| Position: | professor, head of department, general and scientific vice dean | Affiliation: | Institute of Informatics, University of Szeged | Address: | H-6701 Szeged, P.O. Box 652, Hungary | Telephone: | +36 62 544 305 | Fax: | +36 62 546 397 | E-mail: | csendes @ inf.u-szeged.hu | URL: | http://www.inf.u-szeged.hu/~csendes | Home Address: | H-6726 Szeged, Vánky J. u. 32. | Home Telephone: | +36 62 440 282 | Date of Birth: | March 27, 1956 | Place of Birth: | Szeged, Hungary | Citizenship: | Hungarian |
Education, Degrees
| 1980 | József Attila University, Diploma in Mathematics (M.Sc.) Szeged, Hungary, title of thesis:``The Modelling of the Chemoton'' |
| 1985 | József Attila University, Doctoral Degree in Mathematics, Szeged, Hungary, title of thesis:``The Modelling of the Chemoton'' |
| 1993 | Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Candidate of Sciences, title of thesis: ``Numerical procedures of the parameter estimation problem '' |
| 2007 | Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Sciences, title of thesis: ``Reliable optimization: Methods and applications '' |
Knowledge of Languages
| Language | Date of examination | Level |
| English | 1981 | intermediate, (written, spoken, reading, B2) |
| Russian | 1986 | basic (spoken, reading, B1) |
| German | 1993 | advanced (written,spoken, reading, C1) |
Awards:
| 1985 | Kalmár Prize of the József Attila University for young researchers of computer science and its application |
| 1989 | Farkas Prize of the Bolyai Mathematical Society for young researchers of applied mathematics |
| 1998 | Széchenyi Professorial Fellowship |
| 2002 | Széchenyi István Fellowship |
| 2005 | Golden Chalk Prize of the students |
| 2007 | Computer Science Teacher of the Year award of the Association for Hungarian Leading IT Personals (MVISZ) |
| 2009 | Master Teacher Gold Medal of the National Scientific Student Competition Board |
Teaching Experience
1981 - present: Held seminars for undergraduate and graduate students in programming, applications of computers, operations research and numerical analysis. Taught special courses in global optimization nonlinear programming and interval mathematics. Coordinating of thesis work and student research.
Research and Professional Experience
| 1988- present | University of Szeged (earlier József Attila University): Interval methods for global optimization and sensitivity analysis, analytical approach to global optimization, parallel methods and transputers in optimization. |
| 1985-1987 | József Attila University: Identification of models of respiratory mechanics, parameter estimation, nonlinear and global optimization. Numerical testing of various global optimization methods, studying their efficiency and reliability. |
| 1980-1984 | József Attila University: Simulation and mathematical studying of the mathematical model of a theoretical biological system, the chemoton. Solvability of this nonlinear ODE, positivity and stability of the solutions. |
Memberships in Professional Organizations
1990- Operational Research Committee of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, secretary 2002-2008, vice president 2011-Travel
1995 - 6 months of research in parallel methods for optimization at
the Wuppertal University (Germany) with a KDAW Fellowship.
1994 - 3 months of research in interval global optimization at the Karlsruhe
University (Germany) with COST Fellowship.
1993 - 5 months of research in interval methods for optimization with tolerance
at the Basel University (Switzerland) with SFCS Fellowship.
1987 - 1988 - 10 months of research in interval methods for global optimization
at the Düsseldorf University (Germany) with DAAD Fellowship.
Other activities
Editor of the journals Acta Cybernetica (University of Szeged), Acta Universitatis Sapientiae Informatica, Alkalmazott Matematikai Lapok (Budapest), Central European J. for Operations Research (Springer), Mathematical Programming A (Springer), Nonlinear Theory and its Applications (IEICE), Optimization Letters (Springer), and Polygon (University of Szeged).
Referee for Acta Cybernetica, Advances in Engineering Software, Alkalmazott Matematikai Lapok, Annals of Operations Research, Applied Mathematics and Computation, Applied Mathematics Research Express, Applied Numerical Mathematics, BIT, Central European J. of Operations Research, Computational Management Science, Computational Optimization and Applications, Computers and Mathematics with Applications, Computers & Operations Research, Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society, Discussiones Mathematicae - Differential Inclusions, Environmental Modeling & Assessment, European J. of Operational Research, IMACS Annals on Computing and Applied Mathematics, IEEE Trans. on Computer Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems, IEEE Trans. on Computers, IEEE Trans. on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, Informatica, INFORMS J. on Computing, Int. J. Applied Mathematics and Computer Science, Int. J. Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences, Int. J. of Reliability and Safety, J. of Applied mathematics, J. of Computational and Applied Mathematics, J. of Engineering and Computer Inovations, J. of Global Optimization, J. of Optimization Theory and Applications, Linear Algebra and Applications, Mathematical Programming, Operations Research, Optimization, Optimization and Engineering, Optimization Methods and Software, Polygon, Pure and Applied Mathematics, Reliable Computing, SIAM J. on Matrix Analysis and Applications, Szigma, and TOP.
Reviewer of the Hungarian Research Fund OTKA, the Canadian Research Fund NSERC, the National Science Fundation (USA), the Slovakian Research Fund VEGA, Mathematical Reviews, and of the Zentralblatt für Mathematik.
Supervisor of the PhD thesises of János Balogh, Balázs Bánhelyi, András Erik Csallner, Mihály Csaba Markót, László Pál, Péter Gábor Szabó, Boglárka Tóth, and Tamás Vinkó.
Referee, or/and member of the defence committe for the following PhD dissertations: Sonja Berner (Wuppertal, 1995), Leocadio G. Casado (Almeria, 1999), Jens Hichert (Ilmenau, 1999), Lajos Schrettner (Szeged, 2000), Zoltan Kovacs (Veszprem, 2000), Zsolt Ercsey (Veszprem, 2000), Zsolt Gazdag (Szeged, 2006), Antal Nagy (Szeged, 2006), Martin Fuchs (Vienna, 2008), György Szarvas (Szeged, 2008), Csilla Bujtás (Veszprém, 2008), A.R.M.J.U. Jamali (Torino, 2008), Abdulfatah M. Enhamed (Budapest, 2009), Marianna Nagy (Budapest, 2009), and Ferenc Domes (Vienna, 2010). Referee of the Doctor of the HAOS degree of István Deák (2006).
Member of the Programme or Scientific Committees of Alkalmazott Matematikai Konferencia (Győr, 2012), APMOD (Budapest, 1993), CSCS (Szeged, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012), SCAN (Budapest, 1998, Karlsruhe, 2000, Paris, 2002, Fukuoka, 2004, Duisburg, 2006, El Paso, 2008, Lyon, 2010, Novosibirsk, 2012), ICAI (Eger 2007, 2010), Int. Conf. in Memoriam Gyula Farkas (Cluj, 2005), the Hungarian Operations Research Conference (Debrecen, 2001, Győr 2004, Balatonőszöd 2007 and 2011 ), CIS'07 (Harbin, 2007), GIKOF (Pécs, 2010), COSC2010 (Ulan Bator, 2010), TOGO10 (Toulouse, 2010), Informatika a Felsőoktatásban (Debrecen, 2011), and SOR11 (Dolenjske Toplice, Slovenia, 2011).
Plenary speaker of SCAN (Wuppertal, 1995, Duisburg, 2006), Kemometria-99 (Szeged, 1999), INVA (Miyako-Jima, 2009), the Hungarian Operations Research Conference (Balatonőszöd, 2009), SOR09 (Nova Goricia, 2009), and ICAI2010 (Eger, 2010).
List of selected publications