News 2012

Council on Foreign Relations: US-Turkey Report

On May 9, 2012 Council on Foreign Relations unveiled the report of a Task Force on U.S.-Turkey Relations; A new partnership. The chairs of the task force were Madeline K. Albright and Stephen J. Hadley. The roundtable discussion of the report was chaired by a familiar face, David Ignatius of the Washington Post.   full story

Young Scientists Profile: Conversation with Melis Anahtar

My parents are both Turkish and immigrated to the U.S. one year before I was born. I was raised in the suburbs of DC, and had the opportunity to attend public schools that had special programs for gifted students interested in pursuing advanced classes in math, science, and computer science. These programs and other extracurricular activities fostered my love of the sciences and gave me opportunities to explore my interests.   full story

From the President: Introducing The Bridge

Welcome to the inaugural issue of TASSA Newsletter, The Bridge. We are very excited that TASSA is providing this service to you. With our limited resources we plan to publish The Bridge monthly to strengthen the communication between TASSA friends and TASSA Board and the committees. In these newsletters we will inform you about our activities, news and job opportunities from Turkey, and accomplishments of TASSA members.   full story

TASSA 2012 Conference was a great success!

TASSA has completed another chapter with remarkable success by its Annual Conference at University of Maryland on March 3-4, 2012. More than 400 eminent scientists and scholars from both the United States and Turkey attended the meeting in growing numbers and created once again a spectacular showcase towards building a sustainable science bridge.   full story

TASSA and TÜBİTAK Meeting at the Turkish Embassy Washington DC

TASSA met with the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) on April 9, 2012 at the Turkish Embassy in Washington DC. The agenda of the meeting was the development of a road map to make Turkey attractive for Turkish scientists and scholars abroad.   full story

TASSA Announces New Board of Directors

TASSA is pleased to announce its newly elected board of directors. The new directors represent a wide range of expertise in various scientific fields and will bring valuable leadership to TASSA.   full story

US Department of State and TASSA Meeting

TASSA and the US Department of State held a meeting on April 9, 2012 to discuss the potential areas of cooperation in science and technology between the US and Turkey   full story

TASSA Visited Ambassador H.E. Namık Tan

TASSA President Prof. Dr. Haluk Ünal, Board Members Prof. Dr. Füsun Özgüner and Prof. Dr Turgay Ertekin and Managing Director Tuğba Güntay visited H.E. Namık Tan, Ambassador of the Republic of Turkey to the United States on April 9, 2012 at the Turkish Embassy in Washington DC.   full story

TASSA was at TUBITAK’s Research Destination Turkey 2012 Workshop

The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) organized a series of workshops in Maryland, New York, and Chicago on April 10, April 12, and April 14, respectively.   full story

ITAP IARS 2012 Program

IARS is a framework which involves summer/winter schools organised in ITAP and its partner Institutes. All IARS activities are designed for international participation and conducted in English. We have full support for local expenses of national participants and may have partial support for the local expenses of international participants.   full story

Hatice Altug: Diagnosing Common Human Ailments

That’s where IEEE Member Hatice Altug and her research team at Boston University come in. They are working to develop a portable biosensor that eventually will help diagnose common human ailments such as food poisoning or swine flu faster and more easily.   full story

Istanbul Quantitative Lectures - ISTQL 2012

On the second year of “Istanbul Quantitative Lectures” we are proud to present, the international environment of learning and exploring quantitative methods and data analysis for Social Scientists. With the contribution of internationally respected scientists in the field, it is our honour to present two different courses this summer at ISTQL 2012.   full story