Dekut conducts R&D in computer sciences in cooperation with Hungarian and international partners. Most of our researchers work for Dekut NPO as a volunteer.

Our research team performs basic and applied research as well, however, we don’t wish to participate in projects of which the aim or the usefulness of the results is undefined, and whose justification is not sufficiently substantiated by economic arguments.

1.) Data security and cryptography

Dekut specializes in applied cryptography and implementable information security for IT systems. In cooperation with the University of Debrecen our researchers are continuously seeking for new technologies and implementing and licensing industry standard cryptographic solutions

The leader of the data security and cryptography research group is Dr. Attila Petho, DSc.

2.) Developing image analysis algorithms which are applicable in medical diagnostics

The technologies resulting from the technological development and the rapid increase of expenditure of health services are designed to decrease human resource needs of health care system. Mostly, our projects’ results are algorithm descriptions or a beta-version of software.

Our projects:

- Development of karyotyping software: improvement of mathematical algorithms which are to detect structural and numeral chromosome disorders.

- Development of software algorithms which are applicable in ophthalmology: improvement of mathematical algorithms which are to detect retinal lesions on digital fundus images.

- Melanoma-detector project: by analysis of digital mole images it shall allow the prediction of malignant aberrations.

 The leader of the image analysis research group is Dr. Andras Hajdu, PhD.

3.) Telemedicine

We are carrying out researches in the field of store-and-forward (S&F) teledermatology. With the use of S&F the digitalized data of a patient (sound, image, texts, and films) get to the consultant by electronic means, who shall estimate them at the appropriate time. The application is beneficial in places where a suitably qualified person is not available, or the use of a specialist would be disproportionately expensive. The main goal is to overcome privacy and authentication issues of the telemedicine applications.