Short Bio

I am a Ph.D. student at the DSS chair supervised by Prof. Bichler and a member of the DFG Research Training Group AdONE. In my research, I analyze the impacts of different electricity market designs.

Education

• Since 09/2022:        Ph.D. student, Chair of Decision Sciences & Systems, Technical University of Munich
• 10/2018 - 01/2022: Information Systems (M.Sc.), Technical University of Munich
• 10/2015 - 09/2018: Business Information Systems (B.Sc.), Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University (DHBW), Stuttgart

Work Experience

• 05/2019 - 11/2022: External lecturer (Scientific Work & Writing I-IV) & thesis advisor, Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University (DHBW), Stuttgart
• 02/2022 - 08/2022: Consultant (Artificial Intelligence & Data),  Deloitte Consulting GmbH, Munich
• 04/2020 - 09/2020: Tutor (Operations Research), Technical University of Munich
• 11/2016 - 08/2019: Dual student & working student, Capgemini Deutschland GmbH, Stuttgart
• 11/2017 - 01/2018: Student assistant, Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University (DHBW), Stuttgart
• 09/2015 - 11/2016: Dual student, DEKRA SE, Stuttgart

Publications

Journal Publications

Agile Dokumentation: Anspruch und Wirklichkeit – eine fallstudienbezogene Analyse mehrerer Softwareentwicklungsprojekte
Mathews, L., Holzweißig, K.
HMD Praxis der Wirtschaftsinformatik, 57, 117-132. [Springer], 2020

Peer-Reviewed Conference Papers

Impact of Bidding Zone Granularity on Electricity Costs and Prices: Evidence from the German Day-Ahead Market
Mathews, L., Bichler, M.
Accepted at International Conference on the European Energy Market (EEM), 2026, Trondheim (Norway).

Low Revenue in Display Ad Auctions: Algorithmic Collusion vs. Non-Quasilinear Preferences
Bichler, M., Gupta, A., Mathews, L., Oberlechner, M.
Accepted at Conference on Information Systems and Technology (CIST), 2024, Seattle (USA). [arXiv]
In International Conference on Operations Research (OR), 2024, Munich (Germany).
Previous version in Marketplace Innovation Workshop (MIW), 2024, Online.

Other Conference Talks

Zonal vs. Nodal Pricing in the German Electricity Market
Mathews, L., Bichler, M.
Accepted at Conference of the International Federation of Operation Research Societies (IFORS), 2026, Vienna (Austria).

Teaching

Courses

• Auction Theory and Market Design (IN2211) - WS 22/23
• Operations Research (IN0024) - SS 23

Supervised Theses

• Integrating a Flow Based Market Coupling Model
  Thesis, Master - Informatics, 2025
• Equilibrium Learning in Bertrand and Cournot Competition
  Interdisciplinary Project (IDP), Master - Informatics, 2023