CURRICULUM VITAE

of

János F. Bitó

 

Name:                                   Prof. János F. Bitó D.Sc.

Nationality:                         Hungarian

Present address:                 Korompai utca 22/A

                                               H-1124 Budapest, Hungary

 

E-mail:                                 bito@uni-obuda.hu

Fax:                                       +36-1-666-5544

Phone:                                  +36-1-666-5542

 

Date of birth:                      21st July, 1936.

Marital status:                    married (two children)

 

Knowledge of languages:

Mother tongue:    Hungarian

Others:                   English (read, write, understands easily, speaks fluently)

                                 German (read, write, understands easily, speaks fluently)

                                 Russian (read, write, understands easily, speaks fluently)

Education:

1951-1954:                 "Radnóti Miklós" Secondary School, Szeged (Maturity Exam, general);

1954-1958:                 "József Attila" University, Szeged (Faculty of Natural Sciences), Physics, Mathematics, University Diploma (M.Sc.);

1960:                            Doctor of Natural Sciences (Dr. Rer. Nat.) with qualification "summa cum laude", "József Attila" University, Szeged;

1967:                            PhD, at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences,

1971:                            Doctor of Technical Science (D.Sc.), at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (HAS), Budapest;

 

Publications:                      About 230 scientific papers (number of citations: 97) and 5 university guidebooks, over 200 papers and 5 books for science propagation in the fields as follows: electron and plasma physics, optoelectronic sensors, optical signal processing, physical foundations of robot control strategies, kinematics of robot arm movement, robot application, planning of robotized systems, social and economic effects of robotization, modeling and simulation of assembly and painting robots and their environment, Artificial Neural Network (ANN) research for control and pattern recognition tasks, application of Information and Communication Technology.

 

Memberships of the most important international and Hungarian organizations:

 

Member, Senior Member and from 1999 Fellow grade Member (No. 8547002) of IEEE Elected Vice-Chairman of IEEE Hungary Session (1994-98) elected and invited member of the New York Academy of Sciences (1992-); chairman of Committee for Information Technology of Hungarian Academy of Sciences (HAS), (2000-); consulting member of Dept. for Technical Sciences of HAS (2000-); member of Committee for Automation and Computation of HAS (1996-); member of the National Committee for Accreditation of Hungarian Universities and Colleges in the field of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology (1996-); member of the Committee for Habilitation at the Technical University of Budapest (1996-), at the Veszprém University (1997-), and at the Faculties of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology of the Technical University of Budapest(1996-); elected chairman of the Hungarian Robotics Association (HRA); member of the Scientific Council of the Scientific Society for Measurement and Automation(1996-); chairman of the Electrical and Electronical Jury of the National Scientific Research Fund (OTKA), (1999-); registered expert by UNIDO/UNDP in information technology, automation (robotics) and electronics; etc.

 

Professional experience:

1958-1971:                 "Research Institute for Electronics", scientific coworker, scientific worker, head of "Department of Plasma and Electron Physics"; head of Division, member of Scientific Council;

1965-                           education of students, graduates and postgraduates at "Roland Eötvös University", Budapest;

1986:                            Professor of Physics at "Roland Eötvös" University, Budapest.

1971-1986:                 "TUNGSRAM Co. Ltd.": head of Technical Division, director of Research and Development;

1986-1993:                 "TUNGSRAM Co. Ltd.", "Scientific and Production Centre of Robotics and Automation" (SPCRA), executive director;

1990-1993:                 "TUNGSRAM T.H. Co. Ltd.", deputy general director;

1993-1994:                 "GE-TUNGSRAM Co. Ltd.", deputy director;

1993-                           "Centre of Robotics and Automation", (CRA) in Hungary, executive director.

1996-2000                  Chief Adviser on Information Technology to the Minister of Telecommunication, Transport and Water Management.

2000-                                                       Professor at Péter Pázmány Catholic University.

2010-                            Professor Emeritus at Óbuda University

 

References:                          European Biographical Directory, Who's Who in the World (from 6th edition, Men of Achievement); IBC (Cambridge) Int. Who's Who in Community Service; Men and Women of Distinction; Who's Who in Western Europe; 5,000 Personalities in the World; Who's Who in Hungary (from 1971) etc

 

Prizes, awards:                   "Imre Bródy" Prize, "Roland Eotvos Physical Society, 1967; "Pro Mundi Beneficio", Medal and Diploma, Academia Brasileira de Ciencias Humanas, 1975; "Two Thousand Man of Achievement", Medal and Diploma, 1973; the Gold Medal of Science Propag. Society of Hungary, 1984; "Roland Eötvös" Prize, Hungarian Council of Ministers, 1991., Dennis Gabor Prize, l997; Arnold Ipolyi Prize, 2002; "Medal and Scroll of Living Legends", IBC Cambridge, 2003;

 

Areas of relevant scientific and technical experience:

*       electron and plasma (discharge) physics;

*       optical signal processing, optoelectronic sensors (integrated systems), ANN-based pattern recognition.

*       process control, control strategies of robots and systems based on novel computational principles (fuzzy systems and ANNs);

*       automated systems, CIM;

*       technical, economic and social criteria and effects of automation (robotization);

*       techno-economic analysis of automated, adaptive TQM production systems (assembly, welding, painting lines);

*       information technology;

*       application of information and communication technology;

 

List of publications:

http://mycite.omikk.bme.hu/search/slist.php?lang=1&AuthorID=10004923

János F. Bitó