Of course the Institute was named after the famous Hungarian mathematician whose birthplace was Kolozsvár, the town from which the university had just been forced to move. Riesz became editor of the newly founded journal of the Institute Acta Scientiarum Mathematicarum which quickly became a major source of mathematics.
Ng mga kurso ng Institute noon ay pinangalanang matapos ang bantog Hungarian dalubbilang na ang lugar ng kapanganakan ay Kolozsvár, ang bayan mula sa kung saan ang mga unibersidad na lamang ay sapilitang upang ilipat. Riesz ay naging editor ng bagong itinatag journal ng Institute Acta Scientiarum Mathematicarum na mabilis na naging pangunahing pinagkukunan ng matematika.