Short CV

Dr. Tamás Várady, DSc, PhD

Professor Emeritus

Department of Control Engineering and Information Technology,
University of Technology and Economics, Budapest

E-mail: varady@iit.bme.hu
Tel: +36-1-4633456, Mobile: +36-20-9360255

URL: http://3dgeo.iit.bme.hu/

DEGREES:

• DSc – Doctor of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (HAS), Budapest, 1999
  Thesis: Vertex blending surfaces in Computer Aided Geometric Design
• PhD (candidate's degree) in Computer Science, HAS, Budapest, 1986
  Thesis: Integration of free-form surfaces into a volumetric modeler
• MSc in Information Theory and Communication, Technical University, Budapest, 1978
• Diploma in Electrical Engineering, Technical University, Budapest, 1976

RESEARCH INTEREST:

• Computer aided geometric design; free-form curves; general topology free-form surfaces, n-sided patches;
• surface intersections, blends; digital shape reconstruction, measured data processing, automatic segmentation,
• curve and surface fitting, constraints; fairing algorithms.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:

• University of Technology and Economics, Budapest

Full professor 2010 - 2023

• Shape Extraction Technologies, Ltd., (ShapEx), Budapest

Managing Director

2008 - present

• Geomagic Inc., North Carolina, USA / Geomagic Hungary LLC, Budapest

Chief Technology Advisor	2003 – 2010
Managing Director	2003 – 2008

• Arizona State University, Department of Computer Science and Engineering

Visiting Professor

1992 – 1993

• CADMUS Consulting and Development Ltd., Budapest

Founder, President

1990 – 2003

• Cambridge University, UK, Engineering Department

Visiting Research Fellow

1983 – 1984

• Computer and Automation Research Institute (CARI)

Head of Geometric Modeling Laboratory	1990 – 2003
Head of Department, CAD in Mechanical Engineering	1984 – 1990
Research Fellow / Senior Research Fellow	1976 – 2003

SCHOLARSHIPS, AWARDS:

• John A. Gregory Award, 2017, http://www.geometric-modelling.org/
• Solid Modelling Association - SMA Pioneer, 2016, http://solidmodeling.org/awards/sma-pioneers/sma-pioneers-2016/
• Dreamers of Dreams, Millennium Exhibition, Computer-Science/Information Technology (2002)
• Fulbright Scholarship, Computer Science Dept., Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana (1997)
• CARI - Institute Award (1980, 1983, 1988, 1990, 1997), HAS - Young Researchers' Award (1985)
• British Council Scholarship, Engineering Dept. (CAE Group), Cambridge University, England (1982)

MEMBERSHIP IN SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEES:

Member of editorial boards of international journals and many (25+) conference committees, including:

• Computer Aided Design Journal (Elsevier) (1992 - 2005)
• Computer Aided Geometric Design (Elsevier) (2001 -)

PUBLICATIONS:

• 170+ publications in refereed journals and conference proceedings. Independent citations: 4000++ (impact factor: 50+).
• Invited/keynote speaker at many international geometric modeling conferences.
• Editor of a special issue “Reverse Engineering of Geometric Models” in the Computer Aided Design Journal: (1997)

Google Scholar Citations Varady

OTHER SKILLS:

• Teaching experience in geometric modeling and computer science; supervisor of PhD students (13 successful degrees in the last 18 years)
• 25+ years leadership experience (R & D laboratories, hi-tech software engineering)
• 20+ years business experience in developing leading edge software technology (product development, contract work, R & D grants – mainly for companies in the EU and the USA)

PATENT:

Methods, apparatus and computer program products that model three-dimensional surface structures, application filed on June 23, 2006; U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 11/426,094, assigned on Aug 23, 2011 (US 8,004,517),Geomagic, Inc., (co-authors: H. Edelsbrunner, M. Facello, T. Gloth, Zs. Terek, T. Varady)