The first day of the interdisciplinary panel “Algorithms and Human Communication: New Communication Paradigms with Artificial Intelligence” successfully concluded at Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University. The event opened with an official ceremony, where Prof. Dr. Lütfi Sunar, Rector of International Balkan University (IBU), delivered a welcoming speech on behalf of IBU as one of the partner institutions in the project.

The project brings together several leading academic and research institutions, including the University of Derby (UK), Tashkent State University of Law (Uzbekistan), Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University, Ankara Social Sciences University, ASELSAN, and International Balkan University (IBU). It is supported by the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA) and coordinated by Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University, through its Faculty of Communication and the Artificial Intelligence and Media Laboratory.

Rector Sunar was accompanied by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Delco Leshkovski, Dean of the IBU Faculty of Engineering; Dr. Sümeyye Açıkgöz, Head of the IBU Project and Research Office; Asst. Prof. Dr. Afan Hasan and Asst. Elzana Dupljak from Faculty of Engineering, further demonstrating IBU’s strong academic engagement in this initiative.

With the aim of exploring the impact of AI-based algorithms on human communication, the panel will address topics ranging from ethics and law to media and societal transformation. The project also seeks to promote local AI language models in Türkiye and foster policy recommendations, research outcomes, and sustainable academic collaborations.