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Name: István Petrás (male)

Nationality: Hungarian

Date of Birth: 4th September, 1973

Home Address: 5700 Gyula, Nagyvaradi út 33, Hungary

Mailing Address: István Petrás, MTA-SZTAKI
1111 Budapest, Kende u. 13-17
Hungary
E-mail: cim
 

Employment

2007 –
Distributed Event Analisys group, Computer and Automation Institute, Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

2005 – 2006
Pázmány Péter Catholic University

1998 – 2006 Analogical and Neural Computing Laboratory, Computer and Automation Institute, Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Advisor: prof. Tamás Roska.

2000 - 2001 Nonlinear Research Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley.
Working as visiting scholar in the Nonlinear Research Laboratory led by Prof. Leon O. Chua, researching spatiotemporal chaotic pattern generation and analysis, developing ultra high-speed image processing

1998 - 2000 Analogical and Neural Computing Laboratory, Computer and Automation Institute, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Working as Research Assistant in the Analogical and Neural Computing Laboratory led by Prof. Tamás Roska, developing CNN algorithms and CNN simulator
   

Education

2005 Received his Ph.D. with summa cum laude.

2001-2004

Ph.D. student, Neuromorphic Information Technology, Interdisciplinary Graduate Program, Analogical and Neural Computing Laboratory, Computer and Automation Institute, Hungarian Academy of Sciences


2002 From May 2002 to June 2002 worked in the SISTA-COSIC laboratory, Department of Electrical Engineering, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium.

2000-2001 Visiting scholar in the Nonlinear Research Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley

1998-2000 Ph.D. student, Neuromorphic Information Technology, Interdisciplinary Graduate Program, Analogical and Neural Computing Laboratory, Computer and Automation Institute, Hungarian Academy of Sciences

1994-1998 University of Veszprém, Faculty of Engineering
M.Sc. degree in Computer Science. Title of diploma work: CNN Simulator in Xwindow environment – Phenomenological CNN models of some somatosensory effects

1991-1994 Bánki Donát Polytechnic
B.Sc. degree in Computer Science. Title of diploma work: Handwritten number recognition by neural net-work
 

Prizes

2005 Institute Prize of Computer and Automation Institute, Hungarian Academy of Sciences

2004 Institute Prize of Computer and Automation Institute, Hungarian Academy of Sciences

2004 Publication Prize of Computer and Automation Institute, Hungarian Academy of Sciences

2000 Institute Prize of Computer and Automation Institute, Hungarian Academy of Sciences


Scholarships

2002 – 2005
Young Researcher’s Scholarship of Hungary

1997 – 1998
Scholarship of the Hungarian Republic for Students, University of Veszprém

1996 – 1997 University Scholarship, Univ. of Veszprém


 Projects

2000 – 2002 Dynamic image Coding and Processing with Tera-Speed CNN Visual Microprocessor (DICTAM), ESPIRIT. Duration: Jan, 2000. – Dec, 2002., No.: N68171-97-C-9038

2001 – 2004 Sensing Computers and Telepresence (TELESENSE) 2/035 NKFP 2001. Duration: 2001-2004

2003 – 2006 Life like Object detection for Collision avoidance Using Spatiotemporal image processing (LOCUST) IST 2001-38097, 2003
 

Research Areas

  • Statistical model building
  • Event detection
  • Bayes methods
  • Video analysis
  • Chaotic signal analisys
  • Nonlinear wave based computing for image processing.
  • Ultra high-speed image processing algorithms.
  • High-speed motion analysis.
  • Analysis of spatiotemporal chaotic patterns and waves.
  • Mobile robotics, UAV, UGV.


Languages

Hungarian (mother tongue), English (fluent), German (basic level)