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Szabolcs Tőkés is a Senior Scientist at the Analogic and Neural Computing Research Laboratory of the Computer and Automation Research Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Besides academic work in the field of laser physics, holography, acousto-optics, optical information processing, diffractive optics he has industrial experience in the manufacture of gas lasers, development and manufacture of laser image-recording equipment. His research and development activity founded a new branch of industry in Hungary, namely the laser recorder’s industry. This includes the manufacturing of laser-plotters for printed circuit filming and imagesetters for printing-press. His current research centered about diffractive optics and optical computing.

1962-1969: MOM (Hungarian Optical Works) Budapest

1969-1984: Computer and Automation Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest (as the head of the Department for Application of Lasers in the Computer Techniques)

1984-1992: ITEX Engineering Company, Budapest (as technical and scientific director)

1992-1998: Computer and Automation Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest (as the head of the Laser Laboratory)

1999- : leader of the group working on optical implementation of the CNN universal computer

He is author or co-author of more than 30 articles and holds 14 patents. He has been project leader of several national projects (R&D of computer holography, acousto-optical devices, and development of the first European laser printer, laser plotter/image setter, interferometric printer). He was the Associate Editor of the Optics and Laser Technology (1975-1993).

Born: in Debrecen (Hungary); October 11, 1938.

Citizenship: Hungarian

Position: senior scientist

Institution: Computer and Automation Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Analogic and Neural Computing Research Laboratory. Kende u. 13-17. H-1111 Budapest, Hungary

E-mail: tokes@sztaki.hu

Marital status: married, three children, wife: Mrs Hédi Tőkés, high school teacher (Hungarian grammar and literature, history)

Home address: H-1025 Budapest, Utas u. 5. Hungary.

Phone: (36 1) 394-5768

High School: Hogyes Endre Gimnazium, Hajduszoboszló (Hungary)

(1953-1957)

University: Kossuth Lajos University, Debrecen (1957-1962)

Graduated in Physics (1962)

Experience:

• 1962-1969: MOM (Hungarian Optical Works) Budapest
• 1969-1984: Computer and Automation Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest (as the head of the Department for Application of Lasers in the Computer Techniques)
• 1984-1992: ITEX Engineeering Company, Budapest (as technical and scientific director)
• 1992-1999: Computer and Automation Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest (as the head of the Laser Laboratory)
• 1999- : Analogic and Neural Computing Research Laboratory of the Computer and Automation Research Institute (as leader of the group working on optical implementation of the CNN universal computer

- European Optical Society

- Optical, Acoustical and Filmtechnical Society of Hungary (OPAKFI);

- Hungarian Representative of ICO (International Commission for Optics, 1973-1980);

- SPIE

- Lorand Eötvös Physical Society, Hungary

- International advisory editor of "Optics and Laser Technology"(1975-1993)

- registered expert of the UNIDO

- Six-month travelling fellowship for experts in the USA and UK awarded by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (1973).

- Official expert of UNIDO

• contribution to the optical design of an infrared spectrophotometer (1963);
• development and product-design of the first industrial He-Ne laser in Hungary,
• research in the field of laser interferometry (1967-69); as a project manager I was responsible for the following projects:
• R+D of a holographic 3-D display and a holographic mass storage system (1969-71);
• R+D of acoustooptical modulator and deflector devices and establishing the manufacturing facilities of these devices (1971-84);
• research of color centres in crystals for recording of images and holograms ;
• design and fabrication of computer generated holograms;
• design of a contactless wire-thickness laser gauge (1982);
• development and product-design of the LP-1 laserprinter (1974-81), and the LG-1 LaserGraph laser-plotter/imagesetter (1981-1985);
• design and development of the optical system of the OMIKRON laser-phototypesetting machine (1984-86);
• design of different f-theta objectives for laser scanners;
• design of the optical system of a document scanner equipment (1986-1987).
• development and design of high-depth of focus optical systems for multi-beam plotters/imagesetters
• development of a computer program system for designing of optical system of high resolution plotters/imagesetters, including the design of diffractive optical elements for beamshaping;
• measuring methods and equipments for testing laser-beam parameters and diffractive optics;
• research of printing technologies of diffractive security prints, including CTP technologies
• R+D of a very high resolution acoustooptic modulator system using diffractive optical elements
• adaptive optical system for the human eye and for machine vision

optical implementation of the cellular nonlinear/neural network universal machine (CNN-UM)

optical computing and signal processing

diffractive optics

Number of published papers: more than 30, number of patents: 14

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