The Institute was founded by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in 1949. Its first director was Alfrd Rnyi, who headed the Institute till his early death in 1970. Successive directors were Lszl Fejes Tth (1970-1982), Andras Hajnal (1982-1992), Domokos Szsz (1993-1995) and Gyula O. H. Katona (1996- ).
The research staff of the Institute consists of about 70 members, but at...