YZE
Ecosystem Call
In this support model, our companies that need artificial intelligence solutions are defined as customer institutions and a joint funding mechanism has been established in the form of meeting a certain percentage of the project budget of these companies. In the applications, at least one company as a technology provider together with a customer institution, at least one university research center / laboratory or public research center / institute with experience in this field, and a consortium with TUBITAK BILGEM Artificial Intelligence Institute (YZE) were formed.
Within the scope of this program, it is aimed to activate the Artificial Intelligence Ecosystem of Turkey and to achieve the following gains:
- Development of artificial intelligence solutions needed by the industry by our technology provider companies with university contributions,
- Transferring the knowledge in the field of artificial intelligence, which is already established in university/public research centers, to our companies,
- Establishing a pre-competitive cooperation approach in the field of artificial intelligence,
- Supporting the artificial intelligence entrepreneurship ecosystem,
- Directing the actors of the artificial intelligence ecosystem to an active cooperation model,
- Ensuring the continuous transfer of experience and knowledge in the field of artificial intelligence to our companies in need by technology providers and through AI,
- Training researcher human resources in the field of artificial intelligence.
ECOSYSTEM CALL
Priority Areas
TÜBİTAK BİLGEM Artificial Intelligence Institute will be responsible for the basic integration of the solutions developed within the scope of the Ecosystem Call and the rapid transfer of knowledge to the ecosystem. For this purpose, it will be ensured that the knowledge that will be created as a result of the projects is gathered and disseminated within the body of YZE and applied to different sectors.
Four priority areas have been identified within the scope of the program:
Financial Technologies
Intelligent Production Systems
Smart Agriculture, Food and Livestock
Climate Change and Sustainability
YZE
Ecosystem Call
The field of Intelligent Production Systems is expected to make a rapid contribution to the artificial intelligence ecosystem thanks to the point where digital transformation in the industry has come and the model factories in the industry.
Due to the increasing critical importance of food supply and safety, artificial intelligence-based solutions to be developed in the field of "smart food", "agriculture and livestock" are expected to bring significant benefits to the sector.
Turkey's high level of maturity in the field of financial technologies, another priority area, is expected to facilitate the integration of the solutions to be developed into the financial system.
The effects of climate change, which has caused various natural disasters in our country as well as in the whole world in recent years, have been determined as another priority area, and artificial intelligence solutions to be developed for predicting such disasters and taking necessary precautions will also be supported within the scope of the program.
There was a lot of interest in the call in a short time, a total of 22 consortia submitted applications. 10 consortium projects were accepted with the evaluations of multiple arbitration committees specialized in their field. 7 of these projects are in the thematic areas of ”Smart Production Systems,“ 1 of them is in the thematic areas of ”Finance Technologies,“ 1 of them is in the thematic areas of ”Smart Agriculture, Food and Livestock“ and 1 of them is in the thematic areas of ”Climate Change Impacts".
YZE
1711 - Artificial Intelligence Ecosystem Call - 2021
Projects accepted within the scope of the First Artificial Intelligence Ecosystem Call and started as of October 1, 2022 are as follows:
