Other professional activities of Erzsébet Csuhaj-Varjú

Leader and participant of Hungarian research projects; team leader and participant in European research projects.

Project leadership

Nature-motivated computational models in formal language and automata theory. Hungarian Scientific Research Fund, ’’OTKA”, K 75952, 2008-2012.

Formal Language Theoretic Models in Bio-Molecular Computation. Hungarian-French Interngovernmental S&T Cooperation, TéT, F-19/04, 2005-2006. Hungarian team leader.

Bio-inspired computation: formal language theoretic models. Hungarian Scientific Research Fund "OTKA", T 042529, 2003-2006.

Centre of Excellence in Information Technology, Computer Science and Control, ICA1-CT-2000-70025, HUN-TING project, Workpackage 5.

"MolCoNet" , Thematic Network in Molecular Computing, IST-2001-32008, 2001-2003. Hungarian team leader.

Formal language theoretic models of multi-agent systems. Hungarian-German Interngovernmental S&T Cooperation, TéT, D-35/00, 2000-2002. Hungarian team leader.

Nature-motivated computational models. Hungarian Scientific Research Fund "OTKA", T 029615, 1999-2002.

Computational models of multi-agent systems. Hungarian Scientific Research Fund "OTKA", T 017105, 1995-98.

Project participation

 

INCO-Copernicus ALTEC-KIT, 1997-98. Hungarian site manager: Lajos Rónyai.

Algebraic aspects of automata and formal languages. Hungarian-French Interngovernmental S&T Cooperation, "Programme Balaton", TéT-F-28/96 (OMFB), 1997-98. Hungarian supervisor: Zoltán Ésik.

Computing by trees. Developmental Programme for the Ph. D. Programme in Informatics of the Attila József University of Sciences. Ministry of Education, Hungary, MKM 665/96-97, 1996-98. Supervisor: Zoltán Fülöp.

Formal languages, automata, and Petri nets. Hungarian-German Intergovernmental S&T Cooperation, OMFB-NPI (TéT) 102, 1995-97. Hungarian supervisor: Sándor Horváth.

ALTEC - Algorithms for Future Technologies. EC Cooperative Action IC 1000, 1993-95. Hungarian site manager: Lajos Rónyai.

Formal languages and parallelism: aspects in combinatorics, automata and recursion theory. Hungarian Scientific Research Fund "OTKA" 4295, 1992-95. Supervisor: Pál Dömösi.

Groupware systems. Hungarian Scientific Research Fund "OTKA" 2571, 1991-94. Supervisor: László Csaba.

Regular reviewer for international journals and conferences; opponent of Ph. D. and habilitation theses in Hungary and abroad.

Member of professional societies

John von Neumann Society for Computing, Hungary,

European Association for Theoretical Computer Science.

IFIP WG. 1.2

Association Computability in Europe

Editorial work

Member, Editorial Board, International Journal of Foundations of Computer Science, World Scientific, (2007 –present)

Local Editor, Bulletin of European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics, ERCIM NEWS, (1995 - present).

Member, Editorial Board, Grammars

Secretary, Editorial Board of Computational Linguistics and Computer Languages, (1980-1984).

Memberships in scientific boards, committees

Representative of the D.Sc. holders in the General Assembly of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (2010-present).

 

Member, Advisory Board, Jury in Mathematics, János Bolyai Research Fellowship, Hungarian Academy of Sciences

(2007-present).

 

Member, Computer Science Committee, Board of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, (1999-present).

Site Manager, European Molecular Computing Consortium, (2000-present).

Member, College of Physical Sciences, Hungarian Scientific Research Fund, (2006-2009).

 

Representative of the D.Sc. holders in the General Assembly of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (2004-2007).

Memberships in conference committees

 Member, Steering Committee, International Workshop on Descriptional Complexity of Formal Systems.

 Member, Steering Committee, International Conference on Membrane Computing.

Member,  Programme Committee, 11th International Conference on Membrane Computing, CMC11, August 24-27, 2010, Jena, Germany.

 Member, Programme Committee, Fourth Workshop on Membrane Computing and Biologically Inspired process Calculi, MeCBIC 2010, August 23, Jena, Germany.

 Member, Programme Committee, Computability in Europe 2010,  CiE 2010, June 30-July 4, 2010, Ponta Delgada, Portugal.

 Member, Programme Committee, Fourth International Conference on Language and Automata: Theory and Applications, LATA 2010, May 24-28, 2010, Trier, Germany.

Member, Programme Commitee, 10th Workshop on Membrane Computing (WMC 10), August 25-28, 2009, Curtea de Arges, Romania.

Co-Organizer, Special Session ’’Computation in Biological systems”, Computability in Europe 2009 (CiE’09), July 19-24, 2009, Heidelberg, Germany.

Member, Programme Commitee, 11th International Workshop on Descriptional Complexity of Formal Systems (DCFS 2009), July 6-9, 2009, Magdeburg, Germany.

Member, Programme Commitee, 3rd International Conference on Algebraic Informatics (CAI 2009), May 19-22, 2009, Thessaloniki, Greece.

Co-chair, Programme Committee, 12th International Conference on Automata and Formal Languages (AFL 2008), May 27-30, 2008, Balatonfüred, Hungary.

Member, Programme Committee, Second International Conference on Language and Automata: Theory and Applications (LATA 2008), March 13-19, 2008, Tarragona, Spain.

Member, Programme Committee, 13th International Conference on Implementation and Application of Automata (CIAA 2008), July 21-24, 2008, San Francisco, USA.

Member, Programme Commitee, 10th International Workshop on Descriptional Complexity of Formal Systems (DCFS 2008), July 16-18, 2008, Charlottetown, Canada.

Member, Programme Committee, Seventh International Conference on Unconventional Computation (UC 2008), August 25-28, 2008, Vienna, Austria.

Co-chair, International Workshop on Computing with Biomolecules. Satellite workshop of UC 2008, August 27, 2008, Vienna, Austria.

Member, Programme Committee, Prague International Workshop on Membrane Computing, June 2, 2008, Prague, Czech Republic.

Member, Programme Committe, Second International Workshop on Formal Languages in Linguistics (ForLing 2008), September 19-20, 2008, Tarragona, Spain.

Co-chair, Programme Committee, 16th International Symposium on Fundamentals of Computation Theory, FCT 2007, August 27-30, 2007, Budapest, Hungary.

 Member, Programme Committee, International Workshop Automata for Cellular and Molecular Computing, ACMC'07, August 31, 2007, Budapest, Hungary.

 Member, Programme Committee, 1st International  Workshop on Non-Classical Formal Languages and Linguistics, FORLING'07, August 31, Budapest, Hungary.

 Member, Programme Committee, Conference ''Machines, Computations and Universality'' (MCU 2007), September 10-13, 2007, Orleans, France.

Member, Programme Committee, 9th International Workshop on Descriptional Complexity of Formal Systems, DCFS 2007, July 20-22, 2007, High Tatras, Slovakia.

 Member, Programme Committee, 12th International Conference on Implementation and Application of Automata, CIAA 2007, July 16-18, 2007, Prague, Czech Republic.

 Member, Programme Committee, Eights Workshop on Membrane Computing, WMC8, June 25-28, 2007, Thessaloniki, Greece.

 Member, Programme Committee, 2nd International Work Conference on the Interplay between Natural and Artificial Computation (IWINAC 2007), June 18-21, 2007, Murcia, Spain.

Member, Programme Committee,  International Conference on Language and Automata: Theory and Applications (LATA 2007), March 29 - April 4, 2007, Tarragona, Spain.

 Member, Scientific Committee, ESF Workshop Automata and formal languages for DNA Computing and bio-informatics. October 18-20, 2006, Como, Italy.

Member, Programme Committee, 11th International Conference on Implementation and Application of Automata, CIAA 2006, August 21-23, 2006, Taipei, Taiwan.

Member, Programme Committee, Seventh Workshop on Membrane Computing, WMC7, July 17-21, 2006, Leiden, The Netherlands.

Member, Programme Committee, Tenth International Conference on Developments of Language Theory, DLT'06, June 26-29, 2006, Santa Barbara, USA.

Member, Programme Committee, 8th Workshop on Descriptional Complexity of Formal Systems, DCFS 2006, June 21-23, 2006. Las Cruses, USA,

Member, Programme Committee, 1st International Workshop on Formal Models (WFM'06), April 25-27, 2006, Prerov, Czech Republic.

Member, Programme Committee, SYNASC Workshop, TAPS: Theory and Application of P systems, September 26-27, 2005, Timisoara, Romania.

Member, Programme Committee, 6th International Worskhop on Membrane Computing, July 18-21, 2005, Vienna, Austria.

Member, Programme Committee, 11th International Conference on Automata and Formal Languages, May 17-20, 2005, Dobogókő, Hungary.

Member, Programme Committee, 7th International Workshop "Descriptional Complexity of Formal Systems", June 30-July 2, 2005, Como, Italy.

Programme Chair, "Grammar Systems Week 2004", International Workshop, July 5-9, 2004, Budapest, Hungary.

Member, Programme Committee, The 5th International Workshop on Emergent Synthesis (IWES'04), May 24-25, 2004, Budapest, Hungary.

Member, Programme Committee, 6th International Workshop "Descriptional Complexity of Formal Systems", July 26-28, 2004, London, Ontario, Canada.

Member, Programme Committee, Conference "`Machines, Computations and Universality"'(MCU 2004), September 21-26, 2004, Saint-Petersburg, Russia.

Co-chair, Programme Committee, 5th International Workshop "DescriptionalComplexity of Formal Systems",  July 12-14, 2003, Budapest.

Organizing chair, Annual meeting of project "MolCoNet", IST-2001-32008, November 29-30, 2002, Budapest.

Organizing chair, Meeting of the European Molecular Computing Consortium, November 30, 2002, Budapest.

Member, Programme Committee, 4th Workshop "Descriptional Complexity of Formal Systems", London, Ontario, August 21-25, 2002.

Member, Programme Committee, Workshop "Descriptional Complexity of Automata, Grammars and Related Structures 2001", Vienna, July 21-23, 2001.

Member, Programme Committee, International Conference "Universal Machines and Computations 2001", Chisinau, Moldavia, 20001.

Member, Programme Committee, Workshop "Descriptional Complexity of Automata, Grammars and Related Structures 2000", London, Ontario, Canada, 2000.

Member, Programme Committee, "International Workshop Grammar Systems 2000", Bad Ischl, Austria, 2000.

Member, Programme Committee, "Formal Languages and Automata", Satellite Workshop of FCT'99, Iasi, 1999.

Member, Programme Committee, Conference "Telecooperation", IFIP World Congress, Budapest-Vienna, 1998.

Member, Programme Committee, "Grammar Systems", Satellite Workshop of MFCS'98, Brno, 1998.

Member, Programme Committee, "Mathematical Linguistics", Satellite Workshop of MFCS'98, Brno, 1998.

Program Chair, Workshop "Grammar Systems: Recent Results and Perspectives", Budapest, 1996.

Member, Programme Committee, International Meeting of Young Computer Scientists, Smolenice, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992.