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Christoph Plate

PhD Student in the MathOpt research group
at the Faculty of Mathematics
at the Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg

Address

Universitätsplatz 2, 02-207a
39106 Magdeburg, Germany

phone: +49 391 67 58270
fax: +49 391 67 41171

Short CV

A long version is available on request.

Education

01/2022
– present:
 Otto von Guericke University (Magdeburg)
PhD student and research assistant
10/2019
– 12/2021:
 Otto von Guericke University (Magdeburg)
Master of Science in Mathematics
10/2015
– 09/2019:
 Otto von Guericke University (Magdeburg)
Bachelor of Science in Mathematical Engineering

Research interests

  • Optimization Methods for Machine Learning
  • Optimal Control
  • Applications in Chemical Engineering

Selected publications

13 / 13
2026
article
Kaps, L., Leipold, J., Plate, C., Martensen, C. J., Kortuz, W., Seidel-Morgenstern, A., Kienle, A., Sager, S.
Optimal Experiments for Hybrid Modeling of Methanol Synthesis Kinetics
Computers & Chemical Engineering
BibTeX
DOI 
@article{Kaps2026,
    author = {Kaps, Lothar and Leipold, Johannes and Plate, Christoph and Martensen, Carl Julius and Kortuz, Wieland and Seidel-Morgenstern, Andreas and Kienle, Achim and Sager, Sebastian},
    title = {Optimal Experiments for Hybrid Modeling of Methanol Synthesis Kinetics},
    journal = {Computers \& Chemical Engineering},
    publisher = {Elsevier BV},
    year = {2026},
    volume = {204},
    pages = {109387},
    doi = {10.1016/j.compchemeng.2025.109387}
}
2026
article
Klimek, A., Plate, C., Sager, S., Sundmacher, K., Ganzer, C.
Superstructure Optimization with Embedded Neural Networks for Sustainable Aviation Fuel Production
Chemical Engineering Journal
BibTeX
DOI Web 
@article{Klimek2026,
    author = {Klimek, Alexander and Plate, Christoph and Sager, Sebastian and Sundmacher, Kai and Ganzer, Caroline},
    title = {Superstructure Optimization with Embedded Neural Networks for Sustainable Aviation Fuel Production},
    journal = {Chemical Engineering Journal},
    publisher = {Elsevier BV},
    year = {2026},
    volume = {535},
    pages = {175172},
    url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/2509.09796},
    doi = {10.1016/j.cej.2026.175172}
}
2026
article
Plate, C., Martensen, C. J., Sager, S.
Optimal experimental design for universal differential equations
IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control
BibTeX
DOI Web 
@article{Plate2025,
    author = {Plate, Christoph and Martensen, Carl Julius and Sager, Sebastian},
    title = {Optimal experimental design for universal differential equations},
    journal = {IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control},
    publisher = {Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)},
    year = {2026},
    volume = {71},
    number = {3},
    pages = {1521--1536},
    url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/2408.07143},
    doi = {10.1109/tac.2025.3609533}
}
2026
article
Plate, C., Hahn, M., Klimek, A., Ganzer, C., Sundmacher, K., Sager, S.
An analysis of optimization problems involving ReLU neural networks
Optimization and Engineering
BibTeX
DOI Web 
@article{Plate2026,
    author = {Plate, Christoph and Hahn, Mirko and Klimek, Alexander and Ganzer, Caroline and Sundmacher, Kai and Sager, Sebastian},
    title = {An analysis of optimization problems involving ReLU neural networks},
    journal = {Optimization and Engineering},
    publisher = {Springer Science and Business Media LLC},
    year = {2026},
    volume = {27},
    number = {3},
    pages = {2573--2605},
    url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.03016},
    doi = {10.1007/s11081-026-10075-8}
}
2026
misc
Plate, C., Ganzer, C., Hahn, M., Klimek, A., Liu, H., Sager, S., Sundmacher, K., Wilhelm, H.
Optimization with Region-Reduced ReLU Neural Networks
BibTeX
Web 
@misc{Plate2026a,
    author = {Plate, Christoph and Ganzer, Caroline and Hahn, Mirko and Klimek, Alexander and Liu, Heyuan and Sager, Sebastian and Sundmacher, Kai and Wilhelm, Hanna},
    title = {{Optimization with Region-Reduced ReLU Neural Networks}},
    year = {2026},
    note = {Submitted to Computers and Chemical Engineering},
    url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.31380}
}
2026
misc
Sager, S., Plate, C., Martensen, J., Ohl, F. W.
CorleoneGame: A library of biological dynamic games with a companion Julia solver
BibTeX
Web 
@misc{Sager2026a,
    author = {Sager, Sebastian and Plate, Christoph and Martensen, Julius and Ohl, Frank W.},
    title = {{CorleoneGame: A library of biological dynamic games with a companion Julia solver}},
    year = {2026},
    url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.06307}
}
2025
article
Abbasi-Esfeden, R., Plate, C., Sager, S., Swevers, J.
A dynamic programming-inspired approach for Mixed Integer Optimal Control Problems with dwell time constraints
Journal of Process Control
BibTeX
DOI 
@article{Esfeden2025,
    author = {Abbasi-Esfeden, Ramin and Plate, Christoph and Sager, Sebastian and Swevers, Jan},
    title = {A dynamic programming-inspired approach for Mixed Integer Optimal Control Problems with dwell time constraints},
    journal = {Journal of Process Control},
    publisher = {Elsevier BV},
    year = {2025},
    volume = {154},
    pages = {103522},
    doi = {10.1016/j.jprocont.2025.103522}
}
2025
article
Kessler, T., Plate, C., Martensen, C., Leipold, J., Kaps, L., Seidel-Morgenstern, A., Sager, S., Kienle, A.
Two degress of freedom control of a multistage power to methanol reactor
Computers and Chemical Engineering
BibTeX
DOI 
@article{Kessler2025,
    author = {Kessler, T. and Plate, C. and Martensen, C.J. and Leipold, J. and Kaps, L. and Seidel-Morgenstern, A. and Sager, S. and Kienle, A.},
    title = {Two degress of freedom control of a multistage power to methanol reactor},
    journal = {Computers and Chemical Engineering},
    year = {2025},
    volume = {192},
    pages = {108893},
    doi = {10.1016/j.compchemeng.2024.108893}
}
2024
misc
Martensen, C., Plate, C., Sager, S.
dynamicOED.jl
GitHub repository
BibTeX
Web 
@misc{Martensen2024b,
    author = {Martensen, C.J. and Plate, C. and Sager, S.},
    title = {dynamicOED.jl},
    journal = {GitHub repository},
    publisher = {GitHub},
    year = {2024},
    url = {https://github.com/mathopt/DynamicOED.jl}
}
2024
article
Martensen, C. J., Plate, C., Sager, S.
DynamicOED.jl: A Julia package for solving optimum experimental design problems
Journal of Open Source Software
BibTeX
DOI 
@article{Martensen2024c,
    author = {Martensen, Carl Julius and Plate, Christoph and Sager, Sebastian},
    title = {DynamicOED.jl: A Julia package for solving optimum experimental design problems},
    journal = {Journal of Open Source Software},
    publisher = {The Open Journal},
    year = {2024},
    volume = {9},
    number = {98},
    pages = {6605},
    doi = {10.21105/joss.06605}
}
2024
article
Plate, C., Sager, S., Stoll, M., Tetschke, M.
Second-Order Partial Outer Convexification for Switched Dynamical Systems
IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control
BibTeX
DOI 
@article{Plate2024,
    author = {Plate, Christoph and Sager, Sebastian and Stoll, Martin and Tetschke, Manuel},
    title = {Second-Order Partial Outer Convexification for Switched Dynamical Systems},
    journal = {IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control},
    publisher = {Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)},
    year = {2024},
    volume = {69},
    number = {7},
    pages = {4643--4656},
    doi = {10.1109/tac.2024.3351567}
}
2024
misc
Plate, C., Sager, S., Tetschke, M.
SecondOrderPOC.jl
GitHub repository
BibTeX
Web 
@misc{secondorderpoc,
    author = {Plate, C. and Sager, S. and Tetschke, M.},
    title = {SecondOrderPOC.jl},
    journal = {GitHub repository},
    publisher = {GitHub},
    year = {2024},
    url = {https://github.com/chplate/SecondOrderPOC.jl}
}
2023
incollection
Martensen, C. J., Plate, C., Keßler, T., Kunde, C., Kaps, L., Kienle, A., Seidel-Morgenstern, A., Sager, S.
Towards machine learning of power-2-methanol processes
33rd European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering
BibTeX
DOI 
@incollection{Martensen2023,
    author = {Martensen, Carl Julius and Plate, Christoph and Ke{\ss}ler, Tobias and Kunde, Christian and Kaps, Lothar and Kienle, Achim and Seidel-Morgenstern, Andreas and Sager, Sebastian},
    title = {Towards machine learning of power-2-methanol processes},
    booktitle = {33rd European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering},
    publisher = {Elsevier},
    year = {2023},
    series = {Computer Aided Chemical Engineering},
    pages = {561--568},
    doi = {10.1016/b978-0-443-15274-0.50089-5}
}
Head of Group

Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil. Sebastian Sager
Head of MathOpt group
at the Institute of Mathematical Optimization
at the Faculty of Mathematics
at the Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg

Universitätsplatz 2, G02-224
39106 Magdeburg, Germany

: +49 391 67 58745
: +49 391 67 11171
:

Secretary

Susanne Heß

Universitätsplatz 2, G02-205
39106 Magdeburg, Germany

: +49 391 67-58756
: +49 391 67-11171
:

Head of Group

Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil. Sebastian Sager
Head of MathOpt group
at the Institute of Mathematical Optimization
at the Faculty of Mathematics
at the Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg

Universitätsplatz 2, G02-224
39106 Magdeburg, Germany

: +49 391 67 58745
: +49 391 67 11171
:

Secretary

Susanne Heß

Universitätsplatz 2, G02-205
39106 Magdeburg, Germany

: +49 391 67-58756
: +49 391 67-11171
:

Last Modification: 2025-12-17 - Contact Person: sager@ovgu.de - Impressum