Carola Wenk (born 1973)[1] is a German-American computer scientist known for her research on algorithms for finding similarities between geometric shapes, such as matching vehicle trajectories to road networks, comparing trajectories with each other using Fréchet distance, or testing similarity for gel electrophoresis data.
[2][3] Her work has also involved biomedical applications of geometric algorithms, including the use of virtual reality to diagnose glaucoma.
[5] She continued to work with Alt at the Free University of Berlin and in 2002 completed a doctorate in computer science (Dr. rer.
[5] As faculty senate chair, she oversaw a change in the university grading system to allow plus and minus modifiers in letter grades,[8] and a policy to reduce the use of paper by making all campus printers and copiers double-sided.
[5] With Mahmuda Ahmed, Sophia Karagiorgou, and Dieter Pfoser, Wenk is the co-author of the book Map Construction Algorithms (Springer, 2015).