CEU, Department of Mathematics and its Applications

*Miklós PÁLFIA* Department of Automation and Applied Informatics, Budapest University of Technology and Economics 1111 Budapest, Goldmann Gyorgy ter 3. IV. em. Date of Birth: November 18, 1983 Citizenship: Hungarian Email: palfiamiklos@gmail.com Education M.Sc. Electrical Engineering and Informatics, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, 2007; Major: Electrical Engineering Advanced study: Mathematics at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics, 2005-2008 Ph.D. Intelligent Systems, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, expected 2010 Teaching and Research Fields Programming in C, Applied Microelectronics, Numerical methods, Matrix analysis, Differential Geometry, Metric Geometry Academic Experience Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Department of Automation and Applied Informatics, Research Assistant, Istvan Vajk, Fall 2007-Present. Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Department for Mathematical Analysis, Research Assistant, Denes Petz, Summer 2004-Present; Research Assistant, Julia Reffy, Summer 2007-Present. Research Work in Progress: Midpoint Maps in Metric Spaces and the Center of Mass. Papers under review: 1. On means of matrices and the Riemann centroid, Linear Algebra and its Applications. 2. Alexandrov Spaces, Matrix Means and the Riemann Barycenter, SIAM Journal on Matrix Analysis and its Applications (SIMAX). Publications in Refereed Journals and Conference Proceedings: 1. Unitary Dilatations and Means of Matrices, Polygon, vol. XV, no. 2 (2007), pp. 9-16 (in Hungarian, with Denes Petz). 2. On means of several positive matrices and numbers, Proceedings of the Automation and Applied Computer Science Workshop (AACS 2007), pp. 283-291, ISBN 978-963-420-909-6. 3. Direct Rendering of B-spline Surfaces, Proceedings of the Automation and Applied Computer Science Workshop (AACS 2007), pp. 307-313, ISBN 978-963-420-909-6. 4. Matrix Means and the Riemannian Center of Mass, Proceedings of the Automation and Applied Computer Science Workshop (AACS 2008), pp. 35-49, ISBN 978-963-420-955- 3. 5. The Riemann Barycenter Computation and Means of Several Matrices, Proceedings of World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, Vol. 30, July 2008, ISSN: 1307-6884, pp. 60-66. Unpublished Papers: Extending Means of Positive Numbers and Matrices to Several Variables (2007). Teaching Graduate Courses at Budapest University of Technology and Economics Laboratory, Fall 2007. Measure Laboratory 2, Spring 2007. Basics in Programming, Fall 2008. Professional Membership Scientific Committee of Measurement Technology, Automation and Informatics , 2008-Present. Refereeing International Journal of Computational Intelligence Research (1) International Journal of Computer Mathematics (1) Awards Undergraduate Research Award, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, 2005. Undergraduate Research Award, Scientic Conference of the National Hungarian Fellowships (OTDK), 2007. Miscellaneous Computer Skills C, C++, Java, Maple, MATLAB, php, asp, assembly, SQL, LATEX. Last updated: April 6, 2009

Miklós PÁLFIA

Department of Automation and Applied Informatics,
Budapest University of Technology and Economics
1111 Budapest, Goldmann Gyorgy ter 3. IV. em.
Date of Birth: November 18, 1983
Citizenship: Hungarian
Email: palfiamiklos@gmail.com

Education
M.Sc. Electrical Engineering and Informatics, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, 2007; Major: Electrical Engineering
Advanced study: Mathematics at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics, 2005-2008
Ph.D. Intelligent Systems, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, expected 2010

Teaching and Research Fields
Programming in C, Applied Microelectronics, Numerical methods, Matrix analysis, Differential Geometry,
Metric Geometry

Academic Experience
Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Department of Automation and Applied Informatics, Research Assistant, Istvan Vajk, Fall 2007-Present.
Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Department for Mathematical Analysis, Research Assistant, Denes Petz, Summer 2004-Present; Research Assistant, Julia Reffy, Summer 2007-Present.

Research
Work in Progress:
Midpoint Maps in Metric Spaces and the Center of Mass.
Papers under review:
1. On means of matrices and the Riemann centroid, Linear Algebra and its Applications.
2. Alexandrov Spaces, Matrix Means and the Riemann Barycenter, SIAM Journal on Matrix Analysis
and its Applications (SIMAX).
Publications in Refereed Journals and Conference Proceedings:
1. Unitary Dilatations and Means of Matrices, Polygon, vol. XV, no. 2 (2007), pp. 9-16 (in Hungarian, with Denes Petz).
2. On means of several positive matrices and numbers, Proceedings of the Automation and Applied Computer Science Workshop (AACS 2007), pp. 283-291, ISBN 978-963-420-909-6.
3. Direct Rendering of B-spline Surfaces, Proceedings of the Automation and Applied Computer Science Workshop (AACS 2007), pp. 307-313, ISBN 978-963-420-909-6.
4. Matrix Means and the Riemannian Center of Mass, Proceedings of the Automation and Applied Computer Science Workshop (AACS 2008), pp. 35-49, ISBN 978-963-420-955- 3.
5. The Riemann Barycenter Computation and Means of Several Matrices, Proceedings of World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, Vol. 30, July 2008, ISSN: 1307-6884, pp. 60-66.
Unpublished Papers:
Extending Means of Positive Numbers and Matrices to Several Variables (2007).

Teaching
Graduate Courses at Budapest University of Technology and Economics
Laboratory, Fall 2007.
Measure Laboratory 2, Spring 2007.
Basics in Programming, Fall 2008.

Professional Membership
Scientific Committee of Measurement Technology, Automation and Informatics , 2008-Present.

Refereeing
International Journal of Computational Intelligence Research (1)
International Journal of Computer Mathematics (1)

Awards
Undergraduate Research Award, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, 2005.
Undergraduate Research Award, Scientic Conference of the National Hungarian Fellowships
(OTDK), 2007.

Miscellaneous
Computer Skills
C, C++, Java, Maple, MATLAB, php, asp, assembly, SQL, LATEX.

Last updated: April 6, 2009