ASYU 2026 - Innovations and Applications in Intelligent Systems (IEEE)

ASYU 2026 (Akilli Sistemlerde Yenilikler ve Uygulamalari - Innovations and Applications in Intelligent Systems) is a long-standing Turkish technical conference that has been organised since 2004. The 2026 edition is hosted by Ozyegin University in Istanbul from 9 to 11 September and is run in the IEEE conference tradition, with papers indexed via IEEE Xplore.

Programme focus

ASYU deliberately sits in the broader intelligent-systems tradition rather than the narrower generative-AI hype cycle. Its declared topics include expert and autonomous systems, intelligent agents, deep learning, data analytics, IoT, generative AI, biometrics, blockchain, quantum computing and the law-and-ethics dimension of technology. That breadth is exactly its value: a great deal of applied AI is not a chatbot but is embedded in sensors, control systems, optimisation routines and industrial processes, and ASYU is structured around those real deployments. The 2026 edition also invites special-session proposals tied to current applied themes such as health, energy, transportation, defence, finance and engineering education.

Why it matters

All submissions are reviewed double-blind by at least three reviewers, which keeps the bar at a genuinely academic level and distinguishes ASYU from commercial expos. For a worldwide directory it is a strong example of the Turkish applied-AI research layer: a peer-reviewed, IEEE-affiliated venue where engineers and researchers present work on intelligent systems across multiple industries. The conference is held in person, with Turkish and English as working languages, broadening its reach to international participants. A paper and special-session call is open; the exact submission deadline should be confirmed on the conference important-dates page before relying on it.