IZMIR ECONOMICS DESERVES “FIRST PLACE”

Izmir University of Economics (IUE) is riding high with the projects of its entrepreneurial students. Ozan Karaduman, İbrahim Kavas, and Neslişah Adanalı, students of IUE Faculty of Engineering and Computer Sciences, Department of Electrical and Electronics came in first place in two different categories at the contest held at the end of the 5^th Young Minds, New Ideas Project Market and Graduation Projects Joint Exhibition.

In addition to two first places, IUE entrepreneurs also came in second place and third place in three different categories at the contest held by The Association of Computer Engineers, Izmir. Ozan Şenyayla, Mert Can Coşkuner, and Tanya Küçükoğlu came in first place with their “Smart Garbage Bin and Garbage Collection System” titled project in the category of City, Environment, and Nature. In the category of Healthy Living, Sports, Emin Mansur Cengay, Osman Fırat Akanderek, and Bilge Alabaş came in second place with their project called “Smart Sleep”. Again, in the same category, Ece Sarıtaş and Efe Çini came in third place with “Mobile Physical Therapy” project. Barış Alp Yuncu, Barış Başaran, Deniz Dölek in the category of Industry, and Tolga Varol, Mert Köse, Selen Öztürk, and Berkay Şenol in Other Informatics Project came in third place.

One thousand students from 10 universities in the Aegean Region attended with 270 graduation projects. Karaduman, Kavas, and Neslişah came in first place in “Social Media and Communication” category and received “Engineering for Society and Unique Software” award for their project titled, “Voizee”, which was carried out under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Murat Aşkar, IUE Vice Rector.  

İbrahim Kavas, who gave information about Voizee, said that the software for the smart phones of company workers allowed them to talk free on WI-FI within the company. Kavas said that the employees didn’t have to have desk phones thanks to their project. “We also made it possible for non-company workers to have access via 4.5G for a small fee. Our project is an IP telephone service that allows making calls and sending messages for free via Voizee server. The software is downloaded on smart phones and employees can call each other for free with a password.”

‘Busy signal’

Kavas also said that the companies would be able to record their own calls, and if you got a busy signal twice for someone you called, the system automatically referred you to another member from the same business team.