Curriculum Vitae
Name: Bogi (Boglárka) Takács
Place of birth: Győr, Hungary
Date of birth: 25 December 1983
Nationality: Hungarian
Web: http://www.prezzey.net
Studies
2008-
Medizinische Universität Wien, Vienna, Austria
Clinical Neuroscience doctoral program
2004-2010
Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE), Budapest, Hungary
Faculty of Humanities
Theoretical Linguistics Master’s program (currently ABD and working on my thesis)
2002-2008
Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE), Budapest, Hungary
Faculty of Pedagogy and Psychology
Psychology Master’s program (Specialization in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology)
1998-2002
Révai Miklós High School, Győr, Hungary
Sciences class (specializations in mathematics, physics and biology)
Scholarships
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2007 (summer semester) CEEPUS Scholarship to MEi: CogSci at the University of Vienna, Austria
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2006 (winter semester) ERASMUS Scholarship to CASTL at the University of Tromsø, Norway
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2006-2008 Erasmus Collegium (unrelated to the above)
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2005-2007 Scholarship of the Republic
Other academic pursuits
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2007-2008 participation in computational linguistics research projects at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences Institute of Linguistics
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2005-2006 adapting the ARC test battery (with Rozália Eszter Ivády)
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2005-2006 lab assistant running GSR experiments (ELTE PPK APIK)
Publications
Papers
Takács, B. (2007): Language in Autism – A Case for Construction Grammar. In: The Praise of Medley 2. Essays by the students of Erasmus College. Budapest: Erasmus Kollégium Egyesület. Abstract, download
Ivády, R. E., Takács, B., Pléh, Cs. (2007): Tudatelmélet és idegennyelv-elsajátítás: városi legenda vagy valódi kapcsolat? Theory of mind and second language acquisition: urban legend or a real relationship?) In: Mund, K., Kampis, Gy. (szerk.): Tudat és elme. Budapest: TypoTeX.
Conference presentations
Takács, B. (2009): Nem az, aminek látszik – szemmozgás-regisztrációs algoritmusok. (Not what it seems to be – Eye tracking algorithms). “Semmi nincs úgy 2″ Linguistics and Language Philosophy Conference, Budapest.
Takács, B. (2008): Érdekes-e a nyelvtanelsajátítás autizmusban? (Is grammar acquisition in autism worth investigating?) Erasmus College Linguistics and Language Philosophy Conference, Budapest.
Takács, B. (2008): A másság és a tolerancia végső határai. (Minority existence and the outer reaches of tolerance.) Mi/Más Conference on Tolerance, Eger.
Takács, B. (2007): Syntactic Patterns in Autism. MEi: CogSci Student Conference, Vienna. Will be uploaded soon
Takács, B., Ivády, R. E. (2006): Autisztikus, vagy mégsem? Baron-Cohen személyiségváltozóinak kritikai elemzése magyar adatok alapján. (Autistic or not? A critical analysis of Baron-Cohen’s personality variables based on Hungarian data.) XXVII. National Scientific Congress of the Hungarian Psychological Association, Budapest.
Ivády, R. E., Takács B., Pléh, Cs. (2006): Tudatelmélet és idegennyelv-elsajátítás: városi legenda vagy valódi kapcsolat? (Theory of mind and second language acquisition: an urban legend or a real relationship?) XXVII. National Scientific Congress of the Hungarian Psychological Association, Budapest.
Takács, B., Ivády, R. E. (2006): Autisztikus vonások mérése normál populáción: mítosz vagy valóság? (Measuring autistic personality traits on a typical population: myth or reality?) Lecture, MAKOG 2006 (Annual Conference of the Hungarian Cognitive Science Foundation), Tihany.
Ivády, R. E., Takács, B. (2006): Tudatelmélet és idegennyelv-elsajátítás: városi legenda vagy valódi kapcsolat? (Theory of mind and second language acquisition: an urban legend or a real relationship?) MAKOG 2006 (Annual Conference of the Hungarian Cognitive Science Foundation), Tihany.
Takács, B. (2005): A férfi, a nő és a csodadoktor – avagy Baron-Cohen személyiségelméletének viszonya más személyiségjellemzőkhöz. (Man, woman and witch doctor; or relations between Baron-Cohen’s personality model and certain other personality variables.) Pszinapszis 2005 student presentation, Budapest.
Lectures
Takács, B. (2008): Konstrukciók a tipikus és atipikus nyelvtanelsajátításban. (Constructions in typical and atypical language acquisition.) Friday Erasmus Seminars, ELTE BTK, Budapest.
Posters
Takács, B. (2009): Constructing affordable eye tracking systems for behavioral neuroscience experiments. 5th PhD Congress of the Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Takács, B. (2008): Konstrukciós hálózatok – egy új eszköz a pszicholingvisztikában. (Constructionist networks – a new tool in psycholinguistics.) XXVIII. National Scientific Congress of the Hungarian Psychological Association, Nyíregyháza.
Courses taught
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2005-2006 Consultations in Statistics and Experiment Design (ELTE PPK Faculty of Cognitive Psychology)
Language skills
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Hungarian: native speaker
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English: high level state exam certificate (type „C”), 2000
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German: intermediate level state exam certificate (type „C”), 2002
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Hebrew: intermediate level conversational skills
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Norwegian: basic skills
Computer skills
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software and hardware installation and maintenance of diverse Windows and Linux systems
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office packages
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SPSS and other statistics applications
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image manipulation software (Photoshop, Painter, GIMP, Artrage etc.)
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expert use of the graphics tablet
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digital photography and retouching
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basic scripting and programming
- web design, installation and management of various CMSes
Other activities
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computer graphics (logo design: ELTE PPK Student Council, Hungarian Anime Fellowship)
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photography
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science fiction (short stories and book reviews for the Hungarian SF magazine Galaktika)
- comics & animation, media reviews
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Jewish community volunteer, outreach
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student of the Budapest Open University of Judaic Studies
- video game development
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