Varank, President of TUBITAK Prof.Dr.Together with Hasan Mandal, Huawei, which is preparing to celebrate its 20th anniversary in Turkey next year, visited Turkey's R&D Center.Varank, who received information about the new technologies that the R&D Center has recently developed and presented from Huawei Turkey General Manager Jing Li and Huawei Turkey officials, experienced some of the applications on site.During the visit, Huawei officials informed Varank about the company's business agenda, 5GtoB - 5G solutions for business life, usage scenarios, the launch of Huawei cloud services in Turkey, the R&D Center's development efforts for the informatics ecosystem and the company's social responsibility projects.Making a statement regarding the visit, Varank pointed out the importance they attach to R&D and innovation, and said that the way to create added value in Turkey and in the world is to invest in innovation.Stating that they encourage companies to invest in R&D and innovation in this sense, Varank said:"This applies to both domestic and foreign companies. Today, we are visiting Huawei, which will celebrate its 20th anniversary in Turkey next year. It is one of the most important global companies investing in R&D in Turkey. They have a concentrated R&D center with 880 R&D engineers, which will reach 900 this year. Of course, it is very important for us that the Center produces added value in Turkey with Turkish engineers. In our meeting, they expressed that they will further increase their activities there. Currently, the second largest R&D Center of Huawei in the software field in the world is in Turkey. Next year With the 5G world, new software and new solutions are coming to the market that will affect the whole life, especially in the field of applications, especially in the field of applications."Noting that Turkish engineers at the R&D Center here are working on 5G, Varank underlined that the products they produce here are also sold to the world."We give very serious support to our companies that invest in R&D in Turkey"Minister Varank said, "We provide very serious support to our companies that invest in R&D in Turkey. In addition to tax advantages, we personally support their investments. We have support for companies that make R&D here, through TUBITAK."said.Noting that the Huawei R&D Center has carried out 15 TÜBİTAK projects so far, Varank stated that there are currently doctoral students trained by Huawei within the scope of TÜBİTAK's Industrial Doctorate Program, and that they will continue to work at Huawei after graduation.Minister Varank said:"Of course, we attach great importance to the investment of global companies, especially in R&D. Many companies are currently continuing to carry their engineering activities to our country. The offices of the world's most important engineering companies have started to open in Informatics Valley.They transform their engineering and R&D activities, which they have done by Turkish engineers, into products, and use them not only in Turkey but also in the world.We will continue to invest in these areas.We will continue to encourage all our domestic or foreign companies to invest in R&D and innovation in Turkey.In this sense, we always want to see global companies in our country."Minister Varank called Konya Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Altay and received information about the benefits of the project.Minister Varank, during the presentation about Huawei's smart transportation project implemented by a local business partner for Konya Metropolitan Municipality, called Konya Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Uğur İbrahim Altay and received information about the benefits of the project.Metropolitan Mayor Altay stated that the project was implemented at 8 intersections on the Konya tram line and that the average journey time would be reduced from 59 minutes to 42 minutes with smart signaling.Among the products presented to Minister Varank during the visit are the Petal Map and Search Application, developed by the Huawei R&D Center, which has reached high use in the world, the online job interview and recruitment platform Talent Interview, the artificial intelligence supported WeSight Application for occupational health and safety, VR powered virtual real estate application and Supreme Test, an end-to-end test automation solution, took place.On the other hand, Huawei Turkey General Manager Jing Li said, "After uninterrupted investments for more than 11 years, our R&D center, which has reached an investment of 184 million dollars today, has become Huawei's second largest R&D Center outside of China."used the phrase.According to Huawei Turkey's statement, Minister of Industry and Technology Mustafa Varank, President of TUBITAK Prof.Dr.Together with Hasan Mandal, he visited the Huawei Turkey R&D Center in Istanbul.Huawei Turkey General Manager Jing Li hosted the visit and the R&D Center tour.Huawei Turkey, which started its activities in Turkey in 2002, is preparing to celebrate its 20th anniversary in Turkey next year.On this occasion, the company is expected to hold a series of events to further support the development of the local IT ecosystem."We provide cost-effective cloud services to our customers"Commenting on the subject in the statement, Jing Li said, "After more than 11 years of uninterrupted investments, our R&D center, which has reached an investment of 184 million dollars today, has become Huawei's second largest R&D Center outside of China."used his statements.Stating that 900 Turkish engineers working here continue to make themselves proud in this field with the solutions they have developed for both domestic and international markets, Jing Li said that since the establishment of the Turkey R&D Center, more than 5 thousand talented software developers and engineers have been working in Turkey. He stated that he has brought in the information ecosystem.Recalling that Huawei recently launched the "Huawei Cloud" cloud computing service in Turkey, Jing Li made the following assessments:"While we continue our strategic investments in Turkey with Huawei Cloud, we work with local and global business partners in the ecosystem to provide companies with a stable, reliable and sustainable cloud platform. We have built high-speed internet networks all over the world with the high-performance computing and network products we have developed. Today, with Huawei cloud computing systems, we provide cost-effective cloud services with low latency for our customers in Turkey.”Milliyet.com.tr is the only address for all topics from Turkey and the world to breaking news, columns, magazines, politics, sports and travel;Milliyet.com.tr news content cannot be quoted, copied or published elsewhere without permission, even by showing the source.