We remember Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Republic of Turkey, on the 80th anniversary of his passing.

Arts and Social Sciences Faculty Dean Özgür Kıbrıs made the opening remarks of the Atatürk Remembrance and Understanding Ceremony. Following minute silence and National Anthem, Sabancı University President Yusuf Leblebici and this year's speaker, Koç University Faculty Member Zafer Toprak took the floor.

Yusuf Leblebici began by quoting from the Sabancı University Atatürk Inscription: “My heritage is no verse, no dogma, no static and unchanging rule. My heritage is science and reason.”  Yusuf Leblebici then invited Zafer Toprak to the podium to deliver his presentation “Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and Paradigm Shift: Social Sciences and Humanities in Turkey 1927-1937”.

Zafer Toprak introduced his presentation by saying that although most Atatürk biographies focused on his military and political career, Atatürk was especially influential on science after 1928, when Turkey experienced a Cultural Revolution in a sense, continuing “In this presentation, I would like to tell you the contributions Atatürk made to the world of science in the 10 years beginning with the change to the Latin script in 1928.”

Discussing Atatürk’s interest in anthropology and prehistorical archeology, the books he read on these subjects, and the contributions he made to the science, Toprak said, “Since the mid-19th century, anthropology was insisting on a secular notion of society. For Republican Turkey, anthropology was the field of science that would introduce a new understanding of society and individual. The Constitutional Monarchy was the era of Sociology, while the Republic was the era of Anthropology."

Zafer Toprak concluded, “To us, Atatürk is a great leader who built a state. He is a guide who showed a path out of dark times. We remember the founder of the Republic of Turkey, the great statesman and unprecedented leader Mustafa Kemal ATATÜRK with love, respect and longing in the 80th year of his passing.” 

The animated film "The Loop" made by Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences member Alex Wong and a team of Visual Arts and Visual Communication Design students won the “18th Kısa-Ca International Student Films Festival - Best Animated Film" Award.

Made under the guidance of Alex Wong by VAVCD students Alicem Batmansuyu, Aslı Koray, Azra Yaprak Müldür, Deniz Gökçin, Dilara Doğan, Ecem Güleç, Ecem Köklükaya, Eda İmre, Emir Suat Darman, Hazal Köseoğlu, Irmak Pehlivan, Işınsu Özkan, Merve Yalçın, Nesli Malkoç, Seliz Kaya and Zuhal Uz, "The Loop" was first shortlisted as one of the top 9 animated films among over five thousand submissions to the 18th Kısa-Ca International Student Films Festival in various categories. The film then won the Best Animated Film Award.

Kısa-Ca International Student Films Festival: The Festival aims to help film students put their theoretical knowledge to practice by expressing original ideas in unique perspectives that may contribute to cinema, facilitate the international development of short film production, and bring short films to wider audiences.

Another objective of the festival is to be an international platform for students, scholars and professionals in cinema, where a productive space for sharing thoughts and experiences may be generated.

Congratulations to Alex Wong and our students!

Please check the following links for more information:

http://kisacafilmfestivali.com/blog/2018/11/10/festival-programi/

http://kisacafilmfestivali.com/blog/2018/10/22/18-festival-finalistleri-aciklandi/http://kisacafilmfestivali.com/blog/2018/10/17/18-festival-basvurulari-sona-erdi/

To watch The Loop, please click here:

A team led by Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences member Berrin Yanıkoğlu developed a Turkish handwriting recognition system to be used as part of the "Development and Application of Handwriting Recognition Technologies for Use in Intelligent Classrooms" project. 

The purpose of the project, as explained by Berrin Yanıkoğlu below, is to provide handwriting recognition systems to systems for more effective use of the Ministry of Education's Improvement of Opportunities and Technologies in Education initiative, and to provide e-content based on teaching technologies to users of these recognition systems:

What is the Turkish handwriting recognition system, and how does it work? 

Handwriting recognition is the automatic recognition of inputs made by a person using a stylus or touchscreen, and the conversion of those inputs to machine-readable language. Handwriting recognition has been a global issue since the 1960s, and has led to the development of OCR (Optical Character Recognition) and ICR (Intelligent Character Recognition) for handwriting. Like speech recognition, handwriting recognition aims to facilitate human-machine interaction. For example, converting handwritten notes taken onto tablets or phones into searchable documents presents an alternative to typing on a small keyboard.

Are there examples of this around the world? How do they compare to the Turkish application?

Handwriting recognition for English has been incorporated into tablets and telephones since the 2000s, but the problem is more complex in Turkish due to its agglutinative morphology. In simple terms, the signal generated by the input using a stylus is checked against the entries in the lexicon using machine learning techniques. Since the lexicon in Turkish is very large and words appear similar to each other (e.g. gittim, gittin, gitti...), system accuracy is lower compared to English (above 90% with a smaller lexicon; around 70% with a large lexicon).

At what stage is the project?

Starting with my PhD dissertation, I have been working on writing recognition in English and Turkish, both from images and tablets (image + time code). This year, my PhD student Esma Bilgin Taşdemir defended a dissertation on this subject. Our work was supported as part of the TÜBİTAK 1003 project, and we developed the most advanced recognition system for Turkish, as well as modules and interfaces intended specifically for use by primary school studens. Almost all students preferred using tablets to solving questions on paper; however, the work is not yet in the product phase.  

FASS Art Gallery is hosting a Chinese photographer and curator Bao Lihui with his exhibition entitled Far Away Cloud. The exhibition can be visited between 23 November and 14 December 2018.

Yunnan, a distant province, is the province with the most ethnic minorities in China. It is a world of people with multiple ethnic groups, multiple religions andeven multiple cultural forms. People use the "South of the Clouds" to refer to this mysterious plateau. 

With the southward migration of many ethnic groups, various cultures collided, merged and evolved on the relatively narrow and relatively closed red land of Yunnan. At the same time, this magical land completely preserves and preserves various cultures and presents a colorful picture in front of people. The colorful customs and customs of various ethnic groups in Yunnan are a living history museum. 

At the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, with the introduction of Christianity, this land showed an increasingly compelling cultural fusion. During this period, many priests from different countries have accumulated decades of painstaking efforts to unveil the prelude of mutual culture. 

Judging from the spread and growth of Christianity in Yunnan, it combines the world political structure, the changes of Chinese political system, and the historical characteristics of human society and its human evolution. In this photography series of "Far Away Clouds", I aimed at the individuals in these specific cultural backgrounds. In these individuals and their lives, there are tiny spots of light different from the grand pattern. It could be small, concrete, vivid, complex, real, and with temperature. It is about correlation between the world, religion, and humanity. 

Bao Lihui, artistic director of Dali International Photography Festival, vice chairman of Yunnan Photographers Association, vice president and secretary general of Yunnan Photojournalism Society, founder and editor of "Mystery" photography magazine. At the same time, he also served as the judge of the Annual China Golden Awards, the judge of Annual China photography national contest, the member of the China Photographers Associations Curatorial Committee, and the Deputy Secretary General of the China Photographic Society. 

Name: Bao Lihui.

Nationality: China.

Birth Place: Yunnan, Kunming.

Birth Year: 1962.

Profession: Curator and Professional Photographer.

Graduate students will be accepted for the 2018-2019 Spring Semester leading to the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in the following programs.

Detailed information on research areas including basic sciences can be obtained at http://fens.sabanciuniv.edu.

Academic inquiries should only be posted to contact names for each program given below; for administrative or procedure related questions please contact to Student Resources Office.
Phone: +90 (216) 483 9093, E-mail: studentinfo@sabanciuniv.edu

Molecular Biology, Genetics and Bioengineering
The program emphasizes the latest developments and technological innovations in this globally emerging field. Areas of specialization include molecular and cellular biology, bioinformatics, and plant biotechnology.

Academic Contact: Batu Erman,
Phone: +90 (216) 483 9530, 
E-mail: batu@sabanciuniv.edu 

Computer Science and Engineering
Research areas; natural language processing, pattern recognition, formal methods, software engineering, cryptography and information security, network security, computer architectures, distributed systems, database systems, data mining, computer graphics and virtual reality, embedded systems, knowledge representation and reasoning.

Academic Contact: Esra Erdem,
Phone: +90 (216) 483 9574,
E-mail: esraerdem@sabanciuniv.edu

Cyber Security
Research areas; computer network security, cryptography, blockchains, biometric systems, cryptographic engineering, wireless system security, data security, software security. 

Academic Contact: Erkay Savaş,
Phone: +90 (216) 483 9606,
E-mail: erkays@sabanciuniv.edu

Electronics Engineering 
Research areas; wireless communication, wireless networks, sensor networks, signal, speech and image processing, computer vision, pattern recognition, data networks, RF, microwaves, antennas and propagation, RF MEMS and RF Circuit design, photonics and fiber optic telecommunication, high-speed electronic devices, microsensors and microelectromechanical systems, medical and industrial ultrasonic imaging, medical instrumentation, analog and digital VLSI design, ASIC and FPGA design, computer-aided design and testing.

Academic Contact: Murat Kaya Yapıcı,
Phone: (216) 483 9553,
E-mail: mkyapici@sabanciuniv.edu

Energy Technologies and Management Master Program (With Thesis)

An interdisciplinary program with focus on the following research areas: renewable energy systems; energy systems modeling; vehicle electrification; green transportation; economic, environmental and policy implications in energy systems; technology design, analysis and optimization. 

Academic Contact: Tuğçe Yüksel
Phone: (216) 483 9987,
E-mail: tyuksel@sabanciuniv.edu

Industrial Engineering 
The program focuses on production and service systems, integrated manufacturing, supply chain management, logistics, joint inventory-pricing decisions, product development process, modeling and analysis of manufacturing processes and equipment, manufacturing and technology strategies, fuzzy systems, combinatorial optimization and operations research approaches to telecommunication and energy systems. Emphasis is given to close collaboration with the industry.

Academic Contact: Burak Kocuk

Phone: (216) 568 7039,
E-mail: burakkocuk@sabanciuniv.edu

Manufacturing Engineering

The Manufacturing Engineering program focuses on advanced manufacturing technologies. The research areas include manufacturing processes and equipment, computer-aided design and manufacturing, integrated manufacturing systems, additive manufacturing (3D printing), biomanufacturing, nano-micro manufacturing, composite and polymer manufacturing, and manufacturing and technology strategies with special emphasis on industrial applications. 

Academic Contact: Bahattin Koç
Phone: (216) 483 9557,
E-mail: bahattinkoc@sabanciuniv.edu

Materials Science and Nano Engineering  
The program focuses on the interrelationships between structure, properties, and processing of materials for advanced technological applications.  Areas of ongoing research include semiconductors, synthetic and biological polymers, ceramics and composites at the nanometer scale, with particular emphasis on applications in nano-technology.

Academic Contact: Selmiye Alkan Gürsel,
Phone: +90 (216) 483 9573 ,
E-mail: selmiye@sabanciuniv.edu

Mathematics  
The program emphasizes the interaction between pure mathematics and its applications, including those leading to interdisciplinary work. The main areas of concentration are number theory and algebra with applications in coding theory and cryptography, analysis and applications.

Academic Contact: Kağan Kurşungöz,
Phone: (216) 483 9964,
E-mail: kursungoz@sabanciuniv.edu

Mechatronics Engineering  
Research areas;  smart product design, multi-disciplinary design optimization, topology design optimization, metamaterials, microsystems, intelligent control systems, robotics, machine vision, haptics, computer aided engineering, renewable energy systems, embedded systems, process control, hydro-turbines, advanced seals, turbine blade reverse engineering. Two-phase flow, Boiling heat transfer, MEMS, Boiling instabilities in microsystems, Convective heat transfer, Critical Heat Flux, Microchannels, Cavitation, Micro- and Nanofluidics, Micro pin-fins, Cross flow, Electronics cooling, Miniaturization of heat sinks. Vibration analysis and control of engineering systems, vibration modeling of continuous systems, experimental modal analysis methods, dynamics of micromachining, design and fabrication of miniature medical devices.

Academic Contact: Ali Koşar,
Telefon: +90 (216) 483 9621,
E-posta: kosara@sabanciuniv.edu


Physics
In condensed matter physics the main research areas are experimental and theoretical semiconductor physics, mesoscopic and nanoscopic physics, and superconductivity. In high energy astrophysics, X-, gamma ray and optical obervations of compact objects (neutron stars and black holes) and their environments are the main areas of interest. Other research fields are quantum information and high energy physics.

Academic Contact: Emrah Kalemci,
Phone: (216) 483 9614,
E-posta: ekalemci@sabanciuniv.edu

For Admisson :
Admission Requirements and the Necessary Documents for Graduate School of Engineering and Natural Sciences

Applicants must have completed their previous degree programs by January 28th, 2019.

Financial Support:
Financial support is available in the form of a monthly stipend and/or tuition waiver. Decisions on scholarship will be made by the Admissions Committee .

Deadline:
Applications must be submitted by Nov,16th 2018. After initial screening, interviews will be scheduled for potential candidates during 19 November– 30 November ,  2018. Applicants will be informed by e-mail. It is highly recommended to check e-mails for candidates.

 The Graduate Admissions Calendar

Computer Science and Engineering (MSc. / PhD.)
Written Exam*: will be announced soon

 Interview**    : will be announced soon

(GRE Subject Test: Starting from 2013-2014 Spring applications, the CS program will request a GRE Subject test score from all international applicants. For 2018-2019 Spring semester applicants, please be aware that a GRE Subject Test score would strengthen your application; so submit your score document, if you have already taken the test.)

Cyber Security (MSc. / PhD.)
Interview**    : will be announced soon

Electronics Engineering (MSc. / PhD.)
Interview*: will be announced soon

Energy Technologies and Management (MSc. / PhD.)

Interview*: will be announced soon

Industrial Engineering  (MSc. / PhD.)
Interview**: will be announced soon

Manufacturing Engineering (MSc. / PhD.)

Interview**: will be announced soon

Materials Science and Nano Engineering (MSc. / PhD.)
Interview**: will be announced soon

Mathematics (MSc. / PhD.)
Written Exam*: will be announced soon
Interview**     : will be announced soon

Mechatronics Engineering (MSc. / PhD.)
Interview**: will be announced soon

Molecular Biology, Genetics and Bioengineering (MSc. / PhD.)
Interview**: will be announced soon

Physics (MSc. /PhD)
Written Exam* : will be announced soon
 Interview**     : will be announced soon

(The written exam covers the topics of the first & second year introductory physics, the third & fourth year classical mechanics, electromagnetic theory, statistical mechanics, and quantum mechanics. Applicants who provide GRE Physics subject test scores may be exempt from the written exam.)


*All candidates are required to attend the admission exam at the given date.

**Eligible candidates are going to be invited via e-mail for the interview.
 

Applications:

Please contact studentinfo@sabanciuniv.edu if you have any questions regarding your graduate application.

Application documents (official exam results, transcript, etc..) should be uploaded on the online system and application packages be submitted either in person or post by mail to the address below. Please note that print-out of the completed application form should also be added to the application package. The packages sent via mail must arrive at the department by the application deadline. Applications sent via e-mail are not accepted.

Warning! All the application documents become property of Sabancı University. It is suggested to keep the original reports of TOEFL, GRE scores, and apply with the copies of those test scores. But please note that the originals must be produced at the time of registration to Sabancı University.

Atatürk Remembrance Day will be held on November 9, 2018 Friday at Sabancı University Performing Arts Center.

 Remembrance Speech

Prof. Dr. Zafer Toprak 

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk ve Paradigma Değişikliği: Türkiye'de Sosyal ve Beşeri Bilimler 1927-1937

Due to the ceremony, there will be no class between 08:40 and 10:30.

*There will be simultaneous translation.

Yusuf Leblebici becomes the new President of Sabancı University

The handover ceremony for the Presidency of Sabancı University was hosted by Sabancı University Founding Board of Trustees Chair Güler Sabancı at the campus in Tuzla.

Güler Sabancı: “The return of a distinguished scientist to Turkey as the president of our university is a great gain for our university and country.” 

Yusuf Leblebici: “We embark upon a new journey where we can show everyone what is possible with the young potential and motivation in Turkey, and take our achievements to a level that is deserved by both our country and our university."

Also present at the ceremony was the Sabancı University community and Chief Advisor to the President of the Republic for Science, Technology, Industry and University Policies, Professor Davut Kavranoğlu. Sabancı University President Zehra Sayers handed over the position to her successor Yusuf Leblebici. 

Sabancı University President Zehra Sayers handed over her duties to Yusuf Leblebici at a ceremony hosted by Sabancı University Founding Board of Trustees Chair Güler Sabancı. 

President Yusuf Leblebici was formerly Chair Professor and Director of the Microelectric Systems Laboratory at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), consistently among the best fundamental sciences, engineering and technology schools of the world. 

“The return of a distinguished scientist to Turkey as the president of our university is a great gain for our university and country.”

Sabancı University Founding Board of Trustees Chair Güler Sabancı spoke on behalf of the Board of Trustees, saying that Sabancı University had been building a tradition while simultaneously remaining open to change and innovation through its quest for the better since the beginning.  

Güler Sabancı continued: “Next year, we will celebrate our 20th anniversary. We are a young university. But we also possess powerful and long-standing values of which there is never any compromise. 

As the Sabancı University Board of Trustees, we followed a selection process that was congruent with our tradition, and chose Yusuf Leblebici of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne as our new President. Yusuf Leblebici’s acceptance of our offer is a great gain for our university and country.

It is a matter of pride and honor that, as a professor who made great contributions to the unique and pioneering system of education at Sabancı University during its foundation, Yusuf Leblebici returns to our university after his outstanding achievements and experience in Switzerland. We are delighted that a distinguished scientist has chosen to return to his country after his tenure at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, an institution that is recognized as one of the best worldwide. We are confident that, under his guidance, our university will take even stronger steps towards its strategic objectives. Our priorities going forward are more innovative teaching and practice-oriented research, and growth through centers in graduate studies.

The Board of Trustees would like to thank Zehra Sayers for her exceptional endeavors, and wish Yusuf Leblebici great success."

Yusuf Leblebici's predecessor Zehra Sayers was among the founding members of Sabancı University. Sayers has been a member of the Sabancı University Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences for 20 years, and was the Foundations Development Program Director before being appointed President.  Zehra Sayers will remain a member of faculty at Sabancı University, and will continue her research on Molecular Biology at the EMBL Laboratory in Hamburg, Germany. 

After the opening of the ceremony by Secretary General Haluk Bal and introductory remarks by the parties, Zehra Sayers, accompanied by Sabancı University Founding Board of Trustees Chair Güler Sabancı, presented the "Inscription of Academic Freedom at Sabancı University" designed by the late FASS Studio and Workshops Director Bayram Candan to her successor, Yusuf Leblebici. The handover ceremony ended with the laying of a commemorative brick prepared in the name of Professor Zehra Sayers. 

Sabancı University's new President Yusuf Leblebici was Chair Professor and Director of the Microelectric Systems Laboratory at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), an institution that is consistently among the best fundamental sciences, engineering and technology schools of the world. Having developed the diploma program in Microelectrics as the Microelectics Program Coordinator of Sabancı University from 1999 to 2002, Yusuf Leblebici is an outstanding scientist who will be returning to Turkey from Switzerland. 

“We embark upon a new journey where we can show everyone what is possible with the young potential and motivation in Turkey, and take our achievements to a level that is deserved by both our country and our university."

Speaking at the handover ceremony, the new President of Sabancı University, Yusuf Leblebici, said: "It is a pleasure to be back at Sabancı University after 17 years. I had been a part of the foundation of this university, beginning with the search conferences in 1997 and continuing with teaching activities first at Karaköy Minerva Palas and then on this campus after 1999, when I had contributed to designing the new diploma programs of Sabancı University. I had been involved in every step towards building something unheard of in Turkey, and had put in my unwavering support for doing things that were genuinely unique in this country.

Although I decided to continue my academic career abroad, my ties to Sabancı University were not severed.  To the contrary, I viewed myself as an ambassador of this institution.

In the days to come, our objective will be to make our university one of the most respected, exemplary scientific institutions not just in Turkey, but around the world. We hope to be an inspiration to other institutions with our research activities, student potential, contribution to the community, and the positive effect we will create.

We embark upon a new journey where we can show everyone what is possible with the young potential and motivation in Turkey, and take our achievements to a level that is deserved by both our country and our university." 

Yusuf Leblebici, Chair Professor and Director of the Microelectronic Systems Laboratory at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), consistently among the best fundamental sciences, engineering and technology schools of the world, is the new President of Sabancı University.

Sabancı University's new President Yusuf Leblebici was Chair Professor and Director of the Microelectronic Systems Laboratory at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), an institution that is consistently among the best fundamental sciences, engineering and technology schools of the world. Before that, from 1999 to 2002, he also served as the Microelectronics Program Coordinator at Sabancı University. Yusuf Leblebici is an outstanding scientist who will be returning to Turkey from Switzerland.

His predecessor, Zehra Sayers, was among the founding members of Sabancı University as a member of  Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences for 20 years, and was the Foundations Development Program Director before being appointed  as President. Zehra Sayers will remain a member of faculty at Sabancı University, and  also will continue her research studies on Molecular Biology at the EMBL Laboratory in Hamburg, Germany. 

Speaking on behalf of the Board of Trustees, Sabancı University Founding  Chair of Board of Trustees,  Güler Sabancı said: “It is  our honor that, as a professor who made great contributions to the unique and pioneering system of education at Sabancı University during its foundation, Yusuf Leblebici returns to our university after his outstanding achievements and experience in Switzerland. We are delighted that a distinguished scientist has chosen to return to his country after his tenure at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, an institution that is recognized as one of the best worldwide. We are confident that, under his guidance, our university will take even stronger steps towards its objectives.  The Board of Trustees would like to thank Zehra Sayers for her exceptional endeavors, and wish Yusuf Leblebici great success." 

About Professor Leblebici: Yusuf Leblebici received the B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in electrical engineering from Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey, in 1984 and 1986, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), IL, USA, in 1990. Between 1991 and 1999, he worked as a faculty member at UIUC, at Istanbul Technical University, and at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) where he established and directed the VLSI Design Laboratory. From 1999 to 2002, he also served as the Microelectronics Program Coordinator at Sabancı University.

Since 2002, he is a Chair Professor at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) and Director of the Microelectronic Systems Laboratory. His research interests include design of high-speed CMOS digital and mixed-signal integrated circuits, computer-aided design of VLSI systems, intelligent sensor interfaces, modeling and simulation of semiconductor devices, and VLSI reliability analysis. He is the coauthor of seven books (including two internationally acclaimed textbooks), as well as more than 250 articles published in various journals and conferences.

Yusuf Leblebici has been the recipient of the prestigious Young Scientist Award of the Turkish Scientific and Technological Research Council in 1995, and the "Joseph S. Satin Distinguished Fellow Award" in 1999. He was elected as an IEEE Fellow in 2009, and as a Distinguished Lecturer of the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society for 2010–2011. 

Handing Over of Presidency Ceremony 

Prof. Dr. Zehra Sayers who has valuable contributions to Sabancı University’s being a “World  University” will hand over Presidency to invaluable academician Prof. Dr. Yusuf Leblebici. We cordially invite all SU members and students, as well as retirees and alumni to the ceremony.

Date: 5 November 2018, Monday 

Time: 11:00 – 12:30  

Place: Sabancı University Performing Arts Center, Tuzla, İstanbul 

A research team led by Sabancı University faculty member Professor Emrah Kalemci observed a black hole system named MAXI J1820+070 simultaneously with the European Space Agency (ESA) gamma-ray satellite INTEGRAL, NASA X-ray satellite SWIFT, and Tübitak National Observatory telescopes.

Emrah Kalemci

Black holes are celestial bodies that can have extreme gravitational pull while having minuscule dimensions. When these bodies are found in a binary star system with a normal star, the matter flowing from the normal star into the black hole heats and emits massive doses of X-rays. When doing so, they become the brightest emitters of X rays in the Milky Way galaxy. As the flow of matter slows down, for reasons not yet fully understood, black holes may eject some of the matter surrounding them from the system in the form of a jet. 

Black Hole and Jet

A research team led by Emrah Kalemci has been writing observing proposals to large space telescopes to understand the physical causes of the change in emissions around a black hole. For this study, the INTEGRAL observatory recorded 300,000 seconds of observation of the source named MAXI J1820+070 between October 2 and 4, and sent data to the research group composed of Dr. Tolga Dinçer (Yale University; PhD Sabancı University), Dr. Mehtap Özbey Arabacı (Erzurum Atatürk University), Dr. John Tomsick (UC Berkeley), Dr. Katja Pottschmidt (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center), Dr. Jörn Wilms (University of Erlangen, Germany) and Dr. Tomaso Belloni (Brera Observatory, Italy). Before, during and after the INTEGRAL observation, daily observations were made with the SWIFT satellite to understand the changes in lower-energy X-rays. While X-rays provide information about physical events in the immediate vicinity of the black hole, emission from a jet is observed in the radio, infrared and optical (visible) light. The team contacted the TÜBİTAK National Observatory to use the T100 and RTT150 telescopes in Antalya Bakırlıtepe to conduct observations before and during the INTEGRAL observations. Data is being analyzed and the results will be presented in international prestigious journals.

 Photo: Integral Observatory

Photo: Swift Observatory

Photo: TÜBİTAK Observatory

Please visit the following links for other TÜBİTAK observation photos: http://www.tug.tubitak.gov.tr/galeri/tug_foto/tug_foto.html

Sabancı University Founding Board of Trustees Chair Güler Sabancı addressed the graduates of professional programs 

- Anyone wishing to succeed in their jobs needs to keep up with this new world, and even see one step ahead.

- Technology brings new jobs and new ways of doing business.

- This is my 40th year in business. But even after 40 years, the idea of learning to code excites me.

- I hope you always stay up to date with the latest, and maintain your enthusiasm to be a part of the change.

- Know yourself; define your priorities well; do not hesitate to ask for help, ideas or thoughs; see challenges as opportunities for development; and persevere.

- Love the job that you do. Remember that only a path taken passionately and with confidence in its importance can lead you to success.

The Sabancı University Professional Graduate Programs Commencement was held at the Sabancı University campus in Tuzla on Saturday, October 20, 2018.

260 candidates graduated from the Sabancı University Information Technologies, Energy Technologies and Management, Data Analytics, Finance, Brand Practice, Management, Management for Professionals, and Executive MBA programs.

Speaking in the ceremony, Sabancı University Founding Board of Trustees Chair Güler Sabancı referred to the first commencement of Sabancı University in 2001. Saying that the first commencement of the school was also for graduate students, Güler Sabancı remembered Sabancı University Honorary Board of Trustees Chair Sakıp Sabancı and Founding President Tosun Terzioğlu, who had also spoken in that ceremony.

Looking at our graduates, I can see that we have delivered on the promise made at the first commencement

Güler Sabancı quoted the words of Sakıp Sabancı: “Our greatest strength is an educated youth. Today's Ahmet, Meral or Kemal will soon become general managers, executives in important positions. They will fly our flag and represent our image in Turkish and multinational companies. This is the sentiment that our university will work in. We will promise to find the best of the best." Güler Sabancı said that, looking at Sabancı University graduates, she could see that they had delivered on the promise made at the first commencement, and continued to work together in even greater dedication to go forward.

Güler Sabancı continued, “A good education is focused on the human. It improves them in all dimensions, teaches them knowledge, compels them to look for the better. A good education takes you ahead of the competition, drives progress. The fact that you are here today shows that you realize few things matter in life more than receiving a good education."

We witness the miracles and ruthlessness of technology every day

Saying that Sabancı University graduates possessed competencies that are recognized anywhere in the world, Güler Sabancı continued, “You graduate at a time when humanity is going through one of its most rapid transformations in history. We witness the miracles and ruthlessness of technology every day. Technology influences every aspect of our lives, brings new jobs and new ways of doing business. This is evidenced by the development of our graduate programs and the departments added over time, like data analytics and energy technologies."

Güler Sabancı stated that anyone wishing to succeed in their jobs needed to keep up with this new world, and even see one step ahead, adding that graduation was an important step in the process to reinvent oneself, but not an end in itself.

Even after 40 years, the idea of learning to code excites me

Güler Sabancı said, “As the young generation of executives, you must always stay current with new competencies and skills to take your careers and yourselves further. "This is my 40th year in business. But even after 40 years, the idea of learning to code excites me. I hope you always stay up to date with the latest, and maintain your enthusiasm to be a part of the change."

Words of advice by Güler Sabancı to graduates

• Know yourself;
• Define your priorities well;
• Do not hesitate to ask for help, ideas or thoughs;
• See challenges as opportunities for development;
• And persevere.
• But most important of all, love the job that you do.
• Remember that only a path taken passionately and with confidence in its importance can lead you to success.

Also speaking in the ceremony, Sabancı University President Zehra Sayers said, “One of our key objectives at Sabancı University is to continuously reinvent ourselves, provide our students with the best learning environment, and give back to the society with research and other activities."

Discussing Sabancı University's success in Turkish and international rankings, Zehra Sayers said that Sabancı University was the first Turkish institution in the top 400 of the Times Higher Education 2019 World University Rankings. Zehra Sayers added that Sabancı University continued its leadership on the University Entrepreneurship and Innovation Index. 

Speaking about the needs of the 21st century, Sayers mentioned the capabilities that graduates needed to have in order to be different from others. Sayers said that the 21st century would be an era of major changes in environment and climate, artificial intelligence, nanotechnology, biotechnology and quantum, and that the changes had the potential to affect human life both positively and adversely.  She continued by saying that the changes would have implications on politics, economics, finance and education as well.

Zehra Sayers concluded by saying that the most critical requirements of the 21st century were flexibility, continuous learning, and turning situations into opportunities through adaptation skills. 

The ceremony continued with a speech by Management for Professionals valedictorian Çiğdem İltemir Carino on behalf of graduates, and Zeynep Bahar Çelik on behalf of the Alumni Association. Graduates received their diplomas at the end of the ceremony.