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Byoungho Lee made major contributions in the fields of holographic display, holographic sensing and augmented and virtual reality technology until his untimely passing on 7 November 2022, aged 58.

Last November, South Korea's current account balance turned deficit after three months. This year, concerns are growing about a 'twin deficit' in both fiscal and account balances. This is primarily attributed to a decline in exports, with decline in semiconductor exports in particular accounting for a significant portion. Notably, the fourth-quarter performance of Samsung Electronics plummeted by about 70% to 4.3 trillion won, a stark contrast to the previous year's 13.87 trillion won.

Professor at the SNU Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering AI semiconductor, the core technology of the 4th industrial revolution Performance, operational stability not validated yet Program environment that captures errors has to be created, and the technology should be open to normal users to enhance efficiency

■ Science - Research by Sung-Hoon Kwon, SNU Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Kyung-Cheol Moon of SNU College of Medicine Interactions among cancerous tissue cells visualized into a map. Patients’ 5-year survival rates accurately predicted using graph-based deep learning. “Can also be applied to MRIs and X-rays… will be a great help to the field of medical video data analysis.”

The Institute of Electronics and Information Engineers announced on the 27th that they have elected Hyuk-Jae Lee, a professor at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, SNU, as the 53rd chairman. The term will last for a year, starting from the 1st of January next year.

The awardee of the 32nd Haedong Award, which is commissioned by the Korean Institute of Electronics and Information Engineers (Chairman Seung-Woo Lee), and funded by the Haedong Foundation, was selected. The Haedong Academic Award was given to Professor Byung-Woo Jung from SKKU.

NAEK (Chairman Oh-Kyung Kwon), the highest authority in the field of engineering technology in Korea, announced the list of new members for the year 2023 (44 regular members, 93 general members), which was confirmed after a 10-month-long multi-stage review.

The world now looks very different from what it did just 5 years ago.

During Christmas, as I was completing my Maeil Essays, which I started writing three years ago, I came across John’s verse, “the truth will set you free”.

KAST announced on the 20th that during the “2022 2nd periodic general assembly” that was held on the 17th, 28 members were elected as new regular members of KAST for the year 2023.