Curriculum vitae

Name: János Csirik

Born: April 14, 1946 in Ambrózfalva, Hungary

Family: Married. 2 children

Citizenship: Hungarian

Degrees:

Dr. Rher. Nat., József Attila University, Szeged, Hungary, 1973.

Candidate of Math. Sci., Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

Budapest, Hungary, 1977.

Doctor of Math. Sci., Hungarian Academy of Sciences,

Budapest, Hungary, 1990.

Positions held:

Research worker, József Attila University, Szeged, Hungary, 1969-1977

Senior research worker, József Attila University, Szeged, Hungary, 1978-1990

Professor and Head of Dept. of Applied Computer Science, József Attila

University, Szeged, Hungary, 1990-95

Vice-rector of József Attila University, 1991-1992

Rector of József Attila University, 1992-1994

Deputy State Secretary, Ministry of Culture and Education, 1994-95

Head of the Department of Computer Sciences, József Attila University, 1995-2010

Dean of Faculty of Sciences, University of Szeged, 2005-2008

Visiting positions:

Vienna, Austria, 1974 (Boltzmann-fellowship), 5 months

Erlangen, West-Germany, 1980-81 (Humboldt-fellowship), 1 year

London, UK, 1981, 1 month

Erlangen, West-Germany, 1983 (Humboldt-fellowship), 5 months

Berne, Switzerland, 1987, 10 months

Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 1989-1990, 10 months

Berne, Switzerland, 1991, 1 month

Berne, Switzerland, 1994,1 month

Munich, Germany, 1996, (Humboldt fellowship), 3 months

AT&T Research Labs, NJ., USA, 1998, (Fulbright-fellowship), 3 months

Graz, Austria, 1999, 1 month

Columbia University, New York, 2000, 1 month

Berne, Switzerland, 2001, 1 month

Berne, Switzerland, 2002, 2 months

Munich, Germany, 2002-2003, 12 months

Berne, Switzerland, 2008, 2 months

Trier, Germany, 2011, 1 month

Awards: Prize of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 1981

Kalmár Prize of the Hungarian Computer Society, 1983

Bolyai Farkas Prize,1999

Szechenyi Prize, 2009

Fields of research:

Analysis of algorithms, pattern recognition, medical image processing, computer applications.