Vodafone Turkey and Istanbul Technical University (ITU) announced the opening of their ITU Vodafone Future Lab. ITU Vodafone Future Lab was set up in partnership between (ITU), the first technical university in Turkey with 245 years of history, and Vodafone Turkey. The lab's aim is to enable Vodafone Turkey’s potential customers to experience innovative technologies and present them with products that will increase their businesses’ productivity. In addition, the lab pursues R&D activities with project groups formed by graduate students of Informatics Institute, ITU, and will develop new technologies.
Based on the R&D vision of Vodafone Turkey and the thesis of ITU students, 7 graduate and 1 undergraduate projects are being conducted by 8 MSc, 8 PhD and 4 BSc students, respectively, and funded in accordance with the common requests risen jointly by Vodafone Turkey and ITU in the education year 2018-2019. Mehmet Basaran is responsible for managing the lab including providing collaboration between the university and Vodafone, tracking the KPIs of the research projects as a technical coordinator.
The inauguration event was attended by the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure Deputy Minister Omer Fatih Sayan, Information Technologies and Communication Authority president Omer Abdullah Karagozoglu, ITU rector Mehmet Karaca, CEO of Vodafone Turkey Colman Deegan and representatives from many private companies.
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