fellow at Churchill College of the University of Cambridge.[5] Löwe was Managing Editor of the journal Mathematical Logic Quarterly from 2011 to 2022.[6]

He was the President of the German Association for Mathematical Logic and for Basic Research in the Exact Sciences (DVMLG) from 2012 to 2022 and the Secretary General of the Division for Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science and Technology of the International Union of History and Philosophy of Science and Technology[7] from 2015 to 2023. Since 2023, he is one of the Vice Presidents of the International Council for Philosophy and Humanistic Studies (CIPSH).[8]

He is a member of the International Academy for Philosophy of Science,[9] the Academia Europaea (MAE),[10] the Akademie der Wissenschaften in Hamburg,[11] and a Fellow of the International Science Council (FISC).[12]

Co-edited Volumes (a selection) edit

  • 2006. Logical approaches to computational barriers : Second Conference on Computability in Europe, CiE 2006, Swansea, UK, June 30 – July 5, 2006; proceedings. Co-edited with Arnold Beckmann, Ulrich Berger and John V. Tucker.
  • 2008. Games, scales, and Suslin cardinals. Co-edited with Alexander S. Kechris and John R. Steel. Cambridge : Cambridge University
  • 2008. Logic and theory of algorithms : 4th Conference on Computability in Europe, CiE 2008, Athens, Greece, June 15 – 20, 2008; proceedings. Co-edited with Arnold Beckmann and Costas Dimitracopoulos. Berlin; Heidelberg [u.a.] : Springer
  • 2011. Wadge Degrees and Projective Ordinals The Cabal Seminar Volume II. Co-edited with Alexander S. Kechris and John R. Steel.

References edit

  1. ^ "UHH: Website Benedikt Löwe". Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Foundations of the Formal Sciences". Retrieved 19 May 2013. "Computability in Europe Conference Series". 8 August 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  3. ^ Benedikt Löwe at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  4. ^ "UvA ILLC: Logic & Computation". Retrieved 21 July 2019. "UHH: Arbeitsgruppe ML". Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  5. ^ "Churchill College: Website Benedikt Löwe". Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  6. ^ "Wiley: MLQ Editorial Board". Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  7. ^ "DLMPST/IUHPST: Council Members 2016-2019". Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  8. ^ "Benedikt Löwe — International Council for Philosophy and Human Sciences". CIPSH. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  9. ^ "International Academy of the Philosophy of Science: BENEDIKT LÖWE". AIPS. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
  10. ^ "Academy of Europe: Benedikt Löwe". Academia Europaea. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
  11. ^ "Prof. Dr. Benedikt Löwe". Akademie der Wissenschaften in Hamburg. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  12. ^ "Benedikt Löwe — International Science Council". International Science Council. Retrieved 11 May 2024.