Curriculum vitae Personal data Name: Balázs SZÉKELY Complete name: Dr. Balázs József SZÉKELY Place of birth: Budapest, Hungary Date of birth: 23/07/1965 Marital status: married, father of 3 children Contact addresses: e-mail: [email protected]e-mail(backup):[email protected]I am standing in the cool water of Suggadinbach after the place- ment of some retroreflector targets in high summer of August 2009. Picture is taken by DI Andreas RONCAT during the terrestrial laser scanning of small-scale landslides in Gargellental, Montafon, Vorarlberg.
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Curriculum vitae
Personal data Name: Balázs SZÉKELY Complete name: Dr. Balázs József SZÉKELY Place of birth: Budapest, Hungary Date of birth: 23/07/1965 Marital status: married, father of 3 children Contact addresses: e-mail: [email protected]
I am standing in the cool water of Suggadinbach after the place-ment of some retroreflector targets in high summer of August 2009. Picture is taken by DI Andreas RONCAT during the terrestrial laser scanning of small-scale landslides in Gargellental, Montafon, Vorarlberg.
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Brief outline (executive summary) Dr. habil. Balázs Székely (47) was born in 1965 in Budapest, Hungary. After his military service he has started his university studies at Eötvös University, Budapest, as student of geosciences in 1984. In the third year he has chosen geophysics for specialization and additionally astronomy as a second master curriculum. He received his MSc in Geophysics and MSc in Astronomy in 1989. In the same year he joined to the Space Research Group at the Department of Geophysics of the Eötvös University as a junior research fellow financed by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA TMB), from 1995 on as a research fellow. He became involved in teaching at the university already before graduation, in 1988, since then he has been teaching informatics and GIS for various student groups. From 1991 on he has been taking part of holding field practices for geophysics (and later geology) students. From 1988 on he has been active in curriculum development (mainly in that of MSc in Geophysics). From 1995 on he has been acting as supervisor of diploma theses. From 1989 on he is taking part of scientific projects funded by third parties, later he became acting as principal investigator (PI) in his own projects. His research areas include: geophysical surveying of archaeological sites (1987-1995), whistler (magnetospheric phenomenon, electromagnetic waves generated by lightnings) research (1991-1997), crop yield estimation and forecasting based on satellite imagery (1995-), creation and analysis of digital terrain models (DTMs) for various purposes (1991-), later geomorphometry. With his colleagues he introduced the use and evaluation of DTMs in the field practice of the geoscience students (from 1992), including TEMPUS JEP students. Along with the transition towards the PhD system, he became a PhD student in 1997, from 1998 on he is at the Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, University of Tübingen, Germany under the supervision of Prof. W. Frisch. He did his research work in the framework of SFB 275, studying the uplift of the Eastern Alps based on geomorphometric methods. He received his (summa cum laude) PhD degree in 2001, and he continued to work there as postdoctoral researcher. From 2002 on he has been studying white marble provenance questions concerning artefacts of the Eastern Mediterranean Antiquity. In 2003 he received a György Békésy Postdoctoral Fellowship, therefore he returned to Hungary to the Department of Geophysics at Eötvös in mid-2004. During the fellowship he established a working group of students dealing with various questions of digital geomorphometry, tectonic geomorphology, and surface processes modelling. From 2005 on he is acting as supervisor of doctoral students, from 2006 on as senior research fellow. In 2004 he has been appointed to coordinate the development of the new (Bologna-style) curriculum development for the BSc in geoscience for the Faculty of Natural Sciences. He has edited and partly written the 642-page-long application document for the accreditation of this curriculum at Eötvös, submitted to the National Higher Education Accreditation Board (MAB). Some of the new subjects in this curriculum were his inititative, and he has been responsible staff member for a few basic subjects and practicals. In 2005 he initiated a project at the Hungarian Space Office to support the development of a space science/remote sensing master curriculum at Eötvös, he has been appointed as project leader, later responsible coordinator that has been accredited by MAB as specialization (remote sensing and space research) of MSc in Geophysics both in Hungarian and in English.
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From 2007 on he is at the Institute of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (IPF) of the Vienna University of Technology (Austria) studying laser scanned topographic data for geological and microgeomorphic purposes in the framework of IPF’s Christian Doppler Laboratory. Later he became involved in the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on ESA Mars Express project team in which IPF is a co-investigator (project Co-I: Prof. J. Jansa) studying Martian geomorphometric problems. He initiated a project in 2008 that has been successfully developed to carry out repeated laser scanning of the Doren (Vorarlberg, Austria) landslide, to develop methods for evaluation of mixed point clouds derived from airborne (ALS) and terrestrial (TLS) laser scanning. In December 2009 he has been appointed to the scientific coordinator of the scientific conference held as part of the 2010 Centenary Celebrations of the ISPRS in Vienna. Parallel to this activity he continued the teaching and supervising activity at Eötvös, where he completed his habilitation in 2009. From September 2010 on he has been appointed as associate professor at the Department of Geophysics and Space Sciences. In 2009 he has initiated a session at the Geomorphology Division of European Geosciences Union, since 2010 then he is acting as a (co-)convener. Later he became a co-convener of a volcano-geomorphic session in the GMPV Division. In 2011 he has joint to the ChangeHabitats2 project, an EU FP7 IAPP (Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways) project; the main goal of the project is the integration of laser scanning and hyperspectral imaging for evaluation of Natura 2000 sites: from the remotely sensed data (laser scanned point clouds and derivatives, hyperspectral data cubes) habitat-related properties, conditions, changes are derived and evaluated. In this framework he has spent two months in Summer 2011 at Opole, Poland at an SME project partner. He has proposed as integration solution of point clouds as voxel data. Dr. Székely is a member of the editorial board of Archeometriai Műhely and Geodetski Vestnik, regularly reviews submitted manuscripts for various journals and evaluates project proposals. He is member of the Hungarian Chamber of Engineers, Association of Hungarian Geophysicists, European Geosciences Union, ASMOSIA, Österreichische Geologische Gesellschaft, American Geophysical Union. He is native in Hungarian, speaks English and German, and understands partly French, Spanish and Russian.
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Contents
Curriculum vitae ....................................................................... 1
Personal data ......................................................................................... 1 Brief outline (executive summary) ....................................................... 2 Studies ................................................................................................... 6 Diplomas and degrees ........................................................................... 6 Scientific career ..................................................................................... 6 Languages, IT skills ............................................................................... 7
Languages .................................................................................................................... 7 IT skills ........................................................................................................................ 7 Computer languages ..................................................................................................... 7
Main research interests ......................................................................... 7 Memberships in professional associations ............................................ 8 International activities, conference participations, visiting fellowships ................................................................................................................ 8 Participation in scientific projects ......................................................... 9
Projects led as principal investigator ............................................................................. 9 Project participation ................................................................................................... 10 Other scientific projects ............................................................................................. 11
Conference organisation ...................................................................... 12 Editorial and reviewer activity............................................................. 12
Editorial activity ......................................................................................................... 12 Reviewer activity for scientific journals ....................................................................... 12 Reviewer of project proposals .................................................................................... 13
Positions held in university and other committees ............................ 13 Courses held in foreign languages ...................................................... 13 Organizing Hungarian national and international education activities .............................................................................................................. 14 Curriculum development ..................................................................... 15
Participation in the Bologna process......................................................................... 15 (a) Participation in the nationwide introduction of Geoscience BSc in Hungary .... 15 (b) Participation in launching the Geoscience BSc at Eötvös University ................. 15 (c) Participation in launching the Geophysics MSc at Eötvös University ............... 15 (d) Questionnaire survey of student satisfaction and opinion .................................. 15 New courses in PhD school ...................................................................................... 15 Establishing cooperation between Eötvös University and University of Vienna ..... 16 New courses introduced in the classic (5 year) curriculum ...................................... 16 Organization of project-oriented international field practicals ................................. 16
Teaching at university level ................................................................ 17 Courses held .............................................................................................................. 17
Miscellaneous teaching activity ........................................................... 20 Teaching at primary school level (for pupils aged 11-14 years) .............................. 20 Teaching of adults ..................................................................................................... 20
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Supervising student research work, master theses and PhD students .............................................................................................................. 20
Supervising students’ research work ........................................................................ 20 Supervision of bachelor’s theses ............................................................................... 20 Supervision of diploma theses .................................................................................. 21 Supervision of master’s theses .................................................................................. 21 Co-supervision of diploma theses ............................................................................. 21 Supervision of doctoral (PhD) students .................................................................... 21
Studies 1971-1979 Primary school (Váci Mihály Általános Iskola, Budapest, Hungary) 1979-1983 Grammar school, specialisation in mathematics II. (Fazekas Mihály Fővárosi
Gyakorló Iskola és Gimnázium, Budapest, Hungary) [1983-1984 Military service] 1984-1986 Geosciences (Master studies phase I) at Faculty of Sciences, Eötvös
University, Budapest 1986-1989 Geophysics (Master studies), Astronomy (Master studies) at Faculty of
Sciences, Eötvös University, Budapest 1989 Diploma thesis: Studies on effects of solar-terrestrial connections on certain human
phenomena 1989 MSc in Geophysics and MSc in Astronomy, Eötvös University, Budapest 1989-1992 Doctoral studies (Hungarian Academy of Sciences, MTA TMB) at Dept. of
Geophysics 1992-1995 Young researcher of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (at Dept. of
Geophysics) 1997-2000 PhD studies at the Doctoral School of Geography and Earth Sciences,
Eötvös University, Budapest (absolutorium:2000) 1998-2001 PhD studies at the Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Eberhard-Karls
University of Tübingen, Germany 2001 PhD thesis: On the surface of the Eastern Alps – a DEM study. Tübinger
Geowiss. Arb., Reihe A, 60:1-123. (ISSN 0935-4921) 2001 PhD degree: Dr. rer. nat. (summa cum laude, Eberhard-Karls Universität
Tübingen)
Diplomas and degrees 1989 MSc in Geophysics Eötvös University, Budapest MSc in Astronomy Eötvös University, Budapest 2001 Dr. rer. nat. (PhD) Eberhard-Karls University of Tübingen, Germany 2009 Habilitation (geosciences) Eötvös University, Budapest
Scientific career 1989-1992 junior research fellow (fellowship of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences) at
the Geophysical Research Group of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences assigned to the Department of Geophysics, Eötvös University, Budapest, Hungary (Space Research Group)
1992-1995 research fellow at the Geophysical Reseach Group of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences assigned to the Department of Geophysics, Eötvös University, Budapest, Hungary (Space Research Group)
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1995-2010 research fellow, later senior research fellow at the Space Research Group, Department of Geophysics (later Department of Geophysics and Space Science), Eötvös University, Budapest, Hungary (for certain periods as a part-time job)
1998-2004 research fellow (wissenschaftliche Angestellter), Eberhard-Karls Universität Tübingen, Institut für Geologie und Paläontologie, later Institut für Geowissenschaften), Germany
2003-2007 Békésy György Post-Doctoral Fellow (a full-time fellowship of the Hungarian Ministry of Education)
2007- research fellow (Projektmitarbeiter), Institut für Photogrammetrie und Fernerkundung, Technische Universität Wien (between 2007-2008 at the Christian Doppler Laboratory for Spatial Data from Laser Scanning and Remote Sensing)
2009 habilitation (geosciences) at Eötvös University, Budapest, Hungary 2010- associate professor at the Department of Geophysics and Space Science,
Eötvös University, Budapest, Hungary
Languages, IT skills
Languages English, German, French (to be brushed up), Spanish (to be brushed up), Russian (to be brushed up)
IT skills Operating systems: Unix/Linux, MS Windows XP GIS: ESRI ArcView/Spatial Analyst/3D Analyst, ArcGIS, Idrisi, ER
Computer languages Unix(bash,awk), FORTRAN, C, PASCAL, BASIC, ESRI Avenue, HTML
Main research interests Creation and analysis of various scale Digital Elevation Models, Geomorphometry of volcanic forms, tectonic geomorphology, Archaeometry (geophysical surveying of archaeological sites and provenance analysis of white marbles), Analysis of archive and historical maps for geoscientific purposes (surface processes), Studies on exhumation and uplift of orogens and other areas,
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Evaluation of laser scanned data for micromorphologic and tectonic geomorphic purposes, automatic segmentation of point clouds to extract context information from the topography (e.g. quasi-planar areas).
Memberships in professional associations Association of Hungarian Geophysicists (Magyar Geofizikusok Egyesülete) since 1989 Hungarian Chamber of Engineers (re-establishing member) since 1990 Association for the Study of Marble and Other Stones in Antiquity (ASMOSIA) since 2003 European Geosciences Union, since 2005 Österreichische Geologische Gesellschaft, since 2008 American Geophysical Union, since 2009
International activities, conference participations, visiting fellowships 1991 Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin (Geophysical exploration of archaeological
sites conference), 1 week 1992 Los Angeles, USA (Archaeometry 1992), 1 week 1994 Ankara, Turkey (Archaeometry 1994), 1 week 1998-2004 Tübingen, Germany, research studies (6.5 years) 1999 Strasbourg, France (EUG IX), 1 week 2002 Grenoble, France (Jean BRAUN and Peter VAN DER BEEK, modelling of time-
temperature history of rocks) 4 days 2002 Amsterdam, The Netherlands (33rd Intl. Symposium on Archaeometry),
1 week 2002 El Puerto de Santa Maria (Cádiz), Spain (International Workshop on Fission
Track Analysis), 1 week 2002 Basel, Switzerland (Prof. Renée HEILBRONNER, analysis of texture of thin
sections), 1 week 2002 Salzburg, Austria, PANGEO Austria, 4 days 2003 Athens, Greece (4th Symposium on Archaeometry of the Hellenic Society of
Archaeometry), 1 week 2003 Thassos, Greece (ASMOSIA VII, sampling of marble quarries), 1 week 2004 Zaragoza, Spain (34th Intl. Symposium on Archaeometry), 1 week 2004 Graz, Austria (PANGEO 2), 1 week 2005 Vienna, Austria (European Geosciences Union, General Assembly), 1 week 2006 Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany (Expert Workshop on Satellite Based Crisis
Information) 3 days 2006 Vienna, Austria (European Geosciences Union, General Assembly), 1 week 2007 Vienna, Austria (European Geosciences Union, General Assembly), 1 week 2007- Vienna, Austria (Institut für Photogrammetrie und Fernerkundung,
Technische Universität Wien) 5+ years
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2008 Siena, Italy (37th International Symposium on Archaeometry), 1 week 2008 Vienna, Austria (European Geosciences Union, General Assembly), 1 week 2008 Vienna, Austria, PANGEO Austria 2008, 4 days 2009 Vienna, Austria (European Geosciences Union, General Assembly), 1 week 2009 Vienna, Austria (ESA Mars Express HRSC Co-Investigator Workshop), 2
days 2009 Budapest, Hungary (Annual Meeting of the UISPP 4th Commission 2009,
Data Management and Mathematical Methods in Archaeology, Magyar Nemzeti Múzeum), 2 days
2009 Tarragona, Spain (ASMOSIA IX), 1 week 2009 Salzburg, Austria (MMIX Primus Conventus Austriacus Archeometriae,
(Erster Österreichischer Archäometrie-Kongress 2009)), 2 days 2009 Zürich, Switzerland (Geomorphometry 2009), 4 days 2009 Berlin, Germany (ESA Mars Express HRSC Co-Investigator Workshop), 2
days 2010 Vienna, Austria (European Geosciences Union, General Assembly), 1 week 2010 Salzburg, Austria (MMX Secundus Conventus Austriacus Archeometriae,
(Zweiter Österreichischer Archäometrie-Kongress 2010), 1 day 2010 Leoben, Austria, PANGEO Austria 2010, 1 day 2010 scientific coordinator of ISPRS Centennial Celebration, Technical Comission
VII Symposium (Vienna, 3 days; see below) 2011 Vienna, Austria (European Geosciences Union, General Assembly), 1 week 2011 Salzburg, Austria (MMXI Tertius Conventus Austriacus Archeometriae,
(Dritter Österreichischer Archäometriekongress 2011), 1 day 2011 Project meeting of ChangeHabitats2 IAPP project, Freiberg, Germany (3
days) 2011 ESA ESAC, Villanueva de la Cañada, Spain (ESA Mars Express HRSC Co-
Investigator Workshop), 3 days 2011 secondment to Atmoterm S.A. (Opole, Poland) in the framework of
ChangeHabitats2 IAPP project (2 months) 2012 Vienna, Austria (European Geosciences Union, General Assembly), 1 week 2012 Salzburg, Austria (MMXII Quartus Conventus Austriacus Archeometriae,
(4. Österreichischer Archäometriekongress 2012), 1 day 2012 Salzburg, Austria, PANGEO Austria 2012, 2 days
Participation in scientific projects
Projects led as principal investigator 1993-1995 OTKA F007551 (540,000 HUF) Automatic digital recognition of electromagnetic signals having varying frequency spectrum 1996-1999 OTKA F019271 (1,200,000 HUF)
Development of fast magnetosphere-monitoring procedure based on automatic whistler detection
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2004-2008 T047104 (12206 eFt) Studies on Quaternary surface evolution of the Central Transdanubia using Surface
Processes Modelling, remotely sensed data and field surveying
Project participation PI: Principal Investigator
1991-1994 EMS-NET international magnetospheric research cooperation, a preparatory project for INTERBALL mission (Space Research Group, Department of Geophysics, Eötvös University, Budapest, PI: Dr. Gy, TARCSAI).
1991-1994 OTKA 2132 Study on the meteorological, human medical and other effects of solar activity in the Carpathian Basin (Space Research Group, Department of Geophysics, Eötvös University, Budapest, PI: Dr. Gy. TARCSAI).
1992-1994 OTKA F007667 Detection and spatial outlining of air pollution using digital satellite imagery (PI: G. TIMÁR)
1998-2001 SFB 275 TP B1 Klimagekoppelte Prozesse in meso- und känozoischen Geoökosystemen interdisciplanary research project (PI: Prof. Dr. V. MOSBRUGGER): TP B1 (subproject), Die tertiäre Hebungsgeschichte der Alpen als klimatischer Steuerungsfaktor (Eberhard-Karls Universität Tübingen, Institut für Geologie und Paläontologie, PI.: Prof. Dr. W. FRISCH).
2001-2004 DFG Fr 610/20-1 Die tertiäre Hebungsgeschichte der Alpen (Eberhard-Karls Universität Tübingen, Institut für Geowissenschaften, PI: Prof. Dr. W. FRISCH).
2001-2002 DAAD-MÖB Archäometrische Untersuchungen an römischen und mittelalterlichen Marmorobjekten bzw. Baudenkmäler aus Ungarn (Eberhard-Karls Universität Tübingen, Institut für Geowissenschaften, PI: Prof. Dr. M. SATIR and Hungarian National Museum PI: Dr. K. T. BIRÓ).
2002 DAAD-MÖB Surface evolution study of the West Carpathian and East Alpine orogenic zones as inferred from the construction and degradation of their volcanic mountains (Eberhard-Karls Universität Tübingen, Institut für Geowissenschaften, PI: Prof. Dr. W. FRISCH and dr. D. KARÁTSON, Eötvös University, Budapest, Hungary)
2003-2006 OTKA T043644 Volcanological studies on andesitic volcanic hills in North Hungary (PI: Dr. D. KARÁTSON, Eötvös University, Budapest, Hungary)
2003-2006 OTKA TS44765 Development of integrated research methods of geophysical surveying of Quaternary environment conditions (Department of Geophysics, Eötvös University, Budapest, PI: Prof. Péter MÁRTON)
2006-2009 OTKA NK60445 TECTOP-Hungary, Ongoing deformation pattern and tectonic topography in Hungary: Active structures, seismotectonic habitat, river network development and dynamics of basin inversion (Department of Geophysics, Eötvös University, Budapest, PI: Prof. Frank HORVÁTH)
2007-2008 Christian Doppler Laboratory for Spatial Data from Laser Scanning and Remote Sensing (PI: Prof. Dr. W. WAGNER, TU Wien)
2008-2012 TMIS.morph (later TMIS.ascrea): Areomorphological analysis of data from HRSC on Mars Express (PI: Prof. Dr. J. JANSA, TU Wien)
2008- Terrestrial Laser Scanning for detection of tectonically induced slope processes, Geophysik der Erdkruste, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften (PI: Prof. Dr. N. PFEIFER, TU Wien)
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2011- ChangeHabitats2 (EU FP7 Marie Curie Actions) IAPP project (the development of cost- and time-efficient habitat assessment strategies by combining effective field work techniques with modern airborne remote sensing methods using hyperspectral imagery and laser scanning (LiDAR); PI: H. Heilmeier, TU Freiberg, Germany, Co-I [at IPF] N. Pfeifer).
2011- OTKA NK83400 SourceSink Hungary - Quantification of mass transfer from mountain ranges to active sedimentary basins of Hungary: integrated source-to-sink studies (Department of Geophysics and Space Sciences, Eötvös University, Budapest, PI: Dr. G. TIMÁR)
Other scientific projects
1987-1995 participation (1988-1995: leading and co-leadership) in geophysical surveying
of archaeological sites (total of 25 sites) supporting rescue excavations along planned motorway roads M1 and M3; in the framework of the cooperation of between the Department of Geophysics, Eötvös University, Budapest, and various archaeological research entities (Archaeological Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences /Microregio Project/; Institute of Archaeology, Eötvös Universtity Budapest /Upper Tisza Project/; involved county museums; Hungarian National Road Construction Fund (cooperating partners: dr. A. H. VADAY, Dr. D. B. JANKOVICH, Dr. J. LASZLOVSZKY, Prof. P. RACZKY, Dr. P. TOMKA, Dr. M. VICZE) (e.g., SZÉKELY et al. 1993, SZÉKELY & PUSZTA, 1996)
1990-1992 Cooperation with Prof. Elijahu STOUPEL (Toor Heart Institute, Beilinson Medical Center, Petah-Tiqwa, Israel) (pl. STOUPEL et al. (1991): Circannual and deciannual rhythmicity in hospital monthly deaths distribution: the links between chrono- and cosmobiology)
1991 Integrative evaluation and image processing of geophyisical, geological and remotely sensed data of Istenmezeje-Pétervására area (contractor: Hungarian Central Geological Authority, PI: Dr. T. ZELENKA), see PÁSZTOR et al. (1991).
1992 Satellite remote sensing study of Darnó Hill area (contractor: Hungarian Central Geological Authority, PI: Dr. T. ZELENKA), see PÁSZTOR et al. (1992).
1992 Evaluation of the environmental impact of Bős (Gabčikovo) dam construction using satellite remote sensing data (contractor: GeoRisk Ltd., Hungary, PI: Dr. L. TÓTH), see TIMÁR et al., (1992).
1995-1996 A crop yield estimation project based on satellite imagery (field data collection, evaluation of satellite imagery, GIS data integration) (contractor: FÖMI Institute of Surveying and Remote Sensing, Hungary; see HAMAR et al., 1995, FERENCZ et al., 1996 and later FERENCZ et al., 2004)
1999-2002 Coordination of the creation of the high-resolution Digital Terrain Model of Osa and Burica Peninsulae (Costa Rica) (Universität Tübingen; PI: PD Dr. M. MESCHEDE; see. MESCHEDE et al., 2000)
2001-2008 Studies on geomorphology of Corsica using satellite imagery and Digital Terrain Models (PI: PD Dr. J. KUHLEMANN, see e.g., KUHLEMANN et al., 2005)
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2010- Robust evaluation of laser scanned and other digital elevation data (Doren landslide, Andean volcanoes, Martian features) (partner: P. Dorninger, student: Zs. Koma)
Conference organisation 1999 4thWorkshop on Alpine Geological Research, Tübingen, co-organisator (see
SZÉKELY et al. (eds.) 1999, Tübinger Geowiss. Arb., 52) 2010- (co-)convenor at European Geosciences Union General Assemblies
(Vienna), 2010: Geomorphology GM2.2 Session (Airborne and Terrestrial Laser Scanning and geomorphology: possibilities, problems, and solutions) convener (initiator in 2009); 2011: Digital Landscapes: From Laser Scanning and High-resolution Measurement Technologies to Quantitative Interrogation of Geomorphic Processes (co-convener), GMPV11 New methods and concepts in volcanic geomorphology (co-convener); 2012: ESSI1.6 Laser Scanning: 3D Spatial Data, Analysis, and Infrastructures in Geosciences (co-convener), GMPV4.10/GM2.7 Spatio-temporal perspectives on volcanological processes and volcanic landforms (co-convener)
2010 International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS) Centennial Celebration, Technical Comission VII Symposium (Vienna) Scientific coordinator and the co-editor of the conference volume of International Archives of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
Editorial and reviewer activity
Editorial activity SZÉKELY, B., FRISCH, W., KUHLEMANN, J, DUNKL, I., (eds.) 1999, 4thWorkshop on Alpine
Geological Research, Tübinger Geowissenscahaftliche Arbeiten, Reihe A, 52, ISSN 0935-4921, Tübingen
WAGNER, W., SZÉKELY, B. (eds.) 2010, ISPRS Technical Commission VII Symposium, 100 Years ISPRS Advancing Remote Sensing Science, ISPRS International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences XXXVIII/7A, 328pp.
WAGNER, W., SZÉKELY, B. (eds.) 2010, ISPRS Technical Commission VII Symposium, 100 Years ISPRS Advancing Remote Sensing Science, ISPRS International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences XXXVIII/7B, 707pp.
Editorial board memberships
Archeometriai Műhely (ISSN 1786-271X, from 2004 on) Metamorphic Map and Database of the Carpatho-Balkan-Dinaride Area (2001-2004, see DUNKL et al. 2002)
Reviewer activity for scientific journals
Solicited reviewer for the following scientific journals (journal name [publisher; ISSN (SCI (Science Citation Index) if yes]):
Reviewer of project proposals Reviewer of project proposals OTKA Hungarian National Scientific Fund and TÉT (Bilateral Scientific and Technical Funding Agency, Hungary)
Positions held in university and other committees 1986-1993 member of the Committee of Study Affairs of the Faculty of Sciences,
Eötvös University, Budapest (1986-1989 student member; 1989-1993 faculty staff member)
1988-1989 student member of the Council of the Institute of Environmental Physics, Faculty of Sciences, Eötvös University, Budapest
1991 President of the Remote Sensing Subcommittee of the R+D Committee on Surveying and Remote Sensing of the Ministry of Agriculture, Hungary
1993-1995 member of the Committee of Education of the Faculty of Sciences, Eötvös University, Budapest
2004-2010 member of the committee for curriculum planning of Geoscience BSc at Eötvös University, Budapest, later coordinator of the new BSc curriculum in Geoscience
2005-2010 member of the committee for curriculum planning of Geophysics MSc at Eötvös University, Budapest
2006-2011 Responsible for the specialization of Remote Sensing and Space Research of the MSc Geophysics curriculum, Eötvös Universität, Budapest
Courses held in foreign languages 2002 Summer School on Geospatial Data Integration, University of Tübingen 2008 Geowissenschaftliches Kolloquium, Österreichische Geologische Gesell-
schaft: SZÉKELY: Hochauflösende digitale Geländemodelle, was können die für die Geowissenschaften anbieten
2008-2009 Einführung in wissenschaftliches Arbeiten, Vienna University of Technology (with Dr. Camillo RESSL)
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2010 1st FP7 EUFAR Training Course: ADDRESSS, ADvanced Digital Remote sensing in ecology and Earth Sciences Summer School, Balaton Limnological Research Institute (BLRI) of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Tihany, Hungary (keynote speaker)
2011- various subjects offered in English for ERASMUS students visiting the Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences, Eötvös University, Budapest
Organizing Hungarian national and international education activities 1989 student member of committee of the Hungarian Ministry of Education
working out outlines for curriculae of master studies of geophysics, geology and cartography
1991 participation in the planning of curriculum of MSc in Geophysics at Eötvös University, Budapest
1992 curriculum development: integration of GIS into the field practicals of geophysics students at Eötvös University, Budapest
1992-1993 participation in Advanced training in basin research hydrocarbon exploration and environmental geology (TEMPUS JEP-01506) (Hungarian, German and Holland students; PI: Dr. F. HORVÁTH)
1994-1995 participation in successful application to establish the faculty GIS lab (FEFA project application, Institute of Environmental Physics, Faculty of Sciences, Eötvös University, 80000 USD)
1996 methodological development: Introduction to GIS, a course for students of geography at Eötvös University (together with G. TIMÁR)
2004- Coordinator of the new BSc curriculum in Geoscience, Eötvös Universität, Budapest, editor and co-author of the accreditation volume (642 pages) of the curriculum presented to the Hungarian Board of Accreditation for Higher Education
2004- development of numerous elective courses (see details at the course descriptions)
2005- accredited teaching staff and supervisor in the Doctoral School of Geoscience, Eötvös University, Budapest
2005- initiator and co-applicant in the project entitled Introduction of Master level curriculum of Space Science and and preparatory courses at Bachelor level in the framework of the Bologna-process financed by the Hungarian Space Office (initially TP 278, later varies; 2005: 2.25 M HUF, later varies)
2006- co-author of the accreditation volume of the MSc in Geophysics curriculum of Eötvös University presented to the Hungarian Board of Accreditation for Higher Education
2008-2009 Introduction of the short course entitled Einführung in wissenschaftliches Arbeiten for Bachelor students at Institute of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Vienna University of Technology (with Dr. Camillo RESSL, see below)
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Curriculum development
Participation in the Bologna process
(a) Participation in the nationwide introduction of Geoscience BSc in Hungary According to the Bologna concept, all new BSc specializations had to be introduced nationwide through consortial proposals of involved universities. I returned from Tübingen at the latest phase of this process and I contributed with some proposals.
(b) Participation in launching the Geoscience BSc at Eötvös University I coordinated and managed the introduction of Geoscience BSc at Eötvös University, which a compound curriculum of respective parts of the preceding Master (5 year) curricula of Astronomy, Cartography, Geology, Geophysics and Meteorology. I designed most of the 7 specialisations within this curriculum and managed the preparation of the accreditation volume. Furthermore I proposed numerous new elective courses, contributed to new compulsory courses, initiated the geography specialization within the Geoscience BSc (there is a Geography BSc including Physical Geography and Economical Geography). I introduced a new elective Tectonic geomorphology field practicals in the second semester. I am also a member of the organizing committee of the University Open Day, that is to inform pupils of secondary schools about the possibilities at Eötvös University including some limited media presentations.
(c) Participation in launching the Geophysics MSc at Eötvös University I was also involved in the preparation of the accreditation volume of the MSc in Geophysics curriculum of Eötvös University presented to the Hungarian Board of Accreditation for Higher Education (MAB). I also proposed to introduce the English version of this curriculum including Space Science and Remote Sensing.
(d) Questionnaire survey of student satisfaction and opinion At the end of 2007 I initiated and regularly repeated a questionnaire survey on student satisfaction of BSc curriculum and some selected subjects. The results were presented in a special educational session of the European Geoscience Union General Assembly together with E. KIRÁLY (SZÉKELY & KIRÁLY 2008). The project is on-going with B. POLONKAI.
New courses in PhD school
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I introduced two new courses in the PhD School of Geoscience: a Digital elevation models in geoscience and Surface processes modelling from the academic year of 2005/2006 on With Dr. G TIMÁR we introduced another course entitled How to publish? from the academic year of 2008/2009 on.
Establishing cooperation between Eötvös University and University of Vienna From 2007 on, as an initiative of PhD student András ZÁMOLYI, Eötvös University and University of Vienna (Austria) established a contract („Cotutelle de thèse”) concerning a common PhD curriculum and research plan for A. Zámolyi, including research at both institutes. Co-supervisor in Vienna is Prof. Dr. Bernhard GRASEMANN.
New courses introduced in the classic (5 year) curriculum Two new courses were introduced from 2004/2005 on for student of Geography, Cartography, Geology, Geophysics, and Environmental Science: Digital geomorphology and Surface processes modelling A general course has been introduced from 2004 on: How to write a thesis?
Organization of project-oriented international field practicals In the framework of project OTKA TS44765 Development of integrated research methods of geophysical surveying of Quaternary environment conditions we organized a new, project-oriented international field practical for MSc students of Geophysics from 2004 on together with the Leeds University, cooperating with Prof. Gregory N. HOUSEMAN ande Prof. Graham STUART. My idea was to formulate small geoscientific problems for the students that they solve with various measurements and observations (gravity, magnetics, land and lake seismics, geoelectric sounding and multielectrode surveying). This cooperation is still running, in the first years it was held around the Lake Balaton (including lake seismics), in 2008 I proposed to move it to the Neusiedlersee and this year it was held in SW Hungary. The students are typically very satisfied with the practical because the are really involved in research. Some of them tend to continue on the research and they were motivated to present their results at the EGU General Assembly in Vienna. Some of them continued as PhD students in similar research fields. In 2008 Austrian contribution completed the activity, colleagues from the University of Vienna defined various research projects W of the Neusiedlersee, while the other students measured the tectonic geomorphic features of the Seewinkel that we previously find in a high-resolution LiDAR DTM. Prof. Berhard GRASEMANN and Dr. Ulrike EXNER were involved in the project including several PhD students of the University of Vienna.
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Teaching at university level
Courses held The enlisted courses are all in regular university curriculae. C: compulsory CE: elective compulsory (elective from a list) E: electives ELTE TTK stands for the Faculty of Sciences, Eötvös University, Budapest, Hungary * New course, initiated or started by myself ** Development of curriculae or course (see above) Computational mathematics 2 hours/week excercise (C) Classic (5 year) curriculum ELTE TTK geophysicists, 1st year 1988-1989 as diploma student Field practice for geophysicists 2 weeks (1991: 4 weeks) field practice (C) Classic (5 year) curriculum
ELTE TTK geophysicists, 3rd + 4th year 1991-1997
1992-1995 also for geologists 2000-2001
2004- see below (with Dr. G. Timár and others) Introduction to GIS 2+2 hours/week theory+practice (C) Classic (5 year) curriculum
ELTE TTK physical geography students, 3rd + 4th year 1996-1997 (with Dr. G. Timár) Geoinformatics 1. 2 hours/week theory (C) Classic (5 year) curriculum
ELTE TTK geophysicists students 2004/2005.
2005/2006. 2006/2007. 2007/2008.
(with Dr. G. Timár) Geoinformatics 2. 2 hours/week theory (C) Classic (5 year) curriculum
ELTE TTK geophysics students 2004/2005.
2005/2006. 2006/2007. 2007/2008.
(with Dr. G. Timár)
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Digital geomorphology * 1+1 hours/week theory+practice (E,C) Classic (5 year) curriculum, later BSc
Preparation of field practice report 1 ** 1 hour/week practice (C) Classic curriculum
ELTE TTK geophysicists 2006/2007. I. 2007/2008. I.
2008/2009. I. 2009/2010. I.
(with E. Dombrádi, Dr. P. Dövényi and Dr. A. Galsa) Preparation of field practice report 2 ** 1 hour/week practice (C) Classic curriculum
ELTE TTK geophysicists 2006/2007. I. 2007/2008. I.
2008/2009. I. 2009/2010. I.
(with E. Dombrádi, Dr. P. Dövényi and Dr. A. Galsa) Measurements and observations ** 2 hours/week practical (C) BSc course
ELTE TTK geoscience BSc 2006/2007. 144 students 2007/2008. 151 students 2008/2009. 179 students 2009/2010. 203 students 2010/2011. 172 students
2011/2012. 183 students
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(with Dr. B. Kovács, Dr. R. Mészáros, Prof. A. Mindszenty, M. Palotai, Dr. G. Szécsényi-Nagy [later G. Marschalkó], Dr. O. Sztanó [later Dr. A. Uhrin] and Dr. G. Timár)
Field practice ** 4 days practice (CE) BSc practical
ELTE TTK geoscience BSc From 2006/2007 in summer (tectonic geomorphology practical, with Dr. G. Molnár,
Dr. G. Timár and A. Zámolyi) Logistic aspects of geophysical surveying ** 1 hour/week practice BSc course ELTE TTK Geoscience BSc, specialization Geophysics From 2009 on (with Dr. G. Timár) Tectonic geomorphology * 2 hour/week theory MSc course ELTE TTK MSc in Geophysics From 2010 on Theoretical aspects of GIS * 2 hour/week theory MSc course ELTE TTK MSc in Geophysics From 2010 on Digital elevation models in geoscience * theory (E) PhD course ELTE TTK From 2006 on Surface Processes Modelling* practice (E) PhD course ELTE TTK From 2006 on How to publish * practice (E) PhD course ELTE TTK From 2008 on (with Dr. G. Timár) Einführung in wissenschaftliches Arbeiten * 4 times lecture (E) BSc
TU Wien, IPF for Bachelors 2007/2008. II.
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2008/2009. II. ( with Dr. Camillo RESSL)
Miscellaneous teaching activity
Teaching at primary school level (for pupils aged 11-14 years) 1989-1993 Introduction to informatics
Teaching of adults 1987-1988 Basic course on informatics and Programming of Commodore-64 1991 Using personal computers
Supervising student research work, master theses and PhD students
Supervising students’ research work Orsolya VINCZE 2004/2005 co-supervisor: G. MOLNÁR Edith FERENCZ * # 2004/2005 (OTDK+ participation) supervisor: Dr. DÖVÉNYI Péter Zoltán KOMORÓCZI * 2006/2007 (OTDK participation) Eszter KIRÁLY 2008/2009 (OTDK participation winning Geomorphology Section Special
Award) Judit A. SZABÓ & 2010/2011 (OTDK participation with Section Honourable Mention) Dóra KÜRTHY co-supervisor: T. TELBISZ Gabriella JÓZSA & 2010/2011 (OTDK participation) Tímea TÉGLÁS Csilla K. BIRÓ 2010/2011 (OTDK participation) Angelika POCSAI 2010/2011 (OTDK participation winning 2nd place) Zsófia V. KOMA* 2011/2012 (OFKD participation winning Section Special Award) Andrea RAVELOSON* 2011/2012 (OFKD participation winning 2nd place) co-supervisor: Cs. SZABÓ Students’ research work (called TDK) is a special form of studies in Hungary, students have the possibility to take part voluntarily in research under supervision and successful students write theses that are evaluated in a nationwide contest (OTDK) if the merits of the works are eligible for that.
* presenting also at the Joint Workshop of Young Scientist of Hungarian Geologists’ Association and Association of Hungarian Geophysicists
# myself as co-supervisor + OTDK stands for Student Researchers’ National Contest, OFKD stands for National
Higher-Education Environmental Students’ Conference (a complementary contest).
Supervision of bachelor’s theses Eszter KIRÁLY (2009) (Department of Geophysics and Space Science, Eötvös University) Judit GÁL (2010) (Department of Geophysics and Space Science, Eötvös University)
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Zsófia KOMA (on-going) (Department of Geophysics and Space Science, Eötvös University)
Supervision of diploma theses Angéla VAJDA (1995) (Department of Geophysics, Eötvös University) Judit MURÁTI (1997) (Department of Geophysics, Eötvös University) Attila MOÓR (1998) (Department of Geophysics, Eötvös University) Tamás BATA (2007) (Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences, Eötvös University) Márk SALAMON (2008) (Dept. of Cartography and Geoinformatics, Faculty of Informatics,
Eötvös University) Andrea RAVELOSON (2011) (Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences, Eötvös University)
Supervision of master’s theses Judit GÁL (2011-2012) (Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences, Eötvös University)
Co-supervision of diploma theses Lorenz WENDT (2002) (Institute of Geosciences, University of Tübingen) Roland TOUSSAINT (2002) (Institute of Geosciences, University of Tübingen) Monika BRASS (2003) (Institute of Geosciences, University of Tübingen) Florentina DOBRE (2006) (Institute of Geosciences, University of Tübingen) Gábor KOVÁCS (2008) (Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences, Eötvös University)
Supervision of doctoral (PhD) students 2005-2006 Edith FERENCZ (later she changed her topic back to that of her diploma thesis) 2006-(2008*) Gergely KÓRÓDY (co-supervision, supervisor: Dr. Miklós KÁZMÉR;
* the candidate has stopped his activity because of financial reasons 2006- András ZÁMOLYI (from 2007 on based on „Cotutelle de thèse” at the University of
Vienna too, co-supervisor: Prof. Dr. Bernhard GRASEMANN) 2008- Gábor KOVÁCS (co-supervisor: Tamás TELBISZ)
Consulting activities 1991 Integrated study and image processing of geophysical, geological and remotely
sensed data of the Istenmezeje-Pétervására region 1992 Evaluation of the Darnó Hill area using satellite imagery 1992 Evaluation of environmental effects of the construction of Bős (Gabčikovo) dam
using satellite remote sensing 1993 Neotectonic environment of the Paks Nuclear Power Plant 1995-1996 Agricultural crop yield estimation using NOAA AVHRR and Landsat imagery 1997 Palaeohydrographic reconstruction of Tisza river valley (for archaeological
purposes) using satellite imagery 2007-2008 GIS expert at Arcanum Ltd., the largest Hungarian digital publisher of
