Dean, Faculty of Engineering; Professor of Computer Engineering, Gebze Technical University (GTU), Türkiye
“Artificial Intelligence: Did the Idea Work?”
Prof. Akgül’s research spans computer vision, medical image analysis, and artificial intelligence, with work on 3D vision, segmentation, tracking, and ultrasound imaging. He earned his PhD in Computer and Information Sciences from the University of Delaware and previously worked at Cognex Corporation on machine vision before joining GTU, where he is a full professor and (currently) serves as Dean of Engineering.