One of the preconditions for the efficient exploitation of funding is to ensure that acquiring such funding is hindered by as few administrative obstacles as possible, thus procedures must be simplified, the time of funding disbursement should be reduced and evaluation should be made more effective.
To meet the present and future demands of applicants, the Office should become an agency in the modern sense. Apart from managing project funding, it should also provide different linked services. It should help enterprises to participate in calls to a greater extent.
Gyula Csopaki, who shall be responsible for the implementation of the abovementioned tasks, acquired management experience as the head of the International Directorate of the Budapest University of Technology and Economics in the past seven years. On top of that, he is the author of numerous scientific publications (his field of expertise is the examination of telecommunication systems and services), he has worked for several research units, been the supervisor of numerous PhD students – thus he, as a scientist-researcher and a professor, is familiar with the operation of and the challenges faced by the R&D sector. The new President considers the strengthening of research- and business-sector cooperation and the broadening of the scale of opportunities for early-stage researchers as his most important objectives.
On the National Office for Research and Technology:
NKTH is the central office under the supervision of the minister without portfolio responsible for R&D. It is the body to which the government assigned the responsibility for research, development and technological innovation. NKTH is a public body with independent budget, led by its president. NKTH promotes the creation, dissemination and exploitation of new knowledge and technology by institutional tools. The funding for its activities is covered by the Research and Technology Innovation Fund, which public funding is pumped back into the economy through its system of calls for proposals.
Budapest, 8th September 2008
The Office of the Minister without Portfolio Responsible or R&D
Dr. Gyula Csopaki
Professional CV
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Areas of Specialty
Studies, Scientific Degrees:
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Professional Training Programs:
- 2001 The Internet Computing Architecture: Nice – Sophia Antipolis
- 1995 Association of University Technology Managers, Licensing Course: Washington, D.C.
- 1992, 1993 KAPSCH Datastar Meridian Professional Courses: Vienna, Linz
Places of Employment:
- 2008 National Office for Research and Technology: President
- 2001-‘08 Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME), International Directorate: Director
- 1993-‘01 BME Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics: Vice Dean, Responsible for International Affairs
- 1986-‘08 BME Department of Telecommunications and Media Informatics (and its Predecessors), Deputy Head 2000-‘08
- 1969-‘86 MTA Departmental Telecommunications Research Group
Part-time Activities:
- 2001-‘06 ERICSSON Hungary
- 1994-‘95 European Telecommunication Standard Institute
- 1986-‘93 MTA Central Office
- 1975-‘82 Computer Technology Coordination Institute
- 1970-‘74 Institute of Civil Engineering and Economic Computer Technology
Significant Professional Achievements:
- 1998-‘08 Managing of the research and development of the telecommunication protocols at the High Speed Network Laboratory (HSNLab) and at the Inter-University Centre for Telecommunications and Informatics (ETIK)
- 1995-‘00 Expert in the evaluation of switching exchanges and mobile service tenders
- 1994-‘95 Project Team Expert (PT65) at the European Telecommunications Standard Institute (ETIS): Sophia Antipolis, France
- 1990-‘95 Planning, managing and implementing of telecommunication software systems
- 1972-‘90 Designing and implementing software systems. Participation in the development of logical analysis program systems. Managing and implementing of a new method and software planning system based on hardware description language
- 1969-‘72 Designing and implementing a new packet switched data transmission system
Publications (in the Hungarian Doctoral Database): http://www.doktori.hu/index.php?menuid=192&sz_ID=1801&lang=EN
Scientific fellowships, Visiting Professor Invitations:
- 1996-’97 University of Striling, Prime Minister’s Scholarship, UK (3 months)
- 1994-’95 PT Expert ETSI Sophia Antipolis, France
- 1992 Pohang University of Science and Technology, South Korea – visiting professor (6 months)
- 1990 Universitat Passau, Falkultat für Matematik und Informatik, Technische Universitat München, Facultat für Elektrotechnik; DAAD Scholarship (3 months)
Memberships:
- 1996- Hungarian Academy of Engineering (Member)
- 1990- MTA Committee for Telecommunication Systems (Member)
- 1970- Scientific Association for Infocommunications (HTE)
- 1998-’06 Wireless Personal Communication Kluwer Academic Press – Member of Editorial Board
- 2001-‘04 Member of the General Assembly of MTA
- 1999-’03 Telecommunications Engineering Evaluation Committee, Committee of Experts of Informatics and Infocommunications (Ministry of Informatics and Infocommunications)
Honors:
- 2002 Kozma László Medallion of Commemoration (BME)
- 2001 Puskás Tivadar Award (HTE)
- 2000 Higher Education Award (Ministry of Education)
- 2000 Jubilee Commemoration Award (BME)
- 1997 Széchenyi Scholarship for Professors (Ministry of Education)
- 1984 Rectoral Award (BME)
Spoken Languages:
English, German, Russian
Personal Data:
Born 1946, married to Ibolya Fock, Chemical Engineer