Dr. A. Csenki

Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum Vitae Dr. Attila Csenki School of Computing and Mathematics University of Bradford Bradford, West Yorkshire BD7 1DP, UK September 18, 2013

Contents 1 Personal details

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2 Educational background

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3 Work experience

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4 Further Information

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Personal details

Name:

Dr. Attila Csenki

Date of birth:

22 August 1953

Home address:

40 Westgate, Guiseley, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS20 8HL, U.K.

Tel.:

(01943) 875581 (home), (01274) 232323 ext. 4277 (work)

Marital status:

married with three children

Citizenship:

German

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Educational background

1959-1969

Primary and secondary schooling in Budapest, Hungary.

1969-1972

Secondary schooling in Freiburg, Germany.

1972

Abitur in Freiburg.

1972-1977

Study of Mathematics, Physics and Business Studies (BWL) at Freiburg University, Germany.

1977

Diplommathematiker, first degree in Mathematics at Freiburg University; sehr gut (top grade in all subjects).

1977-1980

Postgraduate research work in Probability and Statistics at Freiburg University.

1980

Dr.rer.nat., doctoral degree in Mathematics at Freiburg University with cum laude. Throughout my studies in Freiburg, I was supported by the Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes, a government financed organisation whose mission was to support the top 5% of university students in Germany; admission was based on academic performance only.

1982-1985

Undergraduate studies in Civil Engineering at University College London.

1985

BSc(Eng) in Civil Engineering from University College London with first class honours.

1993

Dr. rer. nat. habil. (Habilitation) in Mathematics at the Technical University Freiberg (Bergakademie), Freiberg (Saxony), Germany.

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Work experience

1977-1979

Research assistant in Mathematics at Freiburg University: Probability and Statistics research; Supervision of tutorial groups; setting and marking of undergraduate coursework assignments; writing lecture notes.

1980-1982

Software engineer and programmer with Siemens in D¨ usseldorf, Germany.

1983, 1984

Assistant Structural Engineer with O. Arup & Partners, London: university summer vacation position (throughout the summers 1983 & 1984). Structural design of telecommunication towers; Design of structural foundations.

1985-1987

Research engineer with J. P. Kenny and Partners, London (Offshore Engineering). Probabilistic safety factor calibration study for offshore structural codes on behalf of the UK Department of Energy. Areas of interest: probability modelling, optimisation, numerical methods, structural reliability theory. Main programming language: FORTRAN.

1987-1990

Research fellow in the Centre for Software Reliability, The City University, London. Research work on software reliability modelling funded by the UK Government as part of the Alvey project. Research

Software Reliability Modelling, Structural Reliability Theory.

Teaching

Probability and Statistics for Engineering Students (Lectures and Tutorials)

Refereeing IEEE Trans. Software Eng., IEE Proceedings-E Comp. Dig. Techniques. 1990-1995

Lecturer in the Department of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics, Aston University, Birmingham. Research

Reliability Modelling and Stochastic Processes.

Teaching

Lectures Statistics for Engineers, Software Reliability and Metrics (MSc), Digital Image Processing, Commercial Programming in COBOL, Development of Computing Technology, Introduction to Artificial Intelligence. Tutorials

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Introduction to Systematic Programming with Modula-2, Introduction to Systematic Programming with Ada. Supervision Setting and supervision of final year undergraduate projects and MSc theses; Supervision of second year group projects. Other Chairing MSc and BSc orals; Assessing MSc theses and BSc final year project reports as a second reader; Moderating BSc final year projects; Examining in MPhil orals. Examiner PhD examiner in Statistics for the Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Anantapur, India, 1993. Admin

Combined Honours Tutor for the Computer Science Department: collation, processing and presentation of examination results for the board of examiners; introduction of the Department on Open Days to prospective students. Personal Tutor.

Refereeing IEEE Trans. Software Eng., IEEE Trans. Rel., Annual Fault-Tolerant Computing Symposium, Operations Research, Stochastic Models, Operations Research Letters, Computers & Operations Research, Annals of the Institute of Statistical Mathematics, The Statistician (Journal of the Royal Statistical Society – Series D), Advances in Applied Probability. Grant

1995-

NATO travel and maintenance grant for NATO Advanced Study Institute on Current Issues and Challenges in Reliability and Maintenance of Complex Systems, Kemer, Antalya, Turkey, June 1222, 1995.

Lecturer of Mathematics, initially in the Department of Mathematics, University of Bradford, now in the School of Computing, Informatics and Media. Research

Reliability Modelling and Stochastic Processes, Logic Programming

Teaching

Lectures & Tutorials Discrete Statistics (first year Maths UG), Linear Programming (second year Maths and Maths with 4 of 7

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Management UG), Operational Research and Advanced Statistics (third year Electrical Engineering MEng), Sampling and Forecasting (second year Maths and Maths with Management UG), Mathematical Programming (final year Maths UG), Mathematical Techniques (first year Civil Engineering UG), Numerical and Analytical Techniques 2 (second year Mechanical Engineering UG), Mathematics 2 (second year Electrical Engineering UG), Mathematics and Statistics for Archaeology (MSc in Archaelogical and Forensic Sciences), Symbolic and Declarative Computing (second year Computer Science UG), Introduction to Computer Theory (first year Computer Science UG), Formal Foundations (Computer Theory) for MSc in Computing, Artificial Intelligence with Applications, Prolog, (MSc), Reliability Modelling and Analysis (MSc), Statistics – Discrete and Continuous (first year Maths UG) Supervision Setting and supervision of final year undergraduate projects for students in Mathematics and Mathematics with Business Studies, and Computer Science. Supervision of MSc dissertation work in Computing. Other Conducting MSc and BSc orals; Assessing MSc theses and BSc final year project reports. The usual duties associated with teaching, like Assessment Boards and Boards of Examiners meeting. Industrial visits. Course Development Course Material • The lecture course Symbolic and Declarative Computing & AI (linked module) has been developed on my own initiative after the death of Prof. Torsun. Since then, an extensive set of handouts and coursework material has been developed. Two pubished research papers have emanated from work related to this activity. See Intranet. • The course Reliability Modelling and Analysis (postgraduate & undergraduate final year option) has also been developed from the beginnings. A good set of notes is now available, also related to my research. See Intranet. 5 of 7

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Admin

Personal Tutor. Module co-ordinator for three modules, Software Engineering with Group Project tutor (second year Computer Science UG)

Co-operation Collaboration with Dr. Bonner from Pharmacy. One conference paper thus far. Expected: journal paper and/or patent. Grants

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• Royal Society travel and maintenance grant for ESREL’97 (European Safety and Reliability Conference), Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisbon, Portugal, 17-20 June 1997. • Royal Society travel and maintenance grant for ESREL’98 (European Safety and Reliability Conference), Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway, 16-19 June 1998. • Royal Society travel and maintenance grant for ESREL’99 (European Safety and Reliability Conference), Technical University Munich, MunichGarching, Germany, 13-17 September 1999. • Royal Engineering Academy travel and maintenance grant for ESREL’03 (European Safety and Reliability Conference), Maastrich, The Netherlands, 15-18 June 2003. • Operational Research Society grant to fully attend and deliver an invited lecture at OR50, the 50th anniversary annual conference of the British OR Society, University of York, 9-12 September 2008.

Further Information

1994-1995

Visiting Lecturer in Operational Research, School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Birmingham.

1995-1996

Teaching Quality Assessor in Mathematics and Statistics for the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales.

1995-2001

Reviewer for MATHEMATICAL REVIEWS, American Mathematical Society. Referee for many other technical journals; an ongoing commitment.

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Research Publications, Citations, REF & Income Generation • I have more than 60 refereed publications, mostly in journals, many of whom are in journals with a high impact factor (for the area of research I am in). In the last three research selectivity exercises, my name was submitted to the research council. I understand that this will be the case for the forthcoming research selectivity exercise (REF) as well. The money received thus by way of my publications I cannot estimate but I understand that my research activities have been generating a steady stream of income for the University for the last 16 years. • The academic impact of my research can be also measured by the number of citations I have received (excluding self-citations, of course). Given my speciality (in particular the fact that my work is essentially of a mathematical nature) and that the vast majority of my research output is single authored (again, nothing unusual in my area), the more than 180 pieces of works where my papers are cited, are a testamony to the quality and ‘importance’ of the work carried out by me. Educational Publications I have recently published two textbooks (growing out of lectures delivered here at Bradford). Furthermore, I have a good number of refereed papers in educational journals, again, drawing on experience from my lectures and the material prepared for them. I see them as the tangible and publicly visible evidence of my contribution to ‘scholarship’ and teaching excellence. Other Indicators of Esteem I have been a referee for many academic journals for years. (The last refereeing I recall, I have done in the Christmas Period 2011.) I have also been asked recently to serve as a referee for the ESRC. This activity happens ‘in the background’, not noticed by many as for objectivity the peer review process is anonymous. I take it, however, that the fact that editors want my opinion, is a sign that I am considered an expert in my field. Professional Organisation Membership Fellow of the Institute of Mathematics and Its Applications (C.Math., FIMA). This fellowship is a hallmark of excellence in my academic discipline. I was formerly also a fellow of the Royal Statistical Society. (Discontinued due to shift in interest but can be renewed any time.)

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