Curriculum vitae

Name: József Békési

Occupation: Department of Computer Algorithms and Artificial Intelligence
Institute of Informatics
Faculty of Science and Informatics
University of Szeged

Árpád tér 2., Szeged, H6720

Phone: +36-62-456-729

Date of birth: July 7, 1963

Place of birth: Békéscsaba

Citizenship: Hungarian

Education:

1987 József Attila University Szeged, Hungary Diploma of Mathematics (equivalent to Master's Degree)

1993-1996 József Attila University, Szeged, Hungary Graduate Work in Data Compression and Discrete Optimization

1997 József Attila University, Szeged, Hungary PhD from Computer Science

Teaching Experience:
1987 - present Held seminars and lectures for undergraduate students in programming, databases, computer networks,game theory, algorithms and data structures, cryptography.

Research and Professional Experience:
1987-1992 Juhász Gyula Teacher’s Training College, Szeged, Teaching Assistant.
1993-1996 József Attila University, Szeged, Analysis of bin packing algorithms, and data compression.
1996- University of Szeged, Analysis of bin packing and scheduling algorithms, permutation routing and data compression.

Knowledge of Languages:
English 1985 intermediate level (written, spoken, reading)
German 1996 basic level (written, reading)

Conferences:

1991 Aachen XI EURO

1995 Passau DGOR 95

1996 St.Gallen DGOR-SVOR Conference

1997 Jena DGOR-SVOR Conference

1999 Magdeburg DGOR-SVOR Conference

1999 Pécs Hungarian Operations Research Conference

2000 Budapest 17. European Operations Research Conference

2000 Szeged Conference of PhD Students in Computer Science.

2001 Aussois Combinatorial Optimization Workshop

2001 Debrecen Hungarian Operations Research Conference

2003 Győr Hungarian Operations Research Conference

2003 Heidelberg SOR 2004 Conference

2004 Veszprém Veszprém Optimization Conference: Advanced Algorithms (VOCAL)

2004 Athen APPOL Workshop

2006 Szeged Conference of PhD Students in Computer Science.

2007 Balatonőszöd Hungarian Operations Research Conference

2007 Kiel Workshop on Algorithms

Lectures, visits:

Graz(1995), Graz(1997,1999,2000), Bologna(1998),

Heidelberg (2001,2002,2004,2005,2006,2007), Reggio Emilia (2004)

International Research Projects:

Combinatorial optimization – research and education. (Joint project: József Attila University, Dept of Informatics, Technical University of Graz.) 1995-1996.

Algorithms for solving optimization problems (Italian-Hungarian research project, University of Bologna) 1996-1997.

Algorithms for solving comb9inatorial optimization problems (Austrian-hungarian research project, University of Graz), 1999-2000.

APPOL-I-II EU research project. (Univ. Kiel, TU Berlin, Univ. Dortmund, Univ. Evry Val d’essone, Univ. Paris Sud, National TU of Athens, Univ. Roma, Univ. Maastricht, Imperial College, TECNION Israel, Univ. Tel Aviv), 2000-2004.

Exact and approximation algorithms for packing problems (German-Hungarian research project, University of Heidelberg), 2001-2002.

Algorithms for solving cutting stock problems (German-Hungarian research project, University of Heidelberg), 2005-2006.

Exact and approximation algorithms for clustering problems (German-Hungarian research project, University of Heidelberg), 2008-2009.

Advanced algorithms and data structures for discrete optimization problems (Slovenian-Hungarian research project, University of Primorska), 2008-2009.

Other Projects:

OTKA(1996-1999,1998-2001), TÉT(1998), PFP(2000)

Industrial Applications and Other Research Projects:

Research and development projects, industrial applications: Decision making (DecArt), Data mining (DataScope), Logistics, Vehicle Routing(RPlan),

Current R&D projects: Vehicle Scheduling(AFOR), Astma Diagnostics (Capno)

Awards:

Bolyai János Mathematical Association, Farkas Gyula Price (1997)

Juhász Gyula Teachers Training College, ‘Pro Iuventute’ Price I., (1999)

Membership:

Bolyai János Mathematical Association (1997-)

Hungarian Operations Research Society (2001-)

Public Body of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (2004-)