News from Department

Associate Professor Dr. Okan Yaşar, a faculty member in the Management Information Systems department at İstinye University, has been appointed as the Coordinator for Collaboration with the Industry at İstinye University. We congratulate our faculty member and wish them success.

Our Head of Department Assoc. Prof. Dr. Şebnem Özdemir and project advisor Assoc. Prof. Dr. Okan Yaşar, who were appointed as the lead consultant within the scope of the project "Today's Youth, Future Professions" jointly carried out by UNDP, İNGEV (Human Development Foundation) and Union of Municipalities of Turkey, attended the workshop held in Konya. Our faculty members shared their experiences at the workshop and shared their views on the training programs that can be done and implemented to develop digital skills.

Our Department Head Assoc. Dr. Çiğdem Gürsoy presented her work titled "Mudarebe Examples from Ottoman Economy Financial Instruments (16th, 17th and 18th Centuries)" at the Turkish Economic Congress.

Students from the Management Information Systems program have submitted 79 unique Tubitak 2209-A projects with 139 students.

Our head of department, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Şebnem Özdemir, participated as a speaker at the event "Aselsan Career 101: Artificial Intelligence 101" organized by ASELSAN.

Our department chair, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Şebnem Özdemir, participated in Birol Güven's program 'Gelecek Geliyor' as a speaker to discuss generative artificial intelligence.

"HYBRID ENERGY PRODUCTION AND OPTIMIZATION SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT PROJECT FOR ENERGY EFFICIENT BUILDINGS" of Ph.D. Hasan Ufuk Gökçe, one of our department professors, was entitled to be supported by Tubitak Teydeb.

The first Global Strategy Conference, where important agendas will be evaluated with an academic vision every year, was hosted by Istinye University on 24-26 March 2023 in cooperation with the Centre for Diplomatic Relations and Political Studies (DIPAM) and the Hungarian National University of Public Service.

Head Of Department Ph.D. Şebnem Özdemir Participated As A Speaker At The "AI Tomorrow Summit" organized by AIPA

Serdar Demir, one of the research assistants of our department, completed his master's degree with his thesis titled "Mathematical Modeling Methodology and a Traffic Model by Data Analysis and Machine Learning" at Yıldız Technical University, Department of Mathematics, and then started his Ph.D. Program in Industrial Engineering at Boğaziçi University.

The Panel of "İsveç ve Finlandiya'nın NATO Üyelik Başvuru Sürecinin Değerlendirilmesi ve Etkileri" organized by the Security and Defense Strategies Application and Research Center (GÜVSAM) was held on 30.01.2023.

During our winter school, Ph.D. Şebnem Özdemir gave a presentation on generative artificial intelligence to high school students.

Ph.D. Yalçın Özkan's book "Python for Data Science" was published.

Prof. Osman Can ÜNVER, Department of International Relations, took part in the third of the Political Academy organised annually by the Political Research Club with his seminar titled "The Effects of EU Accession on Turkish Foreign Policy".

Research Assistant Ceren Ece Göcen at Politics Academy III

Head of Department Ph.D. Şebnem Özdemir participated as a speaker in the "Geleceğin Ekranı" podcast program organized by Habitat Association.

Head of Department Ph.D. Şebnem Özdemir participated as a speaker at the "Robotics Future of Business" event organized by Haliç University BizHub and Hugip.

Head of Department Ph.D. Şebnem Özdemir participated as a speaker in the "Leader Development Programme: Future Professions and Competencies" organized by Lider Gelişim.

You are invited to the online event organised by the Public Diplomacy Application and Research Centre (KADAM), directed by Prof. Osman Can ÜNVER, Department of International Relations

Head of Department Ph.D. Şebnem Özdemir took part as a speaker in the section of Artificial Intelligence Usage and Effects in Regulatory Technologies of the 2nd Legislation Harmonization Conference organized by the General Directorate of Insurance of Turkey.

Head of Department Ph.D. Şebnem Özdemir participated as a speaker at the "A New Era in Health: Artificial Intelligence and the Metaverse" event organized by Eczacı Gençlik Meclisi

Head of Department Ph.D. Şebnem Özdemir participated as a speaker at the "Technology Revolution Congress" event organized by TESAM.

Head of Department Ph.D. Şebnem Özdemir participated as a speaker at the section of DEI Resentments in Technology: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion organized by People Make The Bard

To Have The Data or Not: Disabled People and Bias

Head of Department Ph.D. Şebnem Özdemir Invited as a guest on TRT HABER Teknolog Program

Mehmet Tek, who teaches e-commerce and software programming, has more than 32 courses in English and Turkish, and provides online training to more than 245,000 people around the world, was held on Wednesday, November 2 at 10:00.

The panel of "Günümüzde Nükleer Silahların Kullanılması Mümkün mü?" was organized by the Security and Defense Strategies Application and Research Center (GÜVSAM) and was held on 31.10.2022.

We carried out our orientation with our freshmen students of International Trade and Business, Economics and Business, who started their department this semester. Head of International Trade and Business Administration Dr. Gülsüm Gökgöz, important information was given to our students, from course selections to Erasmus activities, from summer school to major and minor opportunities.

You are invited to the Eastern Mediterranean and Belt and Road Initiative Event organised by the Belt and Road Studies Application and Research Centre (KUYÇAM), which is directed by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Efe Can GÜRCAN, Department of International Relations, in cooperation with the Center for Turkological Studies of Shanghai University and Belt & Road Initiative Quarterly Journal!

The "Guest Services Management Certificate" program was carried out with the assistance of Asst. Prof. Dr. Gülhan Kalmuk to improve the quality and efficiency of health services. Our successful participants received their certificates after 76 hours of theoretical and practical instruction. We appreciate the collaborations of Liv Hospital Director Meri İstiroti and her team, as well as our Continuing Education Center Director Şule Kılıçaslan.