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TEKNOFEST 2025 AI in Healthcare Competition Concludes

TEKNOFEST 2025 in Istanbul: Young Minds Convene for AI in Healthcare

TEKNOFEST 2025 brought together science, technology, and innovation enthusiasts in Istanbul this year. Held at Atatürk Airport between September 17–21, 2025, the festival stood out as one of the largest events reinforcing Türkiye’s objective of becoming a global technology hub. Featuring competitions across dozens of diverse themes—ranging from aviation displays and robotic systems to energy technologies and artificial intelligence in healthcare—the festival garnered significant interest from participants of all age groups.

The festival set a new attendance record this year, welcoming over 1.5 million visitors to the event site throughout the five-day period. More than 71,000 participants personally attended technical presentations, technology exhibitions, and startup showcases held within the competition and exhibition zones. Furthermore, the event received applications from over 565,000 teams and more than 1 million contestants seeking to compete across various categories. This year, the festival featured 58 main competitions and 137 subcategories, with a total of over 65 million TL in prize money awarded to the winning projects. In addition, teams that successfully passed the preliminary stages received more than 85 million TL in material support. To ensure inclusivity across all segments of society, the festival was held entirely free of charge via an online registration system. Furthermore, public institutions, universities, technology firms, and research institutes participated with their exhibition stands, engaging in direct interaction with the youth throughout the event.

AI in Healthcare Competition: Youth Contributions to Medical Technologies

Among the competitions organized under TEKNOFEST umbrella, the AI in Healthcare Competition—coordinated by TÜSEB Türkiye Health Data Research and Artificial Intelligence Applications Institute (TÜYZE)—stood out as a prominent category in health technologies. Conducted in collaboration with TÜSEB and the General Directorate of Health Information Systems, the competition encouraged young talents to develop AI-based solutions for the healthcare sector.

This year, the competition received applications from a total of 3,275 teams. Among these submissions, 2,755 were in the high school category, while 520 were at the university level and above. This high level of participation demonstrates the ever-increasing interest of youth in artificial intelligence technologies within the healthcare sector each passing year.

The core focus of the competition was the development of artificial intelligence models aimed at the early detection of conditions such as polyps, strokes, and cardiomegaly through medical imaging. In the initial stage, 65 teams from the high school category and 95 teams from the university and above category qualified for the next round. During the second phase, 25 high school teams and 38 university teams advanced to the finals. Following the technical evaluations conducted during the first two days of the final stage, 8 teams from the high school category and 12 teams from the university category earned the right to proceed to the presentation stage.

Following the final evaluations conducted after the presentations,

In High School Category
Dura_Vision
ÇFL AI
ÇGMPL Neuronauts
In University Category
Başkent Üniversitesi Sağlıkta YZ Takımı
Anlak
SCU – NöroVizyon

 

secured the top three positions. The awards were presented to the winning teams during a ceremony held on the closing day of the festival.

The AI in Healthcare Competition, conducted by TÜYZE, serves as more than just a contest; it is a learning and development platform that enables young researchers to gain proficiency in the field of health data science. The primary objective of the competition is to increase youth participation in Türkiye’s national health data ecosystem, lay the groundwork for the development of innovative software in this field, and incentivize the production of AI-based healthcare technologies.