Graduates of the Innovation Campus Program Implemented by Samsung in Cooperation with UNDP Türkiye Presented Their Projects
The Innovation Campus program, which was implemented in cooperation with Samsung Electronics Turkey and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Turkey, has graduated from its sixth term. The program aims to provide young individuals with equipment outside the field of formal education on topics such as the latest technologies, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Artificial Intelligence and preparation for business life, and to offer them the opportunity to transfer their creativity and productivity to projects that will benefit the society they live in. In the sixth semester of the Innovation Campus program, students received training such as Data Science for the SDGs, Gender Equality in Artificial Intelligence Technologies, Prejudice and Ethics, Business Readiness and Presentation Skills and Inspiring Speech for approximately three months, and developed projects that will produce social impact within the framework of the SDGs. .
Featured projects aim to produce social benefits in various areas
At the event held at the Samsung Innovation Center in Istanbul on Tuesday, March 26, 2024, the owners of the prominent projects from the sixth term graduates of the Innovation Campus program talked about their projects. Students who participated in the program from different provinces of Turkey, including the earthquake zone, achieved their own success stories with the projects that produced solutions to social problems, which they developed as a result of the training they received from SDG AI Lab within the scope of the program. Projects developed in important social areas such as health, transportation and disaster management attracted attention with the solution proposals they offered in parallel with the SDGs accepted by 193 member countries of the United Nations to be achieved by 2030.
The “Anemia Detection Model” project developed by Yasin Aksu and Mehtap Saatçı proposes the use of innovative visual classification methods that can facilitate the diagnosis of anemia with computer imaging and artificial intelligence techniques. The project offers a creative solution to strengthen preventive health services, in line with the scope of SDG 3 and SDG 4, with its artificial intelligence-based and imaging-based early diagnosis and treatment method.
The “Real-Time Analysis of Post-Earthquake Land” project, developed by Cevdet Eren Özbozkurt, aims to provide emergency logistical support to disaster victims through real-time analysis of the land situation after the earthquake. The project, based on the analysis of land images collected through UAVs using artificial intelligence-supported image processing techniques, aims to make significant contributions to fast and effective decision-making processes in disaster management.
The “Short-Term Demand Forecast for Istanbul Transportation Lines” project, developed by Açelyanur Şen, Eminenur Yıldız, Kardelen Kaya and Cevdet Eren Özbozkurt, aims to predict the hourly usage of public transportation lines in Istanbul, enabling the municipality to manage routes and resources more efficiently and to increase the use of public transportation. aims to encourage. While the project aims to contribute to resource efficiency, it also offers a positive model of how data-based forecasting models can make existing public services more environmentally friendly and efficient.
Mentorship support from Samsung employees to graduate students
6th term graduates of the Innovation Campus Artificial Intelligence Program will receive mentoring from Samsung employees in the coming period. Samsung employees who volunteered to mentor the students and have many years of experience in business life also received the AI Crash Course (accelerated course on Artificial Intelligence) training given by UNDP (SDG AI Lab) at the event. Within the scope of mentoring support to be provided to graduate students, mentors will contribute to the development of students’ basic skills, help them plan their careers, provide perspective on their projects and generally provide various guidance that will prepare them for business life.
