Gyöngyi Kocsisné Szilágyi

I was born and raised in Szeged, Hungary. I met my husband in 2002, and after our marriage we moved to Budapest.

My family and I moved to the United States in 2023, when we received our green cards. We spent our first year in Miami, then during a winter break we visited Boston, and we almost immediately knew that this was where we belonged. We were drawn to the city’s warm atmosphere and its vibrant scientific life. Since then, Massachusetts has become our home.

We have three children: two are currently students at Boston University, and the third is a senior in high school. Our children’s future, education, family cohesion, and the transmission of values have always played a central role in our lives.

We learned about the Hungarian Society of Massachusetts and the local Hungarian community through an acquaintance, and from the very beginning we experienced an exceptional amount of help, support, and a welcoming openness. This environment greatly contributed to our truly feeling at home in Boston. For this reason, I now feel it is both natural and important for me to actively give back to this community.

My professional career has been connected to university education and research for more than 35 years. I began my career in the joint Artificial Intelligence Research Group of the University of Szeged and the Hungarian Academy of Sciences as a mathematician and artificial intelligence researcher, where I also earned my PhD.

I have worked as a visiting researcher in several European countries, and for the past 23 years I have been a faculty member and researcher at the Faculty of Informatics of Eötvös Loránd University. I am currently participating as a visiting researcher in a joint healthcare research project of Northeastern University and Harvard Medical School, while also actively building inter-university collaborations.

Together with my husband, in the high-tech, artificial intelligence–based telemedicine company we founded jointly, we work on solutions that support practical applications in healthcare, prevention, and sports.

As a member of the board, I would like to support the work of the Society primarily in the areas of community building, assisting newly arriving Hungarian families, and engaging young people. I also consider it important to strengthen scientific collaborations between Hungary and the United States.

I am grateful for the trust placed in me, and I am happy to work toward ensuring that the Hungarian community in Massachusetts remains vibrant, supportive, and forward-looking.