October 16, 2017
The Terahertz Communication Technologies Workshop, organized in collaboration with the Information and Communication Technologies Authority (BTK), Japan's National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), and Medipol University, was held at BTK.
The workshop, which began with the speech of Deputy President of the Institution Rıdvan Kahveci, was attended by Iwao Hosako and Hiroyo Ogawa from Japan's National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), Dr. Tunçer Baykaş from Medipol University, Prof. Dr. Erdal Arıkan from İhsan Doğramacı Bilkent University, Prof. Dr. Ali Ö. Yılmaz from Middle East Technical University, Assist. Prof. Dr. Ali Görçin, Deputy President of TÜBİTAK BİLGEM, and Afşin Büyükbaş, Head of BTK Spectrum Management Department, who delivered their presentations.
The workshop discussed the usage areas of Terahertz bands, which have been used so far in security applications and various fields, from the perspective of information and communication technologies. The potential of Terahertz bands to offer significant solutions in the long term for 5G and Beyond technologies was among the topics discussed at the workshop.
BTK Deputy President Kahveci stated that they have embarked on a journey towards a part of the spectrum that has not been extensively explored until now, saying, "As humanity depletes the resources around us on our planet, it first turned to discovering and extracting resources beneath the ocean floor. Now we see research heading towards Antarctica or other planets in pursuit of valuable resources. In information and communication technologies, similarly, as our existing spectrum resources fail to meet demand, we set out to explore new resources and opportunities."
Dr. Iwao Hosako from NICT's Terahertz Technology Research Center emphasized the importance of developments in the spectrum field for future technologies, stating, "In 2020, 75% of data traffic will consist of videos."
The workshop also addressed cooperation opportunities between Japan and Turkey, particularly in Terahertz Communication Technologies, as well as next-generation networks and technologies.