1. AI in Hungary - Overview
László Korányi

2. Excellent Research Mathematical Background Cybernetics Background
Graph-theory
Number theory
Combinatory
Algorithms
Networks
(John von Neumann, Pál Erdős, Pál Turán,
László Lovász, Endre Szemerédi, Albert-László Barabási)
Cybernetics Background
László Kalmár – Szeged University

3. Important Research Centers
Hungarian Academy of Sciences – Alfred Renyi Institute of Mathematics
Artificial Intelligence Research Group (Balázs Szegedy) - winner ERC Consolidator Grant
Eötvös Loránd University of Sciences
Deep learning
Data science
Network science
Visual analytics
Budapest University of Technology and Economics
robotics and intelligent manufacturing
data-mining of financial time-series
cyber security risks of vehicle communication
Autonomous driving
Central European University
Network research (Albert-László Barabási)

4. Applied Research Computer Science and Control Institute (MTA SZTAKI)
Engineering and business intelligence
Machine perception and interaction
Vehicle and transportation systems
Continental - Deep Machine Learning Competence Center
Ericsson – IoT for smart cities, 5G applications
Bosch – Autonomous Driving Research Group

5. 40 AI, Big Data based startups (5% of total)
The Startup Scene
40 AI, Big Data based startups (5% of total)
Phase
Proportion
Startup
65%
Scaleup
35%
No. of Employees
Proportion
1-10
72,5%
11-50
25,0%
2,5%
Success stories:
AI Motive (40 m USD investment)
LynxAnalitics (data graph analitics)
Turbine.AI (cancer research, in silico)

6. AI in the Public Sector
Security – Hungarian Special Police (video recognition and analysis of persons, objects, situations)
Healthcare - big data as a foundation for AI-based quality improvement
Government support
Rényi Institute +: mathematical foundations of artificial intelligence” 3m EUR
ELTE: Artificial Intelligence & Data Science research group, 1m EUR
Technical University: Technologies to increase the safety of IoT 1m EUR

7. International Cooperation
László Lovász (Math. Research Inst.)
Albert-László Barabási (CEU and Boston)
(Jaroslav Nešetřil, Charles University, Prague)
Computer Science and Control Institute
H2020 call on Network of AI Excellence Centers
In Hungary: considering to support the Czech bid
10 million Euro ERC Synergy Grant
(network science,graph-theory,
with AI applications)
Fraunhofer Ges.

8. AI Policy Environment AI Coalition (MI koalíció)
Applications and market development
Technology and security
Data industry and data management
Regulation and ethics
International relations
Education and awareness
EU Declaration on Artificial Intelligence
Planning of AI strategy and the Hungarian AI Flagship program

9. Thank you for your kind attention!