The international “HackMasters Competition”, which brings together cyber talents and is organized within the scope of TEKNOFEST by the Presidency’s Digital Transformation Office in Antalya, has started.
The final of the Mediterranean Technology Competitions organized in 25 areas by TEKNOFEST, in which Anadolu Agency is among the media stakeholders, continues on its third day, hosted by ANFAŞ International Fair and Congress Center.
The “HackMasters Competition”, organized by the Presidency’s Digital Transformation Office within the scope of TEKNOFEST this year with the theme of artificial intelligence security, is taking place with the participation of 10 teams, one of which is from Azerbaijan.
The competition was started by Turkey Technology Team (T3) Foundation Board of Directors Chairwoman Elvan Kuzucu Hıdır and Presidential Digital Transformation Office Deputy Director Yusuf Tancan.
“Cyber security is one of the most important areas for our country”
In her speech at the opening of the competition, Elvan Kuzucu Hıdır said that they witnessed the excitement of the final in the cyber security competition.
Hıdır, who stated that TEKNOFEST was held in 49 different categories this year, said, “More than 1.6 million competitors applied to these competitions. This year’s theme is artificial intelligence, major language models, quantum, nuclear energy, and important competitions are held in critical technology areas. This year, HackMasters is also organized with the theme of artificial intelligence. They will perform certain tasks here. Our teams that make it to the top 3 will have challenging tasks inside. Cybersecurity is one of the most important areas for our country. It is very important that the technology and systems we develop can work in the field of cybersecurity. Therefore, our young people will also be leading important studies in the field of software here.”
Stating that technology competitions are the heart of TEKNOFEST, Hıdır emphasized that the young people raised here play an important role in meeting the country’s human resource needs in critical technology fields.
Drawing attention to the fact that competitions were held in different technology fields this year, Hıdır said:
“This year, we have a competition on quantum technologies, which we are organizing for the first time. Decisions have been made to establish important centers and bases in this field in our country. Our young people who will work in these centers will be trained in technology competitions. In addition, we have activities and competitions in the field of enterprise. Just as Baykar started as a startup and became an important technology company that produces the world’s best UAVs and SIHAs in its field, we are sure that hundreds, thousands of young people who are trained in TEKNOFEST will establish their own enterprises in critical areas. They will take important steps towards our country becoming fully independent and prosperous and bring it to important points.”
Yusuf Tancan, Deputy Director of the Presidency’s Digital Transformation Office, stated that 2,250 individual applications were made from 39 countries this year.
Tancan congratulated the teams that made it to the top 10 among nearly a thousand teams and competed in the finals, saying, “The technical committee has prepared an exciting, high-quality competition scenario content for you again. Our main theme this year was determined as the security of artificial intelligence, in line with the main theme of TEKNOFEST Mediterranean. The technical committee created a fictional technology company for the finals, and the artificial intelligence application of this company will guide you throughout the competition, I recommend you follow it. An exciting competition with surprises awaits us.”
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2024-09-11 00:58:09