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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.

The goal of the program is for researchers to introduce discovery teaching methods to teachers and work together to ensure that mathematics teachers apply them in their teaching.

The European Research Council (ERC) has announced the list of winners of this year's Starting Grants. András Gilyén is the 13th researcher to win an ERC grant at the Rényi Institute.

In 1993 University Eötvös Loránd (ELTE, Budapest) awarded an honorary doctoral degree to the eighty-year-old world famous mathematician, Paul Erdős, and asked him to give a talk on “The Actual Problems of Mathematics” for a general audience (that is, not just for mathematicians) in the university’s largest auditorium completely filled with about 500 people.

This year, mathematician László Lovász will receive the Erasmus Medal of the European Academy of Sciences, which he will receive at the institution's annual conference on October 16. An interview with László Lovász, research professor at the Rényi Institute, was conducted on the occasion of the award.

The European Combinatorics Prizes were awarded at the Eurocomb’25 conference. This year, three prizes were awarded and the 2024 Euler Medal was also awarded during the ceremonial session.

Tudás.hu conducted an interview about the mathematical method used by the MIT Blackjack Team - a secret society of university students - to win huge sums of money in casinos in the 80s and 90s. Endre Csóka, senior research fellow at the Rényi Institute, talks about the card counting technique, why this method is no longer feasible today, and game theory is also discussed in the conversation.

The conference on combinatorics is being held in Budapest for the second time, organized by the Rényi Institute. Participants from nearly 30 countries around the world are coming to this year's Eurocomb. The prestigious European Combinatorics Award will also be presented here.

The Rényi Institute has won funding from the European Union's Marie Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral Networks consortium, which will enable the organization of important training courses in collaboration with other universities.

László Lovász received a prestigious award, the Erasmus Medal was awarded to the Abel Prize-winning research professor for his consistently outstanding international scientific work by the European Academy of Sciences.