The Erasmus Medal was awarded to László Lovász today

2025. 10. 16.
The Erasmus Medal was awarded today at the Academia Europaea conference to mathematician László Lovász, research professor at the Rényi Institute. This is the highest award that the Academia Europaea can bestow, recognizing the recipient's lifelong scientific achievement.

Richard Wiegandt has passed away

2025. 10. 13.
Richard Wiegandt, Doctor of Mathematical Sciences, retired scientific advisor at the Alfréd Rényi Institute for Mathematical Research, and former head of the institute's Algebra Department, passed away on October 12, 2025, at the age of 94.

A matematika szépsége - interjú Lovász Lászlóval az Innotékában

2025. 10. 10.
„Én a legszívesebben a szakmámmal szeretek foglalkozni, még akkor is, ha az ötletek 90-95 százaléka zsákutcának bizonyul. A maradékért érdemes élni" - mondta Lovász László, a Rényi Intézet kutatóprofesszora az Innotéka című magazinnak adott interjúban.

Radio interview with Balázs Patkós — Closer to mathematics

2025. 09. 23.
Hungarian combinatorics is strong and internationally renowned, which is why a record number of researchers came to Budapest for the Eurocomb'25 conference at the end of August. This provided the opportunity for a radio interview — on Trend FM and Radiocafé — with Balázs Patkós, a researcher at the Rényi Institute.

Researchers' Night at the Rényi Institute

2025. 09. 19.
On September 26, at the Researchers' Night, our researchers will be presenting three lectures. The titles are: "Life-course analysis with artificial intelligence", "Stable marriages and admissions scores", and "Proving Pál Erdős' conjecture by bringing together different scientific fields".

Closer to mathematics - interview with András Némethi

2025. 09. 16.
András Némethi is one of the world's leading scientists in singularity theory. He was born and educated in Transylvania, worked in America for a decade and a half, and joined the Rényi Institute in 2004. It is thanks to him that algebraic geometry became known in Hungary - he also spoke about this work in the program broadcast on Trend FM and Radiocafé.