GEORGE (GY…RGY) KAMPIS Ð
CURRICULUM VITAE
March 30, 2011.
Web:
http://kampis.web.elte.hu Personal
Data Name and
Nationality
George
(Gyšrgy) Kampis, Hungarian Date and
place of Birth
June 2., 1958, Budapest, Hungary
Marital
Status
married,
father of two girls (25 and 20) Permanent
Position Full
professor (since 2006), founding
chairman (since 1994) of the Dept. of History and Philosophy
of Science, Eštvšs University
(ELTE), Budapest, Hungary. Academic
Qualifications 2004 Dr.Habil,
theoretical
biology, Eštvšs
University (ELTE) 1995 D.Sc.,
philosophy of science, Hung. Academy of Sciences 1987 Ph.D.,
theoretical biology, Hung. Academy of Sciences 1981 M.Sc.,
technical physics, Technical University of Budapest Research
Topics Computational
science, complex systems
(networks, agent-based modeling), theoretical biology and evolution
(evolutionary and ecological modeling, foundations, evolutionary
technology),
cognitive science (intentionality, agency, consciousness, comparative
intelligence), philosophy of science (causality, explanation),
analytical
philosophy (philosophy of mind). Recent
Fellowships and Visits 2009
Fulbright
Research Fellow, 6 months, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN. 2007
Basler Chair of Excellence (1
semester), East Tennessee
State U., TN 2004
Guest
Professor (1 semester), University of Vienna, Dept. of History and
Philosophy
of Science 2004
Guest
Professor, Dept. of Mathematics, Hokkaido University, Sapporo (2 weeks). 2002-03 Fujitsu
Associate
Professor
of Complex Systems (12 months), Japan Advanced Institute
of Science and Technology, Tatsunokuchi,
Ishikawa, Japan. Honors
and Awards 1997 -
2001 Count Szechenyi Professoral
Fellowship Award 1991
Prize
of the Academic Research Groups of the Hung. Acad. Sci.
1986
Ervin
Bauer Prize of the Hungarian Biological Society. Recent
Positions Held Period
Institution
Position
2006-
Collegium Budapest
Fellow 2006-
Eštvšs University, Budapest
Full
Professor, Chairman of Dept. 1994-2006 Eštvšs University, Budapest
Associate
Professor, Chairman of Dept. Selected
Synergic Activities 2003-
Founding
Director Budapest
Semester
in
Cognitive Science, Eštvšs University. 2002-
Adv.
Board Memb.
Center
for Complex Systems Studies, Kalamazoo College, MI. 2002-4
Adv.
Board
Memb.
Center
for Cognitive Science, Budapest Technical University. Recent
Conferences and Workshops Organized 2011 2010 ICCS Conference, Singapore, Workshop of Dynamic Networks ICCS Conference, Amsterdam, Workshop of Dynamic Networks
(with V. Collizza) 2009 2007 2005 X. European Conference on Artificial Life (co-organizer
with Ešrs Szathmary) Toward a Science of Consciousness, Budapest (main
organizer) Programme Committee Member, COGSCI
2005, Stresa, Italy 2003 ÒIntentionality: Past and FutureÓ international
conference organized with G‡bor Forrai, Miskolci Egyetem,
Hungary
(Proceedings at Rodopi, New York). Journal
Editorial Boards 2007- Open Behavioral Sciences, Editorial Board Member 2006- Editorial Board Member, International Journal of General
Systems 1993-2006 BioSystems (Elsevier), Associate
Editor. 1988-2003 World Futures: The Journal of General Evolution (Gordon
and Breach) Knowledge
of Foreign Languages English
fluent
(written, spoken) German fluent
(written,
spoken) Past
Students Past PhD
students include: Bence Nanay (PhD UC Berkeley, currently Syracuse
University),
Laszlo Gulyas (ex-Harvard, currently Aitia International Inc.,), Mark Jelasity
(PhD U Amsterdam, currently U Bologna), Katalin Mund
(sociology, sociology of knowledge, sociology of religion),
S‡ndor So—s (philosophy of biology, bioethics), PŽter Fazekas
(cognitive
science, currently U. Edinburgh), Rich‡rd Szab— (simulation of
autonomous
robots). Honors students supervised in 2007 (ETSU, TN): Maleka Khambaty,
Jennifer Snyder,
Ashish Javer
(ETSU). Physica A
(once); Artificial Life (several times); Behavioral and Brain
Sciences (several times); BioSystems
(several times);
Int.J. General Systems
(several times), Journal of Theoretical Biology (a few times);
Foundations of
Science (once); Philosophical Psychology (once); Fractals (once); UC
Berkeley
(a job application review). Conference papers at
various
IEEE, ICCS, ALife and CogSci
conferences. In
2007 (East Tennessee State University): The Biology of
Consciousness, Complex Biological Systems (co-teaching), Great
Ideas in Science (co-teaching). Regular classes at Eštvšs
University in Cognitive Science, Philosophy of Science and several
related
topics. Frequent guest lecturer at various universities in Hungary,
such as the
PhD School of Linguistic, PŽcs University
(Professors
O.
Horanyi and L. Komlosi);
the
Psychology
Department, Szeged University (Professors Cs. Pleh
and Zs. Vajda);
the
Department of Innovation Management, Budapest Technical University
(Professors
M: Feher and I. Hronszky);
and
the
Budapest University of Economics (Professor K. Szabo).
Past Permanent Guest Lecturer in the
Artificial
Intelligence Programme of the Branch of
Informatics (now Faculty of
Informatics) of Eštvšs University
(Professor L. Varga). Dr. Kampis
makes regular appearances in the popular science
segment of media, both in Hungary and outside. His media record
includes
reports in El Pais (Spain) and Financial
Potential
(Memphis, TN), X-Akn‡k (a talkshow about pseudoscience on the Hungarian
channel
ATV), and several coverages in the leading dailies Nepszabadsag and
Magyar
Hirlap, as well as in the renowned weekly HVG and of the largest internet portals, index.hu.
He is a
frequent participant in Ôtalking headsÕ progams
on
various Hungarian national TV and radio stations, on diverse topics
that
include evolution, public understanding of science, technology and
society,
cognitive science. Most recent major event was a one-hour interview on
the
national TV ÒChannel 2Ó (Zarora, with Alinda Weisser, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPKbBceBL3k)
in
November
2009. His science writings appear on various fora,
including
Magyar Tudomany (ÒHungarian
ScienceÓ, the
official magazine of the National Acad.Sci.
in
Hungary);
he is a sought-after speaker at various public science events
(a
recent example is MindšrškkŽ Evolœci—
[ca. Evolution Reloaded], in September 2009 with Csaba
Pleh, Vilmos
Csanyi, and Laszlo Mero,
http://www.typotex.hu/konyv/mindorokkeevolucio).
Reviewing
Experience
Teaching
Media
Presence