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Domestic artificial intelligence-based sperm analysis software wins the first prize at TEKNOFEST

07.10.2024

Istanbul Medipol University International School of Medicine students won the first place in the health category at TEKNOFEST Adana with their domestic artificial intelligence-based sperm analysis software that will be used in the diagnosis of infertility in men. This software, developed by students who double major in computer engineering, is the first of its kind in Türkiye.

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The Final Evaluation results of the 2242 University Students Research Projects Competition organized within the scope of TEKNOFEST 2024 have been announced. According to the announced results, the software developed by Hacı Burhanettin Yıldırım, Mustafa Salih Gücez, and Mehmet Berke İşler, 5th year students of Istanbul Medipol University International School of Medicine, won the first prize in the ‘Health Category’. Our students, who participated in the competition with the team’s name “Long Live the Sperm”, were supervised by Assoc. Prof. Seda Karabulut, Head of the Department of Histology and Embryology at the School of International Medicine, and Prof. Reda Alhajj, Faculty Member of the Department of Computer Engineering at the School of Engineering and Natural Sciences.

DOUBLE MAJORS IN COMPUTER ENGINEERING
The multidisciplinary study developed by the students, who are double majors in the Department of Computer Engineering, is described as ‘Computer-Assisted Sperm Analysis’. Thanks to the software, the three fundamental parameters of sperm, namely density, morphology, and mobility can be detected both automatically and faster. The accuracy rates of the study are also high.

İŞLER: NO SIMILAR STUDY IN TÜRKİYE
About the project, which has the potential to reduce foreign dependency in the health sector, Mehmet Berke İşler said: “Our biggest motivation for our project was the fact that a similar study in this field had not been conducted in Türkiye before. There is currently no ‘Computer-Assisted Sperm Analysis’ (CASA) system in Türkiye and when needed, this software is supplied from abroad. We aim to provide added value to our country by further developing this software.”

GÜCEZ: WE APPLIED FOR A PATENT
For this study, which has significant innovation potential, Mustafa Gücez said: “Our goal was to develop a diagnostic method that could detect male infertility in in vitro fertilization centers and all areas where sperm analysis is used. We need to gather more data from laboratories by optimizing our model. We want to further develop our model with the data we collect. We have applied for a patent for our work. Once the system has been fully optimized and accuracy rates have been increased, we will turn the patent into a product and introduce it to healthcare institutions.”

YILDIRIM: THE SYSTEM IS BOTH OBJECTIVE AND FAST
Emphasizing the importance of multidisciplinary approaches in providing innovative solutions, Hacı Burhanettin Yıldırım added: “We had the chance to work and observe in the embryology laboratory for a long time. Sperm analysis is a process performed in laboratories by examining the images under a microscope. This process has results that may vary depending on the person. Our innovative work ensures that the process is both objectively evaluated and completed faster through artificial intelligence. Thanks to multidisciplinary work, the software we developed fully automates this process. The accuracy rates of our software are also high. Since the project is based on artificial intelligence, we utilized different models of it, especially software that has emerged recently.

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