László Csaba

After graduating, he joined the Beloiannisz Telecommunications Factory (BHG) as a product designer in the Microwave Development Department.
Under the leadership of Miklós Uzsoky, the PM28, a 24-channel microwave device family capable of speech transmission, was developed; his task in the development was to develop the speech encoder-decoder.

In 1965, he joined the Digital Department of the Automation Research Institute (AKI) of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, headed by Miklós Uzsoky. Their main profile was the computer-aided design and production of digital equipment, but they also dealt with the development of telecommunications (data transmission) equipment.

In 1979, he became the head of computer network research at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences' Computer Science and Automation Research Institute (SZTAKI). He played a decisive role in Hungary becoming a member of the European research community. By 1989, an X.25 data network compliant with international standards was established, which became part of international networks. All this gave a great boost to domestic developments and helped create the backbone network that enabled the spread of Internet services in Hungary.

Between 1986 and 1996, he was the chairman of the Technical Council of the Information Infrastructure Development (IIF), later the National Information Infrastructure Development (NIIF) Program, and trained the team of professionals who later successfully continued the development and operation of the network. For this achievement, he received the Széchenyi Prize, shared with Péter Bakonyi.

From 1990, he managed the computer center of Allianz-Hungária Insurance.

Between 1991 and 1994, he was the director of the Hungarian branch of the European Academic Research Network (EARN).

Honors: Széchenyi Prize (shared, 1993); Kalmár Prize (NJSZT, 1987); Lifetime Achievement Award (NJSZT, 2015).