József Györkös

Who is József Györkös?

József Györkös is a Slovenian politician and university professor. He graduated from the University of Maribor and has a PhD in computer science. He is currently a professor at that university, with research interest in information society and media convergence. For several years Györkös was a state secretary in the government of Republic of Slovenia. He grew up as a member of the Hungarian community in the multicultural environment of the city of Lendava, Slovenia.

After graduation, his work first focused on software-development methodologies, and then on quality systems and decision theories; in the last decade, his research has concentrated on the information society and media convergence. Some references for his scientific work can be found as follows: A search in COBISS shows 416 publications with his name since 1986. He was co-editor in the Springer Verlag book on re-engineering or information systems. He was guest editor of Informatica Journal on Media in information Society.

Between 2001 and 2004 under prime minister Janez Drnovšek, later Anton Rop and minister Pavel Gantar, Györkös was the state secretary at the Ministry of Information Society.