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Tamas Sziranyi

Also known as Tamás Szirányi

Tamás Szirányi is a researcher in machine perception and pattern recognition who heads the Machine Perception Research Laboratory at HUN-REN SZTAKI. He received his Ph.D. from the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in 1991, joined its Institute for Computer Science and Control in 1992, and became a professor at Pannon University in Veszprém in 2001. In 2008, the International Association for Pattern Recognition named him a Fellow for stochastic models and learning methods for video event analysis and for energy optimization-based image and video segmentation. The Hungarian Academy of Sciences elected him a Corresponding Member in 2022. His laboratory works on autonomous vehicle sensing and LIDAR data analysis, and he is an elected member of ELLIS.

Now at
Institute for Computer Science and Control and European Laboratory for Learning and Intelligent Systems
Born
1957
Badges

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Timeline

  1. 1991–2001

    Ph.D. and D.Sci. degrees

    The Hungarian Academy of Sciences in Budapest awards him a Ph.D. in 1991 and a D.Sci. in 2001.

  2. 1992–2006

    Research scientist at SZTAKI

    In 1992, he becomes a research scientist at the Institute for Computer Science and Control (MTA SZTAKI) of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. In 2006, he becomes head of the laboratory there that was earlier the Distributed Events Analysis Research Laboratory, now the Machine Perception Research Laboratory.

  3. 1997–2009

    Society president and journal editor

    He founds the Hungarian Image Processing and Pattern Recognition Society and serves as its president from 1997 to 2002. From 2003 to 2009, he is an Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Image Processing.

  4. 2001

    Professor at Pannon University

    In 2001, he is appointed full professor at Pannon University in Veszprém. The Image Processing Research Laboratory there, which he established in the 1990s, covers image recognition and segmentation and video and motion analysis, and its results include hidden Markov models for video segmentation and unusual event detection.

  5. 2001–2011

    Master Professor and Széchenyi honours

    He wins a Master Professor award in 2001. In 2011, he receives the Széchenyi professorship and the ProScientia (Veszprém) award.

  6. 2008

    IAPR Fellow for video analysis

    The International Association for Pattern Recognition names him a Fellow in 2008 for contributions to stochastic models and learning methods for video event analysis, and to energy optimization-based image and video segmentation. In 2015, the IAPR newsletter publishes an interview with him about his fellowship and his research on video event analysis.

  7. 2022

    Corresponding member of the Academy

    In 2022, the Hungarian Academy of Sciences elects him a Corresponding Member.

  8. As of October 2026

    Machine perception at SZTAKI

    He heads the Machine Perception Research Laboratory at HUN-REN SZTAKI, whose main research areas include autonomous vehicle sensing and the analysis of 3D models and LIDAR data. He is an elected member of the European Laboratory for Learning and Intelligent Systems (ELLIS).

Career

  1. Since 2006Institute for Computer Science and ControlHead
  2. NowEuropean Laboratory for Learning and Intelligent SystemsElected Member
  3. From 2001University of PannoniaFull Professor, Founder
  4. 1992–2006Hungarian Academy of SciencesResearch Scientist, Corresponding Member

Education

  1. 2001Hungarian Academy of SciencesD.Sci.
  2. 1991Hungarian Academy of SciencesPh.D.

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Colleagues

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Sources and credits

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  1. Tamás Szirányi | HUN-REN SZTAKI sztaki.hun-ren.hu. Checked 20 October 2026.
  2. Image Processing Research Laboratory - University of Pannonia Faculity of Information Technology mik.uni-pannon.hu. Checked 20 October 2026.
  3. Chronological List of IAPR Fellows – International Association for Pattern Recognition iapr.org. Checked 20 October 2026.
  4. IAPR's Interview with Tamás Szirányi, Head of Distributed Events Analysis Research Laboratory | HUN-REN SZTAKI sztaki.hu. Checked 20 October 2026.
  5. Machine Perception Research Laboratory | HUN-REN SZTAKI sztaki.hun-ren.hu. Checked 20 October 2026.