Edith Alice Kovács

Edith Alice Kovács is an Associate Professor at the Department of Differential Equations, Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME). She holds a PhD from the West University of Timisoara (2005) and has taught at multiple institutions, including the General College of Entrepreneurship (ÁVF) and universities in Arad. Her research focuses on multivariate statistics, probability graph models, information theory, AI/ML, network reliability, and mathematical modeling in finance/medicine. She has received the BME Innovation Award 2020 for anomaly detection work. Kovács has presented at conferences worldwide, including the European Conference on Operational Research and the IEEE SACI conference. Her teaching spans subjects like economic modeling, operations research, and data science across BME and ÁVF programs.

Education: BSc and MSc in mathematics from the West University of Timisoara (1994), PhD in Mathematics (2005). Professional roles include full-time employment at BME since 2015 and prior experience at Aurel Vlaicu and Vasile Goldis Universities (1994–2000).

Research interests include decision-making under uncertainty, metaheuristic algorithms, neural halos, and social network modeling. Recent work explores copula-based anomaly detection and vine copula structures. Kovács has contributed to projects like stochastic inventory modeling for TESCO and VNF fingerprinting for Nokia.