KORONDI, Péter


Positions and Affiliation

  • Scientific Advisor
    Cognitive Informatics research group involved in the System and Control Laboratory, Computer and Automation Research Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA SZTAKI) www.coginfo.sztaki.hu (since 2008)

  • Professor, Dept.of  Mechatronics, Optics and Applied  Informatics, Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BUTE) http://www.mogi.bme.hu/index_en.php(since 1986)

Address

Computer and Automation Research Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
H-1111 Budapest, Kende u. 13-17, Hungary
Phone: (+36) 1 279-6111
Fax: (+36) 1 466-7503
E-mail: korondi@sztaki.hu

Studies

Technical University of Budapest, Electrical Engineering, Dipl. Ing, 1984

Degrees

Ph.D., Technical University of Budapest, 1996

D.Sc., Doctor of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 2008

Research fields

Sliding Mode Control: Sliding mode based feedback compensation (friction compensation), Tensor Product model transformation based sliding surface design.

Cognitive robotics and telemanipulation: Super flexible robot programming, Ethologically inspired models for the social relationship between humans and intelligent systems.

Industrial R&D projects (leader or participant)

  • Super flexible robot programming for a welding robot, GI Flex Ltd., Hungary
  • Design an Automatic Guided Vehicle (AVG) for pharmaceutical warehouses, Micronix Ltd., Hungary
  • Utilization of waste energy, Ganz Company, Fortrans Ltd. Hungary
  • Investigating and solving EMC problems at Nokia, Komárom, Hungary
  • Investigating and solving problems caused by the static exciters at Pécs Power Plant Company, Hungary
  • Optimization of resonant power converter circuits, Tokyo Electric Power Company, Japan
  • Worked out a new, complex lumped parameter based magnetic circuit calculating method, which solve a several decade old so called inverse spoon problem in lower load range of the meters, Ganz Watthourmeter Factory, Hungary

Awards and Honors

  • Bolyai-plaquette of Hungarian Academy Science 2009
  • Best Paper Award, IEEE Conference on Human System Interaction, 2008
  • Master Teacher Gold Medal Award, 2007
  • Student Research Activity Supervisor Medal (BUTE) 2006
  • Bolyai János research scholarship, 2005-2007
  • Széchenyi István scholarship, 2001-2004
  • Bolyai János research scholarship, 1998-2000
  • ABB Prize Paper Award, IEEE OPTIM2000 Conference, 2000
  • Intergovernmental research scholarship at Tokyo University, 1993-1995
  • “For Hungarian Science” charity one year scholarship, 1991

Publications

Author or co-author of 13 book chapters, university notes, 64 Hungarian and foreign journal papers, 161 conference papers (including 4Keynote lectures), 12 R&D report; held 34 presentations at foreign universities and institutes; 541 independent citations to his work.


Membership and service

  • General Chair of IEEE Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics Conference 2011
  • Founding member of iSpace Network (Word wide network of research groups dealing with intelligent space) from 2008
  • Chair of the IEEE IES-Computational Intelligence Subcommittee from 2007
  • IFAC, Vice-Chair of the Technical Committee 4.3 – Robotics from 2006
  • Local Co-chair of the 5th International Conference on Control Automation, 2005
  • Founding member of Hungarian section of IEEE Industry Application Society, later voted vice chairman. The section won IEEE Industry Applications Society's 2005 Outstanding Small Chapter award in 2005. from 2004
  • Founding member of ITM Norwegian-Hungarian Joint Laboratory. from 2004
  • Founding member of Integrated Intelligent Systems Japanese-Hungarian Joint Laboratory from 2001
  • Founding member of the PEMC International Council (PEMC IC) committee that gathers Power Electronics and Motion Control professionals from the area of Central Europe and coordinates conferences, which later merged in 1998 into the (European Power Electronics and Drive Association (EPE) and continues to work as a relatively independent chapter. from 1996

Teaching activities

Courses include undergraduate, graduate and Ph.D. courses in Basic electrical engineering, Motion control and power electronics, Robot control. Development of e-learning materials: Animated multimedia text book on Motion Control; Remote laboratory test of basic elements of robotics