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A “Smart” Center for the Future Technology
Boğaziçi University Kandilli Campus is witnessing infrastructure investments in order to turn it into a new research campus. Telecommunications and Informatics Technologies Research Center (TETAM), founded in the Kandilli Campus in 2013, is one of the main examples to this end. Built with the fund granted by the Ministry of Development, TETAM aims to provide the researchers working in the telecommunications and informatics fields with ample means and to transform the Kandilli Campus into an interdisciplinary research campus.
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Future nightmare of humanity is not evil robots, it's unemployment
We asked our questions about robots and future to the experts Prof. Dr. Levent Akın, Prof. Dr. Ethem Alpaydın and Prof. Dr. Cem Say from Boğaziçi University Computer Engineering department, who are known for their work on AI.
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Computers are becoming experts on human nature
Assoc. Prof. Ali Albert Salah from Boğaziçi University Computer Engineering department tells his work on computers’ analyzing social and emotional cues from humans.
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Prof. Ario Ceccotti: Timber should receive the attention it deserves
Boğaziçi University Civil Engineering Department has broken new ground in construction industry in the new academic year. Prof. Ario Ceccotti, internationally credited timber engineering expert, has started tutoring in Timber Engineering in Boğaziçi University.
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Turkey’s One and Only Biotechnology Invention is Patented on Three Continents
A vaccine developed by Boğaziçi University has been patented by the European Patent Office.
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It is Time for a Robotics Law
Developments in robotics technology have given rise to a variety of discussions on the potential social, economic and cultural implications of robotics. Potential ethical problems and lack of a legal framework are giving rise to scary scenarios about robots. Should we fear artificial intelligence, or are we worrying needlessly? Will it be possible to create a new legal framework and a system of ethics to parallel the advances in robotics technology?
We talked with Professor Cem Say, Professor Levent Akın, and Professor Ethem Alpaydın of Boğaziçi University Computer Engineering Department, and Burçak Ünsal, who teaches Cyber Law at BU Department of Management and Information Systems and is a member of BU Information Systems Research Center.
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The Internet of Things will Interconnect 4 billion People by 2020
Experts from industry will be guest lecturers in a new course offered by Boğaziçi University on the Internet of Things, the rapidly growing technology that will affect all parts of life, from smart cities to various smart applications in agriculture and the healthcare sector.
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Technology is Essential for Smart Agriculture
A team of scientists from Boğaziçi University is working on a project aimed to produce climate simulations for Turkey for the years 2030 and 2050, and study the transformation of agricultural cultivation areas. We talked with Professor Gökhan Özertan of Boğaziçi University, Department of Economics, whose research involves the use of technology in agriculture and the impact of technology on productivity.
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Boğaziçi University Represents Turkey in Project Expected to Provide a Breakthrough in ALS Research: MinE
Boğaziçi University’s Neurodegeneration Research Laboratory (NDAL) is representing Turkey in Project MinE, which has brought together teams from 16 countries aiming to discover the causes of ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis), a disease related to loss of motor neuron cells, and to develop effective treatments. Project MinE is the first, biggest, and most comprehensive research study on ALS conducted internationally, after the Human Genome Project initiated in the 1990s to identify and map human DNA. The project is expected to provide a revolutionary breakthrough in ALS research and determine the molecular causes of the disease.
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Natural Gas Production From Coal Kicks Off
