Curriculum Vitae (1971-2006)

Personal Data

First name András
Surname Kocsor
Scientific Degree Ph.D.
Date of Birth May 5 1971
Place of Birth Gödöllõ, Hungary
Nationality Hungarian
Languages Hungarian: native
  English: written, spoken, reading (intermediate language state exam)
  Russian: reading (university exam, required for Ph.D.)
  Esperanto: written, spoken, reading (intermediate language state exam)
Position Senior Research scientist, deputy head of the Research Group on Artificial Intelligence (2003-2006)
Affiliation Research Group on Artificial Intelligence of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and University of Szeged
Work Address H-6720 Szeged, Aradi vértanúk tere 1., Hungary
Home Address H-6725 Szeged, Barát u. 5/B, Hungary
Telephone +36 62 544127
Fax +36 62 425508
E-mail
www http://www.inf.u-szeged.hu/~kocsor/

Qualifications

2004 Ph.D. degree earned at the University of Szeged, summa cum laude (100%)
1997-2000 Ph.D. studies in Speech Recognition at the University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
1995 diploma in Computer Science and Mathematics
1990-1995 József Attila University, majors: Computer Science and Mathematics
1985-1989 JATE, Ságvári Endre Grammar School

Occupation

2003-2006 Deputy Head of the Research Group on Artificial Intelligence
2001-2003 Research Scientist at the Research Group on Artificial Intelligence
1999-2001 Research Assistant at the Research Group on Artificial Intelligence
1997-1999 Ph.D. Candidate at the University of Szeged
1996 Research Assistant at the Research Group on Artificial Intelligence
1995 Research Assistant at the Department of Informatics, University of Szeged

Research Experience and Interests

2005- Developing Machine Learning Algorithms for Large Scale Classfication and Regression Problems, Developing Novel Heuristic Methods, Learning Structured Output using Kernel Methods, Compression-based Similarity Measures and their Applications to Bioinformatics
2004- Applications of Extant Machine Learning Methods and Working out New ones to Solve Problems of Bioinformatics and to Process Natural Languages Automaticly
2003- Face Recognition using Kernel-Based Feature Extraction Methods, SVM-Based Feature Extraction Methods
2000- Kernel Methods, Computer Aided Speech Therapy and Teaching Reading, Construction of Several Speaker Normalization Methods
1998- Machine Learning, Statistical Learning Theory, Kernel Methods, Speech Recognition, Stochastic Segment-Based Speech Recognition
1995- Pattern Recognition, Similarity Measures, Similarity of DNA Sequences
1993- Numerical Mathematics, Eigenvalue-Eigenvector Problems, Inequalities, Homogeneous Functions, Signal Processing.

Awards

2005 Dennis Gabor Award
2005 Master-Teacher Gold Medallion
2005 Farkas Gyula Memorial Award
2005 John Kemény Prize
2005 Silver Medallion of the Scientific Association for Infocommunications
2005 Young Scientists' Award of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
2004 Huszty Dénes Memorial Award
2004 Young Scientists' Award of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
2003 Pollák-Virág Award
2003 Young Inventor of the Year

Scholarships

2005-2008 Bolyai Scholarship of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
2004 CEEPUS fellowship, Klagenfurt, Austria (1 month), University of Klagenfurt, Austria

Teaching Experience

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Artificial Intelligence
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Statistical Methods in Pattern Recognition
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Statistical Methods in Machine Learning
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Introduction to Informatics
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Numerical Mathematics, Differential Equations

Skills

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Computer Science: Maple, Matlab, C, C++, Pascal, Basic, Prolog, Assembly, Lotus Notes, WEB, Internet, MS-DOS, MS Windows, Linux


Association with Professional Bodies

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Member of John von Neumann Computer Society
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Member of the Scientific Association for Infocommunications, Hungary
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Member of the János Bolyai Mathematical Society
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Member of the Scientific Society for Optics, Acoustics, Motion Pictures and Theatre Technology
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Member of IEEE Computer Society

Developed Systems, DAtasets

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Machine Learning Software Packages
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Numerous Databases for Speech & Natural Language Processing of Hungarian
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The OASIS Speech Recognition System
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The EasySpeech Speech Impediment Therapy Software Package
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Beszédmester" (SpeechMaster) Software Package for Speech Impediment Therapy and Teaching Reading
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Other Speech Technology-, Signal Processing- and Numeric Mathematical Software Tools