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Personal data Name: Udo Schwarz
  Annual net energy demand: 8 MWh or approx 1t CO2
Aviation fuel there and back Frankfurt-NY: 100 t CO2
  Born:  
January 6th, 1955 in Cottbus, Deutsche Demokratische Republik
Son of the shopkeeper Erich Schwarz (1911-2003, participation in WW2 in France, Yugoslavia, Greece, Soviet Union 1940-1945, POW in the Soviet Union 1945-1947) and
his wife Liesbeth Krüger (1933-2020)
Residing at Burg-Spreewald / Kolonie from 1955 to 1976
Two brothers Norbert (1956-2020) & Manfred -> Wendischer Gottesdienst
  Family:   1980 - 2000 married, 1985 daughter Linda
               2009 second marriage with Helgard Riemer
  Details:   MfS   records (1979-1988, more than 1000 pages)
   
Education  
1961 - 1971 Primary school: Allgemeinbildende Oberschule ( Burg / Spreewald)
1971 - 1974 Secondary school: Abitur (school-leaving exam) & Berufsschule der Kraftwerke Lübbenau/Vetschau 2.5 GW
1974 - 1976 Military service: Air Force FTB-31/37, NBC weapons attack follow-up care, Nationale Volksarmee, Drewitz/Jänschwalde/Ost & Garz/Usedom
1976 - 1980 Physics & Mathematics at the Potsdam College of Education
1980 Diploma thesis in Physics: Models for wave propagation in inhomogeneous media
1985 Military service: Air Force, KChA-14, NBC weapons attack follow-up care, Nationale Volksarmee, Waldsieversdorf/Rotes Luch
1992 - 1995 PhD student, Nonlinear Dynamics Group of the Max-Planck Society at the Institute of Physics, Potsdam
1995 PhD: Time series analysis of astrophysical activity phenomena
2005 Practical training in neurologic rehabilitation at the hospital Bavaria at Kreischa (hemispatial neglect)
Positions  
1974 & 1976 Operator for 100 MW thermal power station, Vetschau 1.2 GW
1980 - 1988 Quantum Chemistry Group, Potsdam College of Education
1988 - 1990 Magnetosphere Physics Group, Central Institute for Astrophysics, Academy of Sciences
1990 - 1991 Nonlinear Dynamics Group, Astrophysical Institute Potsdam
1991-1994 Nonlinear Dynamics Group of the Max-Planck Society at the Institute of Physics, University of Potsdam
1995-2009 Center for Dynamics of Complex Systems, Semimare 1994-2007, Semimare 2008-2009, University of Potsdam: DYCOS history, Bericht 1994-2000 , Bericht 2000-2003 , Bericht 2003-2006 , Report 2003-2006
2009-2019 Focus Area Complex Systems, University of Potsdam: Evaluation 2013, pdf, DYCOS flyer, DYCOS poster
2019-2023 Research focus: Data-centric sciences, University of Potsdam. Page history since 2020: Look at the Wayback Machine: https://www.uni-potsdam.de/de/data-centric-sciences/
   
 
 

Udo Schwarz, Februar 2021

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