SCIENTIFIC VITAE OF ANDRAS KROO

e-mail:  kroo@renyi.hu
fax:       (36-1) 4838333

Date of Birth:    August 23, 1954


EDUCATION      
    Ungvar High School, 1961-1971
    Moscow State University, Department of Mathematics, 1971-1976, M.S.
    Mathematical Institute, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 1979, PhD


CURRENT EMPLOYMENT
    Alfred Renyi Mathematical Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, rank: Senior Scientific Adviser
    Budapest University of Technology and Economics, rank: Full Professor


MATHEMATICAL PRIZES
    Grunwald Prize (awarded by the Hungarian Mathematical Society), 1978
    Alexits Prize (awarded by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences), 1987
    Renyi Prize (awarded by the Mathematical Institute of  the Hungarian Academy of Sciences), 1997
    Academy Prize (awarded by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences), 2001


MEMBERSHIP IN EDITORIAL BOARDS OF MATHEMATICAL PERIODICALS
    Journal of Approximation Theory (since 1994)
    East Journal on Approximations (since 1995)
    Periodica Mathematica Hungarica (since 1998)
    Jaen Journal on Approximation (since 2009)


TEACHING EXPERIENCE
    Central Michigan University, 1983-1984, visiting professor
    Texas A@M University, 1985-1986, visiting professor
    University of South Florida, 1986 Fall, visiting professor
    Old Dominion University, 1988-1990, visiting professor
    Kent State University, 1994-1997, visiting professor
    Budapest Unversity of Technology and Economics, professor
    Budapest Semesters in Mathematics (lecture series for American Mathematics Majors, since 1997)
    Vanderbilt University, Fall 2002, Spring 2004 & 2005, visiting professor
    Emory University, Spring 2003, visiting professor
    Central European University, 2004- , professor
    Sam Houston State University, 2006-2008, visiting professor


VISITING RESEARCH ACTIVITY
    Moscow Styeklov Institute, 1978
    Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden, 1982          
    Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, 1987 and 2000


ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE
    Member of the International Relations Committee of the Hungarian Mathematical Society, 1980-1989.
    Member of the Mathematics Committee of the The Hungarian Scientific Research Fund , since 1992


INVITED LECTURES AT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES
    Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria, 1977
    Gdansk, Poland, 1978
    Varna, Bulgaria, 1979, 1987
    College Station, Texas, USA 1986, 1989
    Austin, Texas, USA 1992
    Oberwolfach, Germany, 1981, 1985
    Jerusalem, Israel, 1988
    Maratea, Italy, 1992, 2000, 2009
    Chamonix, France, 1993
    Nicosia, Cyprus, 1997
    St. Louise, Missouri, USA 2001
    Dortmund, Germany, 2001
    Cancun, Mexico, 2003
    Banff, Canada, 2007
    San Antonio, Texas, USA, 2007
    Bommerholz, Germany, 2008
    Sozopol (Bulgaria, 2010)
    FoCM'11 (Budapest, 2011)


PLENARY LECTURES AT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES
    Amantea, Italy, 1984
    Varna, Bulgaria, 2002
    Ubeda, Spain, 2003, 2004, 2009
    Gatlinburg, USA, 2004
    Maratea, Italy, 2004
    Bommerholz, Germany, 2005
    Linz (Austria, 2011)


COLLOQUIUM PRESENTATIONS
    Oakland University, Michigan, USA (1983, 1994, 1997)
    Wayne State University, Detroit, USA (1984)
    University of Texas, USA (1985)
    Stockholm University, Sweden (1982)
    University of Florida, USA (1986)
    Tel Aviv University, Israel (1988, 2000)
    Eichstatt University, Germany (1987, 1992)
    Erlangen-Nurnberg University, Germany (1987, 1992)
    Mannheim University, Germany (1992)
    Ohio State University, USA (1994, 1996)
    Central Michigan University, USA (1997)
    Old Dominion University, USA (1995, 1997)
    Technical University of Athens, Greece(2000)
    University of Houston, USA (2007)
    Zhejiang University of Science and Technology (China, 2011)
    Shaoxing University (China, 2011)
    Capitol Normal University (Beijing, China, 2011)
    Beijing Normal University (China, 2011)


LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY
    English
    Russian
    Hungarian


PUBLICATIONS 
    100 research papers (you can see them here)