Dr. József Váncza

Head of Laboratory, Senior Research Associate
Research Laboratory of Engineering and Management Intelligence (EMI),
Institute for Computer Science and Control (SZTAKI),
Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA)

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

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

Coordination and cooperation in production networks

Inventory control in supply chains

Production scheduling

Production planning -- a project scheduling approach

Computer-Assisted Process Planning (CAPP)

Human-robot symbiosis

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

Recognition of CAD models of complex engineering objects from point clouds

Product line design

Smart energy systems

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

Last updated: 11 June, 2017