Curriculum Vitae
Name: Annamária R. Várkonyi-Kóczy
Place and date of birth: Budapest, Hungary, April 18, 1957.
Nationality: Hungarian
Marital status: married, three children
Affiliation: Department of Measurement and Information Systems, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, since 1991.
Mailing address: H-1521 Budapest Magyar Tudósok krt. 2.
Phone number: (+361) 4632057, Fax number: (+361) 4634112, Email: koczy@mit.bme.hu
Post: associate professor
Technical University of Budapest, 1975-1983.
Graduation: from the Technical University of Budapest,
Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Branch of Measurement and Control, MSc E.E., 1981,
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Branch of Mechanical Engineer-Teacher, MSc M.E-T., 1883.
PhD in Informatics from the Technical University of Budapest, 1996 (summa cum laude).
Research Institute for Telecommunication, research fellow, 1981, senior research assistant, 1982-1987
Technical University of Budapest, Department of Engineering Mechanics, senior research assistant, 1987-1991
Department of Measurement and Information Systems, assistant professor, 1991-1996, senior assistant professor, 1996-1998, associate professor, 1998-
Deputy Director for Scientific, Research, and International Affairs, 1998-2003
Member of the International Relations´ Committee, 1998-2004
Vice President of the Hungarian Fuzzy Association, 1999-
Member of the Committee of Electrical Engineering and Electronics of the Hungarian Fund for Scientific Research, 2002-2005
Executive Committee Member of the Santander Group Network of EU, 2002-2005
Rector´s Adviser, International Affairs, 2003-2005
Representative of the Santander Group Network in Hungary, 2005-
Scientific Committee Member, EU Alban Programme, 2005-
Distinguished Lecturer Program Committee Member, IEEE Computational Intelligence Society, 2007
Széchenyi Professorship, 1999
Sigillum Universitatis Mistinae, Silver Medal, University of Modena e Reggio Emilia, 2002
Széchenyi István Stipendium, 2003
Languages: English, German fluently spoken, Russian good command.
Digital image and signal processing
Modelling and diagnostics
Soft computational, anytime, and hybrid techniques in intelligent measurement, diagnostics, and control systems
Transformed Domain Adaptive and Associative Signal Processing: Design and Implementation, Greek-Hungarian Intergovernmental Co-operation, 1997-99. Partner: Prof. S. Theodoridis, University of Athens, Dept. of Informatics
New Signal Processing Methods and Architectures to Improve Measuring Systems. Synchronized Multisine Synthesis and Analysis, Hungarian Fund for Higher Education, 1997-2000. Coordinator: Prof. G. Péceli
Anytime Algorithms in Digital Signal Processing, Hungarian Fund for Scientific Research OTKA, 1998-2002
Application Oriented and Knowledge Based Systems, British-Hungarian Intergovernmental Co-operation, 1998-2002. Partner: Prof. Ron J. Patton, University of Hull
Soft Computing Approaches to Reduce Computational Complexity of System Models and Evaluation Algorithms, Portuguese-Hungarian Intergovernmental Co-operation, 1999-2002. Partner: Prof. A. E. Ruano, University of Algarve
Intelligent Navigation Models and Algorithms Based on Soft Computational and Hybrid Techniques, Hungarian Fund for Scientific Research OTKA, 2001-2004
Integrated Intelligent Systems, I2S Japanese-Hungarian Laboratory, 2001-
Joint Laboratory for Emerging Information Technology in Manufacturing (ITM), 2004-
Intelligent Car-Crash Analysis System, Hungarian Fund for Scientific Research, OTKA, 2005-2008
Intelligent 3D modelling, supervisor, and analysis system, Structural Fund for Supporting Innovation in New Knowledge and Technology Intensive Micro- and Spin-off Enterprises, GVOP, 2006-2007
1994 - one month, scholarship to the University of Karlsruhe, Germany
1996 - six weeks, visiting researcher at the University of Athens, Greece
2003, 2004, 2005 - guest professor, Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Hungary
2003, 2004, 2005 - guest professor, University of Algarve, Portugal
2005- - PhD advisor, Technical University of Kosice, Slovak Republic
Lectures: Digital Equipment, Information and Coding Theory, Automatic Design and Testing, Digital Signal Processing and Optimisation, Soft Computing, Neural Networks, Real Time Systems and Anytime Algorithms, Operating Systems, Informatics, (in Hungarian), Operating Systems, Soft Computing (in English), Computer Architectures and Operating Systems (in German)
Consultations: graduate and postgraduate students
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, IEEE (fellow)
European Association for Signal Processing, EURASIP
Hungarian Academy of Engineers (elected member)
Public Body Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Neumann János Számítógéptudományi Társaság - John von Neumann Computer Society, Hungary
Méréstechnikai és Automatizálási Tudományos Egyesület - Measurement and Automation Society, Hungary
Hungarian Fuzzy Association (vice president)
General Chair of the IEEE Int. Workshop on Intelligent Signal Processing, WISP’99, IEEE Int. Workshop on Intelligent Signal Processing, WISP’2001, IEEE Int. Symposium on Intelligent Signal Processing, WISP’2003, IEEE SOFA’2005, IEEE WISP"2005
Publicity Chair of IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, IMTC’2001
International Program Committee Chair of SAMI’2004, SAMI’2005, ICCA"2005
Program Committee Member of more then 80 conferences
Guest Editor of the Journal of Advanced Computational Intelligence (Japan), the IEEE Trans. on Instrumentation and Measurement (USA), and the Journal of Advanced Computational Intelligence and Informatics (Japan)
Reviewer of the Signal Processing Journal, IEEE Trans. on Instrumentation and Measurement, IEEE Trans. on Signal Processing, and International Journal of System Science
Founding member and editor of the Periodica electronic journal
Publications: author, co-author of 11 books (4 in English), 27 journal papers (25 in English), more then 120 conference papers (in English)
References: 168.