ITS Türkiye Path of the Mind Awards in Transportation
ITS Türkiye Path of the Mind Awards in Transportation have been given regularly since 2018 in order to support people, institutions and organizations working, laboring and working in the field of ITS, to increase their awareness, to honor these people, institutions and organizations by ensuring that other stakeholders of the sector and citizens are informed about their work.
The winners of the ITS Türkiye Path of the Mind Awards in Transportation, where applications are increasing every year, are given their awards in a wide-ranging environment within the scope of the SUMMITS International ITS Summit program. In addition to the plaque, cash awards are given in the Start-Up and Academy categories, and plaques are presented in other categories.
2025
THE WINNERS OF PATH OF THE MIND AWARDS IN TRANSPORTATION
| ITS Türkiye's Special Award | TÜBİTAK RUTE / National Train Control and Management System (NTCMS) |
| Municipal Award (Metropolitan Municipalities) | Konya Metropolitan Municipality / Digital Twin Platform in Transportation |
| Trabzon Metropolitan Municipality / Use of Mobile Vehicle Data-Based Traffic Analyses in Micro and Meso-Scale Transportation Planning Projects | |
| Municipal Award (Provincial-District Municipalities) |
Kahta Municipality / Integration of Smart Transportation, Security and Fuel Management |
| Bağcılar Municipality / Digital City Twin: Sustainable Urban Management | |
| Mobility Technology Award | Product - TURKCELL, TÜBİTAK BİLGEM, Ford Otosan, Smart Universal, Beemobs and i2i Systems / Remote Vehicle Control via 5G Tele-Operation |
| Service - ASELSAN / National Metro Signaling System | |
| Software - Anadolu Isuzu / Deep Learning-Based Safety Solution Against Lane Occupation by Heavy Commercial Vehicles | |
| Contribution to the Sector Award | Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure, Directorate General of Communications / Satellite-Supported National Intelligent Transportation Systems Automation Project |
| Istanbul Technical University / ITU Maritime Security and Cyber Threats Research Laboratory (CYBERMARSEC LAB) | |
| Start-Up Award | RailSize / Track Geometry Measuring Device for Railways |
| Academy Award | Oğuzhan AKYILDIZ / Task Offloading Methods in Fog-Based IoT (PhD Thesis) |
| Best Academic Publication Award | Metin Mutlu AYDIN / Performance Comparison of Various Tunnel Lighting Scenarios on Driver Lane-Changing Behaviours in a Driving Simulator (SCIE, Q2 category) |
| Academic R&D Award | Recep ARSLAN / Development of a Tracking-Based Smart Pedestrian Crossing Signal System |
| Jury's Special Award | Kayseri Metropolitan Municipality / AUS360: Smart Transportation Systems Management and Reporting Platform |
| ULAK Communication Inc. / Hasdal Test Corridor 5G Technology Development and Installation Project |
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2024
THE WINNERS OF PATH OF THE MIND AWARDS IN TRANSPORTATION
| ITS Türkiye’s Special Award | ICA YSS Bridge and Northern Ring Highway Operation Inc. & Ford Otosan / Making Intelligent Transportation Systems of Our Country's Highways Ready for Use by Vehicles with Level 4 Autonomous Driving Capability |
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Özgür TALİH / Contribution to ITS Türkiye Activities |
| Municipal Award | Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality / IETT Digital Transformation Office |
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Gaziantep Metropolitan Municipality / All Card Gaziantep Card |
| Konya Metropolitan Municipality / Accessible Konya | |
| Mobility Technology Award | Product - Ford Otosan / Developing Türkiye’s First Commercial Vehicle with Integrated Connectivity Technology, Engineering, Vehicle, Hardware and Cyber Security Tests and Presenting it to the Market as a Leading Brand |
| Service - İzmir Metropolitan Municipality ESHOT General Directorate / Digital Measurement Model Determining Urban Public Transportation Access Levels with Big Data and AHP/TOPSIS Methods | |
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Software - INTETRA Technology and Information Services Inc. / Artificial Intelligence Based New Generation Adaptive Intersection Management System |
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General Directorate of Highways / Central Software Platform Development Project for Cooperative and Intelligent Transportation Systems |
| Marmara University, VeNIT Lab / Determination of Technical Specifications of In-Vehicle Information and Communication System Project | |
| Turkcell / Istanbul Technical University 5G Technology Campus | |
| Start-Up Award | Leo Drive & Robeff / Robione |
| Academy Award | Emre UYGUN / Investigation of Acoustic Monitoring and Detection of Structural Disturbances in Rail Systems Using Deep Learning Based on Audio to Spectrogram Conversion |
| Best Academic Publication Award | Oğuz TENGİLİMOĞLU / Implications of automated vehicles for physical road environment: A comprehensive review (SCIE, Q1 category) |
| Academic R&D Award | Ondokuz Mayıs University, CEITSS Lab / A New Bikeway Vehicle Counting and Classification Device for Increasing Micromobility in Smart and Green Cities |
| Jury’s Special Award | Kahramanmaraş Metropolitan Municipality / Barrier-Free Parking |
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TCDD Transportation Inc. / Establishment of the Navigation Safety Platform |
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| PTT Technology Inc. / TRota | |
| Media Award | Anadolu Agency / News Activities on Intelligent Transportation |
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2023
THE WINNERS OF PATH OF THE MIND AWARDS IN TRANSPORTATION
| ITS Türkiye’s Special Award | Ulak Communication / Development of Herd Communication Infrastructure with V2X Technology (Ant Project) |
| Municipal Award | Şanlıurfa Metropolitan Municipality / Traffic Safety Analysis Platform |
| Bursa Metropolitan Municipality / Hybrid Dynamic Intersection Control Method Project with Moving Vehicle Data and Traffic Management Cameras | |
| Samsun Metropolitan Municipality / Samsun Electric Bus Project | |
| Mobility Technology Award | Anadolu Isuzu / Connected Vehicles V2X Project |
| TÜBİTAK RUTE / Development and Dissemination of New Generation Intelligent and Connected Railway Technologies | |
| Anadolu Highways / Early Freeze Detection System | |
| Contribution to the Sector Award | İstanbul Commerce University, İSBAK, ASELSAN / Regional Adaptive Traffic Management Research and Application Project |
| General Directorate of Communication ITS Department / National ITS Platform | |
| Start-Up Award | Leo Drive Technology / Autonomous Conversion Kit for Passenger and Light Commercial Vehicles |
| Academy Award | Abdulehad ÖZDEMİR / Development and Evaluation of Energy Management Systems for Connected Hybrid and Electric Vehicles |
| İsmail Furkan ÇOLAKOĞLU / Evaluating Bus Signal Priority Options in a Network: Derbyshire County Case Study | |
| Jury’s Special Award | Ankara Metropolitan Municipality, EGO General Directorate / Bicycle Campus |
| Trabzon Transportation / Public Transportation Mobile Application for Visually Impaired Individuals | |
| Antalya Metropolitan Municipality / Antalya Traffic Control Center and Smart Intersection Control Center | |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr. Metin Mutlu AYDIN /i-gCar4ITS: Innovative and Green Career Development for Intelligent Transportation System Applications | |
| Media Award | AUS Volunteers / AUS Volunteers Media Activities |
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2022
THE WINNERS OF PATH OF THE MIND AWARDS IN TRANSPORTATION
| ITS Türkiye’s Special Award | Ford Otosan / Remote vehicle control system |
| Municipal Award | Kocaeli Metropolitan Municipality / Zone-based tariff and distance-based pricing |
| Samsun Metropolitan Municipality / Samsun smart city traffic safety project | |
| Konya Metropolitan Municipality / Accessible Konya mobile application | |
| Mobility Technology Award | Netaş Telecommunications / On-board and roadside communication unit for connected and autonomous vehicles |
| Optiyol / Dynamic route optimization and mobile tracking app | |
| Contribution to the Sector Award | NMM Anadolu Motorway / Fiber optic based acoustic incident detection system |
| Emre UYGUN / Sound processing and machine learning based structural deterioration detection in rail systems | |
| Start-Up Award | Bizero Mobility / Remote-controlled semi-autonomous delivery robot |
| Academy Award | Ezgi TETİK SAĞLAM / GEOAKOM: Intelligent routing method by location for vehicle networks |
| Burak Enis KORKMAZ / Investigation of the usability of carbon fiber reinforced conductive asphalt concretes in smart anti-icing systems | |
| Jury’s Special Award | Assoc. Prof. Dr. Müjdat SOYTÜRK / Development of domestic and national V2X applications, end-to-end service and infrastructure access |
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2021
THE WINNERS OF PATH OF MIND AWARDS IN TRANSPORTATION
| ITS Türkiye’s Special Award | Boğaziçi University / Real-time traffic management with interconnected autonomous vehicles in uninterrupted flows |
| Municipal Award | Kocaeli Metropolitan Municipality / Public transport journey analysis with electronic toll collection system data |
| Konya Metropolitan Municipality / Public transport line management system | |
| Mobility Technology Award | Service - Vestel Technology / Charging Network Management System (CNMS) Project |
| Software - Intetra Electronics / Intelligent Incident Detection System (IIDS) | |
| Product - Piton Software / ALFA System Domestic vehicle on-board communication and passenger information system | |
| Contribution to the Sector Award | Bandırma Onyedi Eylül University / ITS Application and Research Center |
| Kodeco / Innovative technologies of developed ZOOP shared vehicles | |
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Ford Otosan / Level-4 highway pilot project |
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| Start-Up Award | Bugiworks / Hergele |
| Mustafa YILMAZ / Internodz | |
| Academy Award | Caner PENSE / Exploration of Chamber of Civil Engineers' e-cruise and EU's e-maritime concepts and determination of strategies to implement ITS at maritime in Türkiye |
| Identifying strategies to implement ITS | |
| Jury’s Special Award | Gaziantep Metropolitan Municipality / HES code in public transport |
| Şanlıurfa Metropolitan Municipality / Task and personnel management system | |
| Media Award | Yalova University Transportation Engineering / Transportation Main News |
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2020
THE WINNERS OF PATH OF THE MIND AWARDS IN TRANSPORTATION
| ITS Türkiye’s Special Award | Ministry of National Education General Directorate of Private Education Institutions / No minor mistake in traffic Project |
| Municipal Award | Gaziantep Metropolitan Municipality / Station Main Transfer Center Work |
| Konya Metropolitan Municipality / Konya traffic assistant | |
| Mobility Technology Award | Anadolu Isizu / Driver fatigue and distraction detection system |
| Car4Future | |
| Contribution to the Sector Award | Raysimaş / T-Ray |
| Start-Up Award | Tytovision / Intelligent Driving and Smart City Assistant |
| Academy Award | Zuhal NALÇAKAR / A Critical Assessment of Konya Metropolitan Municipality's Intelligent Transportation Policies |
| Hulusi AYDEMİR / Energy efficiency in transportation with energy analysis of Türkiye railways with artificial intelligence systems and sustainable transportation planning strategies | |
| Jury’s Special Award | Şanlıurfa Metropolitan Municipality / Trip Editor |
| Media Award | Focal Point with Mustafa Yıldız |
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2019
THE WINNERS OF PATH OF THE MIND AWARDS IN TRANSPORTATION
| ITS Türkiye’s Special Award | ISBAK Inc. / Intelligent mobile transfer station |
| Kocaeli Metropolitan Municipality / Innovative public transportation solutions | |
| Municipal Award | Kahramanmaraş Metropolitan Municipality / Online and interactive traffic management |
| Mobility Technology Award | Parabol Software / Traffic Management Center Platform (TMCP) |
| Contribution to the Sector Award | Turkcell Communication / Co-pilot |
| Proline / Intelligent Security Management System | |
| Start-Up Award | Talha ÇUHADAROĞLU / Driving Assistant |
| Academy | Oruç ALTINTAŞI / Queue length detection in urban main arterial roads using FCD |
| Ufuk Demir ALAN / Server-based automatic toll collection and management system, and data mining analysis in public transportation | |
| Media Award | Turkish Police Radio |
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2018
THE WINNERS OF PATH OF THE MIND AWARDS IN TRANSPORTATION
| ITS Türkiye’s Special Award | Malatya Metropolitan Municipality / Smart intersection control system and traffic control center software |
| Municipal Award | Gaziantep Metropolitan Municipality / Transportation is in your pocket with Gaziantep Card |
| Mobility Technology Award | ISBAK Inc. / Intelligent (IoT) Taxi Hat |
| Contribution to the Sector Award | Izmir Metropolitan Municipality / Full adaptive traffic control and information system |
| Start-Up Award | OKB Teknoloji / FreePark |
| Göktuğ İSLAMOĞLU / Captura ITS | |
| Media Award | Radio Traffic |