The summer school hosted by Sakarya University was achieved with a broad participation. Sakarya University Rector Professor Muzaffer Elmas, Sakarya Deputy Ali İhsan Yavuz, Vise Rector Professor Ümit Kocabıçak, Dean of Engineering Faculty Professor Orhan Torkul, academicians and students participated to the opening session.
Artificial Intelligence is now part of our life
Professor Muzaffer Elmas said that artificial intelligence studies have gained importance in the recent period and he added that artificial intelligence was spreading rapidly and taking its place in every corner of human life. Rector Elmas said "As Sakarya University, we will have an important international congress covering Industry 4.0 and artificial intelligence topics in the forthcoming period. I would like to thank everyone who contributed to this program, and I hope it will be a productive program."
Industry 4.0 and artificial intelligence
Professor Orhan Torkul spoke at the opening of the program and said that Industry 4.0 was the most talked-about technological change of the last period. It is a new industrial revolution which will bring radical changes to the world. This change is vital to keep up. Professor Torkul also said "One of the most important component of Industry 4.0 is artificial intelligence. The process of adaptation of the states undoubtedly starts at higher education institutions and vocational education institutions.”
27 sessions in three days
455 students from 88 different universities attended the Artificial Intelligence Summer School, which was organized jointly with Sakarya, Istanbul and Kocaeli universities, Sakarya Teknokent, Turk Telekom, Microsoft and IBM. A lot of work in the area of artificial intelligence developed for the undergraduate, graduate students and industrial practitioners was presented in 27 sessions for three days.
