A Project Collaboration that Sets an Example
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ASELSAN, Istanbul Ticaret University Transportation Systems Application and Research Center and ISPARK collaborated in a traffic project
ASELSAN (Military Electronics Industry Inc.) Deputy General Manager Prof. Dr. Mehmet ÇELİK and ISBAK (Istanbul Informatics and Smart City Technologies Inc.) Deputy General Manager Mr. Bülent ALABAŞ visited Istanbul Ticaret University Rector Prof. Dr. Yücel OĞURLU and consulted about the details of the “Regional Adaptive Traffic Management Research-Application Project” in order to materialize the project carried out by Prof. Dr. Mustafa ILICALI on behalf of Istanbul Ticaret University Transportation Systems Application and Research Center.
Expressing his satisfaction with this visit, Rector Prof. Dr. Oğurlu thanked everyone who contributed to the project and said, “Academic work is not just about education and training. It is also about taking part in projects, bringing these projects to life and turning them into publications.” Prof. Dr. Oğurlu stated that the collaborative efforts to serve the country are very valuable.
Stating that they are making efforts to accelerate innovative thinking, Rector Prof. Dr. Oğurlu also mentioned the distance Istanbul Ticaret University has covered in terms of scientific publications and projects, and emphasized that the project applications, which amounted to around 5-6 million TL in 2019, reached 193 million TL today, and that the amount of the finalized projects reached 70 million TL. Emphasizing that their publications will increase 12-fold by the end of this year compared to 2019, Rector Prof. Dr. Oğurlu underlined that projects can be permanent only if they turn into publications and thus that the number of projects is directly proportional to the number of publications.
Prof. Dr. Mehmet Çelik, Aselsan Deputy General Manager, noted that the project jointly realized by Aselsan, Istanbul Ticaret University and ISBAK will be successfully implemented and that this collaborative approach should spread throughout the country. Expressing that the cooperation between academia and industrial establishments covers a large part of his professional career, Prof. Dr. Çelik also stated that Aselsan has made many collaborations with universities and gained the identity of a higher education institution over time.
ISBAK Deputy General Manager Mr. Bülent Alabaş expressed his pleasure for taking part in the project and said that, as ISBAK, they are working together as solution partners with 43 of the 81 provinces. Mr. Alabaş stated that the joint projects between the institutions would be the greatest contribution to the country’s benefit, and that this project is such an effort that can set an example in this regard.
Prof. Dr. Mustafa ILICALI, Director of Istanbul Ticaret University Transportation Systems Application and Research Center, mentioned the importance of the project and stated that they are open to cooperation.
