Associate Professor
Welcome to my HomePage. My name is Károly Farkas. I have been working in full time as an associate professor at the Department of Networked Systems and Services (Hálózati Rendszerek és Szolgáltatások Tanszék, HIT), Budapest University of Technology and Economics (Budapesti Műszaki és Gazdaságtudományi Egyetem, BME).
Full Time Position
Postal Address
Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME)
Department of Networked Systems and Services (HIT)
Office I.B. 119
Magyar tudósok körútja 2.
H-1117, Budapest
Hungary
Phone/Fax
Qualifications
Educational Background
Ph.D. student and research assistant at Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich)
Department: Information Technology an Electrical Engineering (D-ITET)
Institute: Computer Engineering and Networks Laboratory (TIK) Ph.D. student at Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME, formerly Technical University of Budapest), Hungary
Faculty: Electrical Engineering and Informatics,
Department: Telecommunications and Telematics Postgraduate student in Bank Information Technology at Technical University of Budapest, Hungary Undergraduate student, Technical University of Budapest, Hungary
Scientific Activity
TPC co-chair of CASPer 2015 workshop General co-chair of IEEE PerCom 2014 conference
TPC co-chair of CROWDSENSING 2014 workshop General chair of IEEE MUCS 2013 workshop General co-chair of ICST Mobisec 2011 conference General chair of ICST COMNETS 2008 workshop
Workshop chair of ICST WICON 2008 conference
Guest editor of Springer Mobile Networks and Applications journal, Special Issue on Wireless Mesh Networks TPC co-chair of ICST WICON 2007 conference IEEE membership IEEE student membership HTE (Hírközlési és Informatikai Tudományos Egyesület: national Scientific Association of Infocommunications) membership Jury member of Europrix’99 MultiMediaArt Contest, Salzburg, Austria
Technical Experience
Co-operation in R&D projects with Hungarian companies (e.g., Hungarian Telecom, IBM Hungary, Microsoft Hungary, Intel Hungary, Albacomp) Participation in a development project, called Digital City - Győr, sponsored by the Hungarian Government
Goals: Develop and build a wireless community network in Győr, a Hungarian city Participation in EU R&D projects (e.g., E-Next) Webmaster of CSG research group Joint research project with Technical University Braunschweig
Topic: Multiplayer game support in mobile ad hoc networks
Goal: Investigate the topic, implement a testbed and publish the research results Joint research project with NTT DoCoMo EuroLab, Munich
Topic: Context-aware handover using Active Networking technology
Goal: Implement a prototype context-aware handover service in a testbed, evaluate it and publish the results Project work at Telia Research AB, Farsta, Sweden
Subject: IP Traffic Engineering in MPLS Networks using OMP Technique
Goal: Implement and investigate OMP technique in OPNET simulation environment Diploma Thesis work at Telia Research AB, Farsta, Sweden
Subject: SIGNE Rule-Base Subsystem for Multimedia TeleServices
Up to date list of publications in MTMT
Pervasive Communications, Mobile and Wireless Communications, Network Security
