Peter Szlavi

Since 1977, he has been working as a lecturer (already a student) at the Faculty of Science (TTK, then the Department of Numerical and Machine Mathematics) of ELTE, then since 1979 (at the Department of General Computer Science) as a program design mathematician, teaching assistant, assistant professor, and since 2007 as an associate professor (already at the Department of Media and Educational Informatics of the Faculty of Informatics).

His interests are broadly the use of IT tools in education, and narrowly the methodology of programming. He had outstanding merits in developing the latter; he taught this subject in almost all departments of the Faculty of Computer Science. Other subjects he taught include: Programming Languages, Teaching Algorithms and Data Modeling, Teaching Informatics 1-2, Solving Informatics Competition Problems, Problem-Solving Seminar 1, Informatics Systems, etc.
In the 1980s, he was invited to numerous professional circles and teacher training courses on the topic of programming by the National Pedagogical Institute (OPI) and the Metropolitan Pedagogical Institute (FPI), as well as county Pedagogical Institutes.

He took a significant part in compiling the topics of the mathematics and computer science major that started in 1987. – Between 1994-1996, he participated in the work of the professional group that developed the Informatics material of the National Core Curriculum.

In 2005, he earned a PhD degree from ELTE with his dissertation entitled “Didactic Issues in Programming” on the subject of IT methodology and program specification tools. He is the author of several books, textbooks, course and university notes.

He participated in the organization of the International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI'96) held in Hungary in 1996, as well as the Central European Olympiad in Informatics in 2001 and 2005.
Between 1985 and 2010, he was an active member of the organizing team of IT competitions for secondary and primary school students (Tihamér Nemes, Logo, National Secondary School IT Competition (OKTV)). He is one of the preparatory teachers for international IT competitions organized for secondary school students (International Student Olympiad (IOI) and the Central European Student Olympiad in Informatics (CEOI).

Since 2000, he has been vice president of the Talent Development Department of the National Youth Service Association.

In recognition of his teaching and research work at the university, as well as his activities in the field of computer culture in public education, he received ministerial (and once prime ministerial) commendations in 1986, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004 and 2006. His other awards include: Tarján Memorial Medal (NJSZT, 1987); Informatics Instructor of the Year Award (Association of Leading Informatics Professionals, VISZ, 2011); Pro Universitate Memorial Medal Gold (ELTE, 2019).