Sascha Korf
Affiliations
  • Life and Medical Sciences Institute (LIMES)
Research topics
  • Agent-based modeling
  • High-Performance and Scientific Computing
  • Epidemiological modeling
Sascha Korf studied mathematics at the University of Cologne and was a PhD student at the Institute of Software Technology at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) from 2022 to 2026. His background is in numerical mathematics. He is interested in the development of agent-based models for infectious disease dynamics, especially in the context of high-performance computing.
Selected publications

Bicker J, Gerstein C, Kerkmann D, Korf S, Schmieding R, Wendler A, Zunker H, Abele D, Betz M, Nguyen K, Plötzke L, Volmer K, SchmidtA, Waßmuth N, Lenz P, Richter D, Tritzschak H, Hannemann-Tamas R, Litz J, Johannssen P, Borges M, Jungklaus A, Heger M, Lange A, Kluth E, Rack K, Wieland V, Arruda J, Binder S, Klitz M, Siggel M, Dahmen M, Basermann A, Meyer-Hermann M, Hasenauer J, Kühn MJ. (2026). MEmilio – A high performance Modular EpideMIcs simuLatIOn software for multi-scale and comparative simulations of infectious disease dynamics. Submitted for publication. DOI:10.48550/arXiv.2602.1138

Korf S, Wagner S J, Köster G, Kühn M J (2026). On the Effect of Missing Transmission Chain Information in Agent-Based Models: Outcomes of Superspreading Events and Workplace Transmission. Chaos, Solitons & Fractals 208 (2), July 2026, 118179. DOI:10.1016/j.chaos.2026.118179

Kerkmann D, Korf S, Nguyen K, Abele D, Schengen A, Gerstein C, Göbbert JH, Basermann A, Kühn MJ, Meyer-Hermann M. (2025). Agent-based modeling for realistic reproduction of human mobility and contact behavior to evaluate test and isolation strategies in epidemic infectious disease spread. Computers in Biology and Medicine 193: 110269. DOI:10.1016/j.compbiomed.2025.110269

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