Mentoring Hungarian youth in career path choices and admissions to US, UK and global universities, and trying to inspire the next generation of (systems) thinkers

Universitatea „Babeș-Bolyai” din Cluj-Napoca | Oct 2018 - Present

Visiting Assistant Professor

Visiting assistant professor with the Business School, teaching business intelligence and driving the larger data visualization movement in Transylvania. Data Visualization Lead for the Romanian Economic Impact Monitor.

Sciences (including Climate Change) | Dec 2017 - Sep 2019

Affiliate Faculty

Advising Master's students in energy research and system dynamics modelling

Dénes Csala Data Consulting | Jul 2017 - Present

Founder

The language of data is visualization We create custom data visualizations for all needs and tastes with D3.js, D3plus, eCharts and Vega, insightful monitoring dashboards with Grafana and PowerBI and beautiful maps with Mapbox and kepler.gl. We also take care of your modelling challenges using machine learning system dynamics and agent-based models.

Lancaster University | Oct 2016 - Present

Assistant Professor

Assistant professor in Energy Storage Systems Dynamics with Energy Lancaster, modelling energy systems through visualization and data. Teaching about energy systems in the School of Engineering.

PAUWES - Pan African University Institute of Water and Energy

N/A

ARC-initiative.org | Jan 2013 - Jul 2018

Co-founder

Engineering system design through participation · collaboration · sustainability

Masdar Institute of Science and Technology | Sep 2011 - Sep 2016

Research Assistant

Graduate research assistant at Masdar Institute in Abu Dhabi working on data- driven dynamic systems modeling of sustainable energy transitions and their implications on the water-energy-food nexus. Epxloring the frontiers of data science, energy & sustainability, biophysical economics, simulation modeling and data visuliazation.

Boston University | Apr 2016 - Jul 2016

Research Assistant

Worked on mixing system dynamics and agent-based modeling methods with The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future on energy subsidies and green bonds.

Masdar Institute of Science and Technology | Sep 2012 - May 2016

Teaching Assistant

September 2012 - August 2014, September - December 2015: 3 editions of the System Dynamics for Business Policy course (ESM504, modeled after MIT 15.87X courses). Held weekly seminars on different modeling techniques, with a special focus on agent-based modeling and object-oriented system dynamics. January 2015 - May 2016: 2 editions of the Energy and Poverty Solutions course (ESM609, modeled after MIT D-lab courses). Organized and participated in field trips to remote regions Malaysia and Indonesia, and a refugee camp in Jordan (cancelled).

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | Aug 2014 - Jan 2015

Research Assistant

Worked on the Center for Collective Intelligence's Climate CoLab project.

Technical University of Cluj-Napoca | Oct 2009 - Aug 2011

Research Assistant

Undergraduate work in the field of numerical methods and electromagnetic compatibility. Lead to a co-authored textbook and a book chapter.

Technical University of Cluj-Napoca | Oct 2009 - Jul 2011

Teaching Assistant

Held weekly seminars for the Numerical Methods course.

TEI of Western Macedonia | Feb 2011 - Jun 2011

Exchange Student

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My Education

Take a look at my formal education

Blockchain Strategy Programme Saïd Business School, University of Oxford | 2018

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Interdisciplinary EngineeringKhalifa University | 2016

Masdar Institute & MIT collaborative PhD program, Interdisciplinary EngineeringMassachusetts Institute of Technology | 2015

Master of Science (MSc), Engineering System & ManagementKhalifa University | 2013

International Summer University on Energy, Renewable EnergyHelmholtz Zentrum Berlin | 2012

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