Dr. József Váncza

Head of Laboratory, Senior Research Associate

Address:	MTA SZTAKI, H-1111 Budapest XI. Kende u. 13-17, Hungary
Phone:	(36-1) 279-6299
Fax:	(36-1) 466-7503
E-mail:	vancza [at] sztaki [dot] mta [dot]hu

Current positions

Head of the Research Laboratory of Engineering and Management Intelligence, SZTAKI

Scientific Adviser, Fraunhofer Project Center for Production Management and Informatics, a joint initiative of Fraunhofer and SZTAKI

Associate Professor, Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME), Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Manufacturing Science and Technology

Education, scientific degrees

PhD. in Technical Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest (1994)

MSc in Electrical Engineering, Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME), Faculty of Electrical Engineering (1984)

Fields of interest

General interest in Artificial Intelligence and its Engineering Applications, Production Informatics, Industrial Engineering

Particular fields of interests: Computer-Aided Process Planning, Production Planning and Scheduling, Production Networks, Sustainable Manufacturing, Multi-Agent Systems, Coordination and Cooperation, Planning, Evolutionary Algorithms, Combinatorial Optimization, Constraint Programming and Optimization

Organizations

International Academy for Production Engineering, (CIRP), Fellow, Chairman of STC O, member of the Nominations Committee

Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA), Council of the Academic Research Centers (AKT), Member

Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA), Committee of Automation and Computing, Member

International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC) TC9.1 Economic, Business, and Financial Systems, Member

Awards

Order of Merit of the Hungarian Republic, Knight Cross (2008)

SZTAKI Otto Benedikt Prize (2016)

SZTAKI Award for outstanding research results (1995, 1998, 2004, 2009, 2013)

SZTAKI Publication Award (2007, 2014, 2016)

Bolyai Research Fellowship of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (1998)

Editorial boards

CIRP Journal of Manufacturing Science and Technology, Elsevier, Associate Editor

International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing, Taylor & Francis

Advanced Engineering Informatics, Elsevier

Journal of Engineering Manufacture, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B, SAGE

Teaching activity

Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME), Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Manufacturing Science and Technology

Courses in Artificial Intelligence, Production Planning and Control, Machine Design and Production Technology

Corvinus University of Budapest, Council of the Doctoral Schools, External member

University of Miskolc, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Informatics, Council of the Doctoral Schools, External member; József Hatvany Doctoral School for Computer Science and Engineering, External member

Selected publications

Keynotes in strategic topics of production and production systems

Colledani, M., Tolio, T., Fischer, A., Iung, B., Lanza, G., Schmitt, R., Váncza, J.: Design and management of manufacturing systems for production quality. CIRP Annals - Manufacturing Technology, 63(2), 773-796, (2014).[doi][pdf]
Váncza, J., Monostori, L., Lutters, D., Kumara, S.R., Tseng, M., Valckenaers, P., Van Brussel, H.: Cooperative and responsive manufacturing enterprises. CIRP Annals - Manufacturing Technology, 60:(2), 797-820, (2011). [doi][pdf]
Tolio, T., Ceglarek, D., Elmaraghy, H.A., Fischer, A., Hu, S.J., Laperriere, L., Newman, S.T., Váncza, J.: SPECIES-Co-evolution of products, processes and production systems. CIRP Annals - Manufacturing Technology, 59(2), 672-693 (2010).[doi][pdf]
Ueda, K., Takenaka, T., Váncza, J., Monostori, L.: Value creation and decision-making in sustainable society. CIRP Annals - Manufacturing Technology, 58:(2), 681-700,(2009).[doi][pdf]
Monostori, L., Váncza, J., Kumara, S.R.T.: Agent-based systems for manufacturing. CIRP Annals - Manufacturing Technology, 55(2), 697-720, (2006). [doi][pdf]

Coordination and cooperation in production networks

Egri, P., Váncza, J.: A distributed coordination mechanism for supply networks with asymmetric information. European Journal of Operational Research, 226(3), 452-460, (2013).[doi][pdf]
Egri, P., Döring, A., Timm, T., Váncza, J.: Collaborative planning with benefit balancing in Dynamic Supply Loops. CIRP Journal of Manufacturing Science and Technology, 4(3), 226-233, (2011). [doi][pdf]
Ericsson, R., Becker, R., Döring, A., Eckstein, H., Kopp, Th., Poslu, I., Váncza, J. (eds): From Build-to-Order to Customize-to-Order: Advancing the automotive industry by collaboration and modularity. Code of Practice findings of the EU-FP6 Project AC/DC—Automotive Chassis Development for 5-Days Cars, (2010) [pdf]
Váncza, J., Egri, P., Karnok, D.: Planning in concert: A logistics platform for production networks. International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing, 23(4), 297-307, (2010).[doi]
Monostori, L, Kis, T., Váncza, J., Kádár, B. and Erdös, G.: Real-time, cooperative enterprises for customized mass production. International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing, 22(1), 55-68, (2009). [doi]

Inventory control in supply chains

Kovács, A., Egri, P., Kis, T., Váncza, J.: An inverse economic lot-sizing approach to eliciting supplier cost parameters. International Journal of Production Economics, 149, 80-88, (2014).[doi][pdf]
Kovács, A., Egri, P., Kis, T., Váncza, J.: Inventory control in supply chains: Alternative approaches to a two-stage lot-sizing problem. International Journal of Production Economics, 143(2), 385-394, (2013).[doi][pdf]
Egri, P., Váncza, J.: Channel coordination with the newsvendor model using asymmetric information. International Journal of Production Economics, 135, 491-499, (2012).[doi][pdf]
Váncza, J., Egri, P., Monostori, L.: A coordination mechanism for rolling horizon planning in supply networks. CIRP Annals - Manufacturing Technology, 57(1), 455-458, (2008).[doi][pdf]
Váncza J., Egri, P.: Coordinating supply networks in customized mass production – A contract-based approach. CIRP Annals - Manufacturing Technology, 55(1), 489-492, (2006).[doi][pdf]

Production scheduling

Nonaka, Y., Erdős, G., Kis, T., Nakano, T., Váncza, J.: Scheduling with alternative routings in CNC workshops. CIRP Annals - Manufacturing Technology, 61(1), 449-454, (2012).[doi][pdf]
Tolio, T., Urgo, M., Váncza, J.: Robust production control against propagation of disruptions. CIRP Annals - Manufacturing Technology, 60(1), 489-492, (2011).[doi][pdf]
Kovács, A., Váncza, J.: Progressive solutions: a simple but efficient dominance rule for practical RCPSP. Integration of AI and OR Techniques in Constraint Programming for Combinatorial Optimization Problems: Third International Conference, CPAIOR 2006 (eds. Beck, Ch., Smith, B.), Springer LNCS 3990, 139-151 (2006). [doi][pdf]
Kovács, A., Váncza, J.: Completable partial solutions in constraint programming and constraint-based scheduling. Principles and Practice of Constraint Programming, Proc. of CP2004 (ed. Wallace, M.), Springer LNCS 3258, 332-346, (2004). [doi][pdf]
Váncza, J., Márkus, A.: An agent model for incentive-based production scheduling. Computers in Industry, 43(2), 173-187, (2000).[doi][pdf]
Márkus, A., Kis, T., Váncza, J., Monostori, L.: A market approach to holonic manufacturing. CIRP Annals - Manufacturing Technology, 45(1), 433-436, (1996).[doi][pdf]

Production planning -- a project scheduling approach

Monostori, L., Erdős, G., Kádár, B., Kis, T., Kovács, A., Pfeiffer,. A., Váncza, J.: Digital enterprise solution for integrated production planning and control. Computers in Industry 61, (2010). [doi][pdf]
Kovács, A., Egri P., Kis, T., Váncza, J.: Proterv-II: An integrated production planning and scheduling system. Principles and Practice of Constraint Programming, Proc. of CP2005 (ed. van Beek, P.), Springer LNCS 3709, 880, (2005).[doi][pdf]
Váncza, J., Kis, T. Kovács, A.: Aggregation - the key to integrating production planning and scheduling. CIRP Annals - Manufacturing Technology, 53(1), 377-380 (2004).[doi][pdf]
Márkus A., Váncza J., Kis, T., Kovács, A.: Project scheduling approach to production planning. CIRP Annals - Manufacturing Technology, 52(1), 359-362, (2003).[doi] [pdf]

Computer-Assisted Process Planning (CAPP)

Kardos, Cs., Kovács, A., Váncza, J.:Decomposition approach to optimal feature-based assembly planning. CIRP Annals - Manufacturing Technology, 66(1), XXX-XXX, (2017). [doi][pdf]
Kardos, Cs., Váncza, J.:Application of generic CAD models for supporting feature based assembly process planning. 11th CIRP Conference on Intelligent Computation in Manufacturing Engineering (CIRP ICME ’17), Procedia CIRP (2017), to appear. [pdf] (open access)
Nonaka, Y., Erdős, G., Kis, T., Kovács, A., Monostori, L., Nakano, T., Váncza, J.:Generating alternative process plans for complex parts, CIRP Annals - Manufacturing Technology, 62(1), 453-458, (2013). [doi][pdf]
Duflou, J.R., Váncza, J., Aerens, R.: Computer aided process planning for sheet metal bending: A state of the art. Computers in Industry, 56(7), 747-771 (2005).[doi] [pdf]
Márkus, A., Váncza, J., Kovács, A.: Constraint-based process planning in sheet metal bending. CIRP Annals - Manufacturing Technology, 51(1), 425-428, (2002).[doi][pdf]
Márkus, A., Váncza, J.: Process planning with conflicting and conditional advice. CIRP Annals - Manufacturing Technology, 50(1), 327-330, (2001).[doi] [pdf]
Váncza, J., Márkus, A.: A constraint engine for manufacturing process planning. Principles and Practice of Constraint Programming – Proc. of CP 2001, 7th Int. Conf. (ed. Walsh, T.), Springer LNCS 2239, 745-759, (2001).[doi][pdf]
Márkus, A., Váncza, J., Horváth, M.: Process planning by retrieval and adaptation. Computers in Industry, 33, 47-60, (1997).[doi]
Váncza, J., Márkus, A.: Experiments with the integration of reasoning, optimization and generalization in process planning. Advances in Engineering Software, 25(1), 29-39, (1996).[doi]
Horváth, M., Márkus, A., Váncza, J.: Process planning with genetic algorithms on results of knowledge-based reasoning. International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing, 9(2), 145-166, (1996).
Váncza J., Márkus A.: Genetic algorithms in process planning. Computers in Industry, 17(2-3), 181-194, (1991).[doi]

Human-robot symbiosis

Wang, X. V., Kemény, Zs., Váncza, J., Wang, L.: Human–robot collaborative assembly in cyber-physical production: Classification framework and implementation. CIRP Annals - Manufacturing Technology, 66(1), XXX-XXX, (2017). [doi][pdf]

Planning and automatic off-line programming for robotic remote laser welding (RLW)

Erdős, G., Kardos, Cs., Kemény, Zs., Kovács, A., Váncza J.: Process planning and offline programming for robotic remote laser welding systems. International Journal of Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, 29(12), 1287-1306, (2016).[doi][pdf]
Erdős, G., Kovács, A., Váncza J.: Optimized joint motion planning for redundant industrial robots. CIRP Annals - Manufacturing Technology, 65(1), 451-454, (2016).[doi][pdf]
Ceglarek, D., Colledani, M., Váncza, J., Kim, D-Y., Marine, Ch., Kogel-Hollacher, M., Mistry, A., Bolognese, L.: Rapid deployment of remote laser welding processes in automotive assembly systems. CIRP Annals - Manufacturing Technology, 64(1), 389-394, (2015). [doi][pdf]

Recognition of CAD models of complex engineering objects from point clouds

Erdős, G., Nakano, T., Horváth, G., Nonaka, Y., Váncza, J.: Recognition of complex engineering objects from large-scale point clouds. CIRP Annals - Manufacturing Technology, 64(1), 165-168, (2015).[doi][pdf]
Erdős, G., Nakano, T., Váncza, J.: Adapting CAD models of complex engineering objects to measured point cloud data. CIRP Annals - Manufacturing Technology, 63(1), 157-160, (2014).[doi][pdf]

Product line design

Márkus, A., Váncza, J.: Product line design with customer preferences. Proc. of the Fourteenth Int. Conf. on Industrial & Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence & Expert Systems, Budapest, 4-7, June 2001 (eds. Monostori, L., Váncza, J., Ali, M.), Springer LNAI 2070, 846-855, (2001).[doi]
Márkus, A., Váncza, J.: Product line development with customer interaction. CIRP Annals - Manufacturing Technology, 47(1), 361-364, (1998).[doi] [pdf]

Smart energy systems

Kovács, A., Bátai, R., Csáji, B. Cs., Dudás, P., Háy, B., Pedone, G., Révész, T., Váncza, J: Intelligent control for energy-positive street lighting. Energy, 114, 40-51, (2016).[doi] [pdf]
Csáji, B. Cs., Kovács, A., Váncza, J.: Adaptive aggregated predictions for renewable energy systems. IEEE Symposium on Adaptive Dynamic Programming and Reinforcement Learning (ADPRL) (2014). [doi][pdf]
Csáji, B. Cs., Kovács, A., Váncza, J.: Prediction and robust control of energy flow in renewable energy systems. 19th IFAC World Congress (2014).[doi][pdf]
Egri, P., Váncza, J.: Efficient mechanism for aggregate demand prediction in the Smart Grid. 2nd International Workshop on Smart Energy Networks & Multi-Agent Systems (MATES 2013), Springer LNAI 8076, pp. 250-263 (2013).[doi][pdf]

For more details, see Google Scholar or the complete list of publications here.

Key projects

SYMBIO-TIC, Symbiotic human-robot collaboration for safe and dynamic multimodal manufacturing systems, H2020 Project of the EU, (2015-2019), Principal investigator

RLW NAVIGATOR, Remote laser welding system navigator for eco & resilient automotive factories, Seventh Framework Project of the EU, (2012-2015), Principal investigator

E+GRID, Development of an embedded system for optimizing energy positive public lighting service, National Development Agency, Hungary (2011-2014), Principal investigator

VISIONAIR, A World-class infrastructure for advanced 3D visualization-based research, Seventh Framework Project of the EU, (2011-2014), Principal investigator

Hitachi Yokohama Research Laboratory – MTA SZTAKI joint research projects in various topics of production engineering (2009 - ), Project leader/Principal investigator

AC/DC, Automotive chassis development for the 5-days car, Sixth Framework Project of the EU, (2006-2010), Principal investigator

Supplier Collaboration Tool, GE Consumer and Industrial, Hungary (2008), Consultant, team leader

VRL KCiP NoE: Virtual Research Lab for Knowledge Community in Production, Sixth Framework Project of the EU (2004-2008), Principal investigator

Logistics Platform, GE Consumer and Industrial, Hungary (2007), Project leader

VITAL, Real-time cooperative enterprises, National Office for Research and Technology (2004-2007), Principal investigator

New project scheduling based approach to production planning, National Scientific Research Foundation, Hungary (2004-2006), Project leader

Digital factory and production networks, National Research and Development Programme (2001-2004), Principal investigator

FIRE, Plan of a cooperative bankcard fraud detection system, 11 banks operating in Hungary (2000), Project leader