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Les Johnson, Chief Technologist at NASA's George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, gave a lecture entitled "Solar Sail Propulsion For Exploring the Solar System" at HUN-REN SZTAKI on 24 October 2024 at the invitation of Balázs Németh, lead researcher at ARNL.

As in previous years, researchers of the Autonomous Systems National Laboratory (ARNL) held a spectacular career orientation demonstration on 28 September 2024 in Budapest in the framework of the Ráday Days, the largest meeting of the Danubian Reformed Church District.

On 13 September 2024, Csanád Gyula Budai and Tamás Széles, researchers of the Systems and Control Laboratory at HUN-REN SZTAKI, talked about their small-scale autonomous racing car in the Trend Idők (Trend Times) programme of Kossuth Radio.

Csanád Budai and Tamás Széles, developers of the Systems and Control Laboratory at HUN-REN SZTAKI, competed in Yokohama, Japan at the fifteenth F1TENTH Autonomous Grand Prix, held in the framework of the 2024 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2024) between 13 and 17 May 2024.

This year, for the second time, the international Student Scientific Competition (SSC) was organised. The competition followed the Hungarian model of the Scientific Student Conference (TDK), which has a history of success spanning over several decades. At SSC, students from the EELISA partner universities matched their knowledge with that of the other contestants, and presented the results of their research projects.

Young European experts in data-driven system modelling met on 23-24 May 2024 at HUN-REN SZTAKI to review and discuss the prevailing scientific trends in the field of system identification and machine learning.

On 11 March 2024, the Hungarian Ambassador to Vienna got acquainted with the international activities of Széchenyi István University, the Innovation Park in Zalaegerszeg and the ZalaZone test track, which is part of the Széchenyi University Group. The diplomat believes that the research and development activities there, which are also closely related to ARNL, represent new opportunities for Hungarian-Austrian relations.

ARNL researchers held an outdoor technical demo at the ZalaZone Automotive Test Track for the delegation of HM EI Zrt. on 27 March 2024.

Balázs Németh, Lead Researcher of ARNL, successfully defended his scientific work and theses submitted for the degree of DSc on 26 April 2024 in the large council room of the HUN-REN SZTAKI.