To be a successful businessman is not simply a matter of fate. It requires taking action by seeing opportunity at the right time, carrying out proper analyses and making the right decisions, and Taner Akçok has “officially” managed this job even if he is only 28. He made it to Forbes “30 Under 30 Europe” 2019 list, which features innovators and young disruptors under 30. The young man is known as one of the figures in…
In the “Artificial Intelligence and Turkey” panel, which was organized as a part of Yıldız Technical University Machine Technologies Club’s Business Engineering-Management Days (BEMDays), how Turkey’s national strategy on artificial intelligence (AI) should be developed was discussed by experts. Mehmet Haklıdır, the Chief Researcher at the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) Informatics and Information Security Research Center (BİLGEM), which will determine Turkey’s road map on AI and establish a bridge between the…
Istanbul Airport, with its 200-million passenger capacity, will not only be the world’s largest airport, but it is also the biggest information technology project in the Turkish Republic’s history. It brings together the world’s biggest technology companies and has showcased the potential of Turkish engineers in the IT sector. It is also the world’s first airport deemed worthy of a Tier 3 data center technology certificate and has the world’s most contemporary models in the…
Imagine a world where you can’t perform everyday tasks that seem ordinary, such as holding a glass of water, pulling a drawer open, holding a card, or even using a keyboard or a phone, because you do not have hands. Even if we take it for granted, the function of the hands is very important for people to continue their daily lives. However, there are about 4 million amputees in the world for different reasons;…
Collaborative industrial robots and universal basic income were discussed in the robotic systems panel at Information Summit ’18 on held Nov. 21-22. A vision of how collaborative robots (cobots) will change production, the economy and society was discussed by Hepsirobot Chief Design Officer (CDO) and Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Ali Tan Şerbetçi and Robotel Turkey founder Zeynep Karagöz. Some of the jobs we do now will cease to exist in the next 10 years, starting with repetitive and…