Péter Károly Risztics

After graduating from university, he started working as an assistant professor at the Department of Process Control at the Budapest University of Technology (BME). He participated in the educational development of informatics and complex information systems design, led the development of the curriculum entitled Complex Information Systems Design and Reliability of Information Systems, and directed the teaching of these subjects for years.

His research and development (R&D) topics were initially computer applications, then computer graphics, and three-dimensional image synthesis processes. About 20 diploma theses, doctoral and candidate degrees were created in these topics under his professional guidance. Between the 1980s and 1990s, he was one of the leaders in the design of the color, graphic raster display, which became a significant export product. From the 1990s onwards, his R&D activities focused on the design of complex information systems and application software systems. He obtained patents in these topics.

In 1980, he defended his doctoral dissertation on the reliability of computer systems, and in 1988, he earned a technical candidate's degree on the design of high-reliability information systems.

Since the late 1990s, his R&D interests have focused on the implementation of complex information systems, primarily administrative applications. Since the 2000s, he has managed about 20 development projects.

He received a Széchenyi Professorial Scholarship between 1997 and 2001. Between 1987 and 2003 he was the scientific director of the INNOTECH University of Technology Innovation Park.

In 1998, at the suggestion of the then rector, the University Council (now: Senate) entrusted him with the organization of the BME Informatics Center (now: Public Administration Informatics Center), which he led as director until 2009. He has been the president of the Center since 2009; under his leadership since 2010, the Center has become an active participant in the development of electronic public administration. Under his leadership, the University participated in several prominent domestic developments, such as the Unified Emergency Call System, the Government Cloud, and then the Government Data Center, the Government Data Vault.

In 2006, under his leadership, the BME Information Technology Innovation and Knowledge Center (BME(IT)2) was established with the participation of three university and 9 industrial partners, of which he was the director. In 2008, he organized the National Technology Platform for Software and Services, of which he was the president between 2008 and 2013.

He has been a member of the Measurement Technology and Automation Scientific Association (MATE) since completing his university studies. Between 1997 and 2010, and since 2019, he has been a member of the National Communications and Informatics Council (NHIT).

Honors: Outstanding Employee of Education (1974); Outstanding Inventor (1994); Knight's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary (2006); Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Hungarian Republic (civilian category, 2020).