Norbert Márkus

CURRICULUM VITAE
NORBERT MARKUS

 

Date and place of birth: 1971, Budapest, Hungary
e-mail: markus.norbert@wigner.mta.hu

 

Education:

Kossuth Lajos High-School, Budapest Branch of Languages 1987-1991
Franz Liszt Music College, Budapest Jazz Piano Artist/Teacher 1992-1997
Amsterdam Conservatory, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Jazz (ensemble, arrangement and education) 1997-2001
SUNY Purchase College, New York, USA
(one semester)
International Student Exchange Program 2000.
Amsterdam Conservatory, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Master's in jazz orchestration, composition and methodology 2001-2003

 

Degrees:

Franz Liszt Music College, Budapest BA.Jazz piano artist-teacher 1997
Amsterdam Conservatory, Amsterdam, The Netherlands BA.Jazz ensembles, arrangement and education 2001
Amsterdam Conservatory, Amsterdam, The Netherlands MA.Jazz orchestration, composition and methodology 2003

 

Current position:

Software Engineer, MTA Wigner Research Centre for Physics, 2004

 

Affiliations:

National delegate of Hungary and elected board member of the WBU (World Blind Union) Subcommittee on Braille Music Notation, Zurich, Switzerland, 2004

 

Professional Experience:
Notable software development projects

  • Real-time MIDI data processing and musical performance augmenting utilities for PCs in Turbo Pascal (1991-2000)
  • Music notation and sheet music printing software for PCs in Turbo Pascal (1992-1993)
  • Inventory management software for small businesses (1994)
  • Experimental music improvisation program (1997-2001)
  • Large-scale sheet music processing and evaluation utilities for online cataloguing and cost benefit calculation for music score production (2005-2007)
  • Porting TalkPad to PC - assisted communication, a self-voiced touch-screen based digital letterboard application for autists; advanced  development phases in Java (2008-2009)
  • MObile Slate Talker, an accessible software suite for the blind, contributions (2005-2007), lead software developer in  Java (2007-)
  • MOST-NNG, an accessible GPS navigation application based on Nav n' Go's I-GO engine; lead developer in Java (2008-2011)
  • Migrating MOST to Android (2010-2011)

 

Topics and Interests:

  • Computer programming, Programming for mobile devices, Interactive Program Environments
  • Assistive technologies, Assistive Ergonomics, Solutions for People with Special Needs
  • Musical Applications, Musical Analysis, Music Composition, Live Music Performance
  • Language Analysis and computer aided research

 

Invited lecture appearances:

ONCE conference on the standardisation of Braille music notation,
"Software aided translation of deprecated music data formats for standardised archivation"
Chair and presenter: Norbert Markus, Authors: Norbert Markus, Giuseppe Nicotra, Giovanni Bertoni ...
Madrid, Spain
2003
ACAPO conference on accessible applications in the musical education,
"BME, an accessible music notation software aiding the visually impaired pupils and/or teachers"
Presented by Norbert Markus, Authors: Norbert Markus, Giovanni Bertoni, Giuseppe Nicotra, Enrico Bortolazzi ...
Lisbon, Portugal
2003
CNR info day, Circolo Baragli,
"An accessible multimedia jazz piano guide"
Authored and presented by Norbert Markus
Florence, Italy
2004
EVITA conference,
"MObile SlateTalker, a Java powered accessible software suite on PDA devices"
Presented by Norbert Markus and Andras Arato, Authors: Norbert Markus, Andras Arato, Zoltan Juhasz, Gabor Bognar ...
Budapest, Hungary
2007
Tifloinnova Conference,
"eBrass, an accessible online music score service"
Presented by Norbert Markus, Authors: Norbert Markus, Andras Arato, Giuseppe Nicotra, Gianni Bertoni ...
Madrid, Spain
2007
Indicare conference 2008 Technical University of Budapest,
eInclusion and accessible solutions, legal status of accessible materials
Presented by Norbert Markus, Authors: Norbert  Markus, Andras Arato, Laszlo Buday, Zoltan Juhasz, Gabor Bognar
Budapest, Hungary
2008
Ambient Assistive Living (AAL) conference,
"MOST, a non-screen-reader based accessible solution for the blind"
Presented by Andras Arato and Norbert Markus, Authors: Norbert Markus, Andras Arato, Zoltan Juhasz and Gabor Bognar
Schwechat, Austria
2008
LESEK Conference at the Hungarian Blind Union,
MObile SlateTalker for the Blind
Budapest, Hungary.
2013
SVOE Conference (by the National Association for the Deafblind),
Haptic solutions for the Deafblind in MOST
Visegrád, Hungary
2014
LESEK Conference at the Hungarian Blind Union,
MObile SlateTalker for the Blind and Deafblind
Budapest, Hungary
2014

 

Presentations Related to Referred Publications:

  • ICCHP conference, 2008, Linz, Austria
    How Can Java Be Made Blind-Friendly
    Norbert Markus, Zoltan Juhasz, Gabor Bognar, and Andras Arato
  • ICCHP conference, 2010, Vienna, Austria
    MOST-NNG, an Accessible GPS Navigation Application Integrated into the MObile Slate Talker (MOST) for the Blind
    Norbert Markus, Andras Arato, Zoltan Juhasz, Gabor Bognar and Laszlo Kesmarki
  • ICCHP conference, 2012, Linz, Austria
    Accessibility for the Blind on an Open-Source Mobile Platform, MObile Slate Talker (MOST) for Android
    N. Markus, Sz. Malik , Z. Juhasz, A. Arato

 

Language Proficiency:
Hungarian (native), English (fluent), German, Dutch, Esperanto (reading).

Project Related Publications:

  • BME usability evaluation report, Play2 EU project, 2002, Author: Norbert Markus (on behalf of KFKI RMKI)
  • "Jazz Piano at your Fingertips", an accessible multimedia jazz piano guide (first test version for the eBrass EU project,  2006), Author: Norbert Markus (KFKI RMKI)
  • Report on the eFFICIENCY OF BRAILLE MUSIC PRODUCTION at eBrass partner institutes, A computer aided production cost  analysis (eBrass EU project, WP 4.2, 2006, updated version 2007), Author: Norbert Markus (KFKI RMKI)

 

Notable Musical Achievements:

  • ~20 ensemble and orchestral compositions and arrangements
  • ~20 compositions and rearrangements for solo piano
  • 2nd Prize of the Solo Piano Competition at the Montreux Jazz Festival, 1999, Switzerland
  • Golden Bell Award, 2010, Budapest, Hungary
  • Concerts given in Solo or with ensembles in Budapest and other Hungarian cities, Amsterdam and other cities in the Netherlands, Berlin, Hamburg, München, Göttingen, Madrid, Lisbon, New Orleans (at the IAJE Conference and Festival), New York (at various Manhattan jazz clubs), Zürich, Montreux, Florence, Padova, Belgrade, Bodrum (Turkey)

 

Notable appearances in Hungary:

  • Millenáris, 2006
  • Debrecen Jazz Days, 2007
  • Palace of the Arts, 2007
  • Nador-Hall (1999-2015)
  • Live broadcast concerts at the Hungarian State Radio

 

Recent International Festival Appearances:

  • Göttingen Jazzfest (with the Trio Imprint), 2009
  • Haendelfest, Göttingen, with the Trio Imprint, 2011

 


 

Publications

2014

1.

Teaching Morse Language to a Deaf-blind Person for Reading and Writing SMS on an Ordinary Vibrating Smartphone
András Arató, Norbert Márkus and Zoltán Juhász
14th International Conference, ICCHP, 2014
Paris, France, July 2014 proceedings
LNCS 8548 (part 2) pp 393-396

2012

2.

N. Markus, Sz. Malik , Z. Juhasz and A. Arato
MTA Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Budapest, Hungary
Accessibility for the Blind on an Open-Source Mobile Platform,
MObile Slate Talker (MOST) for Android
13th International Conference, ICCHP, 2012
Linz, Austria, July 2012 proceedings
Springer LNCS, vol. 7383 pp 599-606. Springer, Heidelberg (2012)

3.

A. Arato, N. Markus, Z. Juhasz
Speaking and Understanding Morse Language, Speech Technology and Autism
Wigner RCP, Laboratory of Speech Technology for Rehabilitation, Budapest, Hungary
University of Pannonia, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Information Systems, Veszprém, Hungary
13th International Conference, ICCHP, 2012
Linz, Austria, July 2012 proceedings
Springer LNCS 7383 pp 311-314

2010

4.

Norbert Markus, Andras Arato, Zoltan Juhasz, Gabor Bognar and Laszlo Kesmarki;
Laboratory of Speech Technology for Rehabilitation,
KFKI Research Institute for Particle and Nuclear Physics (Budapest, Hungary);
Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Systems, University of Pannonia (Veszprém, Hungary);
Nav 'N Go Hungary LTD (Budapest, Hungary);
"MOST-NNG, an Accessible GPS Navigation Application Integrated into the MObile Slate Talker (MOST) for the Blind"
12th International Conference, ICCHP 2010
Vienna, Austria, July 2010 proceedings
Springer LNCS 6180 pp 248-255.

2008

5.

Norbert Markus, Zoltan Juhasz, Gabor Bognar, and Andras Arato;
KFKI Research Institute for Particle and Nuclear Physics (RMKI) Laboratory of
Speech Technology for Rehabilitation;
Department of Information Systems, Pannon University, Veszprem;
"How Can Java Be Made Blind-Friendly"
11th International Conference, ICCHP 2008
Linz, Austria, July 2008 proceedings
Springer LNCS 5105 pp 526-533.

2006

6.

Zoltan Juhasz, Andras Arato, Gabor
Bognar, Laszlo Buday, Gergely  Eberhardt, Norbert Markus, Emil
Mogor, Zoltan Nagy and Terez Vaspori; Department of Information
Systems, Pannon University, Veszprem; KFKI RMKI Laboratory of
Speech Technology for Rehabilitation; Speech Technology LTD.
"Usability Evaluation of the MOST Mobile
Assistant (SlatTalker)"10th International
Conference, ICCHP 2006 Linz, Austria, July 2006 Proceedings
Springer LNCS #### pp. 1055-1062
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