László Bélády

After the 1956 revolution, he worked as a development engineer and researcher first in Germany, then in France, and later in the United States and Japan. Between 1960 and 1980, he conducted a wide range of research work at the famous IBM Watson Research Center (operating systems, virtual machine architecture, computer graphics). After that, he was the director of IBM's software technology department for 2 years.

In 1984, he launched his Software Technology Program at Microelectronics and Computer Technology (MCC), a leading professional institution in the USA at the time. His goal was to develop advanced technology to support the distributed design of large, complex systems.

He was the founder and director of the Mitsubishi Electric Information Technology Center in America for eight years. He has served on the advisory boards of several software companies in the USA, Austria and Hungary.

His name is also associated with the development of software technology as a field. His book “Program Evolution”, co-written with Professor Lehmann, is one of the most well-known source works on software technology. His article on virtual memory systems published in 1983 was the most cited publication on the subject of software in two decades.

In addition to his outstanding professional work, exemplified by the Bélády algorithm and Bélády anomaly named after him, he paid great attention to his talented colleagues, supporting their careers, and helping to disseminate Hungarian software results worldwide. He was the professional leader of the Software Technology Forum, founded in 2002 (with the professional support of the IEEE Computer Society and the NJSZT Forum).

From 1979 to 1983, he was the editor-in-chief of the IEEE Transaction on Software Engineering journal. He is a member of the board of trustees of the Academy Industry Program of the US National Academy of Sciences. Since 1980, he has been an external member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. He is a member of the Advisory Board of the Faculty of Information Technology and Bionics of the Pázmány Péter Catholic University.

Awards: Citation Index Classic (1983); Warnier Prize for Excellence in Information (1990); Neumann Plaque and Diploma (NJSZT, 2003); Lifetime Achievement Award (NJSZT, 2018).