András László Majdik MSc. in Eng., PhD Student Address: 71-73 Dorobantilor Street, room C24, 400609 Cluj-Napoca, Romania Phone: 0040 264 401267 (office); 0040 740 135876 (mobile) Email: andras.majdik@aut.utcluj.ro; andras@majdik.de; Education Oct 08 Sept 11 Thesis title Oct 03 Jun 08 Final year project Main subjects PhD. Student, Robotics Research Group, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca Contributions to Simultaneous Localization and Mapping of Mobile Robots. Main research topics: environmentally independent landmark detection in visual systems, efficient 3-D map representations, appearance based loop-closing in heterogeneous environments, development of SLAM algorithms. MSc. in Eng. Automation and Applied Informatics, Faculty of Automation and Computer Science, Technical University of Cluj- Napoca Navigation and Localization of Mobile Robots Based on Sensor Fusion Techniques: A study in the theoretical aspects of sensor fusion techniques and the development of applications on mobile robot platforms, based on Kalman filtering. Robot Control Systems, Autonomous Mobile Robots, Control Engineering, Electric and electronic control equipment, System Theory, Distributed Control Systems, CAD in Automation Trainings 24 28 Jan 2011 Vision and Machine-learning Winter School in Computer Science Attendee The winter school was organized by the Computer Science department of Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon. The objective of this winter school was to provide an overview of basic tools and some latest advances in visual recognition together with the related machine learning algorithms. A particular emphasis was given on topics related to recognition of objects and human actions in video and still images.
20 23 Jan 2009 The 4th Summer School in Simultaneous Localization and Mapping Attendee The Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) summer school 2009 was organized by the Australian Centre for Field Robotics, University of Sydney. The goal of the summer school was to provide lectures and laboratory work on the basics as well as the state-of-the-art of SLAM algorithms. Research stays Jan Apr 2011 Hungary Mar Nov 2010 Spain Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics, Budapest I received the Domus Hungarica Scientiarum Et Artium scholarship, offered by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences that allowed me to spend a three month research visit within the 3-D Vision and Mobile Robotics Research Group, under the supervision of Prof. Dr. László Vajta. University of Zaragoza, Department of Computer Science and Systems Engineering, Zaragoza Within the mobility program of the Project for Doctoral Studies in Advanced Technologies (PRODOC) I spent eight months within the Robotics, Perception and Real Time Group, under the supervision of Prof. Dr José A. Castellanos. Publication list 1) A. Majdik; D. Gálvez-López; G. Lazea; J.A. Castellanos, Adaptive Appearance Based Loop-Closing in Heterogeneous Environments, IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, pp.: 1256 1263, ISSN: 2153-0858, September, IROS 2011 2) A. Majdik; M. Popa; L. Tamas; I. Szöke; Gh. Lazea, Mapping Techniques for AMPLE, an Autonomous Security Mobile Robot, Journal of Control Engineering and Applied Informatics, Vol.13, No.1, ISSN: 1454-8658, pp. 18-24, CEAI 2011 3) A. Majdik; M. Popa; L. Tamas; I. Szöke; Gh. Lazea, New Approach in Solving the Kidnapped Robot Problem, The 41st International Symposium on Robotics (ISR 2010) and the 6th German Conference on Robotics (ROBOTIK 2010), VDE Verlag, ISBN: 978-3-8007-3273-9, pp.: 304-309, ISR 2010 4) A. Majdik; L. Tamas; M. Popa; I. Szöke; Gh. Lazea, Visual Odometer System to Build Feature Based Maps for Mobile Robot Navigation, IEEE 18th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, ISBN: 978-1-4244-8090-6, pp.: 1200-1205, MED 2010 5) A. Majdik, I. Szoke, L. Tamas, M. Popa, Gh. Lazea, Laser and vision based map building techniques for mobile robot navigation, IEEE International Conference on Automation, Quality and Testing, Robotics AQTR - THETA 17, ISBN: 978-1-4244-6722-8, pp.:.360-365, AQTR 2010
6) A. Majdik; L. Tamas; Gh. Lazea, Fast Point Cloud Registration Algorithm To Build 3D Maps For Robot Navigation, The 20th DAAAM World Symposium, Vienna, ISSN: 1726-9679, pp.: 933-934, DAAAM 2009 7) A. Majdik; L. Tamas; M. Popa; I. Szöke; Gh. Lazea, Visual odometer system for mobile robot position correction, XIX. International Conference on Computer Science SzámOkt, Hungarian Technical Scientific Society of Transylvania, ISSN: 1842-4546, pp.: 284-288, HTSST 2009 8) A. Majdik; L. Tamas, Point Cloud Registration Algorithms to Build 3D Maps for Robot Navigation, Automation and Computer Science Students Conference, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, ISBN: 9789736625-17-6, ACSC 2009 9) A. Majdik; L. Tamas; Gh. Lazea, Sensor Fusion with Kalman Filtering in Mobile Robot Navigation, IEEE International Conference on Automation, Quality and Testing, Robotics, Student Forum AQTR 2008 10) M. Popa; A. Majdik; Gh. Lazea, Novel Adaptive Edge Detection Algorithm Using Haar-like features, International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications, Algarve, ISBN: 978-989- 8425-47-8, pp. 143-148, VISAPP 2011 11) L. Tamas; A. Majdik; Gh. Lazea, Sensor Data Fusion Based Position Estimation Techniques in Mobile Robot Navigation, Proceedings of the European Control Conference, ISBN 978-963-311-369- 1, pp.:4457-4462, ECC 2009 12) M. Popa; A. Majdik; Gh. Lazea, The Reduction of the False Positive Detections Number for the Adaboost Classifier, DAAAM Symposium, Vienna, ISSN: 1726-9679, pp.: 1093-1094, 2009 13) L. Tamas; Gh. Lazea; A. Majdik; M. Popa; I. Szöke, Position Estimation Techniques for Mobile Robots, 7th International Workshop on Robot Motion and Control, Springer Verlag, ISBN: 978-1- 84882-958-5, pp.: 319-328, ROMOCO 2009 14) M. Popa; Gh. Lazea; A. Majdik; L. Tamas; I. Szöke, An Effective Method for People Detection in Grayscale Image Sequences, IEEE 5th International Conference on Intelligent Computer Communication and Processing, ISBN: 978-1-4244-5007-7, pp. 181-184, ICCP 2009 15) L. Tamas, M. Popa, Gh. Lazea, I. Szoke, A. Majdik, Lidar and Vision Based People Detection and Tracking, Journal of Control Engineering and Applied Informatics, Romania, Vol.: 12, No.: 2, ISSN 1454-8658, pp.: 30-35, CEAI 2010 16) L. Tamas, M. Popa, Gh. Lazea, I. Szoke, A. Majdik, Laser and Vision Based Object Detection for Mobile Robots, International Journal of Mechanics and Control, Vol.: 11, No. 2, ISSN: 1590-8844, pp.: 89-95, 2010 17) I. Szöke; L. Tamas; Gh. Lazea; M. Popa; A. Majdik, Path Planning and Dynamic Objects Detection, 14th International Conference on Advanced Robotics, ICAR 2009 18) I. Szöke; L. Tamas; Gh. Lazea; M. Popa; A. Majdik, Path Planning With Markovian Processes, 6th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics, ISBN: 978-989-674-000-9, pp.: 479-482, ICINCO 2009 19) L. Tamas; Gh. Lazea; I. Szöke; M. Popa; A. Majdik, Laser based localization techniques for indoor mobile robots, Learning and Adaptive Behavior in Robotic Systems, ISBN: 978-0-7695-3753-5, 2009, LAB-RS 2009 20) L. Tamas, M. Popa, Gh. Lazea, I. Szoke, A. Majdik, Laser and Vision Based People Detection for Mobile Robots, The 18th International Workshop on Robotics in Alpe-Adria-Danube Region, ISBN 978-606-521-315-9, Brasov, Romania, RAAD 2009
Participations at conferences 25 30 Sept 2011 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, technically sponsored by IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (IEEE RAS), Robotics Society of Japan (RSJ), IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, San Francisco, California, USA 27 30 Jun 2010 Local Committee Volunteer; Robotics: Science and Systems Conference, technically sponsored by IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (IEEE RAS), Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), International Foundation of Robotics Research (IFRR), Robotics Society of Japan (RSJ), Zaragoza, Spain 23 25 Jun 2010 The 18th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation; organized by Mediterranean Control Association and technically co-sponsored by IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (IEEE RAS), IEEE Control System Society (IEEE CSS); Marrakech, Morocco 7 9 Jun 2010 The 41st International Symposium on Robotics (ISR 2010) and the 6th German Conference on Robotics (ROBOTIK 2010) in conjunction with AUTOMATICA international trade fair; organized by International Federation of Robotics (IFR) and German Association of Robotics (DGR), Munich, Germany 25 28 Nov 2009 The 20th DAAAM International Symposium on Intelligent Manufacturing & Automation: Theory, Practice & Education; Vienna, Austria 23 26 Aug 2009 European Control Conference; organized by European Union Control Association EUCA, International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC) and IEEE Control System Society (IEEE CSS); Budapest, Hungary 01 03 Jun 2009 The 7th International Workshop on Robot Motion and Control; technically cosponsored by IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (IEEE RAS), IEEE Control System Society (IEEE CSS) and International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC); Czerniejewo, Poland Software skills and competences Good command C++ language, extended experience in: OpenCV (Open Source Computer Vision) class library FlyCapture, FlyCapture software development kit (Point Grey Stereo Vision System)
Work Experience Visualization Toolkit (VTK) 3D computer graphics, image processing and visualization class library Measurement Studio (National Instruments) class library Matlab and Simulink - Mathworks Product Family Mar Jun 2008 System Engineer Emerson Process Management, Romania Engineering Center Admitted to Emerson s Engineering Internship Program", where I had to deal with the seizing and selection of various process control and measurement equipments, according to costumers needs. During this period I also had to develop and simulate in DeltaV (Digital Automation System) a technical project, regarding a nonlinear water heating system.