Personal
data:
Date
of birth: July
25, 1960
Nationality:
Hungarian
Gender: male
Language
proficiency:
English (proficient; C1)
German (upper intermediate; B2)
Russian (basic; A2)
Education:
Habilitation in Mathematics: Loránd Eötvös University (ELTE), Budapest, 2015
Ph.D. in Mathematics: Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 1989
M.Sc. in Mathematics: ELTE, Budapest, 1983
Recent employment:
Aug, 2015-: Head of the department, Dept. of Probability and Statistics, ELTE
September, 2014- : Vice director of the Mathematical Institute of ELTE
July, 1995 - : Reader at the Dept. of Probability and Statistics, ELTE
1989-June, 1995: Lecturer at the Dept. of Probability and Statistics, ELTE
Scholarships abroad:
· September, 2003- November, 2003: Technical University of Munich (DAAD grant, subject: extreme-value modelling)
· February, 1991 – January, 1992: University of Sheffield (Royal Society Postdoctoral Fellowship - subject: Statistics of Extremes)
· August, 1987 – January, 1988: University of Tübingen, Germany (Funded by the Soros Foundation - subject: Probability Theory)
Awards:
· Bolyai János research grant (1998-2000)
· Grünwald Géza Prize (1987)
Teaching experience:
· More than 30 years of teaching different B.Sc. and M.Sc. (M.A.) courses on probability theory and statistics at Loránd Eötvös University, Budapest - some courses in English and German
· Supervising of over 40 MSc and BSc theses
· Supervising 6 Ph.D students, out of them 3 have already earned their degree
Research interests:
· Inference of extreme value theory, including multivariate and spatial/temporal models
· Environmental applications (extremes of spatial processes)
· Risk modelling
· Industrial statistics, statistical process control
· Psychometry
Summary
of publications:
·
Number of papers
in peer reviewed
journals: 40
·
Number of papers
in conference proceedings: 23
·
Number of book
chapters: 4 (out of them 2 are
in English)
· Number of university lecture notes: 3
Coordinating international and research projects:
· 2010-2012: "Simulating and analyzing large systems" research project, departmental coordinator
· 2002-2004: "Pro-ENBIS" EU-V project (Industrial and Business Statistics), local coordinator
· 2002-2004: "Flood Risks" Hungarian National Research Project, local coordinator
· 2000-2001: "Statistical inference for multivariate extreme-value models, with emphasis on environmental applications" Hungarian-Mexican bilateral project
· 1998-1999: "Mathematical statistical methods, based on extreme values, with environmental applications" Hungarian-Portuguese bilateral project
· 1995-1997: initiator and coordinator: TEMPUS Structural Joint European Project No. 9521 "Creating a Statistical Services Unit in Hungary", total budget about EUR 200,000
· 1994-1996: TEMPUS Joint European Network H-1994-2092, project coordinator
· 1991-1994: TEMPUS Joint European Project No. 2092, "Applications of Discrete Mathematics", coordinator on behalf of the ELTE
Most
important consulting activities:
· 1997-: Founder and director of the Applied Statistical Consulting Unit (ASCU) at the department
· Some references of the ASCU:
o AGB Hungary (several analysis on reliability, weighting etc of TV metering system)
o Hungarian National Lottery (software for checking certain combinations)
o Hungarian Water Research Inst.: Analysis of flood risk
o Risk calculation for insurance companies (flood-, earthquake-risk, other non-life or life contingencies)
o Applied statistics course at ING Ras Ltd., Hungary
Other professional activities:
2019: Chairman of the local organising committee: ENBIS'19 annual conference
2017-: Organiser of the annual worshops "Understanding the diversity of financial risk"
2014: Editor of the special issue of Quality and Reliability Engineering
2014- Member of ECMI Hungary
2013-: Member of the council of ENBIS
2008: Member of the Program Committee of the Eight ENBIS Meeting, Athens
2005-2008: Member of the European regional committee of the Bernoulli Society
2004- Regional representative of ENBIS for Hungary
Regular referee for journals like Metrika, Quality and Reliability Engineering
Budapest, July 2020