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The Seoul National University Senate announced on the 9th that they have elected Professor Dong-Wook Kim from the Graduate School of Public Administration as the new chair for the latter half of the 17th term on the 7th of March.

As competition for technological dominance in the semiconductor industry intensifies and uncertainties in the global supply chain increase, competing nations are introducing various support measures to foster and protect their domestic industries.

SNU College of Engineering announced on the 14th that Professor Seon-Kyu Yu from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering developed a technology that can control the scattering of light by analyzing the evolving pattern within the increasing number of particles in an optical network.

To separate colors present in a light ray for electromagnetic wave control, it is necessary to change the medium through which the light is propagating; placing a prism in the path of the light ray is one example.

SK Hynix has appointed Professor Jung Deog-kyoon, a semiconductor design expert at Seoul National University's Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, to the position of exterior director.

LG Electronics announced on the 24th that it will hold the “21st regular shareholders' meeting” at 9:30 am on March 27 in the auditorium on the 1st basement floor of the east wing of LG Twin Towers, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul.

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.”