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Béla Lantos, Dr.
Full Professor
Place and date of birth: Miskolc, Jan. 8, 1941.
Nationality: Hungarian
Marital status: married, one child
Address: H-1225 Budapest, Bartók B. u. 3/d IV. 12, Hungary
Affiliation: Department of Control Engineering and Information Technology
(former Dept. Process Control), Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics (EEI), Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BUTE, former Technical University of Budapest), since 1965.
Mailing address: H-1117 Budapest, Magyar Tudósok krt. 2
Phone number: + 36 1 463-2058
Fax: + 36 1 463-2204
E-mail: lantos@iit.bme.hu
Post
Full Professor (1994-), Leader of the Group of Control Engineering and Robotics
Associate Professor (1979-1993)
Lecturer (1972-1979)
Assistant (1965-1972)
Studies
Technical University of Budapest (BME VIK), 1959-61
Ilmenau Institute of Technology, Germany, 1961-65
Eötvös Loránd University of Sciences (ELTE TTK) Budapest, 1966-72
Graduation
M.S. in Control Engineering, Ilmenau Institute of Technology, Germany, 1965
M.S. in Applied Mathematics, Eötvös Loránd University of Sciences Budapest, 1972
Degrees
Ph.D. (C.Sc.) from Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, 1977
Thesis: Application of functional analysis in control engineering (Optimum control theory in topological and Banach spaces under nonscalar-valued performance criterion).
D.Sc. from Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, 1993
Thesis: New principles and results in the identification and control of robots.
Dr. habil. from Technical University Budapest, 1994
Research fields
Control theory, control of power stations.
Advanced robot control.
3D image processing.
Fuzzy and neural systems, and genetic algorithms.
Project Leader of Research Contracts (after 1990)
• Robot control theory and real-time implementation of the algorithms Hungarian National Research Fund OTKA T 756/1990-94, 7,000,000 HUF (HUF=Hungarian Forint)
• Laser based image processing systems for industrial quality control
Hungarian National Research Fund MKM 129/1994-95, 1,300,000 HUF.
• Theory of intelligent robots, real-time implementation of the algorithms. Hungarian National Research Fund OTKA T 16855/1994-98, 4,800,000 HUF
• Intelligent robot, hand-eye and microrobot systems
Hungarian National Research Fund FKFP 0417/1997-2000, 7,000,000 HUF
• Advanced robot control theory and increasing the intelligence. Hungarian National Research Fund OTKA T 029072/1999-2002, 8,750,000 HUF
• Knowledge-intensive information technology for the safe and optimal operation of komplex industrial systems, OM-00496/2001-2004, 23,594,000 HUF (part of consortial agreement NKFP 2/016/2001-2004, coordinator: Computer and Automation Research Institute, MTA SZTAKI)
Participation in Industrial Development Projects
1978-80: VBKM, Development of the Scoreboard Software System of the Moscow Olympic Games
1984-87: MVMT, Development of Equipment for the Test of Control Systems in Power Stations
1989-90: Mikromatika Ltd., Identification and controller design for SCARA Robots
1997: Paks Nuclear Power Station Co., Audit of the maintenance processes of the Control Engineering Directory
Languages
English (ML)
German (HL)
Russian (HL)
(ML=middle level state exam, HL=high level state exam)
Scholarships, scientific activity abroad
1987: three-month visiting researchership in 3D image processing to Research Center Informatics of the University Karlsruhe, Germany
1998-2000: 1 week research visits at Heriot Watt University Edinburgh, University of Sheffield (GB), University of Algarve (P), University of Ghent (B), University of Valencia (E).
Awards
Book Award of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 1997
Master Teacher Diploma from Hungarian Government, Hungarian Academy of Sciences and State Scientific Student Council (OTDK), 1997
Fáy András Award of Fáy András Foundation, 1997
TDK Supervisor Award of BUTE, 1998
Széchenyi Professorship Award of Hungarian Government, 1999-2002
Charles Simonyi Researcher Award of Hungarian Government 2002
Educational activities (after 1990)
Lectures: Control Engineering, Control Theory, Robot Control, Intelligent Robots,
Fuzzy Systems and Genetic Algorithms, Information Technology of Autonom Systems (in Hungarian),
“Robot Control” (in English).
Consultations (Project Laboratory, Diplom Thesis): fluently 5 students/year.
Ph.D. supervisorship: 10 postgraduate students in the field of control theory, robot control, stereo image processing and soft computing.
Memberships, functions
IFAC TC’s: Nonlinear Systems, Robotics, Optimal Control, Education
Automation Committee of Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Expert Jury of Bolyai Research Award Scholarship
BUTE EEI Faculty Habilitation Committee and Doctoral Council in Informatics
Participation in Scientific Qualifications
Chairman or member of Ph.D./C.Sc. defenses (after 1995): 8
Member of D. Sc. defenses (after 1995): 5
Official Reviewer of Ph.D./C.Sc. Theses: 11
Official Reviewer of D.Sc. Theses: 3
Publications
11 books
31 journal papers
70 conference proccedings papers
10 lecture notes
11 research reports
75 known citations
References-MARQUIS Who’s Who in the World, 16th Edition, 1999, USA
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