Special Artificial Intelligence-Supported Exhibition from Sabancı University for the 25th Year

Sabancı University is hosting a special exhibition called 'Living Moments: A Retrospective of 25 Years' as part of its 25th anniversary celebrations. Speaking at the opening ceremony of the exhibition, Sabancı University Founding Board of Trustees Chair Güler Sabancı said, "We have collected many memories, documents and photographs during our 25-year journey, but the most valuable ones are our graduates, students and valuable academics, whom we add to every year. This exhibition is a product of our motto of 'Creating and developing together'."

Sabancı University is celebrating its 25th anniversary with a special exhibition. The exhibition “Living Memories: A 25-Year Retrospective”, prepared using artificial intelligence technologies, opened on May 25 at the Sabancı University Performance Center (SGM) foyer area on the Sabancı University Tuzla Campus. The opening ceremony of the exhibition was held with the participation of Sabancı University Founding Board of Trustees Chair Güler Sabancı and Sabancı University President Yusuf Leblebici, as well as faculty members, graduates, students and employees.

“25 extremely valuable, labor-filled years…”

Sabancı University Founding Board of Trustees Chair Güler Sabancı, who made the opening speech of the exhibition, said, “25 years may be a short time in terms of university history, but for us it has been an extremely valuable and labor-filled 25 years. We have accumulated many memories and photographs on this journey, but the most valuable ones are our graduates, students and valuable academicians who we add to each year. When we look back today, we see with pleasure that we have achieved many of our goals. Of course, new goals need to be set after each goal. This is also a result of the desire to do better. For this reason, we have an unchanging motto: ‘To create and develop together.’ The Living Moments: A Retrospective of 25 Years exhibition is also a product of this understanding. With the frames collected from faculties and centers, we remember this journey we all embarked on together. I am happy to make such a meaningful start to our 25th year celebrations and I would like to thank everyone who contributed.”

“We continue on our way with the motivation of the first day”

Sabancı University President Yusuf Leblebici said in his speech, “It is a great success to bring a university from scratch to the present day. When we brought our first students to this campus in 1999, we understood even better how valuable this adventure that started under difficult conditions is. The students of that period and our students and graduates who came after are today in the world's leading universities, companies and in the highest level positions. Today, we continue on our way with the same motivation as the first day. We are just at the beginning of the road; we are raising our goals higher every day. I would like to thank the entire team who prepared this meaningful exhibition reflecting the 25-year journey of our university.”

Following the opening ceremony, which saw intense participation, Güler Sabancı signed the book 'Founding a University…', published in Turkish and English, in which she wrote the story of the establishment of Sabancı University, for the guests.

Sabancı University's 25-year memory processed with artificial intelligence

The “Living Moments: A Retrospective of 25 Years” exhibition offers a broad perspective covering the foundation story of Sabancı University from 25 years ago to the present, campus life, student and alumni achievements, and outstanding works in the fields of science and art. Prepared with thousands of contents collected from the university’s faculties, research centers and units, the exhibition was created by processing this rich content with artificial intelligence models. In the exhibition; the milestones of Sabancı University, which was born in 1999 with the dream of establishing a ‘world university’ and made a difference with its unique education model, are conveyed with both original documents and archive materials and memories revived with artificial intelligence technologies.