https://christian-hirsch.github.io

• since 2019: Assistant professor (W1), University of Mannheim
• 2018-2019: Postdoc with Rasmus Waagepetersen, Aalborg University
• 2016-2018: Research fellow with Markus Heydenreich, LMU Munich
• 2014-2016: Postdoc with Wolfgang König, WIAS Berlin
• 2010-2014: PhD supervised by Volker Schmidt, Ulm University
• 2005-2010: Studies in Mathematics, LMU Munich

My research interest lies in statistical analysis of networks in biology and materials science, limit theorems in topological data analysis, interplay between dynamical systems and probability, random networks in statistical physics.

• Fall 2019: Markov Decision Processes in Artificial Intelligence
• Fall 2019: Seminar Mathematical Methods in Artificial Intelligence

Contact

Institute of Mathematics, University of Mannheim
B6, 26
68161 Mannheim, DE

Room: B 3.04
Phone: +49 (0)621 181-2508
E-Mail: hirsch (at) uni-mannheim.de

Preprints

• C. Hirsch, M. Holmes and V. Kleptsyn, Absence of WARM percolation in the very strong reinforcement regime

 

Publications in Journals

2019:

• C. Hirsch and C. Mönch,  Distances and large deviations in the spatial preferential attachment model. Bernoulli, to appear
• C. Hirsch, B. Jahnel and E. Cali, Continuum percolation for Cox point processes. Stochastic Processes and their Applications , to appear.
• M. Neumann, C. Hirsch, J. Stanek, V. Benes and V. Schmidt, Estimation of geodesic tortuosity and constrictivity in stationary random closed sets. Scandinavian Journal of Statistics, to appear.
• C. Hirsch and B. Jahnel, Large deviations for the capacity in dynamic spatial relay networks. Markov Processes and Related Fields 25, 33-73.

2018:

• C. Hirsch, B. Jahnel and R.I.A. Patterson, Space-time large deviations in capacity-constrained relay networks.Latin American Journal of Probability and Statistics 15, 587-615.
• M. Heydenreich, C. Hirsch and D. Valesin, Uniformity of hitting times of the contact process. Latin American Journal of Probability and Statistics 15, 233-245.
• D. Coupier and C. Hirsch, Coalescence of Euclidean geodesics on the Poisson-Delaunay triangulation.Bernoulli 24 , 2721-2751.
• C. Hirsch, B. Jahnel, P. Keeler and R.I.A. Patterson, Large deviations in relay-augmented wireless networks.Queueing Systems 88, 349-387.
• C. Hirsch and G. Last, On maximal hard-core thinnings of stationary particle processes. Journal of Statistical Physics 170, 554-583.

2017:

• C. Hirsch, Tim Brereton and Volker Schmidt, Percolation and convergence properties of graphs related to minimal spanning forests. Electronic Journal of Probability 22, paper no. 105.
• C. Hirsch, B. Jahnel, P. Keeler and R.I.A. Patterson, Traffic flow densities in large transport networks. Advances in Applied Probability 49, 1091-1115.
• C. Hirsch, From heavy-tailed Boolean models to scale-free Gilbert graphs. Brazilian Journal of Probability and Statistics 31, 111-143.

2016:

• C. Hirsch, B. Jahnel, P. Keeler and R.I.A. Patterson, Large-deviation principles for connectable receivers in wireless networks. Advances in Applied Probability 48, 1061-1094.
• C. Hirsch, D. Neuhäuser and V. Schmidt, Moderate deviations for shortest-path lengths on random segment processes. ESAIM: Probability and Statistics 20, 261-292.
• C. Hirsch, Bounded-hop percolation and wireless communication. Journal of Applied Probability 53, 833-845.
• D. Neuhäuser, C. Hirsch, C. Gloaguen and V. Schmidt, A stochastic model for multi-hierarchical networks.Methodology and Computing in Applied Probability 18, 1129-1151.
• C. Hirsch, On the absence of percolation in a line-segment based lilypond model. (arXiv). Annales de l’Institut Henri Poincaré 52, 127-145.

2015:

• C. Hirsch, G. W. Delaney and V. Schmidt, Stationary Apollonian packings. Journal of Statistical Physics 161, 35-72.
• C. Hirsch, D. Neuhäuser, C. Gloaguen and V. Schmidt, Asymptotic properties of Euclidean shortest-path trees in random geometric graphs. Statistics and Probability Letters 107, 122-130.
• C. Hirsch, G. Gaiselmann and V. Schmidt, Asymptotic properties of collective-rearrangement algorithms.ESAIM: Probability and Statistics 19, 236-250.
• C. Hirsch, D. Neuhäuser, C. Gloaguen and V. Schmidt, First-passage percolation on random geometric graphs and an application to shortest-path trees. Advances in Applied Probability 47, 328-354.
• D. Neuhäuser, C. Hirsch, C. Gloaguen and V. Schmidt, Joint distributions for total lengths of shortest-path trees in telecommunication networks. Annals of Telecommunications 70, 221-232.
• C. Hirsch, A Harris-Kesten theorem for confetti percolation. (arXiv). Random Structures & Algorithms 47, 361-385.
• D. Neuhäuser, C. Hirsch, C. Gloaguen and V. Schmidt, Parametric modelling of sparse random trees using 3D copulas. Stochastic Models 31, 226-260.

2014:

• T. Brereton, C. Hirsch, V. Schmidt and D. Kroese, A critical exponent for shortest-path scaling in continuum percolation. Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical 47 (2014), 505003--505014.
• O. Stenzel, C. Hirsch, V. Schmidt, T. Brereton, D.P. Kroese, B. Baumeier and D. Andrienko, A general framework for consistent estimation of charge transport properties via random walks in random environments. Multiscale Modeling and Simulation: A SIAM Interdisciplinary Journal 12 (2014), 1108-1134.
• M. C. Christiansen, C. Hirsch and V. Schmidt, Prediction of regionalized car insurance risks based on control variates. Statistics & Risk Modeling 31 (2014), 163-181
• D. Neuhäuser, C. Hirsch, C. Gloaguen and V. Schmidt, Ratio limits and simulation algorithms for the Palm version of stationary iterated tessellations. Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation 84 (2014), 1486-1504

2013:

• C. Hirsch, D. Neuhäuser, and V. Schmidt, Connectivity of random geometric graphs related to minimal spanning forests. Advances in Applied Probability 45 (2013), 20-36.

2012:

• D. Neuhäuser, C. Hirsch, C. Gloaguen and V. Schmidt, On the distribution of typical shortest-path lengths in connected random geometric graphs. Queueing Systems 71 (2012), 199-220.

Publications in Conference Proceedings

• M. Heydenreich and C. Hirsch, A spatial small-world graph arising from activity-based reinforcement. Proceedings of WAW 2019.
• A. Hinsen, C. Hirsch, B. Jahnel and E. Cali, Typical Voronoi cells for Cox point processes on Manhattan grids. Proceedings of WiOpt/SpaSWiN 2019.
• E. Cali, N. Gafur, C. Hirsch, B. Jahnel, T. En-Najjary and R. Patterson, Percolation for D2D networks on street systems. Proceedings of WiOpt/SpaSWiN 2018.
• R. Shah, C. Hirsch, D.P. Kroese and V. Schmidt, Rare event probability estimation for connectivity of large random graphs. Proceedings of the 2014 Winter Simulation Conference, A. Tolks, S.D. Diallo, I.O. Ryzhov, L. Yilmaz, S. Buckley, and J.A. Miller, eds.
• D. Neuhäuser, C. Hirsch, C. Gloaguen and V. Schmidt, A parametric copula approach for modelling shortest-path trees in telecommunication networks. In: A. Dudin and K. Turck (eds.) Analytical and Stochastic Modeling Techniques and Applications. Lecture Notes in Computer Science 7984, Springer, Berlin 2013, 324-336.

Diploma Thesis

• Cohomological invariants of reflection groups