vibrant-lollipop

Turkey

Registered

September 1, 2026

Description and Rationale

I am a recent Marmara University graduate, I work as a researcher in aviation, and I have started a master’s degree. I build software across a range of domains. I am taking part on my own, not on behalf of my employer.

I will be straightforward about why I registered. I am early in my career and this is a chance to test myself in public, on a problem from my own industry, against people who do this well. The prize and the recognition that follows a good result matter to me and I see no reason to pretend otherwise. The paper matters for a separate reason: research is what I do and what I want to keep doing, so a challenge that ends in open code and an open-access publication fits where I am heading. Taxi-out is also one of the few problems where a better model turns directly into less fuel burned.

What I intend to deliver: a faithful reimplementation of EUROCONTROL’s own additional taxi-out time reference, a model for what remains on top of it, and an honest account of the approaches that failed alongside the ones that worked. The code will be public under GPLv3 and I plan to write the result up for JOAS.

Details

  • Type: Independent
  • Country: Turkey
  • Number of team members: 1
ID Forename Surname Affiliation
1 Ahmet Abdullah Gültekin Independent