Maria Raffai Ph.D.
Professor

  at the Széchenyi István University 
     Department for Information Science     

Biography

 

Research Fields .     Papers     Books    Awards    Membership    Photo Galery    Hobbies   

Maria Raffai Ph.D. is a professor at the Chair for Information Science of the Szechenyi Istvan University (Hungary, Győr). She is an expert in information engineering methodology, in the business process re-engineering improvement methods so far as in the field of operation research and decision making. She has MSc. in economic sciences with specialization of applied mathematics, and also in computer science. She has developed a wide used BPR methodology adapted for the Central and Eastern European business cultures. For this research she has got the Ph.D. degree.

Before joining the University

  1. she developed and directed several national and international projects for improvement of computer aided business and information systems such as
  2. she was the leader of several international development projects such as

As a university professor Maria Raffai has been dealing with software engineering methodologies, she is the author of the best selling books in this theme: Information Management (1995), Information Engineering - The Challenge of the Information Society (1996), The History of Computing (1997), Information Engineering (1999), OO application development: both from academic, methodology (e.g. RUP) and technical (e.g. UML) point of view (Series of Object Technology, 2000-2006), Information System Engineering and Management (2003), Desicion Making, Decision Support Systems (1996; 1999; 2001), Managing Software Development Projects (2002), The Information (2007).

She often takes part on nationwide and international conferences, where she presents their newest scientific results. The most important themes are the following:

Scientific Research Fields

Subjects (teached at the university)

Membership, Social Activity

Awards

 

 

 

 

IFIP Internal Service Award, 2010

w. Basie von Solms

President of International Federation

on Information Processing 2007-2010

 

 

 

  

IT Award 2006

for the Activity performed in the Field

of the Hungarian Information Technology

an Award of the Ministry of Information Technology and Communication

donated on the Occasion of the National Holiday 15th of March

 

 

 

 

The Best Professor of the Year 2005

in the Field of Information Science

w. Jozsef Jungbauer

the President of the VISZ Association

 

 

 

 

Professor Award 2003 

w. Balint Magyar,

Minister of Education

 

 

 

 

John von Neumann Award 1999

w. Dezso Sima,

the President of John von Neumann Computer Society

 

 

 

 

  Publication Awards

 

Publication Award '2000

for the book of

RTeBP Re-engineering Methodology
User Guide for Developers

Publication Award '2001

for the book of Objects in Business Modeling - The Concepts and Methodolgy for the Object-oriented Software Development Process

 

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   Books

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Papers and Proceedings from the Year of 1995.

 

[2011/2] Role and Importance of Information in the 21st Century ― Workshop of János Harsányi Professional Community. May 2011, Veszprém

[2011/1] Applied Computer Science from the WCC'2010 Perspective  ― Plenary speech, AIK Conference February 2011, Kaposvár

[2010/3] IFIP World Computer Congress and the Organizer Continent: Australia  ― JvN CS Workshop, Budapest, December 2010

[2010/2] The Role of IFIP and the Technical Committees  - WMNC 2010: Joint IFIP Wireless and Mobile Networking Conference (Budapest, Hungary, October 2010)

[2010/1] Digital Business Ecosystem Tools as Interoperability Drivers - Co-authors: M. Herdon, T. Rózsa: – IFIP World Computer Congress (Brisbane, Australia), Enterprise Architecture, Integration and Interoperability (Springer); September 2010

[2009/1] Knowledge Economy Maturity – Position, Efforts and Results in Hungary – ICT Skills, Education and Certification, IT Star Series (Starbus, Rome, Italy), pp. 51-68, 2009.

[2008/8] Knowledge Economy and IT Education in Hungary; Digital Literacy and IT Professionalism ― NISE 2008, 3rd IT STAR International Workshop on National Information Society Experiences, Godollo

[2008/7] Benefit of the IT-Investments - Technological and Cost-Return-Benefit Approach- Co-Authors: Agnes Varga, Ferenc Erdős; IDIMT-2008, Interdisciplinary International Management Talks Conference, Czech Republic

[2008/6] Return of IT Investments: new subject on the course Business Information Systems  -- Co-author: F. Erdős,  IT in Higher Education Conference, IF'2008, Debrecen

[2008/5] International Accreditation Program - Beyond Bologna  --  Co-Author: Janos Fustos (State University, Denver) ICELM 2008 Conference, Marosvásárhely, Romania

[2008/3] Role of the Hungarian Professionals in the International Organizations   -- Co Author: Bálint Dömölki ; IT in Higher Education Conference, IF'2008, Debrecen

[2008/2] International Program for Standardizing Global IT Profession  -- SEFBIS Journal, 2008. No. 3

[2008/1] Globalization by Bologna process: Curriculums from and beyond the Ocean  -- Co Author: János Füstös (State University, Denver); IT in Higher Education Conference, IF'2008, Debrecen

[2007/5] I3P: the Unified program of IT-professionalism -  Workshop of Teachers, Professors, Academicians active in the Field of IT, Szeged, 2007. okt. 26-27.

[2007/4] Enterprise Application Integration - Metamodel Approach -  IDIMT Conference, Budweis

[2007/3] Model Oriented Enterprise Integration - Metamodel for Realizing EAI  -  CONFENIS 2007 Conference, Beijing

[2007/2] The Need for Harmony of IT and Business Strategy  -  SEFBIS Journal, 2007. No. 2

[2007/1] New Working Group in IFIP TC8 Information Systems Committee - WG 8.9 Working Group on Enterprise Information Systems  -  SEFBIS Journal, 2007. No. 2

[2006/5] Enterprise Application Integration  – Need, Concept, Solutions  -  Keynote Speach, Interdisciplinary Information Management Talks International Conference; Budweis,

[2006/4] Computing behind the Iron Curtain and Beyond  - Hungarian National Perspective  -  IIFIP WCC'2006 Santiago de Chile (IFIP világkongresszus)

[2006/3] Course on Business Information Systems - Experiences, Problems to Solve, Cooperation  -  IX. Congress of the John von Neumann Computer Society, Győr (in Hungarian)

[2006/2] Challenges, Concepts and Solutions during the IS/IT (R)Evolution) -  paper in the book edited by Hoyer, Ch. - Grünbacher, P. - Seyff, N. (editors): Festschrift zum 65. Geburtstag von o.Univ.-Prof Dr. Gerhard Chroust, ISBN 3-85403-208-00 Kiadó: Oestereichische Computer Gesellschaft

[2006/1] The IT Strategy as the Organic Part of the Business Strategy -  Plenary Speach,  11th International Scientific Symposium: Strategic Management and Decision Support  Systems on Strategic Management Conference (SM'2006) Palič, Serbia-Montenegro

[2005/13] BCP: Business Continuity Planning, a General Overview -  Plenary Presentation on the IIR Institute for International Research Conference, Budapest

[2005/12] The Mission of the Students' International Joint Consulting Projects -  ISBIS'2005 International Conference on Business Information Systems, Gyor

[2005/11] Application Development Beyond the Methodology Revolution  -  Plenary Presentation; InterDisciplinary Management Talks Conference, Budweis

[2005/10] The Role of the IFIP and the TC8 Information Systems Committee - A Genaral Overview  -  Co-author: David Roode; Keynote Speech; Intenational Symposium on the Business Information Systems, Gyor

[2005/9] The Great Challenge of the Information Society in the 21st Century: The Internet Today and Beyond -  Széchenyi István Egyetem MTK IVI szaknap

[2005/8] Designing and Managing IT-projects: Paradigm, Methods and Tools -  Plenary Presentation on the IIR Certified Advanced IT Projec Manager Course - Institute for International Research Conference, Budapest

[2005/7] International Joint Projects for Solving Real Business Problems  -  Applied Information Science Conference, Kaposvár

[2005/6] Application Development beyond the Methodology Revolution -  Keynote Paper, Interdisciplinary Information Management Talks International Conference; Budweis

[2005/5] The Two Stage Education System of the Course for Business Information Systems -  Information Science in The Higher Education System, Debrecen

[2005/4] Model Driven Application Development Process -  Information Science in The Higher Education System, Debrecen

[2005/3] Domainspecific, Modeldriven Application Development  The UML Based Domain Model Transformation using MDA Strategy -  SZE MTK Scientific Symposium, Gyor

[2005/2] Developing IS Curriculum: A Hungarian Approach Application Of The Two Stage Model For Information Science Programs -- Co-Authors: János Füstös , GyőzőMolnárka; IRMA Conference, San Diego California

[2005/1] Document Management Systems - The Present Situation in Hungary - Plenary Presentation; Institute for International Research Conference,  2005.02.22. Presentation Slides

[2004/7] The Great Challenge of the Information Society - The Internet Today and Beyond  - NJSZT County Conference ; Eger,  2004.09.24.

[2004/6] The Hungarian Research Activity and the Scientific Results in the Field of Information Science - Report at the IFIP Information Systems Committee Work Conference; Oslo,  2004.09.18.

[2004/5] The Common Higher Education Reform of the European Space -  Plenary Presentation, Interdisciplinary Information Management Talks International Conference; Budweis,  2004.09.11.

[2004/4] The MDA based Business Model Transformation  – An Object- and Architecture Centric Strategy Approach – GIKOF Journal 3. No. 4.Januar  2004.

[2004/3] Enterprise Application Integration - Marketing Kommunikációs Kft., Informatikai tudásbázis 2004.

[2004/2] A Unique Formalism for the Multilingual Software Development Projects (presentation slides)  - IPMA World Congress,  2004.06.21.

[2004/1] Saving the Enterprise Data Wealth - Challenges for Higher Education - presentation slides -  IDC International  Storage Roadshow  Budapest Hilton, 2004.04.08.

[2003/7] The UML based Transformation of the Domain Model  - Modeling Strategy for the Enterprise Application Integration  Presentation slides -  Conference on Business Information Systems, Győr;  2003. november 11.

[2003/6] The Base of Business Continuity at the Software Sensitive Enterprises - presentation slides - NJSZT Centenáriumi Kongresszus, Magyar Tudományos Akadémia 2003. október 15.-17. 

[2003/5] Managing Software Development Projects –  Article in the Senet Project Review, 2003/1., Ljubljana, Croatia, 2003.[2003/3]

[2003/4] The Concept of the two level Bologna Decretum based Course for Information Science  –  Plenary presentation on the Professors' Conference, 2003 augusztus (paper, presentation slides)

[2003/3] Trends in Information Technology -  Intelligent Solutions in BIS Development and Management – Keynote paper, 11th InterDisciplinery Information Management Talks Conference, Budweis, September, 2003

[2003/1-2] The Medical Attendance Continuity 1. and 2.- Prevention of the Unexpected Events and the Damage Recovery  – IME Journal, Information Technology and IS/IT Management in Public Health, II./1. January 2003. and II./2. March 2003

[2002/4] The Conception of the Two-Level Higher Education System - Business Information Curriculum based on The Bologna Decretum – GIKOF Journal, I./2., December 2002

[2002/3] The Mission of the Scientific and Educational Forum for Business Information Technology – GIKOF Journal, I./1., August 2002

[2002/2] Managing Software Development Projects – SENET Project Review, 1./2002, Ljubljana, Slovenia

[2002/1] The Appropriate Analysis and Design Method - A Theoretical Aspect  – SZE University Electronic Journal, Győr, Hungary

[2001/5] Program for Realization of the Information Society  – MTESZ Congress, Veszprem, Hungary

[2001/4] Social Responsibility in Public Education of IT Culture  – Professional Forum of Civil Organizations, Győr, Hungary

[2001/3] How to Get Closer to the New Economy - New Aspects and Paradigms in Business Modeling and in Application Development – 9th InterDisciplinery Information Management Talks Conference, Czech Republic

[2001/2] New Technological Paradigms - Change Management in the Higher Education– Keynote speach on the 25th MFSZO Conference

[2001/1] The Information Technology as the Catalyst of the Social Innovation – Keynote presentation, InfoSavaria Conference, Szombathely

[2000/6] Business Process Continuity Planning - Methodology Aspect * HumanSoft Forum

[2000/5] Object-Representation and Retrieval - Conceptual Approach * Information Retrieval - Philosophy and Practice. 2nd Research Seminar, Veszprem University

[2000/4] The Knowledge Workers of the 21th Century - The Responsibility in Generalization of the Information Culture * NJSZT Congress

[2000/3] A Chance for Survival in the CEE Countries – RTeBP Re-engineering Methodology for the CEE Business Cultures – Word Computer Congress, ITB2000 Information Technology for Business Management, Beijing, China

[2000/2] The Concept and Methodology for Survival in Hungary - BPR Paradigm and methodology adapted for the Hungarian Business Cultures - Public Ph.D. Presentation

[2000/1] Object Technology during the Hole Development Life Cycle - An Educational Approach - VEAB Symposium.

[1999/5] The Role of Object Technology in the Business Modeling – Conference on Computer Science in the Higher Education, Debrecen

[1999/4] The Challenge of the Object Technology – The Strategy and Realization of the New Knowledge – (Co-author: Kovács, K. – Conference on Computer Science in the Higher Education, Debrecen

[1999/3] Concept and Methodology for the Survival and for the Increase Competitive Positions – RTEBP: an Adapted BPR Methodology  – Ph.D. dissertation, final version 2.0, JPTE

[1999/2] The New Industrial Model in the Silicon Valley – Computerworld

[1999/1] The Challenge of the Labour Market at the beginning of the 21st Century - Marketing and Menedzsment, 1999. Vol. No. 1.

[1998/7] The RTEBP Business Process Re-engineering Methodology –– BKE Conference, Budapest

[1998/6] The Tasks and the Problems in Teaching the up-to-date Information Engineering Knowledge – A Knowledge-Market Approach – MFI Conference

[1998/5] The  Questions on Teaching up-to-date Knowledge –- Conference of MFIK

[1998/4] RTEBP Object-Based Re-engineering Methodology - An adopted Model for the Central and Eastern European Business Culture - Proceeding on the 3rd Object-Oriented Conference - Dobogókő

[1998/3] Struggle with the Information Technology - The Problems of the Higher Education - Proceeding on the Conference for Higher Education - Budapest

[1998/2] The Business Strategy towards the Global Information Society * The Results and Conclusions of a Survey in Hungary - IFIP World Computer Congress, Vienna-Budapest

[1998/1] RTEBP: Reengineering Technology for the effective Business Processes* The BPR Methodology is the Result of the Ph.D. Research - Version 1.0.

[1997/5] Object-oriented Analysis and Design - Case Study - Educational material on the Szechenyi Istvan University

[1997/4] Object-oriented Business Patterns - Educational material on the Szechenyi Istvan University

[1997/3] Object-oriented Design Patterns - Educational material on the Szechenyi Istvan University

[1997/2] OOAD versus SA/SD - New Concepts for Software Engineering Technology - II. Object-Oriented Conference, Visegrad

[1997/1] Object-Oriented Paradigm in the Hole Life Cycle - Proceeding on the Conference for Higher Education, Győr

[1996/5] The Social-Political Expectations from the higher Educated Students - Studium, 1996-97.

[1996/4] Social-Economic Expectations for the Specialists in Computer Science - Proceeding on the Conference for Information Technology, Debrecen

[1996/3] The Responsibility of Higher Education at the Beginning of the Global Information Society - The Long term, Convertible Knowledge - International Conference

[1996/2] The Challenge of the Higher Education at the End of the 20th Century - Wiener Informationstechnik Konferenz - Wien

[1996/1] The Actual Task of the Higher Education - Proceeding, The IT Knowledge in the Higher Education - Conference in Debrecen

[1995/2] The Silicon Valley's Industrial Model   - Computerworld; Student

[1995/1] Efforts to Integrate the up-to-date knowledge in Information Technology - Proceeding on the Conference for Higher Education.

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Hobbies and other Interests: 
visiting concerts, theaters, traveling, skiing, making photos and movies

PhotoGalery

New Albums in Photo Gallery also on the WebShots pages

 

Asia and Africa

UAE (United Arab Emirates)

Dubai & Abu Dhabi;

The Underwater World (Red Sea)

Jordan 1./2: Aqaba,Amman,Jerash

Jordan 2./2: Petra,UmmQais

Morocco-1;  Marocco-2

India

Nepal, Kathmandu, Himalayas

Kenya (világlátók); Kenya (Webshots)

China

Tunezia

Europe

Bormio Italy

Barcelona, Spain

Croatia Towns 1, 2; Croatia sea & fun

Izland/Iceland - Countryside

Izland/Iceland-Country&Built up

Alpe d'Huez France, Europe

Hungary

Val Cenis  

Les Deux Alpes

   
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