IEEE GRSS Türkiye Thesis Award to Our Research Assistant

Res. Asst. Dr. Muhammed Enes Atik from ITU Department of Geomatics Engineering was awarded at the IEEE GRSS Türkiye 2022 Thesis Competition for his Ph.D. thesis titled “Deep Learning-based Semantic Segmentation of Point Clouds” in the field of remote sensing.

Istanbul Technical University continues to add new ones to its academic achievements in its 250th year. Res. Asst. Dr. Muhammed Enes Atik from ITU Faculty of Civil Engineering Department of Geomatics Engineering received the third award in IEEE GRSS Türkiye 2022 Thesis Competition with his Ph.D. thesis supervised by Prof. Dr. Zaide Duran.

Graduate theses on remote sensing from various universities in Türkiye participated in IEEE GRSS Türkiye 2022 Thesis Competition. Having passed the preliminary evaluation in the two-stage competition, the finalists appeared before an evaluation board consisting of academics and private sector representatives specialized in the field of remote sensing. In the final stage, which was held online, various criteria such as original value, method and applicability, scientific output, widespread impact, product patent and commercial output potential were taken into consideration.

Res. Asst. Dr. Muhammed Enes Atik from ITU received the third award with his Ph.D. thesis titled “Deep Learning-based Semantic Segmentation of Point Clouds”. 

About IEEE GRSS Türkiye

IEEE GRSS Türkiye is the Türkiye Chapter of Geoscience & Remote Sensing Society (GRSS) under the US-based professional organization Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Since its establishment in 2012, IEEE GRSS Türkiye has been working to serve researchers interested in the field of earth sciences and remote sensing and to support knowledge transfer and joint learning through scientific, technical and educational activities.

IEEE GRSS Türkiye Thesis Competition is a competition for master’s and Ph.D. theses related to at least one of the fields of theories, concepts, science and engineering techniques applied to remote sensing of land, oceans, atmosphere and space, and the processing, interpretation and dissemination of this information.

We congratulate our research assistant.