Aytül Erçil

Aytül Erçil (born 14 December 1958) is a Turkish entrepreneur, CEO, and Professor of Computer Vision at Sabancı University in Istanbul. She was the founder of Vistek A.Ş. and a co-founder and CEO of Vispera.[1][2]

Aytül Erçil
Born (1958-12-14) December 14, 1958
Istanbul, Turkey
NationalityTurkish
Alma materRobert College

Boğaziçi University (BS) (1975-1979)

Brown University Ph.D. Applied Mathematics

Biography

Aytül Erçil graduated from Boğaziçi University in 1979 with a double degree in Electrical Engineering and Mathematics. She then obtained a master's degree in 1980 and a Ph.D in 1983 at Brown University, both in Applied Mathematics.[3] She worked at General Motors Research Laboratories from 1983 to 1988 as senior research scientist and staff research scientist and was a part-time faculty member at Wayne State University.[4][5]

Upon returning to Turkey, she started teaching at Boğaziçi University's Department of Industrial Engineering in 1988, where she established BUPAM Pattern Analysis and Machine Vision Laboratory, and started her first company, Vistek Ltd.[6] Vistek developed machine vision products like fig sorting machines, glass quality inspection systems, and live sorting machines. In 2013, Vistek was acquired by ISRA VISION AG.[1][7]

In 2001, she started teaching at the Electronics Engineering department at Sabancı University. She worked as the founding director of VPALAB Computer vision and Pattern Analysis Laboratory at Sabancı until 2013.[6] Erçil founded Vispera A.Ş., an image processing/machine learning company, in 2014. Vispera is currently operating in 18 countries, developing solutions for retail execution and customer satisfaction.[8][9][10]

Aytül Erçil is a member of the Arçelik International Advisory board, Allianz International Advisory board, Swiss Innovation Park advisory board, and of the joint scientific and industrial advisory board of European Machine Vision Association.[11]

Awards
  • 2003: International Achievement award with the ‘Eureka ST Joseph 2000 Project’.
  • 2003: Vistek A.Ş. received the Interpro R&D Award.
  • 2004: Erçil's project "Eureka Pack 2000" was selected as a Eureka Success story
  • 2004: VPALAB selected as a center of excellence by the European Union
  • 2005: Woman Scientist of the Year by Yeşilköy Rotary Club
  • 2010: Vistek A.Ş. was a finalist in the prestigious Technology Award
  • 2011: Turkey's nominee for International Veuve Clicquot High Impact Female Entrepreneur of the Year Award
  • 2012: First prize in Machines and Accessories Production Technologies Award
  • 2013: Endeavor Entrepreneur
  • 2013: Vistek A.Ş. listed in the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 (50 fastest growing technology companies)
  • 2013: ‘Turkey’s Female Entrepreneur’ Award given by Kagider, Garanti BBVA and Ekonomist.
  • 2013: ‘Crystal Tree Woman Entrepreneur of the Year’ Award
  • 2014: ‘ANSIAD Academician of the Year’ Award
  • 2015: “Microsoft Woman Leader in Information Technologies” Award
  • 2019: Selçuk Yaşar “Entrepreneurship, Innovation” Award[12]
  • 2019: Vispera received "Startup of the Year Award" at the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award Ceremony [13]

References
  1. Hürriyet. "Yapay göz teknolojisi Türkiye'ye geliyor". www.hurriyet.com.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 2020-09-10.
  2. "İnventram yatırım portföyüne iki yeni şirket ekledi". Anadolu Ajansı.
  3. "Yönetim Kurulu". www.kagider.org. Retrieved 2020-09-10.
  4. "Aytul Ercil Home Page". vpa.sabanciuniv.edu. Retrieved 2020-09-10.
  5. "Kampüsten yükselen girişimci". Capital.
  6. "Aytül Erçil: "Toplumsal cinsiyet rolleriyle ilgili ön yargılar kalkmalı"". Webrazzi (in Turkish). 2020-08-03. Retrieved 2020-09-10.
  7. SOHBETLERİ, Elif Ergu, ELİF ERGU / CUMARTESİ. "Dünya kullanıyor Türkler inanmıyor". www.hurriyet.com.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 2020-09-10.
  8. "Satıştaki kaybı yüzde 30 azalttı!". hthayat.haberturk.com (in Turkish). Retrieved 2020-09-10.
  9. "Görüntü tanıma girişimi Vispera, Keiretsu Forum Türkiye'den 600 bin TL yatırım aldı". Webrazzi (in Turkish). 2016-02-16. Retrieved 2020-09-10.
  10. "Koç Holding ve Japon Mitsui ortaklığından Vispera'ya yatırım". Dünya Gazetesi (in Turkish). 2020-04-27. Retrieved 2020-09-10.
  11. "Türkiye Sermaye Piyasaları Kongresi | 19 - 20 Kasım 2019". www.sermayepiyasalarikongresi.org.tr. Retrieved 2020-09-10.
  12. "Selçuk Yaşar Ödülü bu yıl temiz enerji araştırmaları yapan bilim insanına". Hürriyet.
  13. "'EY Yılın Girişimcisi' programı için son başvuru tarihi 15 Mart". Milliyet.
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