Istanbul Gelisim University (IGU), which was THE only university in Türkiye in the evaluation that 7 universities in the world were shortlisted with the "Internationalization Strategy of the Year" at THE Awards Asia in 2019, was shortlisted in the stem (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) category of the Research Project of the Year with the PİRİTA project this year. PİRİTA project is being worked under the leadership of Mustafa Sencer Kaçar, IGU TTO Manager Yahya Kemal Kıran and IGU Rector Prof. Bahri Şahin.
PİRİTA won a gold medal in the ISIF24 Patent Competition within the scope of TEKNOFEST 2024 held in Adana and represented Türkiye's power in technology production in the international arena.
IGU students, who do their long-term internships at IGU TTO, apply their knowledge and skills to the project and enable artificial intelligence to use it in areas such as 3D mapping, machine learning and image processing. PİRİTA combines high accuracy and technology using machine learning and image processing techniques instead of traditional lidar sensors. PİRİTA makes it possible to develop 3D mapping financially effectively.
THE Awards Asia is considered to be one of the most prestigious awards aimed at rewarding leadership and innovative projects in higher education. While evaluations are made in 10 different categories every year, 8 universities from each category reached the final in 2025. In THE Awards Asia 2025, where 3 universities from Türkiye were shortlisted, Istanbul Gelisim University took its place as the only Turkish foundation university with its success in the Research Project of the Year: stem category.
The winners will be announced on the night of the award ceremony at THE Asian Universities Summit in Macau on 22 April 2025.
Senior executives of universities will participate in the gala to be held on behalf of the projects.