Darmstadt Institute for Statistics and Operations Research

Who we are

The Darmstadt Institute for Statistics and Operations Research, abbreviated: DISO, is your competent partner for statistics and operations research at the Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences. It consists of professors and staff members of the Department of Mathematics with specialization in statistics, optimization, simulation, financial mathematics and data science. We advise and support in the context of:

  • research projects, doctorates and theses at our university,
  • third-party funding and research projects with external partners,
  • university administration projects and publications.

 

Our Goal

We want to bundle and expand the university's internal expertise in the areas of statistics, data science, and operations research, and incorporate it more strongly into interdisciplinary collaborations.


What we offer

Consulting and support

We offer qualified advice to all h_da students, staff, lecturers, doctoral students and external partners.

Our consulting service

Trainings and seminars

We offer regular and on-demand software courses (e.g. R, SPSS), methodology workshops and seminars.

Our courses

Fields of expertise

The members of our team are active in a wide range of fields and therefore have unique specializations.

Our skills


Research@DISO

Projects

An overview of ongoing and completed projects that are being conducted or have been successfully completed at DISO.

Our project participations

Publications

An overview of DISO members' publications.

 

Selected publications

Presentations

Presentations on research results and projects at DISO.

 

Our presentations


News

Introductory course on R from September 29 and 30, 2025

As usual, an introductory course in R will be held shortly before the start of the winter semester courses. Click here to register.

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Data Literacy - Introduction to Data Science

This course will also be offered to interested students from all departments in the winter semester 2025/26.

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SAML Workshop in Dublin

Antje Jahn, Horst Zisgen and Florian Junge took part in the SAML workshop at the EUT+ partner university TU Dublin on June 5 and 6 and reported on current research results.

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Parcel delivery by cable car

Prof. Zisgen is involved in the DHL field trial.

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Our Team

Prof. Dr. Sebastian Döhler

Prof. Dr. Horst Zisgen

Deputy Head of Institute
+49.6151.533-68673
eMail
Website

Prof. Dr. Christine Bach

Prof. Dr. Christoph Becker

Prof. Dr. Tobias Bedenk

Prof. Dr. Jutta Groos

Prof. Dr. Jan-Philipp Hoffmann

Prof. Dr. Antje Jahn

Prof. Dr. Julia Kallrath

Florian Junge, M. Sc.


Contact

Counseling services for students

The Darmstadt Institute for Statistics and Operations Research supports students and Ph.D. students in their scientific work. Do you need advice?

Then use our inquiry form for your question. Please note that a consultation can only take place in compliance with your scientific supervisor. 

 

Consulting services for university members and external parties

You need support in the evaluation and analysis of your scientifically collected data? You have a scientific question in the fields of statistics, operations research or data analysis for which you need competent advice? You are welcome to send your request via our request form to the Darmstadt Institute for Statistics and Operations Research.

Other

If you have further questions, suggestions or information requests, you can contact the DISO coordinator Florian Junge as follows: