• 1955

• Full professor

• Title Doctor of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in Computer Science, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 2003.
  Title of thesis: A Comparison of the Computational Power of Tree Transducers.
• Habilitation in computer science, University of Szeged, 2002.
• Degree Candidate in computer science, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 1990.
  Title of thesis: Decidability Questions in Monoids Generated by Tree Transformation Classes.
• Degree Doctor of University in computer science, József Attila University, 1981.
  Title of thesis: Attributed Tree Transducers.
• MSc in mathematics and computer science, József Attila University, 1979.
  Title of thesis: A Solution for the Equivalence Problem of Deterministic GSM's.
• University Education, Mathematics and Computer Science, Faculty of Science, József Attila University, 1974 - 1979.

• Full professor, University of Szeged, Department of Foundations of Computer Science, 2004 -
• Associate professor, University of Szeged (up to 1999 József Attila University), Department of Computer Science, 1993 - 2004
• Research assistant - researcher - senior researcher, Research Group on the Theory of Automata, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 1979-1992.

• Chairman of the Computer Science Habilitation Comittee, University of Szeged, 2009 -
• Head, Institute of Informatics, University of Szeged, 2005 -
• Deputy director of the PhD School in Mathemetics and Computer Sciencce, University of Szeged, 2004 - 2009.
• Chairman of the Council of the PhD Programme in Computer Science, Institute of Informatics, University of Szeged 2004 - 2009, Deputy Chairman, 2000 - 2004.
• Vice dean, University of Szeged (up to 1999 József Attila University), Faculty of Sciences 1996 - 2000.
• Deputy Head, Institute of Informatics, József Attila University 1994 - 96.

• Member of the Mathematics Jury, National Foundation for Scientific Research of Hungary, 2007 - 2010.
• Member of the Scientific Committee, University of Debrecen, Faculty of Informatics, 2006 - 2009
• Member of the Doctoral Committee, Eötvös Lorán University, Faculty of Informatics, 2006 -
• Member of the Habilitaion Committee, University of Szeged, 2009 -
• Member of the Mathematics and Computer Science Committee of the Hungarian Accreditation Committee, 2003 - 2009.
• Member of the Doctoral Committee of the Mathematical Department of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 2003 -
• Member of the Board for Natural Sciences and Mathematics, National Foundation for Scientific Research of Hungary, 2000 - 2003.
• Member of the Computer Science Habilitaion Committee, University of Szeged, 2003 -
• Member of the Computer Science Committee of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 1998 -
• Member of the Council of the PhD Programme in Computer Science, Department of Computer Science, University of Szeged (up to 1999 József Attila University), 1994 - present

• Model Checking, Logic in computer science, Correctness of programs, Computability and complexity theory, Tree automata and tree transducers, Syntactic parsing of formal languages, Attribute grammars, Automata and formal languages, Compilers and Operating systems

• Attribute grammars, tree automata, tree transducers, term rewriting systems.

• Over 60 papers, editor of 3 proceedings, 2 books. (list of publications)

• Gábor Dányi, 1997.
  Title of thesis: Superlinear Determinsitic Top-Down Tree Transducers.
• Pál Gyenizse, 1998.
  Title of thesis: Decidability Questions for Term Rewrite Systems and Tree Transducers.
• Zsolt Gazdag, 2006.
  Title of thesis: Shape Preserving Tree Transducers.
• Loránd Muzamel, 2011.
  Title of thesis: Pebble Macro Tree Transducers with Strong Pebble Handling.

• Managing Editor of the journal Acta Cybernetica, 1992 - 2005, Member of the Editoral Board, 2005 -
• Member of the Editoral Board of the journal Grammars, 1997 -
• Member of the Editoral Board of the journal Informatica, 2000 -
• Program Committee Member of the conferences ICALP 95, FCT 99, MFCS 2000, ECIT 2002, DLT 2002, AFL 2002, DLT 2003 (co-chair), AFL 2005 (co-chair), AutoMathA 2007, AFL 2011, CAI 2011
• Member of the Organizing Committee of the conferences AFL 96 and AFL 99

• John Neumann Computer Science Society, Hungary
• European Association for Theoretical Computer Science, 1990-, member of the Council, 1999-2003

• English: good, Russian: poor

• Winner of first prize in computer science, Scientific Conference for Students, Hungary, 1979.
• László Kalmár award of the József Attila University for excellent research, 1984.
• Széchenyi Scholarship for excellent research and teaching, 1998-2001.
• Széchenyi István Scholarship for excellent research and teaching, 2002 - 2004.

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