Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
Mgr. Rudolf Tornyai, PhD.
Document type:
Research/art/teacher profile of a person
The name of the university:
Comenius University Bratislava
The seat of the university:
Šafárikovo námestie 6, 818 06 Bratislava

I. - Basic information

I.1 - Surname
Tornyai
I.2 - Name
Rudolf
I.3 - Degrees
PhD.
I.4 - Year of birth
1986
I.5 - Name of the workplace
Dept. of Engineering Geology, Hydrogeology and Applied Geophysics
I.6 - Address of the workplace
Comenius University, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Mlynská dolina, Ilkovičova 6, 842 15 Bratislava 4
I.7 - Position
reseach assistant
I.8 - E-mail address
rudolf.tornyai@uniba.sk
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/26287
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
Earth Sciences
I.11 - ORCID iD
0000-0002-4813-1005

II. - Higher education and further qualification growth

II.1 - First degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Faculty of Natural Sciences Comenius University in Bratislava
II.b - Year
2010
II.c - Study field and programme
Geology
II.2 - Second degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Faculty of Natural Sciences Comenius University in Bratislava
II.b - Year
2012
II.c - Study field and programme
Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology
II.3 - Third degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Faculty of Natural Sciences Comenius University in Bratislava
II.b - Year
2016
II.c - Study field and programme
Engineering Geology
II.4 - Associate professor
II.5 - Professor
II.6 - Doctor of Science (DrSc.)

III. - Current and previous employment

III.a - Occupation-position III.b - Institution III.c - Duration
reseach assistant Faculty of Natural Sciences Comenius University in Bratislava from 2016

IV. - Development of pedagogical, professional, language, digital and other skills

V. - Overview of activities within the teaching career at the university

V.1 - Overview of the profile courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes
V.2 - Overview of the responsibility for the delivery, development and quality assurance of the study programme or its part at the university in the current academic year
V.3 - Overview of the responsibility for the development and quality of the field of habilitation procedure and inaugural procedure in the current academic year
V.4 - Overview of supervised final theses
V.4.1 - Number of currently supervised theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
1
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
1
V.4.2 - Number of defended theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
1
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
2
V.5 - Overview of other courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes
V.5.a - Name of the course V.5.b - Study programme V.5.c - Degree V.5.d - Field of study
Basics of GIS for geologists Geology I. Earth Sciences
Basics of geological survey and mining Geology I. Earth Sciences
Practical geology for everyone faculty subject I.+II. Earth Sciences
Geohazard mitigation Environmental studies I. Ecological and Environmental Sciences
Course of Engineering Geological Mapping Engineering gology and Hydrogeology II. Earth Sciences
Field Course of Technical Investigations Engineering gology and Hydrogeology II. Earth Sciences
Building foundations Engineering gology and Hydrogeology II. Earth Sciences
Assessment of Geological Hazards Engineering gology and Hydrogeology II. Earth Sciences
GIS Application in Engineering Geology Engineering gology and Hydrogeology II. Earth Sciences

VI. - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs

VI.1 - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs and the corresponding citations
VI.1.1 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
35
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
16
VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
10
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
7
VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
50
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
47
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
50
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
47
VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level
VI.1.a - Overall
2
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
2
VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs
1

Bednarik M., Putiška R., Dostál I., Tornyai R., Šilhán K., Weis K., Ružek I., 2018: Multidisciplinary research of landslide at UNESCO site of Lower Hodruša mining water reservoir. Landslides, 15(6)

2

Tornyai R., Bednarik M., Havlín A.: Application of neural network to assess landslide hazard

and comparison with bivariate and multivariate statistical analyses. In: Acta Geologica Slovaca (AGEOS). - Roč.

8, č. 1 (2016), s. 109-118.

3

Dunčková, Lucia - Bednarik, Martin - Krčmář, Dávid - Marschalko, Marian - Tornyai, Rudolf: GIS-based

multicriteria evaluation of foundation conditions

In: Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment. - Roč. 78, č. 4 (2019), s. 2903-2917. - ISSN (print)

1435-9529

4

Tornyai R. & Koudelka D., 2024: Utilisation of airborne laser scanning data in landslide hazard assessment – case study Čadca district, Slovakia. Acta Geologica Slovaca, 16, 2, 107–111.

5

Zvara E. & Tornyai R.: Retrospective evaluation of landslides susceptibility maps for selected area of the Stará Ľubovňa district. Acta Geologica Slovaca, 15(1), 2023, 39–46

VI.3 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs over the last six years
1

Bednarik M., Putiška R., Dostál I., Tornyai R., Šilhán K., Weis K., Ružek I., 2018: Multidisciplinary research of landslide at UNESCO site of Lower Hodruša mining water reservoir. Landslides, 15(6)

2

Durmeková T., Grega D., Tornyai R.: A high potential of the micro-Deval test in rock quality assessment. In: Acta Geologica Slovaca [elektronický dokument]. - Roč. 11, č. 1 (2019), s. 1-9. 

3

Dunčková L., Bednarik M., Krčmář D., Marschalko M., Tornyai R., 2019: GIS-based multicriteria evaluation of foundation conditions In: Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment. - Roč. 78, č. 4 (2019), s. 2903-2917. - ISSN (print) 1435-9529

4

Tornyai R. & Koudelka D., 2024: Utilisation of airborne laser scanning data in landslide hazard assessment – case study Čadca district, Slovakia. Acta Geologica Slovaca, 16, 2, 107–111.

5

Zvara E. & Tornyai R.: Retrospective evaluation of landslides susceptibility maps for selected area of the Stará Ľubovňa district. Acta Geologica Slovaca, 15(1), 2023, 39–46

VI.4 - The most significant citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
1

Tornyai R., Bednarik M., Havlín A.: Application of neural network to assess landslide hazard and comparison with bivariate and multivariate statistical analyses. In: Acta Geologica Slovaca (AGEOS). - Roč. 8, č. 1 (2016), s. 109-118. cited by: Abbaszadeh Shahri A., Spross J., Johansson F., Larsson S., 2019: Landslide susceptibility hazard map in southwest Sweden using artificial neural network, Catena 183,104225

2

Tornyai R., Bednarik M., Havlín A.: Application of neural network to assess landslide hazard and comparison with bivariate and multivariate statistical analyses. In: Acta Geologica Slovaca (AGEOS). - Roč. 8, č. 1 (2016), s. 109-118. cited by: Krejčí O., Krejčí V., Kašperáková D., 2020: Engineering geological limits of the urban development of the Brno city, Acta Geologica Slovaca 12(2), pp. 107-119

3

Dunčková L., Bednarik M., Krčmář D., Marschalko M., Tornyai R., 2019: GIS-based multicriteria evaluation of foundation conditions In: Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment. - Roč. 78, č. 4 (2019), s. 2903-2917. - ISSN (print) 1435-9529, cited by: Escobar-Camacho D., Rosero P., Castrejón M., Mena C.F., Cuesta F., 2021: Oceanic islands and climate: using a multi-criteria model of drivers of change to select key conservation areas in Galapagos, Regional Environmental Change 21(2),47

4

Buša J., Tornyai R., Bednarik M., Greif V., Rusnák M., 2019: Hodnotenie zosuvného hazardu pomocou multivariačnej a bivariačnej štatistickej analýzy v košickej kotline (Západné Karpaty), Geografický časopis. - Roč. 71, č. 4 (2019),s. 383-405 cited by: Ali S.A., Parvin F., Vojteková J., Ahmad A., Ghorbani M.A., 2021: GIS-based landslide susceptibility modeling: A comparison between fuzzy multi-criteria and machine learning algorithms, Geoscience Frontiers 12(2), pp. 857-876

5

Tornyai R., Dunčko M., 2013: Using Bivariate and multivariate analysis to assess landslide hazard in Kysuce region (Western Carpathians) | Použitie bivariačnej a multivariačnej analýzy na hodnotenie zosuvného hazardu Kysuckého regiónu (Západné Karpaty), Acta Geologica Slovaca, 2013, 5(2), pp. 179–193 cited by: Barančoková M., Krnáčová Z., 2020: Assessment of landslide susceptibility using statistical modelling in the flysch zone of the Western Carpathians (NW Slovakia), Physical Geography 41(6), pp. 558-586

VI.5 - Participation in conducting (leading) the most important research projects or art projects over the last six years
1

VEGA, grant project no. 1/0559/17: Application of seismic measurements on landslide areas (co-researcher; solution period: 1. 2017 - 12. 2019)

2

VEGA, grant project No. 1/0182/23: Quantification of the landslide risk of urbanized areas of Slovakia threatened by the devastating effects of slope movements

3

Grant VEGA č. 1/0182/23: Quantification of landslide risk in urbanized areas of Slovakia threatened by the devastating effects of slope movements

VII. - Overview of organizational experience related to higher education and research/artistic/other activities

VII.a - Activity, position VII.b - Name of the institution, board VII.c - Duration
membership Slovak Association of Engineering geologists from 2016

VIII. - Overview of international mobilities and visits oriented on education and research/artistic/other activities in the given field of study

IX. - Other relevant facts

IX.a - If relevant, other activities related to higher education or research/artistic/other activities are mentioned

In May 2017, I received the Award of Academician Quida Záruba for young engineering geologists and geotechnicians for the best work in the category of theoretical work in 2016. The topic of the work was "Application of neural networks in landslide hazard assessment".

Date of last update
2025-01-23