The Korean Institute of Information Scientists and Engineers announced that Professor Shim took office on the 1st of January and will lead the institute for one year.
The 3.1 Cultural Foundation announced on the 27th that they have selected Korea University Emeritus Professor Kyung-Ho Shim, Harvard University medical school professor Kwang-Soo Kim, Seoul National University professor Kyung-Mu Lee, and photographer Bon-Chang Koo as the recipients of the 63d 3.1 Culture Award.
During the 29th Korean Conference on Semiconductors, Ph.D. Seong-Yoon Woo (currently in Samsung Electronics, Advising professor: Jong-Ho Lee (S)) was awarded the best paper award (certificate and a plaque consisting of 37.5g of 24k gold)
Seung-Woo Seo (above photo), a professor at the SNU Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, is called the “godfather” of Korean autonomous vehicle research.
SNU announced on the 1st that it will hold an award ceremony for the ‘SNU Excellence in Research Award’. The ceremony will be broadcast in real time on the official SNU YouTube channel.
SNU College of Engineering (Dean Byoungho Lee) announced on the 16th that on Friday, December 10th, ECE Professor Kyomin Jung received the ‘2021 IEEE ICDM 10-Year Highest-Impact Paper Award’. IEEE ICDM is the top conference in the field of data mining.
Byung-Ki Lee invented a process for the conversion and compression of analog signals into digital signals, and developed a technique for framing information for optical communication.
Sung-Roh Yoon the director of the 4th industrial revolution committee, emphasized that “It is time to become the ‘pink penguin’ of the global market by making bolder revolutions to alter the paradigm of the digital industry”.
On the 10th, during the ‘Korea Investment Festival (KIF) 2021’, SNU ECE Professor Byonghyo Shim said that it is premature to conclude that the 5G mobile communication business has failed. However, he emphasized the need for a ‘killer application’ to attract consumers.