Endre Katona
associate professor
Education
1972-1977. József Attila University, Szeged, Hungary
Diploma: M.Sc. Computer science
1983. József Attila University, Szeged, Hungary
Degree: University doctor, 'Programming of cellular automata based computers'
2001. University of Szeged, Hungary
Degree: Ph.D. 'Automatic map interpretation'
Faculty Appointments
1978-1990: research fellow, Research Group on Automata Theory at József Attila University
1990-1993: project manager, Cellware Ltd.
1993-2002: assistant professor, Department of Applied Informatics, University of Szeged
2002-: associate professor, Department of Image Processing and Computer Graphics, University of Szeged
Research Activities
1977-1993: Theory of cellular automata. Design and programming of cellular processors and other parallel computers, with special respect to digital image processing applications
1984, 1986, 1988 és 1990: Program committee member of PARCELLA Conferences in Berlin (Parallel Processing by Cellular Automata and Arrays)
1990-: Geographic Information Science: digital terrain modelling, vectorization and interpretation of scanned maps and drawings, spatial databases
53 publications (35 with a single author)
13 lectures on different international conferences
Honors
1982: Kalmár Prize
1982: Farkas Gyula Prize
Teaching
1978-1990: Programming
1993-: Database Systems
1994-: Introduction to Informatics
1995-: Geographic Information Science
1997-2001: Secretary of a Tempus Joint European Project "Quality Assurance and Credit Transfer System"