The Board of Trustees issued the call for applications in autumn 2021 and published it in the bulletins of HTE and OPAKFI, on the internet, and on the notice boards of educational institutions. The competition was open to graduates — primarily engineers and physicists — submitting a summary of their independent work, articles published in field-specific journals, or a new paper as the submitted work. Applicants could hold other degrees as well, but their activity had to fall within the field of acoustics.
For the 2021 call, submitted works presenting the author's own new scientific results, theoretical or practical innovations, or developments could be entered, primarily in topic areas covering the principal fields of acoustics, the applications of artificial intelligence, and the infocommunication applications of deep learning.
In 2021, the Dénes Huszty Memorial Prize consisted of a memorial plaque and a cash prize of 200,000 HUF.
Two applications were received by the stated deadline.
The applications were assessed by Dr. Fülöp Augusztinovicz, Chair of the Foundation's Board of Trustees, and the members of the Board.
The Board of Trustees decided to award two prizes under the 2021 competition.
Mihály Ulveczky won the prize with his submission "Vibroacoustic modelling of the xylophone" and his related scientific publications.
Mihály Kalapos earned the award with his submission "Autonomous vehicle control using vision-based reinforcement learning" and his related scientific publications.
The prize was presented at the 2022 general assembly of HTE.