Education & Qualifications

  • D.Sc. (Doctor of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Engineering Sciences), Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 2024.
  • Dr. habil. (Engineering Sciences), Budapest University of Technology and Economics, 2023.
  • Ph.D. (Theology), Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary, 2025.
  • M.A. in Reformed Theology, Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary, 2015.
  • Ph.D. (Transportation Sciences), Budapest University of Technology and Economics, 2013.
  • M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, 2009.

Research Areas

  • systems and control theory; robust control and control of parameter-varying systems (LPV control)
  • control of autonomous vehicles; integrated vehicle control
  • ethical issues of autonomous vehicles

Professional Experience

  • research advisor, HUN-REN SZTAKI
  • research fellow, BME Faculty of Transportation Engineering and Vehicle Engineering

Teaching Activity

  • Vehicle Control I-II. (B.Sc.)
  • Control Theory (M.Sc.)
  • Design of autonomous vehicle control systems from theviewpoints of ethics and theology (B.Sc.-M.Sc.)
  • Intelligent and Autonomous Vehicle Control Systems (Ph.D.)

Awards, honors

  • 2022. Bolyai Plaque (Hungarian Academy of Sciences, HAS)
  • 2021. SZTAKI Best Supervisor Award
  • 2020. HAS Academic Youth Award
  • 2018. Pro Progressio Foundation TDK scholarship for lecturers
  • 2017. “For TDK Work” commemorative plaque for lecturers (BME)

Projects, scholarships

  • National Laboratory for Autonomous Systems, research leader (2020-2026)
  • Robust design of guaranteed-performance control for automated vehicles, OTKA Research Project Grant, principal investigator (2020-2024)
  • Design of automated vehicle control systems capable of handling critical situations, taking into account the condition of the tire–road contact, Hungarian–Croatian S&T cooperation, principal investigator (2022-2024)
  • Hungarian–French S&T: Integration of speed and vehicle suspension control to improve automated driving comfort (2019-2021)
  • Research on design methods for autonomous vehicle and traffic control systems, considering human factors, János Bolyai Research Scholarship (2018-2021)
  • SEPPAC Partially automated vehicle platform with safety and economy functions (2015-2017)
  • Motion profile planning and optimal control of road vehicles considering traffic and infrastructure, János Bolyai Research Scholarship (2014-2017)
  • Research underpinning the development of hybrid and electric vehicles (2012-2014)
  • TRUCKDAS Innovation of distributed driver assistance systems for a commercial vehicle platform (2009-2012)
  • CROTALE Robust and fault tolerant multivariable control for automotive vehicle (2010-2012)

Highlighted Publications

Hegedűs, T., Németh, B., Antal, Z., & Gáspár, P. (2026).
Hierarchical motion planning for unmanned aerial vehicles with analysis and implementation.
CONTROL ENGINEERING PRACTICE, 166. [SJR: D1]
Jekl, B., Dabčević, Z., Németh, B., Škugor, B., & Gáspár, P. (2025).
Scenario-Optimization-Based Velocity Planning of Autonomous Vehicles for Interacting With Pedestrians.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS, 26(4), 5382-5395. [SJR: D1]
Hegedűs, T., Fényes, D., Szabó, Z., Németh, B., Lukács, L., Csikja, R., & Gáspár, P. (2024).
Implementation and design of ultra-local model-based control strategy for autonomous vehicles.
VEHICLE SYSTEM DYNAMICS, 62(6), 1541-1564. [SJR: D1]
Lelkó, A., & Németh, B. (2024).
Optimal Motion Design for Autonomous Vehicles With Learning Aided Robust Control.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON VEHICULAR TECHNOLOGY, 73(9), 12638-12651. [SJR: D1]
Németh, B., & Gáspár, P. (2023).
Hierarchical motion control strategies for handling interactions of automated vehicles.
CONTROL ENGINEERING PRACTICE, 136. [SJR: D1]