Ulm University, Faculty of Mathematics and Economics - Institute of Stochastics

Prof. Dr. Volker Schmidt

Office: Helmholtzstraße 18, Room 163 Phone: +49 731 502-3532 Fax: +49 731 502-3649 e-mail: Firstname.Name@uni-ulm.de   Postal address: Ulm University Institute of Stochastics D-89069 Ulm Germany

Curriculum Vitae

Scientific Career:

• Diploma in Mathematics, University of Wroclaw, 1973
• Dissertation A (Dr. rer. nat.), Technical University of Freiberg (Bergakademie), 1979
• Dissertation B (Dr. sc. nat.), Technical University of Freiberg, 1988
• Habilitation in Mathematics (Dr. rer. nat. habil), 1991
• Professor of Applied Probability and Statistics, Ulm University, since 1992

Memberships in Interdisciplinary Research Groups and Councils:

• Chair of the Managing Committee of the special Interest Group for Probability & Statistics (Fachgruppe Stochastik) within the German Mathematical Society (DMV), 2000 - 2004
• Industrial cooperation with France Telecom R&D, Paris on spatial stochastic modelling of telecommunication networks, since 2000
• Graduiertenkolleg 1100 "Modellierung, Analyse und Simulation in der Wirtschaftsmathematik" at Ulm University, sponsored by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), since 2005
• Industrial cooperation with MunichRe on spatial stochastic modelling of geographical risks, in particular tropical cyclones in the northwest pacific and atlantic, since 2006
• Ulmer Zentrum für Wissenschaftliches Rechnen , since 2006
• Scientific Council of the Mathematical Research Centre "EURANDOM" in Eindhoven (The Netherlands), since 2006
• Sonderforschungsbereich 518 "Entzündung, Regeneration und Transformation im Pankreas" at Ulm University, sponsored by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), 2007-10
• BMBF-Netzwerk "Röntgen- und Neutronenbasierte Untersuchungsmethoden für PEM-Brennstoffzellen", im Rahmen der Förderinitiative "Netzwerke Grundlagenforschung erneuerbare Energien und rationelle Energieanwendung", sponsored by Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF), 2007-10
• Scientific Advisory Board of the International Graduate School in Molecular Medicine Ulm , sponsored by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), since 2007
• Kooperation mit dem Institut für Deutsche Sprachwissenschaft der Universität Augsburg zum Thema "Neue Dialektometrie mit Methoden der statistischen Bildanalyse", sponsored by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), since 2007
• Schwerpunktprogramm "Elementarprozesse der Organischen Photovoltaik" (SPP 1355), sponsored by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), since 2008
• BMBF-Verbundprojekt "3D Analyse, Modellierung und Simulation der Mikrostruktur und Transportprozesse in faserbasierten porösen Materialien", im Rahmen der Schwerpunktförderung "Mathematik für Innovationen in Industrie und Dienstleistungen", sponsored by Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF), since 2010

Awards:

• Scientific Prize of the Polish Secretary of Education, 2000
• Merckle Research Prize, 2005
• Cooperation Prize "Wissenschaft-Wirtschaft" of Ulm University, 2007

Research Interests:

• Probability and Statistics; in particular, Stochastic Geometry and Spatial Statistics
• Statistical Analysis and Monte-Carlo Simulation of Spatial Stochastic Models: Random Point Processes, Germ-Grain-Models, Random Fibre and Surface Processes, Random Tessellations
• Applications to Statistical Analysis of (Microscopic and Geographically Mapped) Image Data, Quantitative Characterization of Their Morphological Structure
• Detection of Geometrical Features in Complex Point Patterns, Germ-Grain Systems, Fibre and Surface Systems, Mosaics and Geometrical Network Data
• Correlation of Nanostructures and Macroscopic Properties of Materials

Ph.D. Students and their Dissertations

• A. Frey, Approximation und Vergleich von stochastischen Risiko- und Bedienungsprozessen (March 1995)
• S. Hasenfuss: Performance analysis of (max,+)-linear systems via Taylor series expansions (December 1997)
• S. Schlegel, Asymptotics of stochastic networks, risk and fluid models in the presence of heavy tails (September 1999)
• S Böhm, Asymptotische Signifikanztests für stationare zufällige Mengen und ihre Anwendung bei der Untersuchung der Grundwasserbeschaffenheit in Baden-Württemberg (July 2003)
• R. Maier, Iterated random tessellations, with applications to spatial modelling of telecommunication networks (July 2003)
• S. Klenk, Schätzung morphologischer Charakteristiken von binären Bilddaten (July 2006)
• H. Schmidt, Asymptotic analysis of stationary random tessellations, with applications to network modelling (September 2006)
• U. Pantle, Asymptotic properties of estimators for random fields induced by stationary germ-grain models (October 2006)
• F. Fleischer, Analysis and fitting of random tessellation models: Applications in telecommunication and cell biology (May 2007)
• S. Eckel, Statistical analysis of spatial point patterns: Applications to economical, biomedical and ecological data (November 2008)
• F. Voss, Spatial stochastic network models: Scaling limits and Monte-Carlo methods (February 2010)
• J. Rumpf, Statistical models for geographically referenced data: Applications in tropical cyclone modelling and dialectology (May 2010)
• S. Lück, Stochastic methods for the analysis of geometrically complex fibre systems: Applications to cellular biology and quality control of computed tomography (July 2011)
• R. Thiedmann, New approaches to stochastic image segmentation and modeling of complex microstructures: Applications to the analysis of advanced materials (July 2011)
• G. Gaiselmann, Stochastic simulation models for the 3D microstructure of fibre-based materials, with special emphasis on applications to gas-diffusion layers in PEM fuel cells (under preparation)
• C. Hirsch, Connectivity and percolation properties of stochastic networks (under preparation)
• M. Meinhardt, Model-based structural analysis of the cytoskeleton of mensenchymal cells (under preparation)
• D. Neuhäuser, Spatial stochastic modeling and simulation of telecommunication networks (under preparation)
• A. Spettl, Stochastic simulation models for the 3D microstructure of densely packed nanoparticle systems, with special emphasis on applications to Li-ion batteries (under preparation)
• O. Stenzel, Stochastic simulation models for the 3D nanomorphology of composite materials, with special emphasis on applications to organic solar cells (under preparation)

Workshops / Conferences

• Summer School on Stochastic Analysis, Modelling and Simulation of Complex Structures (September 11 to September 24, 2011, Hirschegg, Kleinwalsertal)
• Statistische Woche 2011 (September 19 to September 23, 2011, Universität Leipzig)
• 13th International Congress of Stereology (October 19 to October 23, 2011, Beijing, China)
• 3D Microstructure Meeting (November 2 to November 4, 2011, Saarbrücken)
• Workshop über Punktprozesse und Systeme ununterscheidbarer Teilchen (November 18 to November 19, 2011, München)
• 2011 MRS Fall Meeting: Symposium on Three-Dimensional Tomography of Materials (November 28 to December 2, 2011, Boston, USA)
• 10th International Conference on Monte Carlo and Quasi-Monte Carlo Methods in Scientific Computing (February 13 to February 17, 2012, Sydney, Australia)
• 10th German Open Conference on Probability and Statistics (March 6 to March 9, 2012, Mainz)
• Workshop on Stochastic Geometry and its Applications (March 28 to March 30, 2012, Rouen, France)
• 9th Symposium on Fuel Cell and Battery Modeling and Experimental Validation 'ModVal 9' (April 2 to April 4, 2012, Paul Scherrer Institut, Campus Sursee, Switzerland)
• 8th Workshop on Spatial Stochastic Models for Wireless Networks (May 14, 2012, Paderborn)
• International Workshop on Applied Probability (IWAP 2012) (June 11 to June 14, 2012, Jerusalem, Israel)
• The 2012 Stochastic Network Conference (June 18 to June 22, 2012, MIT Cambridge, USA)
• 7th International Conference on Stereology, Spatial Statistics and Stochastic Geometry (June 25 to June 28, 2012, Prague, Czech Republic)
• 1st International Conference on 3D Materials Science (July 8 to July 12, 2012, Seven Springs, USA)
• 8th World Congress in Probability and Statistics (July 9 to July 14, 2012, Istanbul, Turkey)
• 18th Congress of Dialectology and Geolinguistics (July 23 to July 28, 2012, Vienna, Austria)
• International Summer School on Advanced Stochastic Methods to Model Risk (September 9 to September 22, 2012, Ulm)
• 222th ECS Meeting (October 7 to October 12, 2012, Hawaii, USA)
• Winter Simulation Conference (December 9 to December 12, 2012, Berlin)
• 17th Workshop on Stochastic Geometry, Stereology and Image Analysis (May 27 to June 1, 2013, Torun, Poland)
• 1st International Conference on Tomography of Materials and Structures (July 1 to July 5, 2013, Ghent, Belgium)
• European Meeting of Statisticians (EMS 2013) (July 20 to July 25, 2013, Budapest, Hungary)

List of Recent Publications, since 2000

2000 - 2005

• T. Mattfeldt, H.-W. Gottfried, V. Schmidt and H.A. Kestler, Classification of individual spatial textures by first-order stereology and stochastic geometry using artificial neural networks. Journal of Microscopy 198 (2000), 143-158
• A.D. Barbour and V. Schmidt, On Laslett's transform for the Boolean model. Advances in Applied Probability 33 (2001), 1-5
• W.I. Cooper, V. Schmidt and R.F. Serfozo, Queues and inventories with Skorohod/Loynes representations. Queueing Systems: Theory and Applications 37 (2001), 233-257
• M. Dozzi, E. Merzbach and V. Schmidt, Limit theorems for sums of random fuzzy sets. Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications 259 (2001), 554-565
• C. Gloaguen, P. Coupe, R. Maier and V. Schmidt, Stochastic modelling of urban access networks, Proc. 10th Internat. Telecommun. Network Strategy Planning Symp. (Munich, June 2002), VDE-Verlag, Berlin, 2002, pp. 99-104.
• S. Boehm, J. Grimm-Strele, V. Schmidt and B. Schneider, Investigation of groundwater quality in Baden-Wuerttemberg, using methods of spatial statistics. Hydrologie und Wasserbewirtschaftung 47 (2003), 1-12 (in German)
• S. Boehm and V. Schmidt, Palm representation and approximation of the covariance of random closed sets (ps). Advances in Applied Probability 35 (2003), 295-302
• D.A. Korshunov, S. Schlegel and V. Schmidt, Asymptotics for random walks with dependent heavy-tailed increments. Siberian Mathematical Journal 44 (2003), 833-844 (in Russian)
• R. Maier and V. Schmidt, Stationary iterated tessellations. Advances in Applied Probability 35 (2003), 337-353
• T. Mattfeldt, H.-W. Gottfried, H. Wolter, V. Schmidt, H. Kestler and J. Mayer, Classification of prostatic carcinoma with artificial neural networks using comparative genomic hybridization and quantitative stereological data. Pathology - Research and Practice 199 (2003), 773-784
• S. Boehm, L. Heinrich and V. Schmidt, Kernel estimation of the spectral density of stationary random closed sets (ps). Australian and New Zealand Journal of Statistics 46 (2004), 37-47
• S. Boehm, L. Heinrich and V. Schmidt, Asymptotic properties of estimators for the volume fraction of jointly stationary random sets (pdf). Statistica Neerlandica 58 (2004), 388-406
• H. Braxmeier, V. Schmidt and E. Spodarev, Spatial extrapolation of anisotropic road traffic data (pdf). Image Analysis & Stereology 23 (2004), 185-198
• R. Maier, J. Mayer and V. Schmidt, Distributional properties of the typical cell of stationary iterated tessellations (ps.gz). Mathematical Methods of Operations Research 59 (2004), 287-302
• J. Mayer, V. Schmidt and F. Schweiggert, A unified simulation framework for spatial stochastic models (ps.gz). Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory 12 (2004), 307-326
• M. Beil, F. Fleischer, S. Paschke and V. Schmidt, Statistical analysis of 3D centromeric heterochromatin structure in interphase nuclei (pdf). Journal of Microscopy 217 (2005), 60-68
• M. Beil, H. Braxmeier, F. Fleischer, V. Schmidt and P. Walther, Qualitative analysis of keratin filament networks in scanning electron microscopy images of cancer cells (pdf). Journal of Microscopy 220 (2005), 84-95
• C. Gloaguen, F. Fleischer, H. Schmidt and V. Schmidt, Simulation of typical Cox-Voronoi cells, with a special regard to implementation tests (pdf). Mathematical Methods of Operations Research 62 (2005), 357-373
• L. Heinrich, H. Schmidt and V. Schmidt, Limit theorems for stationary tessellations with random inner cell structure (pdf). Advances in Applied Probability 37 (2005), 25-47
• V. Schmidt and E. Spodarev, Joint estimators for the specific intrinsic volumes of stationary random sets (ps). Stochastic Processes and their Applications 115 (2005), 959-981
• E. Spodarev and V. Schmidt, On the local connectivity number of stationary random closed sets (ps). In: C. Ronse, L. Najman, E. Decenciere (eds.) Mathematical Morphology: 40 Years On. Proceedings of the 7th International Symposium on Mathematical Morphology, Springer-Series: Computational Imaging and Vision, Dordrecht, 2005, 343-354

   

  
  

  2006

• M. Beil, S. Eckel, F. Fleischer, H. Schmidt, V. Schmidt and P. Walther, Fitting of random tessellation models to cytoskeleton network data (pdf). Journal of Theoretical Biology 241 (2006), 62-72
• F. Fleischer, S. Eckel, I. Schmid, V. Schmidt and M. Kazda, Statistical analysis of the spatial distribution of tree roots in pure stands of Fagus sylvatica and Picea abies (pdf). Canadian Journal of Forest Research 36 (2006), 227-237
• F. Fleischer, M. Beil, M. Kazda and V. Schmidt, Analysis of spatial point patterns in microscopic and macroscopic biological image data (pdf). In: A. Baddeley, P. Gregori, J. Mateu, R. Stoica, D. Stoyan (eds.) Case Studies in Spatial Point Process Models. Lecture Notes in Statistics, Springer, Berlin 2006, 235-260
• C. Gloaguen, F. Fleischer, H. Schmidt and V. Schmidt, Fitting of stochastic telecommunication network models, via distance measures and Monte-Carlo tests (pdf). Telecommunication Systems 31 (2006), 353-377
• C. Gloaguen, F. Fleischer, H. Schmidt and V. Schmidt, Modelling and simulation of telecommunication networks: Analysis of mean shortest path lengths (pdf). In: R. Lechnerova, I. Saxl, and V. Benes (eds.): Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Stereology, Spatial Statistics and Stochastic Geometry, 25-36. Union of Czech Mathematicians and Physisists, Prague.
• L. Heinrich, H. Schmidt and V. Schmidt, Central limit theorems for Poisson hyperplane tessellations (pdf). Annals of Applied Probability 16 (2006), 919-950
• S. Klenk, V. Schmidt and E. Spodarev, A new algorithmic approach to the computation of Minkowski functionals of polyconvex sets (pdf). Computational Geometry: Theory and Applications 34 (2006), 127-148
• T. Mattfeldt, S. Eckel, F. Fleischer and V. Schmidt, Statistical analysis of reduced pair correlation functions of capillaries in the prostate gland (pdf). Journal of Microscopy 223 (2006), 107-119
• U. Pantle, V. Schmidt and E. Spodarev, Central limit theorems for functionals of stationary germ-grain models (pdf). Advances in Applied Probability 38 (2006), 76-94

   

  
  

  2007

• C. Buser, F. Fleischer, T. Mertens, D. Michel, V. Schmidt and P. Walther, Quantitative investigation of murine cytomegalovirus nucleocapsid interaction (pdf). Journal of Microscopy 228 (2007), 78-87
• F. Fleischer, R. Ananthakrishnan, S. Eckel, H. Schmidt, J. Kaes, T. Svitkina, V. Schmidt and M. Beil, Actin network architecture and elasticity in lamellipodia of melanoma cells (pdf). New Journal of Physics 9 (2007), 420
• R. Guderlei, S. Klenk, J. Mayer, V. Schmidt and E. Spodarev, Algorithms for the computation of Minkowski functionals of deterministic and random polyconvex sets (pdf). Image and Vision Computing 25 (2007), 464-474
• L. Heinrich, H. Schmidt and V. Schmidt, Limit theorems for functionals on the facets of stationary random tessellations (pdf). Bernoulli 13 (2007), 868-891
• S. Jinno, S. Eckel, F. Fleischer, V. Schmidt and T. Kosaka , Spatial arrangement of microglia in the mouse hippocampus: A quantitative point process analysis (pdf). GLIA 55 (2007), 1334-1347
• I. Kaj, L. Leskela, I. Norros and V. Schmidt, Scaling limits for random fields with long range dependence (pdf). Annals of Probability 35 (2007), 528-550
• T. Mattfeldt, S. Eckel, F. Fleischer and V. Schmidt, Statistical modelling of the geometry of planar sections of prostatic capillaries on the basis of stationary Strauss hard-core processes (pdf). Journal of Microscopy 228 (2007), 272-281
• T. Mattfeldt, D. Meschenmoser, U. Pantle and V. Schmidt, Characterization of mammary gland tissue using joint estimators of Minkowski functionals (pdf). Image Analysis and Stereology 26 (2007), 13-22
• J. Rumpf, H. Weindl, P. Hoeppe, E. Rauch and V. Schmidt, Stochastic modelling of tropical cyclone tracks (pdf). Mathematical Methods of Operations Research 66 (2007), 475-490
• K. Vasudevan, S. Eckel, F. Fleischer, V. Schmidt and F.A. Cook, Statistical analysis of spatial point patterns on deep seismic reflection data (pdf). Geophysical Journal International 171 (2007), 823-840

   

  
  

  2008

• S. Eckel, F. Fleischer, P. Grabarnik and V. Schmidt, An investigation on the spatial correlations for relative purchase power in Baden-Württemberg (pdf). AStA Advances in Statistical Analysis 92 (2008), 135-152
• F. Fleischer, C. Gloaguen, H. Schmidt, V. Schmidt and F. Schweiggert, Simulation algorithm of typical modulated Poisson-Voronoi cells and application to telecommunication network modelling (pdf). Japan Journal of Industrial and Applied Mathematics 25 (2008), 305-330
• S. Lueck, M. Beil, F. Fleischer, S. Portet, W. Arendt and V. Schmidt, The Laplacian in a stochastic model for spatiotemporal reaction systems (pdf). Ulmer Seminare 13 (2008), 133-143
• R. Thiedmann, F. Fleischer, C. Hartnig, W. Lehnert and V. Schmidt, Stochastic 3D modelling of the GDL structure in PEM fuel cells, based on thin section detection. (pdf). Journal of the Electrochemical Society 155 (2008), B391-B399

   

  
  

  2009

• M. Beil, S. Lueck, F. Fleischer, S. Portet, W. Arendt and V. Schmidt, Simulating the formation of keratin networks by a piecewise-deterministic Markov process (pdf). Journal of Theoretical Biology 256 (2009), 518-532
• H. Braxmeier, V. Schmidt and E. Spodarev, Kriged road-traffic maps (pdf). In: J. Pilz (ed.) Interfacing Geostatistics and GIS, Springer, Berlin 2009, 105-119
• S. Eckel, F. Fleischer, P. Grabarnik, M. Kazda, A. Särkkä and V. Schmidt, Modelling tree roots in mixed stands by non-stationary marked Gibbs point processes. (pdf). Biometrical Journal 51 (2009), 522-539
• F. Fleischer, C. Gloaguen, V. Schmidt and F. Voss, Simulation of the typical Poisson-Voronoi-Cox-Voronoi cell (pdf). Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation 79 (2009), 939-957
• E. Kokai, F. Voss, F. Fleischer, S. Kempe, D. Marinkovic, H. Wolburg, F. Leithaeuser, V. Schmidt, U. Deutsch and T. Wirth, Myc regulates embryonic vascular permeability and remodeling. (pdf, pdf). Circulation Research 104 (2009), 1151-1159
• T. Mattfeldt, S. Eckel, F. Fleischer and V. Schmidt, Statistical analysis of labelling patterns of mammary carcinoma cell nuclei on histological sections. (pdf). Journal of Microscopy 235 (2009), 106-118
• S.D. Oosterhout, M.M. Wienk, S.S. van Bavel, R. Thiedmann, L.J.A. Koster, J. Gilot, J. Loos, V. Schmidt and R.A.J. Janssen, The effect of three-dimensional morphology on the efficiency of hybrid polymer solar cells (pdf). Nature Materials 8 (2009), 818-824
• J. Rataj, V. Schmidt and E.Spodarev, On the expected surface area of the Wiener sausage (pdf). Mathematische Nachrichten 282 (2009), 591 - 603
• J. Rumpf, S. Pickl, S. Elspass, W. Koenig and V. Schmidt, Structural analysis of dialect maps using methods from spatial statistics (pdf). Zeitschrift für Dialektologie und Linguistik 76 (2009), 280-308
• J. Rumpf, H. Weindl, P. Hoeppe, E. Rauch and V. Schmidt, Tropical cyclone hazard assessment using model-based track simulation (pdf). Natural Hazards 48 (2009), 383-398
• R. Thiedmann, C. Hartnig, I. Manke, V. Schmidt and W. Lehnert, Local structural characteristics of pore space in GDL's of PEM fuel cells based on geometric 3D graphs (pdf). Journal of the Electrochemical Society 156 (2009), B1339-B1347
• F. Voss, C. Gloaguen, F. Fleischer, V. Schmidt, Distributional properties of Euclidean distances in wireless networks involving road systems (pdf). IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communication 27 (2009), 1047-1055
• F. Voss, C. Gloaguen and V. Schmidt, Palm calculus for stationary Cox processes on iterated random tessellations (pdf). Proceedings of WiOpt2009: 7th Intl. Symposium on Modeling and Optimization in Mobile, Ad Hoc, and Wireless Networks , Seoul 2009
• F. Voss, C. Gloaguen and V. Schmidt, Capacity distributions in spatial stochastic models for telecommunication networks (pdf). Image Analysis and Stereology 28 (2009), 155-163.

   

  
  

  2010

• C. Gloaguen, F. Fleischer, H. Schmidt and V. Schmidt, Analysis of shortest paths and subscriber line lengths in telecommunication access networks. (pdf). Networks and Spatial Economics 10 (2010), 15-47.
• S. Lueck, A. Kupsch, A. Lange, M.P. Hentschel and V. Schmidt, Statistical analysis of tomographic reconstruction algorithms by morphological image characteristics (pdf). Image Analysis and Stereology 29 (2010), 61-77
• S. Lueck, M. Sailer, V. Schmidt and W. Walther, Three-dimensional analysis of the intermediate filament network using SEM-tomography (pdf). Journal of Microscopy 239 (2010), 1-16
• U. Pantle, V. Schmidt and E. Spodarev, On the estimation of integrated covariance functions of stationary random fields. (pdf). Scandinavian Journal of Statistics 37 (2010), 47-66.
• J. Rumpf, S. Pickl, S. Elspass, W. Koenig and V. Schmidt, Quantification and statistical analysis of structural similarities in dialectological area-class maps. (pdf). Dialectologia et Geolinguistica 18 (2010), 73-98.
• J. Rumpf, H. Weindl, E. Faust and V. Schmidt, Structural variation in genesis and landfall locations of North Atlantic tropical cyclones related to SST (pdf). Tellus 62A (2010), 243-255
• M. Sailer, K. Hoehn, S. Lueck, V. Schmidt, M. Beil and P. Walther, Novel electron tomographic methods to study the morphology of keratin filament networks (pdf). Microscopy and Microanalysis 16 (2010), 462-471
• R. Thiedmann, I. Manke, W. Lehnert and V. Schmidt. Strukturelle Analyse des Porenraumes von Gasdiffusionslagen in Brennstoffzellen mittels geometrischer 3D Graphen (pdf). MP Materials Testing 52 (2010), 736-743.
• F. Voss, C. Gloaguen and V. Schmidt, Scaling limits for shortest path lengths along the edges of stationary tessellations (pdf). Advances in Applied Probability 42 (2010), 936-952
• Y. Wang, S. Cho, R. Thiedmann, V. Schmidt, W. Lehnert and X. Feng, Stochastic modeling and direct numerical simulation of the diffusion media for polymer electrolyte fuel cells. (pdf). International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 53 (2010), 1128-1138.

   

  
  

  2011

• S. Eckel, G. Loeffler, A. Maurer and V. Schmidt, Measuring the effects of geographical distance on stock market correlation (pdf). Journal of Empirical Finance 18 (2011), 237-247.
• C. Gloaguen, F. Voss and V. Schmidt, Parametric distributions of connection lengths for the efficient analysis of fixed access network. (pdf). Annals of Telecommunications 66 (2011), 103-118.
• S.D. Oosterhout, L.J.A. Koster, S.S. van Bavel, J. Loos, O. Stenzel, R. Thiedmann, V. Schmidt, B. Campo, T.J. Cleij, L. Lutzen, D. Vanderzande, M.M. Wienk and R.A.J. Janssen, Controlling the morphology and efficiency of hybrid ZnO:polythiophene solar cells via side chain functionalization. (pdf). Advanced Energy Materials 1 (2011), 90-96.
• O. Stenzel, H. Hassfeld, R. Thiedmann, L.J.A. Koster, S.D. Oosterhout, S.S. van Bavel, M.M. Wienk, J. Loos, R.A.J. Janssen and V. Schmidt, Spatial modelling of the 3D morphology of hybrid polymer-ZnO solar cells, based on electron tomography data. (pdf). Annals of Applied Statistics 5 (2011), 1920-1947.
• R. Thiedmann, H. Hassfeld, O. Stenzel, L.J.A. Koster, S.D. Oosterhout, S.S. van Bavel, M.M. Wienk, J. Loos, R.A.J. Janssen and V. Schmidt, A multiscale approach to the representation of 3D images, with applications to polymer solar cells. (pdf). Image Analysis and Stereology 30 (2011), 19-30.
• R. Thiedmann, W. Lehnert, I. Manke and V. Schmidt, Random geometric graphs for modelling the pore space of fibre-based materials (pdf). Journal of Materials Science 46 (2011), 7745-7759.
• R. Thiedmann, O. Stenzel, A. Spettl, P.R. Shearing, S.J. Harris, N.P. Brandon and V. Schmidt, Stochastic simulation model for the 3D morphology of composite materials in Li-ion batteries. (pdf). Computational Materials Science 50 (2011), 3365-3376.
• F. Voss, C. Gloaguen, F. Fleischer and V. Schmidt, Densities of shortest path lengths ín spatial stochastic networks (ps). Stochastic Models 27 (2011), 141-167.

   

  
  

  2012

• G. Gaiselmann, R. Thiedmann, W. Lehnert and V. Schmidt, Stochastic modeling of fuel cell components. In: D. Stolten and B. Emonts (eds.) Fuel Cell Sciencs and Engineering. Materials, Processes and Systems. Wiley-VCH, Weinheim 2012 (in print).
• S. Lueck, A. Fichtl, M. Sailer, H. Joos, R.E. Brenner, P. Walther and V. Schmidt, Statistical analysis of the intermediate filament network in cells of mesenchymal lineage by greyvalue-oriented segmentation methods. (pdf). Computational Statistics (in print)
• M. Meinhardt, S. Lueck, P. Martin, T. Felka, W. Aicher, B. Rolauffs and V. Schmidt, Modeling chondrocyte patterns by elliptical cluster processes. (pdf). Journal of Structural Biology (in print)
• D. Neuhaeuser, C. Hirsch, C. Gloaguen and V. Schmidt, On the distribution of typical shortest-path lengths in connected random geometric graphs. (pdf). Queueing Systems (in print).
• O. Stenzel, L.J.A. Koster, R. Thiedmann, S.D. Oosterhout, R.A.J. Janssen and V. Schmidt, A new approach to model-based simulation of disordered polymer blend solar cells. (pdf). Advanced Functional Materials (in print)
• R. Thiedmann, A. Spettl, O. Stenzel, T. Zeibig, J.C. Hindson, Z. Saghi, N.C. Greenham, P.A. Midgley and V. Schmidt, Networks of nanoparticles in organic-inorganic composites: Algorithmic extraction and statistical analysis. (pdf). Image Analysis and Stereology (in print)

 




Preprints

• G. Gaiselmann, R. Thiedmann, I. Manke, W. Lehnert and V. Schmidt, Stochastic 3D modeling of fiber-based materials. (pdf). Preprint (submitted)
• L. Heinrich, S. Lueck and V. Schmidt, Asymptotic goodness-of-fit tests for the Palm mark distribution of stationary point processes with correlated marks. (pdf). Preprint (submitted)
• C. Hirsch, D. Neuhaeuser, and V. Schmidt, Connectivity of random geometric graphs related to minimal spanning forests. (pdf). Preprint (submitted)
• M. Salzer, A. Spettl, O. Stenzel, J.-H. Smatt, M. Linden, I. Manke and V. Schmidt, A two-stage approach to the segmentation of FIB-SEM images of highly porous materials. (pdf). Preprint (submitted)
• F. Voss, C. Gloaguen and V. Schmidt, Random tessellations and Cox processes. (pdf). In: E. Spodarev (ed.) Lecture Notes on Stochastic Geometry, Spatial Statistics and Random Fields. Springer-Series: Lecture Notes in Mathematics (submitted)

 




Working Papers

• B. Baumeier, O. Stenzel, D. Andrienko and V. Schmidt, Stochastic modeling of molecular networks including charge hopping rates. Working paper (under preparation)
• G. Gaiselmann, M. Neumann, A. Spettl, M. Prestat, T. Hocker, L. Holzer and V. Schmidt, Structural segmentation and stochastic 3D modeling of nanoparticle systems in LSC cathodes. Working paper (under preparation)
• G. Gaiselmann, R. Thiedmann, O. Stenzel, L.J.A. Koster and V. Schmidt, Structural analysis of 3D graphs representing the ZnO phase in hybrid polymer solar cells. Working paper (under preparation)
• S. Lueck, A. Kupsch, I. Manke, A. Lange, M.P. Hentschel and V. Schmidt, On the reduction of missing wedge artifacts by non-standard tomographic reconstruction, using the DIRECTT algorithm. Working paper (under preparation)
• M. Meinhardt, S. Lueck, P. Martin, W. Aicher, V. Schmidt and B. Rolauffs, Analysis and classification of chondrocyte patterns in human cartilage by model-based spatial statistics. Working paper (under preparation)
• A. Spettl, M. Linden, I. Manke, and V. Schmidt, 3D structural characterization of silica monoliths: Extraction and statistical analysis of rod networks. Working paper (under preparation)
• O. Stenzel, D. Westhoff, I. Manke, D.P. Kroese and V. Schmidt, Graph-based simulated annealing: A hybrid approach to stochastic modeling of complex microstructures. Working paper (under preparation)