| Position: | full professor | 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 |
| 2013 | János Szentágothai fellowship for experienced researchers |
| 2016 | R.E. Moore Prize for Applications of Interval Analysis |
| 2017 | Kalmár Prize of the John von Neumann Computer Society |
| 2021 | Innovation Prize of the University of Szeged |
| 2022 | Knight of Cross from the Order of Merit of the Hungarian Republic |
| 2022 | Egervary Memorial Prize of the Hungarian Operations research Society |
| 2023 | Pro Universitate Prize of the University of Szeged |
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 2011-2015, president 2015-2020Travel
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), Journal of Global Optimization (Springer), Mathematical Programming A (Springer, 2011-2017), Nonlinear Theory and its Applications (IEICE), Optimization Letters (Springer), SN Operations Research Forum, and Polygon (University of Szeged).
Referee for Abstract and Applied Analysis, ACM T. on Mathematical Software, Acta Cybernetica, Acta Polytechnica Hungarica, Acta Technica Jaurinensis, Advances in Artificial Intelligence, Advances in Engineering Software, Algorithms (MDPI), Alkalmazott Matematikai Lapok, Annals of Operations Research, Applied Mathematics and Computation, Applied Mathematics Research Express, Applied Numerical Mathematics, BIT, Chemical Engineering Science, Central European J. of Operations Research, Computational Management Science, Computational Optimization and Applications, Computers and Mathematics with Applications, Computers & Operations Research, Discrete Applied Mathematics, Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society, Discussiones Mathematicae - Differential Inclusions, Environmental Modeling & Assessment, European J. of Operational Research, Facta Universitatis - Series Mathematics and Informatics, IMACS Annals on Computing and Applied Mathematics, IECIE Trans. on Fundamentals of Electronics, Communications and Computer Sciences, 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, Infocommunications Journal, Informatica, Information Sciences, 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. Applied Mathematics and Computing, J. of Computational and Applied Mathematics, J. of Engineering and Computer Inovations, J. of Global Optimization, J. of Machine Learning Research, J. of Optimization Theory and Applications, J. of Parallel and Distributed Computing, J. of Scientific Computing, Kybernetika, Linear Algebra and Applications, Mathematical and Computational Applications, Mathematical Problems in Engineering, Mathematical Programming, Mathematics (MDPI), Numerical Algorithms, Operations Research, Optimization, Optimization and Engineering, Optimization Methods and Software, Periodica Mathematica, PlosONE, Pollack Periodica, Polygon, Pure and Applied Mathematics, Reliable Computing, SIAM J. on Matrix Analysis and Applications, Studies in Applied Mathematics, Szigma, TOP, and Vietnam Journal of Mathematics.
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 (beyond those defended in Szeged): Sonja Berner (Wuppertal, 1995), Leocadio G. Casado (Almeria, 1999), Jens Hichert (Ilmenau, 1999), Zoltan Kovacs (Veszprem, 2000), Zsolt Ercsey (Veszprem, 2000), Martin Fuchs (Vienna, 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) and Gábor Szederkényi (2012).
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, 2014, 2016, 2018), SCAN (Budapest, 1998, Karlsruhe, 2000, Paris, 2002, Fukuoka, 2004, Duisburg, 2006, El Paso, 2008, Lyon, 2010, Novosibirsk, 2012, Würzburg, 2014, Uppsala, 2016), ICAI (Eger 2007, 2010, 2014, 2017), Int. Conf. in Memoriam Gyula Farkas (Cluj, 2005), the Hungarian Operations Research Conference (Debrecen, 2001, Győr 2004, Balatonőszöd 2007 and 2011, Cegléd 2015 ), CIS'07 (Harbin, 2007), ECMI (Budapest, 2018), GIKOF (Pécs, 2010), OGIK (2017), COSC2010 (Ulan Bator, 2010), TOGO10 (Toulouse, 2010), Informatika a Felsőoktatásban (Debrecen, 2011, 2014, 2017), Int. Symp. on Operations Research in Slovenia (2011, 2015, 2017), CAMY 2013, Timisoara, 6th Int. Conf. on Mathematics and Informatics (Tirgu Mures, 2017, 2019), 14th Workshop on Global Optimization LeGO2018, Leiden, 2018, 6th World Congress on Global Optimization (WCGO, Metz, 2019).
Plenary speaker of SCAN (Wuppertal, 1995, Duisburg, 2006, Uppsala, 2016), Kemometria-99 (Szeged, 1999), INVA (Miyako-Jima, 2009), the Hungarian Operations Research Conference (Balatonőszöd, 2009), SOR09 (Nova Goricia, 2009), International Workshop on Enclosure Methods (Freudenstadt, 2016), OPTASOFT (Budapest, 2012), and 15th Wellmann Int. Sci. Conf. (Hódmezővásárhely, 2017).
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