Education & Qualifications

  • MSc in Electrical Engineering, BME (1972)

  • University Doctorate, BME (1977)

  • Candidate of Technical Sciences (C.Sc.), TMB (1983)

  • Doctor of Technical Sciences (D.Sc.), TMB (1990)

  • Corresponding Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA) (1998)

  • Full Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA) (2001)

Research Areas

  • Theory of dynamic systems, multivariable linear systems, system identification, robust control systems, signal processing, fault detection and diagnostics, vehicle dynamics system and control theory.

  • Geometric theory of nonlinear systems and parameter-dependent systems.

Professional Experience

  • Head of Scientific Laboratory and Scientific Director, MTA SZTAKI (Institute for Computer Science and Control)

  • Full Professor, Department of Control for Transportation and Vehicle Systems, BME

  • Member of the Presidium of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Mathematics and Natural Sciences)

Teaching Activity

  • Control Engineering II.

  • Modern Control Theory II.

Awards, honors

  • Cross of the Order of Merit of Hungary (2013): Awarded by the President of the Republic for his professional work, outstanding international research achievements in system and control theory, as well as his teaching and science management activities.

  • Károly Simonyi Prize (2010): For outstanding scientific achievements in higher education and research institutes in the fields of engineering and physical sciences.

  • Honorary Doctor of Óbuda University (2010)

  • Donát Bánki Prize (2009): For technical scientific research achievements.

  • Széchenyi Prize (2007): In recognition of his scientific work.

  • Honorary Doctor of the Polytechnic University of Timișoara (2007)

  • Helios Prize (2003)

  • Ottó Benedikt Prize (1999)

  • Dénes Gábor Prize (1994): For outstanding intellectual and technical creation.

  • Academic Prize (1987)

  • MTA SZTAKI Institute Prize: 1987, 1991, 1997, 2003, 2005.

  • Széchenyi Professorial Fellowship (1998)

Projects, scholarships

  • 1976–1977 Academic Year: Imperial College of Science and Technology, Department of Computing and Control, London, UK.

  • 1990–1991 Academic Year: MIT Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems, Visiting Fulbright Professor, Cambridge, MA, USA.

  • 1993–1995: MIT Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems, joint research supported by the US-Hungarian Joint Research Fund.

  • 1992, 1993 Spring Semesters: Technical University Delft, Laboratory for Measurement and Control, Delft, Netherlands.

  • 2000–2003, 2004–2005, 2008–: University of Minnesota, Department of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, MN, USA. Research Professor in the field of high-reliability control of aerial vehicles.

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