Organizer of the event:
Budapest University of Technology and Economics
Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics
Address: 1117 Budapest, Magyar tudósok krt. 2. Buildings I and Q
Phone: 06 (1) 463-3581
Website: https://vik.bme.hu/
The Section’s website address: https://otdk25.vik.bme.hu
Section e-mail address: otdk25@vik.bme.hu
Date of the event: Budapest, 23–25 April 2025.
| Chair of the Organizing Committee: | Dr. Géza Németh University Professor, BME VIK Phone: +36 (1) 463-3883 E-mail: otdk_elnok2025@vik.bme.hu |
| Co-Chair of the Organizing Committee: | Dr. Charaf Hassan Rector, University Professor, BME Phone: +36 (1) 463-3969 E-mail: otdk_tarselnok2025@vik.bme.hu |
| Co-Chair of the Organizing Committee: | Dr. Sándor Imre Dean, University Professor, BME VIK Phone: +36 (1) 463-3588 E-mail: otdk_tarselnok2025@vik.bme.hu |
| Secretary of the Organizing Committee: | Mátyás Bartalis Departmental Engineer, Faculty TDT Secretary, BME VIK Phone: +36 (1) 463-3437 |
| Secretary of the Organizing Committee: | Dr. Vince Molnár Assistant Professor, BME VIK Phone: +36 (1) 463-3598 E-mail: otdk_titkar2025@vik.bme.hu |
| Student delegate: | Levente Bajczi PhD student BME VIK E-mail: otdk_hallgatoi2025@vik.bme.hu |
| Deputy student delegate: | Zoltán Szatmáry Student, BME VIK HK Study Group E-mail: otdk_hallgatoi2025@vik.bme.hu |
The National Association for Student Research (OTDT), the Information and Communication Technology Section Committee (ICT Section Committee) of the OTDT and the organizing BME VIK hereby announce the Information and Communication Technology Section (ICT Section) of the 37th National Student Research Conference under the conditions of the following call.
The conditions for participation and registration in the ICT Section of the 37th OTDK are set out in the General Call of the 37th OTDK and in this Call of the OTDT ICT Section Committee as well as its Supplement.
As one of the 16 Sections of the 37th OTDK, the ICT Section is an interdisciplinary section, a forum for new advances in the field of computer science.
Its primary goal is to provide a shared opportunity for specialists studying in various fields of informatics – such as software engineering, technical engineering, economic and agricultural informatics, and bionics – to present their independent research findings.
The ICT Section welcomes TDK papers that contribute to the development of theories, tools, and methods in the diverse areas of informatics.
The organization of the conference is supported by a Program Committee comprising distinguished researchers and educators in the field, with members of the OTDT ICT Section Committee actively participating. The responsibilities of the Program Committee include assigning reviews, overseeing the quality of these reviews, identifying any anomalies, making recommendations for the organization of the sessions, advising on the participation of papers in the 37th OTDK, and coordinating redirections between sections.
In the 37th National Student Research Conference (OTDK), TDK papers and authors (in the case of multi-author TDK papers, all authors) may participate that meet the conditions specified in the General Call for the 37th National Student Research Conference. Details are provided in Supplement 2 of the General Call for the 37th OTDK.
By submitting an application to the ICT Section, the applicant student agrees to be bound by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences’ Code of Scientific Ethics (Resolution 25/2010 (V. 4.) of the General Assembly of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, available at https://mta.hu/data/dokumentumok/hatteranyagok/tudomanyetikai_bizottsag/tudomanyetikai_kodex_kgy_20100504.pdf), and declares that they have conducted their research activities accordingly. If the research topic requires ethical approval, it is the responsibility of the sending institution to ensure compliance with these requirements.
Study circles from cross-border universities and colleges can participate in the 37th OTDK under the same professional conditions as those in Hungary. Details are available in the General Call of the 37th OTDK.
The conference is also open to secondary school students in Hungary and across borders who present their research results at conferences of higher education institutions or national high school science student conferences (for details see Supplement 4 of the General Call for the 37th OTDK) and are nominated for the 37th OTDK. A detailed description of the participation of secondary school students is available in the General Call of the 37th OTDK.
A thesis produced in the course of continuous TDK activity during BA and BSc education, can be entered to the 37th OTDK, if it meets the requirements of the Call and its Supplements and has been presented at a student research conference either during the BA/BSc or the subsequent MA/MSc training and has been delegated to the OTDK there.
Participation is primarily a form of moral recognition and an opportunity that allows students to present their arguments, engage in debate, exchange views, and gain experience in front of an audience and a professional jury. It prepares students for participation in national and international conferences within their field, and through the evaluation of their own and others’ work and presentations, it provides reinforcement and further motivation for research work.
Supplement 1 of the ICT Section Call contains the formatting rules to be followed and the elements of the evaluation, with the following details:
Any AI-based tools used for the TDK paper (e.g., ChatGPT, Copilot, etc.) and the ways they were utilized (e.g., for language correction, image or code generation) must be documented in the relevant appendix. This appendix can be attached to the paper by those who gained eligibility before the publication of this call.
The sources and public accessibility level of the data used in the TDK paper must also be documented. The TDK paper and the data it contains are to be considered public.
When registering, students must select the most appropriate category from the following list. In choosing the category, they should consider the significant new computer science-related results presented in their TDK paper.
In the abstract, in consultation with their advisors, students must indicate, based on ACM Classification, the top three categories that best align with their TDK paper.
Classification into sections will be based on the chosen category and the ACM classifications provided.
The conference sections will be organized by the Program Committee of the ICT Section, taking into account the above-listed topic areas relevant to the ICT field, ensuring broad institutional participation and an even distribution of papers within sections. The Program Committee reserves the right to redirect papers that do not pertain to the scientific field of the ICT Section – while thanking the applicant for their submission – to a more relevant section of the 37th National Student Research Conference.
The final decision regarding sections and the categorization of submissions will be made by the OTDT ICT Section Committee, and students will be informed through the OTDT online system no later than one month before the start of the conference.
4.1.1. Pre-registration of TDK papers
Following the student research conference, upload of the TDK paper, and selection of the section within 30 days from the receipt of the email specified in point 4 of Supplement 2 to the 37th OTDK General Call.
ATTENTION! Uploading the TDK paper does not automatically constitute registration for the 37th OTDK. Applications must be submitted during the registration period, following the steps described in the next section.
4.1.2. The application
Registration period: 15 November 2024 – 15 January 2024 (Wednesday), 16:00 (CET)
Students’ tasks during this period are:
A common expectation for documents signed by hand or electronically:
a) a document authenticated using the Authentication Verification Service (AVDH, at https://magyarorszag.hu/avdh), using the Client Gateway or any other document authenticated using an enhanced security qualified electronic signature service
OR
b) a printed and hand-signed document may be accepted in scanned PDF format.
After the registration deadline for students – 15 January 2025 (Wednesday), 16:00 (CET) – it will no longer be possible for students to upload application documents in the OTDT online system.
Uploading the documents of the student research conference and sending them to the OTDT Office according to point 3 of Supplement 2 of the General Call for the 37th OTDK.
Common expectations for documents signed by hand or electronically:
a) A document authenticated using the identification-based document authentication service (Client Gateway AVDH, available at https://niszavdh.gov.hu/index) via the Client Gateway.
OR
b) a printed and hand-signed document may be accepted in scanned (PDF) format.
Deadline for institutional and faculty TDT Chairs to upload documents to the OTDT online system: 20 January 2025 (Monday) 16:00 (CET). After the deadline it will no longer be possible to upload application documents in the OTDT online system.
We are unable to accept TDK papers that are submitted after the deadline or do not meet the requirements outlined in the ICT Section Call; such applications will be rejected.
Applications submitted individually are invalid.
The registration fees for the 37th OTDK will be determined at a later stage, subject to the availability of funding.
A certificate of participation in the OTDK will be awarded to all authors and supervisors of each paper presented. In addition, a maximum of one third of the papers presented may be awarded one of the first, second and third places per section, taking into account that a maximum of one entry per session may be awarded first place. The Section Panel may award a special prize to those papers that do not achieve ranking but are judged by the Session Panel to be worthy of recognition on the basis of their professional merit, and which are judged to be immediately behind the winning applications. The authors of the winning papers and those of the papers receiving the Special Prize of the Session Panel will each receive a certificate for the ranking or the Special Prize of the Session Panel.
The total number of winning papers and papers awarded the Special Prize of the Session Panel may not exceed 50% of the total number of papers presented in a section. Further rules on prizes are set out in Supplement 3 to the General Call.
The authors of TDK papers that have been awarded first place at the national conference may apply for the Pro Scientia Gold Medal, provided they meet the additional criteria set out in the call. Details are given in Supplement 5 of the 37th OTDK General Call.
We invite and welcome all interested students and their masters!
Budapest, 9 April 2024.
| Dr. Tamás Kozsik | Dr. Géza Németh |
| Associate Professor | University Professor |
| Chair of the OTDT ICT Section Committee |
Chair of the Organizing Committee of the 37th OTDK ICT Section |
Note: If any interpretational issues arise between the Hungarian call and its English translation, the Hungarian version shall prevail.
TDK papers for the Information and Communication Technology Section (ICT Section) of the 37th OTDK can be submitted in Hungarian and English. Hungarian native speaker students and those enrolled in Hungarian-language programs are required to give their presentations in Hungarian. Students who do not speak Hungarian must present in English. In the latter case, they must also notify the section organizers by email at the central address provided in the section’s announcement, indicating that the presentation will be in English.
An essential requirement for TDK papers is a scientifically rigorous approach to the chosen problem and comprehensive documentation. The results presented in the paper may be published both before and after the OTDK (e.g., at other conferences, in their publications, or in journals). The TDK paper must clearly distinguish which results are the work of the student(s) and which belong to the supervisor or the broader research group. (This is particularly important if the results of the TDK paper were co-published with other authors.)
TDK papers in which informatics is merely a tool and the new results primarily pertain to another field will be redirected by the ICT Section Program Committee to the appropriate OTDK section.
The content of the TDK paper submitted for the 37th OTDK must be identical to the one presented at the student research conference that qualified the author(s) for OTDK participation.
Any AI-based tools (e.g., ChatGPT, Copilot, etc.) used in preparing the paper and their purpose (e.g., grammar correction, image, or code generation) must be documented in the relevant appendix. This appendix may be added to the paper by those who obtained eligibility before the call was published.
All TDK papers submitted to the OTDK will be subject to a plagiarism check. A three-member subcommittee, appointed by the Section Committee, will review and assess the plagiarism report. We specifically draw the attention of applying students to the fact that plagiarism is not permitted in any form; even one’s own work may not be cited without proper referencing (prohibition of self-plagiarism). TDK papers that are proven to infringe copyright will be excluded from the OTDK by the OTDT, with simultaneous notification to the nominating institution.
Time for uploading: within 30 days after the acceptance of the student research conference, as described in Supplement 2, point 4 of the General Call of the 37th OTDK.
All TDK papers must include the closing date. The TDK papers must be uploaded in PDF format as standalone files. The maximum file size is 10 MB. In justified cases, the author(s) should coordinate via the section’s central email address: otdk25@vik.bme.hu.
Uploading further supplementary documents is permitted. The supplementary document(s) must be uploaded as a single file, which may include test data, representative results, and any information that supports the credibility of the results and aids in reproducing the work. The file containing the supplementary document(s) has a maximum size of 10 megabytes.
The TDK paper should be prepared with the label “TDK Thesis” on the outer cover page, including the author(s)’ name(s). The following title page must contain the name of the institution, faculty, and department where the TDK paper was prepared, along with the author(s)’ name(s), year, and the supervisor(s)’ name(s) and position(s), as well as the exact title of the paper (matching the title on the registration form). The TDK paper submitted to the ICT Section must be identical in content to the paper presented at the institutional/faculty student research conference, except for the title page.
The TDK paper does not need to be sent to the organizing institution in printed form in advance; however, please bring a printed, bound copy to the sessions. This copy should be submitted at the on-site registration at the OTDK venue and will be returned to the authors at the end of the conference.
In the abstract, students must, together with their advisors, specify the top three thematic categories of their paper based on the 2012 ACM Classification (available at https://dl.acm.org/ccs/ccs_flat.cfm). For this purpose, please upload the xml format classification, that is generated from the above website, in pdf format as a Supplementary document. If you upload any other additional document, please paste the XML at the end of the document.
The abstract should be between 800 and 2500 characters, addressing the following points: It must introduce the specific scientific/professional question or task examined, the research methodology used, and briefly highlight the student(s)’ own achieved results (clearly distinguishing them from the results of the supervisor or the broader research team). The abstract should not include results achieved after the student research conference.
The main text of the abstract needs to be uploaded to the OTDT online system (the other data: names of authors, institution, supervisor, etc. are generated by the online system). A Hungarian-speaking student must submit an abstract in Hungarian, while a non-Hungarian-speaking student should submit one in English. Size of the summary: minimum 800, maximum 2500 characters according to the following criteria:
The submitted TDK papers will be evaluated in writing by two reviewers, based on the following criteria:
In the written evaluation, a maximum of 50 points can be awarded, based on the average score given by the two reviewers. The Section Program Committee decides on the participation of the paper in the OTDK based on the scores from the written reviews, which is then approved by the Section Committee. If the difference between the two review scores reaches 30% of the maximum possible score, the Program Committee will ask the reviewers to engage in a professional discussion to reconcile their views; if the difference persists, a third reviewer is appointed by the Program Committee.
Evaluations will be published by the Organizing Committee of the Section via the OTDT online system. The identity of the reviewers remains confidential. Students will have access to the professional reviews and individual scores from each reviewer one week prior to the conference.
At the conference, participants will have 15 minutes to present their TDK paper (presentation), followed by a discussion. The presentation will be evaluated by a Session Panel of recognized members of the field. In the presentation, applicants may mention results achieved since the student research conference, but it must be clearly emphasized that these results are not part of the submitted TDK paper, and the Section Panel will consider this accordingly. Evaluation criteria for the presentation:
Maximum score for the presentation evaluation: 50 points.