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Maryna Viazovska, a Ukrainian mathematician who became world-famous for solving the 8- and 24-dimensional sphere packing problem, received the Fejes Tóth László Medal yesterday. The Rényi Mathematical Research Institute intends to recognize an internationally significant mathematical work in the field of geometry with this award every year.

The list of winners of the National Research Excellence Program applications announced by the National Research, Development and Innovation Office (NKFIH) has been published. Researchers from the Rényi Institute received funding in four sub-programs.

The posthumous award was received by the son of Richárd Wiegandt yesterday at the opening ceremony of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences' Jubilee Science Celebration 2025 program series.

A compilation was made on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Rényi Institute in the program Felfedező — a tudomány világál. In the popular science magazine of Kossuth Radio, Péter Pálfy talked about the history of the institute, the world-famous Hungarian mathematics, and András Stipsicz talked about the significance of mathematics and Rényi's achievements.

The Rényi Institute is celebrating its 75th anniversary with a series of lectures. The ceremony on October 28 will take place in the main hall of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, featuring lectures by two mathematicians who have been awarded the Fields Medal, Wendelin Werner and Alessio Figalli. In the afternoon, the institute's current and former directors and leading researchers will present Rényi's past, its achievements, and discuss the challenges of the future.

The procedure, which András Gilyén, a mathematician at the Rényi Institute, wrote a paper about, could be a building block for the first practical applications of quantum computers. The article was recently published in the journal Nature.

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, 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.

„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.

The International Mathematical Olympiad will be held in Budapest in 2027. The guest of the program "Closer to Mathematics" - on Trend FM and Radiocafé - was Dávid Kunszenti-Kovács, who is working on the preparation of the IMO with the team of the Rényi Institute.