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12/08/2023 - 15:28

HUN-REN SZTAKI Department of Distributed Systems (DSD) actively took part in digital art projects in the 1990s, when DSD itself just started. In the era of emerging web technologies, several artists who wished to present their work in the virtual space contacted DSD. Bringing their ideas an exciting cooperation was established to see how it was possible to technically implement artistic visions, where DSD provided software development and the technical background. Nightwatch, a net art journal with independently connected net art works, dates from this most prolific period.

Open Science, Open Data in Hungary conference organised by HUN-REN ARP Project members

11/27/2023 - 13:01

The conference titled Open Science, Open Data in Hungary – The First Two Years of HUN-REN ARP took place on 16 November 2023, and was hosted by the HUN-REN Institute for Computer Science and Control (HUN-REN SZTAKI). During this event, attendees had the opportunity to explore presentations covering the historical background, current status, and future prospects of the HUN-REN Data Repository Platform (HUN-REN ARP).

SZTAKI researchers presented at DARIAH international conference in Budapest

06/12/2023 - 12:48

DARIAH European research network, that focuses on the arts and humanities, held its annual event between 6-9 June in Budapest. The main topic of the DARIAH Annual Event 2023 was the data management and data curation of cultural heritage.

Developing ELKH ARP AROMA is published in Describo newsletter in Australia

06/07/2023 - 11:50

In the latest edition of the Australian Describo newsletter one can read about the ELKH ARP Aroma developments. The aim of the ELKH ARP project is to create a software platform to store, archive and share research data. The ARP software system (ARP platform) is designed and created by SZTAKI DSD Department of Distributed Systems. The newly developed AROMA extension, that adds a new data packaging solution to the already existing solution, has been developed to this very system and is based on the Describo software.

SZTAKI hosted the annual meeting of project DKG

10/21/2022 - 09:27

The Distributed Knowledge Graphs (DKG) project, financed by the COST programme, held its face-to-face annual Management Committee meeting hosted by the Department of Distributed Systems of SZTAKI on 13-14 October.

International success at LDAC Hackathon

06/15/2022 - 14:30

At the Linked Data in Architecture and Construction Workshop (LDAC) held in Spain this year, Ádám Kovács (Budapest University of Technology and Economics) was part of the winning team in the CBIM (Cloud-based Building Information Modeling) Hackathon.

About the 1st Workshop on Consumers of Distributed Knowledge Graphs in Digital, Industry and Space

03/22/2022 - 11:31

On the 16th of February 2022 the COST action on Distributed Knowledge Graphs organized the 1st Workshop on Consumers of Distributed Knowledge Graphs in Digital, Industry and Space. The event was held online in two sessions containing seven presentations altogether.

Hungarian DBpedia launch

09/07/2021 - 09:22

Hungarian DBpedia service is launched on hu.dbpedia.org , as the experimental, beta version of the Hungarian Wikipedia-based knowledge graph. DBpedia converts Wikipedia contents to a format that is machine-readable and -processable, thus providing an extensive amount of data to Artificial Intelligence (AI) and other software.

SZTAKI is now a member of DBpedia Association

04/13/2021 - 12:11

SZTAKI (Institute for Computer Science and Control) has now become a member of DBpedia Association. The organization supports activities to develop DBpedia, a collaborative project that aims to prepare and constantly update knowledge graphs based on Wikipedia data.

Distributed Knowledge Graphs (DKG) EU project launch with SZTAKI

09/25/2020 - 10:37

Knowledge graphs have become the most important tools of sharing and connecting research or industry information and contacts. These graphs enable, in a flexible way, the access, use and publication of data as a distributed system.
Due to the increasing uptake of Knowledge Graph technologies, research and development communities face new challenges including the management of the ever-increasing scale and size of these graphs, maintaining quality of data and ensuring data security and privacy.

Research data management and Open Science - HRDA virtual meetup

06/24/2020 - 12:57

Dr. László Kovács (SZTAKI Department of Distributed Systems) gave a presentation on Data Repositories on the 4th event in the HRDA meetup-series.

The Department of Distributed Systems of SZTAKI, the catalyst of the Hungarian web scene has become 25 years old

01/08/2020 - 13:22

The Department of Distributed Systems (DSD) of SZTAKI that has been playing a pioneering role in several fields, like the introduction and adoption of World Wide Web (WWW) technologies in Hungary, was established 25 years ago, in 1994. On this occasion, we present some outstanding projects from the past.

COURAGE project received a Special Mention at the Heritage in Motion competition

10/04/2019 - 08:48

COURAGE project, completed with the international cooperation of 12 participants, received a Special Mention at the Heritage in Motion competition. The Award Ceremony held in Ljubljana (Slovenia) on 20th September celebrated the best multimedia projects and achievements that aim the preservation of Europe's cultural heritage.

New software supports the Hungarian Scientific Bibliography (MTMT2) (Press Release)

Government

03/28/2019 - 10:08

As of November 1, 2018 the national scientific publication registry system called Hungarian Scientific Bibliography (MTMT) is supported by a new software system (MTMT v.2.0). The Department of Distributed Systems at MTA SZTAKI has developed the new version, on behalf of and in close cooperation with the Library and Information Centre of MTA during the past 4 years.

The Web is 30!

03/12/2019 - 14:28

W3C Hungarian Office, hosted by MTA SZTAKI joins to celebrate 30th anniversary of the web.

Integration meeting of the H2020 project SYMBIO-TIC

12/15/2018 - 14:36

Between the 10th and 12th December 2018, three members of our Institute (Gergely Horváth - EMI, Csaba Kardos - EMI, Balázs Pataki - DSD) participated on an integration meeting of the H2020 project SYMBIO-TIC.

Risk Factors - FUGA hosts exhibition of COURAGE project

06/21/2018 - 10:44

FUGA hosts the exhibition "Risk Factors", that shows the legacy of cultural opposition during the communist era through selected materials taken from well- and less-known archives in Eastern European countries. Archive photos, university samizdat, alternative works of art, punk magazines, illegal publications "bring back" the culture of the opposition, and demonstrate individual and community ways of opposition to the visitors. The collection is also available online in the virtual exhibition.

COURAGE project on the European Institutions Open Day 2018 in Brussels

05/08/2018 - 13:39

COURAGE H2020 project, along with six other projects, was invited to exhibit on the European Institutions Open Day 2018 in Brussels. In the event held on May 5, the selected projects aimed to demonstrate scientific research and innovations come to life under the H2020 framework.

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