András Antos' CV


Birth:
August 9, 1972, Budapest, Hungary

Degrees:

Ph.D. in Informatics, Technical Sciences, March 2000, Technical University of Budapest, Budapest, (thesis: Performance limits of nonparametric estimators), adviser: László Györfi. Theses.

M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, June 1995, Technical University of Budapest, Budapest, (thesis: Függvényosztályok tulajdonságai és szerepe az alakfelismerésben (Properties of classes of functions and their roles in pattern recognition)), advisor: Gábor Lugosi.

Education:

1995-98: Ph.D. student at Department of Computer Science and Information Theory, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics, Technical University of Budapest, Budapest
Topic: Nonparametric statistics

1990-95: Department of Informatics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics, Technical University of Budapest, Budapest

1992-94: Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Eötvös Loránd University of Science, Budapest

Teaching experiences:
Lecturer: Department of Computer Science and Information Theory, Technical University of Budapest, Budapest (Sept 1997 - Feb 1999, Sept 2003 - Feb 2007)
  • Data Compression (in English) (earlier: Information Theory)
  • Pattern Recognition
  • Probabilistic Analysis of Algorithms

    • Teaching assistant: Department of Computer Science and Information Theory, Technical University of Budapest, Budapest (Sept 1995 - June 1998)
  • Formal Languages (also in English)
  • Algorithm Theory
  • Discrete Mathematics

    • Committee member in PhD defenses: University of Szeged, 2009, Eötvös Loránd University of Science, 2008, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, 2006.

    Research:
    Publications
    Referee of
     papers:
    IEEE Trans. on Information Theory, 2011 (2 papers), 2010, 2006, 2005, 2003, and 2000.
    Ann. Conf. on Neural Information Processing Systems, 2011 (3 papers), 2010 (3 papers), 2009 (4 papers).
    Int. Conf. on Algorithmic Learning Theory, 2011.
    IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, 2011, 2009, 2008, 2002 (2 papers).
    Handbook of Information and Coding Theory, 2008.
    Statistics & Decisions, 2007.
    Software Seminar (SOFSEM'08), 2007.
    Machine Learning Journal, 2007.
    Ann. of the Institute of Statistical Mathematics, 2004.
    IEEE Trans. on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, 2003.
     theses:
    a PhD at University of Szeged, 2008.
    a PhD at Eötvös Loránd University of Science, 2006.
    an MSc at Budapest University of Technology and Economics, 2004.

    Participation in proofreading the textbooks below:
    N. Cesa-Bianchi, G. Lugosi. Prediction, Learning, and Games, Cambridge University Press, 2006. (2005)
    L. Györfi, ed. Principles of Nonparametric Learning, Springer-Verlag, Wien, New York, 2002. (2001) Book cover
    L. Györfi, M. Kohler, A. Krzyzak, H. Walk. A Distribution-Free Theory of Nonparametric Regression, Springer-Verlag, New York, 2002. (2001) Book cover
    L. Devroye, L. Györfi, G. Lugosi. A Probabilistic Theory of Pattern Recognition, Springer-Verlag, New York, 1996. Errata. (1994-95) Book cover

    Awards:
  • "Bolyai János Kutatási Ösztöndíj" (Bolyai János Researchers Fellowship) (Sep 2006 - Aug 2009)
  • Computer and Automation Research Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, "Intézeti díj" (Institute Award) (Apr 2006)
  • Computer and Automation Research Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, "Intézeti díj" (Institute Award) (Apr 2001)
  • NATO Science Fellowship (Sept 2001-Aug 2003)
  • "Magyar Állami Eötvös Ösztöndíj" (Eötvös Scholarship of the Hungarian State) (Oct 1999 - Dec 1999)
  • IFIP WG 1.4: Student Author Award on EuroCOLT'99 (1999)
  • DAAD (1999?)
  • ERICSSON-SCHRACK subsidy to cover expenses of conference participation (1996)
  • "Köztársasági Ösztöndíj" (Scholarship of the Hungarian Republic) (1993 - 94, 1992 - 93)
  • Scientific Conference of Students (BME VIK TDK), 2nd place winner (1991)

    • Visiting positions:
  • Department of Computing Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, "visiting researcher" Nov-Dec 2011.
  • Department of Computing Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, "visiting researcher" May-Jun 2010.
  • Department of Computing Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, "visiting researcher" Nov-Dec 2008.
  • Department of Computing Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, "visiting researcher" Apr-May 2008.
  • Department of Economics, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain, "visiting researcher" (Pascal) Jan 2008.
  • Department of Computing Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, "visiting researcher" Apr-May 2007.
  • Groupe de Travail Apprentissage (Training Working Group), Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, France, "visiting researcher" (Balaton) Nov 2006.
  • Department of Economics, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain, "visiting researcher" (TéT) Sept 2003.
  • Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, NATO Science Fellowship Sept 2001-Aug 2003.
  • Department of Economics, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain, Eötvös Scholarship Oct-Dec 1999.
  • Department of Economics, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain, "visiting professor" May-June 1997.
  • School of Computer Science, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, "visiting researcher" Sept-Dec 1996.

    • Memberships:
    Member of PASCAL2 Network
    Member of HAS Public Body, Committee on Information Science
    Member of the John von Neumann Computer Society (intermitted)

    Computer related skills:
    Operating systems: Unix (Linux), Windows, MS DOS
    Programming languages: Pascal, ix86 and Z80 Assembly, Basic
    Basic experinence in TCP/IP networking, Shell, C, Version control

    Language:
    Fluent in English, basic level in Spanish

    Publications

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    Updated: Dec 3, 2011
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