TEKNOFEST Aviation Artificial Intelligence Competition Winners Aim to Target the Turkish Defense Industry
Osama and Talal Bakour, who won the TEKNOFEST Aviation Artificial Intelligence Competition, aim to contribute to the Turkish defense industry with the project they developed.
Winning first place in the Aviation Artificial Intelligence Competition held within the scope of TEKNOFEST, Osama and his Syrian friend Talal Bakour aim to contribute to the Turkish defense industry with the artificial intelligence projects they developed.
Osama, who participated in the competition along with Syrian Mathematics Engineering graduate Talal Bakour, stated that they worked on three different tasks during the 6-7 month process that started in February and concluded with the finals in September. He noted that they performed human and vehicle detection in the first stage, tried to estimate the drone's position in situations where the GPS signal is lost in the second task, and identified objects in images in the third task. Ranking seventh in the semifinal, the team achieved first place in the final.
Osama stated that their project could provide benefits in areas such as traffic management as well as the defense industry. The young competitor, who aims to pursue a career in the defense industry in the future, stated that as a result of the success achieved, he will start an internship at Baykar.