Department of Distributed Systems

The primary aim of the Department of Distributed Systems (MTA SZTAKI DSD) is the research and development of distributed software systems including WWW information services, groupware applications, digital library systems, audio/video conferencing environments. For detailed information on our activities and vision, check out this section.

The Department has been participating in several EU Framework R&D projects (FP4-7), and in many others supported by Hungarian national funds. Also, we do reseach in some industrial projects. You may find the overview of our past and ongoing projects in this section.

Specialized in web applications, we develop state-of-the-art tools for enhancing your productivity. Our services include a family of fast and user friendly online dictionaries (with Hungary's most popular English-Hungarian dictionary being its flagship), an easily customizable, yet powerful, voting system, a plagiarism search tool, and a networked audiovisual archiving and exchange system.

References of the Department are introduced here. We have created and maintain a number of homepages for the Hungarian governmental sphere; we provide Hungary's most popular on-line English - Hungarian dictionary. For a complete list and description of our references, look into this section.

The research and development activity performed at our department has yielded numerous papers to date. This section collects our publications, most of which are available for download in many formats.

The Department of Distributed Systems consists of 11 full-time research associates + students. In this section you can get acquainted with DSD members, along with photos, contact information and personal homepages, if available.

Please feel free to contact us. Address information as well as a guide with maps and photos are available in this section to provide you help to reach our Department in Budapest, Hungary's capital.