Turkish National Research Institute of Electronics and Cryptology

Turkish National Research Institute of Electronics and Cryptology
Ulusal Elektronik ve Kriptoloji Araştırma Enstitüsü

Abbreviation	TÜBİTAK UEKAE
Formation	1994
Type	GO
Purpose	Electronics and cryptology
Location	Gebze, Kocaeli Province, Turkey
Coordinates	40°47′09″N 29°26′49″E / 40.78583°N 29.44694°ECoordinates: 40°47′09″N 29°26′49″E / 40.78583°N 29.44694°E
Parent organization	TÜBİTAK Informatics and Information Security Research Center (BİLGEM)
Website	www.uekae.tubitak.gov.tr

The National Research Institute of Electronics and Cryptology of Turkey (Turkish: Ulusal Elektronik ve Kriptoloji Araştırma Enstitüsü), shortly UEKAE, is a national scientific organization with the aim of developing advanced technologies for information security. The institute is most prominent institute of TÜBİTAK.

The institute was founded by Yılmaz Tokad, professor at ITU (Istanbul Technical University), and four researchers under his supervision in the building of engineering at METU (Middle East Technical University)in 1972, with the name Electronic Research Unit.^[1] In 1995 the institute's name has become National Research Institute of Electronics and Cryptology and moved to Gebze, Kocaeli.^[2]

It is affiliated with the TÜBİTAK Informatics and Information Security Research Center (BİLGEM), which is bound to Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBİTAK). The institute was later relocated to BİLGEM campus in Gebze, Kocaeli Province.^[3]

The institute consists of facilities on fields and for products as follows:

• Semiconductor Technologies Research Laboratory (YITAL)^[4][5]
• Cryptanalysis Center^[6][7]
• EMC/Tempest Test Center^[8]
• Speech and Language Technologies^[9][10]
• Software Development^[11]
• Surveillance Systems
• Communication and Information Security
• Electro-Optics Laboratory^[12]
• Spectrum Analysis and Management
• Open Source Software
• Government Cerficiation Authority (KSM)
• NATO Certified Products^[13][14][15]

See also

• TÜBİTAK Informatics and Information Security Research Center (TÜBİTAK BİLGEM)
• Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK)
• Turkish Academy of Sciences (TÜBA)
• Turkish Atomic Energy Authority (TAEK)
• Pardus, a Linux distribution

References

1. http://www.ee.itu.edu.tr/hakkimizda/tarihce/emegi-gecenler
2. http://uekae.bilgem.tubitak.gov.tr/tr/kurumsal/tarihce
3. "İletişim/Bilgi Rdinme" (in Turkish). TÜBİTAK UEKAE. Retrieved 2013-05-19.
4. "Microelectronics". TÜBİTAK BİLGEM. Retrieved 2013-05-19.
5. "Türkiye de mikroçip üretti". Radikal (in Turkish). 2004-05-23. Retrieved 2013-05-19.
6. "Cryptology Center". TÜBİTAK BİLGEM. Retrieved 2013-05-19.
7. "TÜBİTAK'tan kriptolu cep telefonu". Sabah (in Turkish). 2008-02-18. Retrieved 2013-05-19.
8. "TÜBİTAK çareyi buldu". Hürriyet Teknoloji (in Turkish). 2009-07-16. Retrieved 2013-05-19.
9. "Speech Technologies". TÜBİTAK BİLGEM. Retrieved 2013-05-19.
10. ""Türkçe Avrupa dili oluyor"". Hürriyet Teknoloji (in Turkish). 2010-02-25. Retrieved 2013-05-19.
11. "İşletim sisteminde ulusal alternatif". Hürriyet Teknoloji (in Turkish). 2006-04-14. Retrieved 2013-05-19.
12. "Optoelectronics". TÜBİTAK BİLGEM. Retrieved 2013-05-19.
13. "Developed for NATO". TÜBİTAK BİLGEM. Retrieved 2013-05-19.
14. "NATO'nun kripto cihazları TÜBİTAK'tan". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2008-06-16. Retrieved 2013-05-19.
15. Ayaz, Ergün & Mesut Işık (2009-09-03). "NATO'nun gizli bilgileri Kripto'da saklanacak". Hürriyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 2013-05-19.

External links

• Official website of the institute (Turkish) / (English)