Péter Szolgay

After graduating from university, he went to work at the Telecommunications Research Institute (TKI) at the encouragement of Professor Árpád Csurgay, in his department. Between 1974-1980, as a research associate, he developed layout design procedures, dealing with computer-aided design automation.

Between 1980 and 1984, he was a post-graduate student at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences' Computer Science and Automation Research Institute (SZTAKI), and from 1984 he became a research associate there; here he conducted research on the constraints of design systems. In 1988, he obtained the title of Candidate of Technical Sciences in the topic of joint design of logic and layout.

Between 1988 and 1989 he was a visiting researcher at EPFL (École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland) in the field of computer architectures.

He became involved in university education in 1989, while remaining affiliated with the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA SZTAKI), and from 1990 as a senior research fellow.

From 1995, he taught and researched as an associate professor at the Faculty of Technical Informatics of the University of Veszprém (VE). In 1997, he received a Széchenyi Professorship. In 2000, he obtained his doctorate from the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and became a university professor. Between 2000 and 2005, he headed the Department of Image Processing and Neurocomputers at the University of Veszprém.
Between 2006-2012 (since the foundation of the Faculty) he was a lecturer and then deputy dean for research and development at the Faculty of Information Technology (and Bionics) of Pázmány Péter Catholic University (PPKE). Between 2012-2016 he was the dean of the Faculty of ITC of PPKE; since 2019 he has been a professor emeritus.

His research areas: analog CNN algorithms, their applications and limitations; CNN Universal Machine for the analysis of systems with complex space-time dynamics; emulated digital CNNUM implementations and their applications; coupling of sensor arrays and analog processor arrays; research on multiprocessor architectures. He has published more than 200 papers.

Organizational memberships: Secretary of the Hungarian Section of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Vice President between 1988-2000; member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences' Informatics Scientific Committee since 2009; editor of IEEE Transaction on Circuits and Systems; member of the editorial board of the International Journal of Circuit Theory and Applications since 2012.

His awards: Pro Universitate Pannonica (PE, 2007); Pázmány Plaque (PPKE, 2011).