Dr. Kotsis Domokos
Between 1968 and 1985, Dr. Domokos Kotsis was a staff member of the University Computing Center and the Computing Center of Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE); his highest positions were scientific associate and department head.
From 1985 to 2012, he served as an instructor at the Kandó Kálmán (Electrical Engineering) Technical College (KKMF) and its successors: the Budapest Polytechnic (BMF), and later, Óbuda University (ÓE). From 1999, he held the rank of college professor, and since 2000, he has been an associate professor and director of education at the Neumann János Faculty of Informatics (NIK).
Additionally, he lectured at various institutions, including the Faculty of Economics in Subotica at the University of Novi Sad (Yugoslavia), the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME), the Police Academy (in postgraduate programs), the Educational, Training, and Telework Institute of the National Federation of Associations for the Physically Disabled in Hungary (MEOSZ OTTI), and Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary (KRE).
He contributed to developing curricula for courses such as Information Processing (Mathematical Engineering program, BME Faculty of Mechanical Engineering), Problem Classes and Algorithms, and Database Management (KKMF and its successors). He participated in designing and accrediting various degree programs, including Technical Informatics, Systems Informatics, and the BSc in Computer Engineering. In 2015, he was appointed honorary professor at ÓE.
As a commissioned expert, he participated in the activities of the Hungarian Higher Education Accreditation Committee (MAB).
He began programming on one of Hungary’s earliest operational computers (Ural-2). His involvement included major projects such as designing and developing warehouse management systems, contributing to the creation of compilers (Algol, Fortran), handlers (e.g., for magnetic disk integration), and operating systems (Rosi); developing a system for screening cardiovascular diseases (at the National Institute of Radiology); creating a hierarchical hypertext system; researching and developing computer systems for extracting, storing, and managing the informational content of paper-based technical documentation; and exploring the domestic applicability of electronic data interchange (EDI) systems, including the development of such systems in collaboration with SOFTEC Ltd. (More details below.)
Awards and Honors:
- Commemorative Ring (BMF, 2005)
- Charta Memorialis and Silver Medal (KRE, 2008)
- Pál Zsótér Memorial Medal (MEOSZ OTTI, 2010).
