Karoly Bezdek, CRC (Tier 1), Professor

Prof. Karoly Bezdek

M.Sc., Ph.D., D.Sc., Dr.habil.

Positions

Professor

Faculty of Science , Department of Mathematics and Statistics

NSERC CRC I in Computational and Discrete Geometry

Faculty of Science , Department of Mathematics and Statistics

Contact information

Email

kbezdek@ucalgary.ca

Web presence

Wikipedia page

Canada Research Chairs profile

Google Scholar page

Centre for Computational and Discrete Geometry

Contributions to Discrete Mathematics

arXiv

Phone number

Office: +1 (403) 220-6919

Background

Educational Background

Dr.habil. (Doctor of Habilitation) Mathematics, Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest, Hungary, 1997

D.Sc. (Doctor of Science) Mathematics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary, 1995

Ph.D. Mathematics, Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest, Hungary, 1980

M.Sc. Mathematics , Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest, Hungary, 1978

Publications of K.Bezdek

CV of K.Bezdek

Research

Areas of Research

Hyperbolic and spherical geometry, Combinatorial geometry, Differential geometry, Geometric analysis and rigidity, Convexity, Discrete geometry

Awards

  • Life-Time Achievement Distinction Award, Immigrant Services Calgary, Canada. 2020
  • Bezdek-Schulte Festschrift: Discrete Geometry and Symmetry, Springer Proceedings in Mathematics and Statistics, Volume 234, Springer, New York. 2018
  • Life-Time Achievement Research Excellence Award, Faculty of Science of the University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada. 2017
  • Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) Award in Computational and Discrete Geometry, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). 2017
  • Great Supervisor Award, Faculty of Graduate Studies of the University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada. 2016
  • BIRS workshop Combinatorial and Convex Geometry Fest to honor the occasion of Bezdek's 60th birthday (February 13-15, 2015), Banff International Research Station (BIRS), Banff, Canada. 2015
  • Fejes Toth Prize , University of Pannonia, Veszprem, Hungary. 2015
  • International conference on Geometry and Symmetry to honor the occasion of Bezdek's 60th birthday (June 29 - July 3, 2015), University of Pannonia, Veszprem, Hungary. 2015
  • Honorary Professor , University of Pannonia, Veszprem, Hungary. 2010
  • Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) Award in Computational and Discrete Geometry, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). 2010
  • Special Volume on Discrete Geometry dedicated to K. Bezdek on the occasion of his 50th birthday, Periodica Math. Hungar. 53/1-2 (2006), 1-264. 2006
  • External Member of the Renyi Mathematical Institute , Hungarian Academy of Sciences. 2005
  • Conference in honour of Bezdek's 50th birthday (May 13-14, 2005), University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada. 2005
  • Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) Award in Computational and Discrete Geometry, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). 2003
  • Reseach Excellence Award of the Hungarian National Science Foundation (OTKA), Government of Hungary. 2002
  • Hertz-Foundation Research Award and Scholarship, University of Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany. 2001
  • Szechenyi Professor Award and Scholarship, Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest, Hungary. 1997

Publications

zbMATH-Open

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Current Ph.D. students: Illya Ivanov (2018 - ), Nathan Robock (2019 - ), Federico Firoozi (2023 - ).