2. International Students Science Congress: Proceedings, 04-05 May 2018

Dear Participants, Colleagues, and International Students, It is with deep satisfaction that I write this preface to the Proceedings of the 2nd International Students Science Congress held in İzmir Kâtip Çelebi University, Turkey, May 04 - 05, 2018. Last year’s Congress that we organized for the first time in order to bring together young international researchers working in various science areas have really motivated all of us; and thus, this year we have accomplished the second congress with great enthusiasm. The 2-day Congress had about 250 participants from more than 30 countries and 163 papers were presented in 28 sessions. In addition to the contributed papers, three intriguing invited presentations were given: by Prof. Dr. Mustafa Güden, Rector of İzmir Institute of Technology, who spoke about smart universities, by Prof. Dr. Musa Alcı of Ege University, who spoke about artificial intelligence; and by Dr. Çetin Ali Dönmez of İbni Haldun University, who spoke about cryptocurrency technologies. The audience followed these three presentations with deep interest.