The Science Academy member Professor Erol Gelenbe will be honoured with a symposium to be held September 21 – 24, 2015 hosted by Imperial College London.
The Symposium addresses areas where Erol Gelenbe is active: Science and Engineering Policy, Stochastic Networks, Computer and Network Quality of Service, Machine Learning and Bioinformatics.
The Science Academy member Engin Umut Akkaya and his colleagues’ article “ Intracellular Modulation of Excited-State Dynamics in a Chromophore Dyad: Differential Enhancement of Photocytotoxicity Targeting Cancer Cells” was on the cover of esteemed Science magazine Angewantde Chemie.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition,vol 54 issue 18, pages 5263, 2015
Dr. Safacan Kolemen, Dr. Murat Işık, Gyoung Mi Kim, Dabin Kim, Hao Geng, Muhammed Buyuktemiz, Tugce Karatas, Prof. Xian-Fu Zhang, Prof. Yavuz Dede, Prof. Juyoung Yoon and Prof. Engin U. Akkaya
For further information on the article please visit: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/anie.201411962/abstract
The Science Academy Conferences will start the Fall & Winter 2015 Term on 19 September 2015.
As usual the conferences will take place at the IKSV Salon. Here are the details:
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Charles Darwin, Atatürk ve Türkiye’de Seküler Bilim Anlayışının Doğuşu
Speaker : Zafer Toprak
19 September 2015 Saturday 13:00
Salon İKSV
The Science Academy Conferences – 37
Yüzüncü Yılında Görelilik
Speaker: Rahmi Güven
10 October 2015 Saturday 13:00
Salon İKSV
The Science Academy Conferences– 38
Interstellar (Yıldızlararası) Filmindeki Fizik: Ne Kadarı Bilim? Ne Kadarı Kurgu?
Speaker : Tekin Dereli
21 November 2015 Saturday 13:00
Salon İKSV
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İnsan Kapasitesini Geliştirme: Bilim ve Sosyal Politikalar
Speaker : Çiğdem Kağıtçıbaşı
19 December 2015 Saturday 13:00
Salon İKSV
The Science Academy member Erol Gelenbe is amongst the top 50 doctorate advisors according to American Mathematical Society’s Mathematics Genealogy Project. Please click for further details.
The following excerpts are from the report on vaccination by the Science Academy Working Group:
“In recent years, it has been observed that various groups criticize vaccination, the most effective method devised by science to protect against infectious disease, based on deficient and erroneous information, and suggest that humans, especially children should not be vaccinated.
“Today, the medical community shares the consensus that vaccination is the most efficient, economical and practical protection method against infectious diseases. It was only through vaccination that illnesses which had killed or maimed millions in previous centuries were wiped off the face of the Earth. …
The Science Academy member Alikram Aliev was granted the Science Award for his high-quality works at international level in the fields of physics in theoretical and mathematical physics, black holes and gravitational theory.
The link to the awards can be found here.
Turkey’s June 7 elections’ probable effects were dealt with on an article by Alison Abbott on weekly Science magazine Nature:
“Turkey election results delight scientists”, Alison Abbott, Nature 522, 264–265 (18 June 2015) doi:10.1038/522264a
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The Science Academy’s Statement on the Limitation of Studies on Immigrants is as follows:
“Limitation of Studies on Immigrants Goes Against Scientific Freedoms!
On April 6, 2015, the Ministry of Interior sent a communiqué entitled “Field Studies on Individuals Seeking Temporary International Protection” to the Council of Higher Education (YÖK), which later passed it on to presidents’ offices at universities across Turkey on April 10th, 2015. In brief, the communiqué states that …
The Science Academy member Ali Nesin’s Mathematics Village was extensively featured in American Mathematical Society’s monthly magazine Notices.
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The Science Academy is deeply concerned about the latest letter sent to all universities restricting research on refugees.
To read the full announcement click here.
