Péter Gáspár, Head of the Systems and Control Research Laboratory of SZTAKI, and also the Technical Director of the National Laboratory of Autonomous Systems (ARNL), held his inaugural lecture as an elected Full Member of the HAS on 19 October 2022.

The remaining tasks of the FLiPASED H2020 project were discussed by researchers of Systems and Control Lab at SZTAKI with the participation of representatives from DLR, ONERA and the Technical University of Munich (TUM).

The 247-page publication introduces to its readers the researchers who received a Bolyai Medal and/or a Bolyai Research Fellowship over the past quarter century. It also introduces the members of the Board of Trustees for the mentioned prizes to the readers. Furthermore, the publication draws lessons from the subject period in regards of the scientific research. Then, it summarises the achievements of the researchers concerned.

In the frame of the 4th ZalaZONE Innovation Day that was held on 30 September 2022 (4ZZID), ARNL researchers and developers held several live vehicle demonstrations for interested visitors and for the representatives of the Ministry of Technology and Industry (TIM) at the ZalaZONE automotive test track.

​​​​​​​SZTAKI researchers presented R&D projects and results to the delegation. During the presentations and demonstrations, the delegation could learn about SZTAKI’s developments in the fields of aviation, automation, artificial intelligence and machine vision and perception.

Dr. Myung-Joon KIM, President of the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) of South Korea, and his three high-ranking colleagues within ETRI visited Hungary on a scientific and research networking tour. The program of the tour was organised by the Ministry of Culture and Innovation.

In the frame of the ”Week of Safety” event-series the researchers of the Széchenyi István University (Győr, Hungary) and of the Institute for Computer Science and Control (SZTAKI, Budapest, Hungary) were given the opportunity to demonstrate to the public the results of their joint development efforts concerning a forerunner drone. The live demo was carried out with the active participation of the Hungarian National Ambulance Service (HNAS); more specifically, one of their ambulance cars was accompanied in the air and was safeguarded from above by the aforementioned drone.

In its Innovation and Demonstration Space that had been inaugurated this summer, SZTAKI received the representatives of the Office of Naval Research (ONR). This is an organization within the United States Department of the Navy, and is responsible for the science and technology programs within the Navy and Marine Corps. The ONR delegation viewed scientific demos prepared by SZTAKI and listened to presentations on research carried out in SZTAKI.

Hungary's newest automotive technology development centre, the Bosch Budapest Innovation Campus, has been inaugurated. The Bosch Group is a traditional and highly respected industrial partner of SZTAKI and the ARNL in the field of automotive research. Presently, there are several on-going research projects and cooperations with various research units of the Group.