At ELTE, with the contribution of the OTP Group, a security research and development laboratory called KIBERLAB was established in 2023. Its goal is to examine possibilities for preventing financial fraud and to research the bank’s own security solutions.

At the heart of the laboratory’s work and the focus of its research stands one of the most important tasks of today and the coming years: cyber defense. As part of this, the opportunities offered by artificial intelligence, machine learning, and cryptographic applications also play a significant role, for example in filtering and analyzing suspicious transactions.

Starting from the 2023/2024 academic year at the ELTE Faculty of Informatics, students of the Computer Science BSc, MSc and PhD programs can join the research as a credit-earning course. Through this, they gain insight into banking infrastructure and the challenges affecting financial IT. Participation in the research also counts as professional internship, and as part of the collaboration, OTP Bank offers scholarships to the most talented students.

Applications can always be submitted for the topics announced for the given semester.

Employees of OTP Bank will also hold guest lectures at the university on topics related to banking and cybersecurity.

The physical location of the laboratory: 1117 Budapest, Pázmány Péter sétány 1/A, 7th floor, rooms 7.29–7.31.

For professional questions regarding the research laboratory, you can contact us at kiberlab@otpbank.hu or kovacs.attila@inf.elte.hu, we are happy to help.