symposium – ÓU Bánki Donát Faculty of Mechanical and Safety Engineering

The Engineering Symposium at Bánki (ESB 2025) was held on November 11, 2025. The aim of the event was to present the latest technological and scientific research results, while strengthening academic and professional relationships.

The conference was opened by Dr. habil Tibor Farkas, Dean of our Faculty. Plenary lectures were held during the morning (Dr. Ferenc Kaiser: “David’s Fight with Goliath” – Naval Operations in the Russian-Ukrainian War, and Dr. József Kaló: Mud Huts and Data Centers – Africa’s Dynamically Growing Weight in the Global Arena).

After the plenary lectures, participants enjoyed a delicious lunch together, which provided an opportunity for personal and professional knowledge exchange. The afternoon program continued with lectures in four parallel sections: Military Science, Security, Materials Technology, and a miscellaneous English section, which could be attended in a hybrid format, both in person and online.

This year, the conference proceedings will also include the written versions of the presentations. Further information and conference publications from previous years can be found on the official conference website.

https://esb.bgk.uni-obuda.hu/

On May 27, 2025, the 7th Symposium on Fuzzy-based Engineering Systems (SzaFARi) was held, jointly organized by the Hungarian Fuzzy Association, operating as a section of the János Neumann Computer Society, and the Institute of Mechatronics and Vehicle Engineering of the Bánki Donát Faculty of Mechanical and Safety Engineering.

The primary aim of the conference is to support the integration of students in BSc, MSc, and PhD programs into the scientific community. The event was academically supported by the Subcommittee on Mechatronics of the Scientific Committee on Mechanical Structures of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Section of Engineering Sciences.

This year’s keynote lecture was delivered by Dr. Gábor Kertész, Vice President of the János Neumann Computer Society and Vice Dean for Research at the János Neumann Faculty of Informatics, Obuda University. His presentation, titled Deep Metric Learning, provided an accessible and engaging overview of the possibilities and challenges in image processing, with a special focus on the methodology of deep metric learning.

A total of 12 presentations were delivered in both Hungarian and English. Participating students presented their research related to fuzzy inference systems and closely related fields. The diversity of topics highlighted the broad applicability of computational intelligence-based solutions.

The best presenters in each session received certificates of recognition during the closing ceremony for the following works:

Zoltán Váradi: Competency-Based Assessment of Workplace Suitability

Viktor Gergely Ráczi: In Search of Missing Data: Fuzzy Logic in Engineering Optimization

The event concluded with a demonstration by the Bánki Faculty’s Pneumobil Team. Attendees had the opportunity to learn about the team’s activities and the operation of their vehicles. The event featured a live demonstration of the R-model, a symbolic vehicle inspired by the iconic Ford T-Model.

We are hopeful that cooperation with foreign universities will continue in the future, not only in the organization of the SzaFARi conference but also beyond.

Related publications will be published in the Bánki Journal (Bánki Közlemények).

Hungarian conference website: https://siva.bgk.uni-obuda.hu/SzaFARi/2025/

English conference website: https://siva.bgk.uni-obuda.hu/SzaFARi/2025/en/

Prof. Dr. Edit Ludányi-Laufer