Skip to main content- Honorary Doctorate of the Russian Academy of Science (2012)
- European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Investigator Grant,
with S. Engell, Dortmund (2011) - Elected Member of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences (2009)
- Medal of Honor, Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz Foundation (2008)
- Microsoft Research Award (2004)
- Medal of Merit, Ministry for Education and Training, Vietnam (2003)
- Honorary Doctorate of the Vietnamese Academy of Science and Technology (2000)
- Offer for chair at the University of Cologne (1998), not realized
- Offer for chair at the University of Stuttgart (1995), not realized
- GEFFRUB Award (1986)
- Heinrich Hörlein Memorial Award (1986)
- Felix Hausdorff Memorial Award (1984)