About Me

My name is Martin Drees, and I am a PhD student at the Research Institute for Discrete Mathematics in Bonn working on Chip Design Placement.
As a private project, I am working on pension system design with a theoretical focus and pension reform with a focus on the German pension system.
My curriculum vitae is available for download: CV (PDF)
Publications
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Drees, M.: Resolving Aaron's Social Insurance Paradox (2025). arXiv preprint. (link, reviews)
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Drees, M.: Nonfinancial Defined Return (NDR) Pension Framework and a New Perspective on Pension System Sustainability (2024). In: Christina Benita Wilke (Ed.) Pension Reforms in the Nordic Countries and Germany, Conference Proceedings of the 2024 Annual Meeting of the German Society for Demography (DGD) by the Working Group on Demographic and Social Developments. (link)
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Drees, M.: Intersecting and dense restrictions of clutters in polynomial time. Math. Program. 206, 461–477 (2024). (link) [Based on my bachelor's thesis]
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Drees, M.: Intersecting and Dense Restrictions of Clutters in Polynomial Time. In: Aardal, K., Sanità, L. (eds) Integer Programming and Combinatorial Optimization. IPCO 2022. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 13265. Springer, Cham. Pages 210-222. (link) [Based on my bachelor's thesis]
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Drees, M.: Simplifying the Karlin-Klein-Oveis Gharan Analysis for 3/2−ε-Approximating TSP. Master's Thesis (2022). (download)
Projects
Pension System Project
Focusing on pension system theory and German pension reform.
View Pension ProjectMathelust
Blog on elementary mathematics and mental calculation in German (inactive since 2019). The content is timeless.
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A prototype system for transparent academic evaluation through open endorsements and public reviews.
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