His research interests are in software engineering, software quality, number theory and cryptography. He is the author of numerous scientific publications. He received his MSc degree in computer science and mathematics, and his PhD degree in informatics. Dr. Kovács spent 3 years at the University of Paderborn, Germany, and 4 months at the Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands. He received an award for outstanding research from the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Young Scientist Prize). He is a project leader of several industrial R&D projects. Dr. Kovács consults for companies on issues including software quality, software testing, safety and reliability. He is an ISTQB, IREB and Agile trainer.