Dr. Achterberg studied mathematics and computer science at the Technical University of Berlin and the Zuse Institute Berlin. He finished his PhD in mathematics under supervision of Prof. Martin Grötschel in 2007. Dr. Achterberg is the author of SCIP, currently the best academic MIP solver. In addition to numerous publications in scientific journals he has also received several awards for his dissertation and for SCIP, such as the Beale-Orchard-Hays Prize.
From 2006, Dr. Achterberg worked for ILOG / IBM as developer of CPLEX in versions 11 to 12.6. Since 2014 he participates in the development of the Gurobi Optimizer, currently being the Vice President of R&D at Gurobi. In his spare time, Dr. Achterberg continues to work on the Gurobi MIP solver, because he is addicted to MIP. He does not have any interest in other things; his spouse, his three children, his two drum kits, and his attendances in the moshpits of punk rock concerts are just mock-ups to pretend having a normal life.