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Leadership Changes at Rényi Institute

2026. 10. 22.

As of 22 October, Academician András Stipsicz, Director General of Rényi Institute since 2019, took up his new role as President of HUN-REN. His responsibilities at Rényi will be assumed by Deputy Director General Dezső Miklós, supported by Károly Böröczky, Director of the Erdős Center

Hungarian Science Needs to Move Forward in Bigger Leaps

2026. 10. 21.

Incoming HUN-REN President and Rényi's Director General András Stipsicz on a research system that rewards excellence, gives researchers a predictable future and encourages collaboration across disciplines

László Lovász, Abel Prize-winning Research Professor at Rényi Institute, Receives JATE Award in Alumni Category

2026. 10. 20.

JATE Award was established in 2023 by Katalin Karikó, who donated the full monetary component of her Nobel Prize, in collaboration with the University of Szeged

András Stipsicz: Restored Access to Horizon Europe and Erasmus+ Reassures Hungary’s Scientific Community

2026. 10. 15.

The Director of Rényi Institute and President-elect of HUN-REN Welcomes the European Council’s 13 October Decision

Thoughts on Space and Time: a Convention-Defying Architect at Rényi

2026. 10. 14.

Academician Gábor Domokos, an architect and engineer with an unconventional approach, gave a lecture on natural tilings. His lecture will also be available in Hungarian at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA) on November 3rd, as part of the Hungarian Science Festival.

The Institute

Research

Artificial Intelligence

Erdős Center

Seminars

Alex Rutar (University of British Columbia): Multifractal formalism for measures on self-affine carpets

2026. 10. 26. 10:05 - 2026. 10. 26. 10:55

BME, Building H, Room 207

BME Fractal Geometry Seminar

Gavril Farkas (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin): The birational geometry of M_g via non-abelian Brill-Noether theory

2026. 10. 26. 14:00 - 2026. 10. 26. 15:00

Erdős Center, Seminar room

Postdoc Seminar of the Erdős Center

Farkas Gábor (Humbolt Egyetem, Berlin): A Hilbert-pontséma irracionális komponensei

2026. 10. 27. 10:30 - 2026. 10. 27. 11:30

BME H306

BME Algebra és Geometria szeminárium

Gyarmati Katalin: Number Theoretic Medley

2026. 10. 27. 14:15 - 2026. 10. 27. 15:45

Rényi Nagyterem and Zoom

Számelmélet

Számelmélet szeminárium

Angela Ortega (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin): Prym maps for cyclic covers of hyperelliptic curves

2026. 10. 28. 14:00 - 2026. 10. 28. 15:00

Erdős Center, Seminar room

Postdoc Seminar of the Erdős Center

András Gyárfás: The Turán number of a tree

2026. 10. 29. 12:15 - 2026. 10. 29. 13:45

Rényi Nagyterem and Zoom

Extremal combinatorics

Extremal Set Systems seminar

Pratyush Mishra: Constructing Groups of Infinite Girth Without Non-Abelian Free Subgroups

2026. 11. 02. 10:15 - 2026. 11. 02. 11:15

Rényi Nagyterem and Zoom

Algebra

Algebra seminar

A Magyar Tudomány Ünnepe, a Fejes Tóth László Díj átadása. Előadás: Mikhael Gromov

2026. 11. 02. 14:15 - 2026. 11. 02. 15:45

Rényi Nagyterem and Zoom

All Institute meeting

News

Leadership Changes at Rényi Institute

2026. 10. 22.

Hungarian Science Needs to Move Forward in Bigger Leaps

2026. 10. 21.

László Lovász, Abel Prize-winning Research Professor at Rényi Institute, Receives JATE Award in Alumni Category

2026. 10. 20.

JATE Award was established in 2023 by Katalin Karikó, who donated the full monetary component of her Nobel Prize, in collaboration with the University of Szeged

András Stipsicz: Restored Access to Horizon Europe and Erasmus+ Reassures Hungary’s Scientific Community

2026. 10. 15.

The Director of Rényi Institute and President-elect of HUN-REN Welcomes the European Council’s 13 October Decision

Thoughts on Space and Time: a Convention-Defying Architect at Rényi

2026. 10. 14.

Fantastic results will continue to emerge in mathematics even after the arrival of AI

2026. 10. 06.

Dániel Varga, a senior researcher at RÉNYI AI, is less optimistic about whether mathematicians will weather this dramatic transformation well. Together with Ákos Dúcz, he answered one of Paul Erdős’s questions using AI only as an auxiliary tool.

A Glimpse into Rényi's Programmes on Researchers’ Night 2026

2026. 09. 29.

Two presentations held in the Main Hall during Researchers’ Night are now available, along with Hungarian Public Radio's report on the event.

Bolyai Day is a celebration of not only achievements, but of trust as well

2026. 09. 29.

The recipients of this year’s Bolyai János Research Scholarship, including researchers affiliated with Rényi Institute, received their certificates at a ceremony held at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences

Are We Standing at the Threshold of a New Golden Age, or Drifting towards a Threatening, Uncontrollable Era?

2026. 09. 18.

The unchecked expansion of AI and humanity’s vulnerability to manipulation were at the centre of the latest episode of the Friderikusz Podcast, featuring Balázs Szegedy, research professor at Rényi Institute.

Historical Archives of the Hungarian State Security and Million-Dollar Mathematics: Researchers’ Night at Rényi Institute

2026. 09. 15.

Registration is open for Renyi's Researchers' Night's September 25 programmes

Rényi's Two Researchers in a New International Simons Collaboration

2026. 09. 10.

The New Simons Collaboration will explore discrete subgroups of Lie Groups, which play a fundamental role in several areas of modern mathematics and are closely connected to theoretical physics

The World’s Most Talented Young Mathematicians to Gather in Budapest in 2027

2026. 09. 02.

Following the International Mathematical Olympiad in Shanghai, eyes are now on Budapest: in 2027, the Hungarian capital will host the competition, with HUN-REN Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics as main organizer

Leadership Changes at Rényi Institute

Hungarian Science Needs to Move Forward in Bigger Leaps

László Lovász, Abel Prize-winning Research Professor at Rényi Institute, Receives JATE Award in Alumni Category

András Stipsicz: Restored Access to Horizon Europe and Erasmus+ Reassures Hungary’s Scientific Community

Thoughts on Space and Time: a Convention-Defying Architect at Rényi

Seminars

Alex Rutar (University of British Columbia): Multifractal formalism for measures on self-affine carpets

Gavril Farkas (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin): The birational geometry of M_g via non-abelian Brill-Noether theory

Farkas Gábor (Humbolt Egyetem, Berlin): A Hilbert-pontséma irracionális komponensei

Gyarmati Katalin: Number Theoretic Medley

Angela Ortega (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin): Prym maps for cyclic covers of hyperelliptic curves

András Gyárfás: The Turán number of a tree

Pratyush Mishra: Constructing Groups of Infinite Girth Without Non-Abelian Free Subgroups

A Magyar Tudomány Ünnepe, a Fejes Tóth László Díj átadása. Előadás: Mikhael Gromov

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Leadership Changes at Rényi Institute

Hungarian Science Needs to Move Forward in Bigger Leaps

László Lovász, Abel Prize-winning Research Professor at Rényi Institute, Receives JATE Award in Alumni Category

András Stipsicz: Restored Access to Horizon Europe and Erasmus+ Reassures Hungary’s Scientific Community

Thoughts on Space and Time: a Convention-Defying Architect at Rényi

Fantastic results will continue to emerge in mathematics even after the arrival of AI

A Glimpse into Rényi's Programmes on Researchers’ Night 2026

Bolyai Day is a celebration of not only achievements, but of trust as well

Are We Standing at the Threshold of a New Golden Age, or Drifting towards a Threatening, Uncontrollable Era?

Historical Archives of the Hungarian State Security and Million-Dollar Mathematics: Researchers’ Night at Rényi Institute

Rényi's Two Researchers in a New International Simons Collaboration

The World’s Most Talented Young Mathematicians to Gather in Budapest in 2027

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