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A worldwide war of semiconductors is in full swing. Korea, which has the world’s second and third best companies in the semiconductor industry will find it difficult to avoid this war. Korea’s major competitor in this war is Taiwan’s TSMC.

The new minister of science and ICT Hyesook Lim and former minister Ki-young Choi attended the inauguration ceremony held in the afternoon of the 14th at the Sejong Government Complex.

Former Prosecutor General Seok-yeol Yoon visited the SNU Inter-university Semiconductor Research Center on the 17th and posed for a photo in front of the bust of the late Dr. Dawon Kahng, a semiconductor physicist.

GIST Institute for Artificial Intelligence and SNU Institute of New Media and Communications announced on the 7th (Fri) that they had signed a mutual business agreement (MoU) for research cooperation in the field of artificial intelligence.

Prof. Kwang Ho Kim of Pusan National University was awarded the Order of Science and Technology Merit Yellow Stripes, the highest honor during the ‘2021 Science and ICT Day’ ceremony. Prof. Sang-Heon Lee of Korea University Anam Hospital was honored with the Order of Service Merit Yellow Stripes in the field of ICT.

SNU ECE Professor Byoungho Lee’s research team announced on the 26th, “A novel VR display technology with which the volume of conventional VR devices can be significantly reduced has been developed.”

The Ministry of Science and ICT announced on the 31st that it selected SNU ECE Professor Seungyong Hahn as the April winner of the ‘Scientist of the Month’.

Jungjin Seo(64), Honorary Chairman of Celltrion, was awarded the NAEK Grand Prize. Seungyong Hahn(46), SNU ECE Professor, and Dae-Yeol Jeong(49), Senior Engineer of Hyundai Heavy Industry, received the Young Engineers Award.

The city of Gwangju announced on the 2nd that it will, with SNU Electric Power Research Institute, push for the establishment of the national high magnetic field research institute in Gwangju for the advancement of future high-tech industries.

SNU announced on the 11th that it is implementing an ‘ombudsperson’ program beginning March 1st to improve its institutional, physical, and cultural environment and to resolve the grievances of its members.