Janos Sztipanovits
{{short description|American computer scientist}}
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| fields = Cyber-physical systems
| workplaces = Vanderbilt University
| alma_mater = Budapest University of Technology and Economics
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Janos Sztipanovits is an electrical engineer and computer scientist. He is the E. Bronson Ingram Distinguished Professor of Engineering at the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Vanderbilt University.{{cite web|title=Janos Sztipanovits|url=http://engineering.vanderbilt.edu/bio/janos-sztipanovits|accessdate=27 July 2016}} He is the founding director of the Institute for Software Integrated Systems at Vanderbilt.{{cite web|title=Institute Staff|url=http://www.isis.vanderbilt.edu/people|accessdate=27 July 2016}}
Research
Sztipanovits led the research group that created a novel area in computer engineering called Model Integrated Computing (MIC)Sztipanovits, Karsai: "Model-integrated computing," IEEE Computer vol. 30, No. 4, 1997 in the 1990s well before other model-based approaches appeared in computer science.{{citation needed|date=September 2022}} MIC applies metamodeling to define domain-specific modeling languages and to automatically configure the corresponding domain-specific visual modeling environment. The domain models then are used to automatically generate and/or configure the software of the modeled system. MIC and its primary software tool called Generic Modeling Environment (GME,Ledeczi et al., "Composing domain-specific design environments," IEEE Computer vol. 34. No. 11, 2001 a kind of MetaCASE tool) have been successfully applied to embedded software,Karsai et al., "Model-integrated development of embedded software," Proceedings of the IEEE, vol. 91, No. 1, 2003 car manufacturingLong et al., "Increasing Productivity at Saturn," IEEE Computer Vol. 31, No. 8, 1998. and medical systems,Mathe et al., "A Model-Integrated, Guideline-Driven, Clinical Decision-Support System," IEEE Software, vol 26, No. 4, 2009 among many other areas.
Sztipanovits was one of the key promoters of a new research direction called Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS), which integrates physical systems with computational ("cyber") systems to provide novel capabilities.{{citation needed|date=September 2022}} He is the Principal Investigator of a National Science Foundation initiative to create a web portal called CPS Virtual Organization (CPS VO){{cite web|title=Cyber-Physical Systems Virtual Organization|url=http://cps-vo.org/|accessdate=27 July 2016}} with the goal of facilitating interaction and information exchange among CPS researchers in academia, government and industry across a broad range of institutions, programs, disciplines and even countries.
Awards
Before moving to the United States in 1983, Sztipanovits received a number of prestigious awards in Hungary, including the National Prize in 1985 and the Golden Ring of the Republic in 1982 for scientific and engineering achievements.{{citation needed|date=September 2022}}
He received the Medal for Exceptional Public Service from the Office of the Secretary for Defense in 2002 and the Air Force Meritorious Civilian Service Award Medal and a Citation in 2010.{{cite web|title=USAF Award|url=http://engineering.vanderbilt.edu/news/2010/sztipanovits-receives-air-force-meritorious-civilian-service-award-medal-for-defense-projects/|accessdate=27 July 2016}} He has been an external member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences since 2010.{{cite web|title=MTA Members|url=http://mta.hu/koztestuleti_tagok?PersonId=22394|accessdate=27 July 2016}} Sztipanovits is a Fellow of the IEEE.{{citation needed|date=September 2022}}
In 2018, he became an honorary John von Neumann Professor at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics.Recipients are listed on Budapest University of Technology and Economics website: {{cite web |url=https://www.bme.hu/John-von-Neumann-Professors |title=John von Neumann Professors |publisher=Budapest University of Technology and Economics |access-date=2022-09-12 |archive-date=2022-09-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220912204535/https://www.bme.hu/John-von-Neumann-Professors |url-status=dead }}
References
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External links
- [http://www.isis.vanderbilt.edu The Institute for Software Integrated Systems webpage]
- [http://webgme.org/ WebGME homepage]
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