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Curriculum vitae
| Name: |
Tamás Biró |
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| Born: |
November 24, 1975,
in Budapest, Hungary |
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| Language skills: |
Hungarian (native), English (excellent),
French, Hebrew, Dutch (good), German (poor).
classical languages: Biblical Hebrew, Aramaic.
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| Teaching skills: |
University Teaching Qualification (BKO, Basiskwalificatie Onderwijs)
obtained at the
Centrum voor Nascholing / University of Amsterdam (2012).
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| Computer skills: |
UNIX, shell scripts, Pascal, C, Java, PHP, HTML, Perl.
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| Fields of interest: |
mathematical and computational linguistics,
Optimality Theory,
cognitive approaches to culture and religion,
Hebrew and Semitic linguistics,
rabbinic and medieval Jewish astronomy. |
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| Working at: |
| 2014-present |
Senior researcher
Eötvös Loránd University
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| 2013-2014 |
Lecturer
Department of Linguistics, Yale University
(welcome message)
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| 2009-2013 |
Postdoctoral researcher
NWO Veni project (project leader)
Rothschild Foundation postdoctoral project (project leader)
University of Amsterdam (UvA).
Temporary teaching positions in 2011 and 2012: lecturer (0.1 fte)
at Hebrew, Aramaic and Jewish studies.
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| 2008-2009 |
Lecturer (universitair docent 2)
Department for Humanities Computing,
University of Groningen, Netherlands.
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| 2007-2008 |
Researcher/programmer
Alkalmazott Logikai Laboratórium (ALL), Budapest, Hungary.
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| 2006-2007 |
Postdoctoral researcher
TDS project at the
University of Amsterdam (UvA).
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| 2005-2006 |
Young researcher fellowship
MTA Etnikai-Nemzeti
Kisebbségkutatóintézet,
Judaisztikai Kutatócsoport
(Research Institute of Ethnic and National Minorities, Hungarian Academy of Sciences,
Research group in Jewish Studies). (Personal data.)
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| 2001-2005 |
Assistant in training (AiO, research fellowship for writing a PhD thesis)
Department for Humanities Computing,
Center For Language and Cognition Groningen, Faculty of Arts
University of Groningen, Netherlands.
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| 2000-2001 |
Young research assistant
MTA Judaisztikai Kutatóközpont
(Center of Jewish Studies at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences,
located at the Eötvös University, Budapest)
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| Studies: |
| 2001-2005
| PhD in Computational Linguistics
Center For Language and Cognition Groningen (CLCG) and
BCN
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, The Netherlands
Thesis: Finding the Right Word:
Implementing Optimality Theory with Simulated Annealing
Supervisors: prof. John Nerbonne
and dr. Gosse Bouma.
Defended on December 7, 2006.
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| 2000-2001
| PhD program in Theoretical Linguistics
Eötvös Loránd University of Science, Budapest, Hungary
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| 1998-2000
| M. A. in Jewish Civilization (thesis submitted in 2001, awarded in 2002)
Rothberg International School,
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Thesis: Shaar ha-Shamayim by Isaac Israeli
[on medieval Jewish astronomy],
supervisor: Prof. Tzvi Langermann
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| 1996-2000
| M. A. in Theoretical Linguistics
Department of Theoretical Linguistics
Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary
Thesis: Mathematical Modeling of Written Texts' Statistical Properties
(written in Hungarian)
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| 1994-2001
| M. A. in Hebrew Studies (thesis submitted and defended in 2003)
Department of Assyriology and Hebrew
Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary
Thesis: Halachic Questions Related to Astronomy (written in Hungarian)
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| 1993-1998
| M. A. in Physics (specialization in statistical physics)
Institute of Physics,
Faculty of Science
Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary
Thesis: Analysis of DNA sequences using text analysis methods
(written in Hungarian),
supervisor: Prof. Tamas Vicsek
NB: the MA's by the Eötvös University
refer to MA-equivalent Hungarian diplomas, awarded after 5 years of
study (the pre-Bologna continental system)
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| 1989-1993
| Berzsenyi Dániel High School, Budapest (BDG)
specialized class in mathematics
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| 1984-1989
| Szív street elementary school
specialized class in French
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| Further courses: |
| 2010
| Summer university -- "Beliefs and Decisions: of Minds and Machines",
Central European University, Budapest, Hungary
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| 2007
| Summer university -- "Culture and Cognition",
Central European University, Budapest, Hungary
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| 2005
| ESSLLI (European Summer School in Logic, Language and Information), Edinburgh, UK
co-chair of the Student Session
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| 2004
| First NWO Cognition Summer School:
From Stimulus to Understanding in Language and Perception (Doorwerth, Netherlands)
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| 2004
| KNAW Master Class: Cognitive Foundations of Interpretation,
The Dutch Royal Academy of Science, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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| 2004
| ESSLLI (European Summer School in Logic, Language and Information),
Nancy, France
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| 2004
| Summer university -- "Jews and Muslims in the Middle Ages",
Central European University, Budapest, Hungary
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| 2003
| ESSLLI (European Summer School in Logic, Language and Information),
Vienna, Austria
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| 2003
| BCN (School for Behavior and Cognitive Neuroscience, Groningen):
Orientation Course and Philosophy of the Neuroscience Course
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| 2003
| LOT Winter School in Linguistics (Amsterdam)
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| 2002
| ESSLLI (European Summer School in Logic, Language and Information),
Trento, Italy
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| 2002
| LOT Winter (Leiden) and Summer (Nijmegen) Courses in linguistics
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| 1998
| Summer university course in "Integration and Distinctiveness in Multicultural Settings",
Central European University, Budapest
(modern Jewish history in Eastern and Central Europe)
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| 1996
| Archeological excavations with lectures,
Tel Miqne - Eqron, Israel - Cana'an
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| 1994
| Summer school in mathematical physics,
by the Hungarian Union of Physics Students
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| Prizes, grants: |
| 2014
| Institutional development grant of the Rothschild Foundation (Hanadiv) Europe.
Library Resources in Linguistic Approaches to Jewish Studies. |
| 2014
| Teaching post grant of the Rothschild Foundation (Hanadiv) Europe.
Lecturer in Linguistic Approaches to Jewish Studies. |
| 2014
| Marie Curie Career Integration Grant (CIG)
Measuring and Modelling Language Interactions (MeMoLI). |
| 2011/2
| Postdoctoral fellowship by the Rothschild Foundation (Hanadiv) Europe.
The Jewish Mind: Jewish rituals and the cognitive science of religion. |
| 2008
| NWO Vernieuwingsimpuls Veni
(postdoc grant by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research).
Efficient communication full of errors: Linguistic performance in a virtual speech community
Read also various project descriptions here.
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| 2007
| AVT/Anéla Dissertatieprijs 2007
(best dissertation in linguistics in the Netherlands,
report of the jury).
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| 1997
| 2nd prize, Competition in Lecturing,
Hungarian Union of Physics Students.
(Picture.)
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| 1997
| Wilhelm Bacher Price in Judaic Studies (Bacher Vilmos pályadíj).
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| 1993
| 7th, National Competition of High School Students (OKTV) in physics.
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| 1992
| 8th, National Competition of High School Students (OKTV) in physics.
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| 1990
| first place, Sándor Mikola National Competition in Physics.
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| Administrative activities: |
| 2011 |
Postdoc representative, ACLC Advisory Board at the University of Amsterdam |
| 2010 |
Deputy postdoc representative, ACLC Advisory Board at the University of Amsterdam |
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| Conference activities: |
| 2011
| Organizer (with J. Gervain)
Optimality Theory as a General Cognitive Architecture,
July 20, 2011, Boston, MA.
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| 2009
| Co-organizer (with I. Czachesz and R. Nikolsky)
First
International Workshop on the Cognitive Study of Religious Texts,
March 3-4, 2010, Groningen, Netherlands.
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| 2009
| Member of the program committee
CogSci 2009,
July 29 – August 1, 2009, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
(Link.)
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| 2009
| Organizer (with Diana Apoussidou)
Learning Meets Acquisition,
March 4-6, 2009, Osnabrück, Germany.
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| 2009
| Member of two program committees
EACL 2009, as well as
Student Research
Workshop at EACL 2009
April 2009, Athens, Greece.
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| 2007
| Member of the program committee
Workshop on Computational Phonology,
September 26, 2007, Borovets, Bulgaria.
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| 2006
| Co-Organizer (with István Czachesz)
International Workshop on Religion and Cognition,
April 6-7, 2006, Groningen, Netherlands.
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| 2005
| Co-chair in Language and Information,
ESSLLI Student Session (European Summer School in Logic, Language and Information),
August 2005, Edinburgh, UK.
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| Thesis supervision, opposition: |
| 2011
| Second reader of the BA thesis of Roland Végh:
Nyelvi kölcsönhatások a modern izraeli héber nyelv és a palesztinai arab dialektus között
[Linguistic Interactions between the Modern Israeli Hebrew Language and the Palestinian Arabic Dialect], Dept. for Hebrew studies, Eötvös Uversity, Budapest.
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| 2009
| Supervisor of the BA thesis of Éva Alaxai:
Idegen hatások a mai héber nyelvben [Foreign influences in Modern Hebrew]
Dept. for Hebrew Studies, Eötvös University, Budapest.
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| 2008-2009
| Opponent of the PhD thesis of László Drienkó:
Linguistic Agreement mapping-system model
Dept. for Theoretical Linguistics, Eötvös University, Budapest.
Invitation.
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Educational activity, teaching
(details): |
| Spring 2014
| Language and Computation
Yale University
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| Spring 2014
| Optimality Theory and Cognitive Science
Yale University
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| Fall 2013
| Introduction to Phonological Analysis
Yale University
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| Fall 2013
| Facets of Hebrew and Semitic linguistics
Yale University:
ad in the Yale Daily News.
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| Spring 2012
| Methodological skills
Research Masters in Linguistics, University of Amsterdam
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| Spring 2012
| Introduction to Hebrew Linguistics
Hebrew, Aramaic and Jewish studies, University of Amsterdam
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| Spring 2011
| Introduction to Hebrew Linguistics
Hebrew, Aramaic and Jewish studies, University of Amsterdam
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| Autumn 2008
| MA Research seminar (on implementations of Optimality Theory)
Dept. for Humanities Computing, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
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| Autumn 2008
| Statistics (for "European Masters in Clinical Linguistics" students)
Dept. for Humanities Computing, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
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| Spring 2008
| Language Production, Language Learning, Language Evolution and Formal Models (reading seminar)
Dept. for Theoretical Linguistics, Eötvös University, Budapest
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| Spring 2008
| History of the Hebrew Language II. (with K. Koltai)
Dept. for Judaic Studies, Eötvös University, Budapest
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| Spring 2006
| Formal Approaches to Optimality Theory
Dept. for Theoretical Linguistics, Eötvös University, Budapest
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| Spring 2006
| Mishna text-reading (Tractate Baba Metzia)
Dept. for Judaic Studies, Eötvös University, Budapest
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| Year 2005-06
| Biblical Hebrew
Dept. for Judaic Studies, Eötvös University, Budapest
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| Autumn 2004
| Tekstmanipulatie (Text manipulation, intro. to UNIX)
Dept. for Humanities Computing, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
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| Spring 2004
| History of the Hebrew Language II.
Dept. for Judaic Studies, Eötvös University, Budapest
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| Autumn 2003
| Tekstmanipulatie (Text manipulation, intro. to UNIX)
Dept. for Humanities Computing, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
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| Autumn 2003
| History of the Hebrew Language I.
Dept. for Judaic Studies, Eötvös University, Budapest
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| Autumn 2002
| Tekstmanipulatie (Text manipulation, intro. to UNIX)
Dept. for Humanities Computing, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
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| Autumn 2001
| History of the Hebrew Language II.
Mishnah text-reading (Tractate Baba Kamma)
Dept. for Judaic Studies, Eötvös University, Budapest
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| Spring 2001
| The Structure of the Hebrew Language
Dept. for Theoretical Linguistics, Eötvös University, Budapest
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| Spring 2001
| Mishna text-reading (Tractate Rosh Hashana)
History of the Hebrew Language I.
Dept. for Judaic Studies, Eötvös University, Budapest
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| Year 2000-01
| Introduction to the Mishna (Tractate Avoth)
Jewish Theological Seminary - U. of Jewish Studies, Budapest
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| Autumn 2000
| Fieldwork in Modern Hebrew (with A. Kürti)
Dept. for Theoretical Linguistics, Eötvös University, Budapest
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Autumn 2000,
and autumn 1997
| Introduction to the Bible
Dept. for Judaic Studies, Eötvös University, Budapest
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See also:
| Talks (especially since 2006): |
see here |
| Publications: |
see here |
| Selected references to publications: |
see here |
| Published software (or similar stuff): |
see here |
| Organized conferences: |
see here |
| Course materials: |
see here |
Entries in various scientific databases:
(Not all of them up-to-date...)
Narcis entry
(KNAW Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences).
Hungarian Doctoral Council.
MTA
köztestületi adattár (academic database of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences).
MTA ID: 10011715, koztestuleti azonosito: 17850.
MTMT (database of Hungarian scientific publications:
MTMT identifier: 10012706).
ROA entry.
RAMBI entry.
uva.academia.edu, or
yale.academia.edu, or
elte.academia.edu.
ResearcherID (Web of Science, Thomshon Reuters): I-3299-2017.
Scopus (Elsevier) author ID:
37035984600
ORCID: 0000-0002-8943-9276. My ORCID QR code:
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