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COVID 19 has transformed various aspects of our society. One is the acceleration of digitalization. Satya Nadella, the CEO of Microsoft, said last May, “We have seen two years worth of digital transformation in two months.”

Research that six out of ten possess the genes to overcome COVID 19 is attracting attention.

On Wednesday February 3rd, 2021, Professor Seong Cheol Kim held a special lecture on the topic of ‘Case study of major private research programs’ in celebration of being awarded the ‘1st SNU Industry-Academy Cooperation Award’.

ECE Professor Byoungho Lee was named the chair of Y-KAST for two years beginning on March 1st, 2021 and is to lead the Young Korean Academy of Science and Technology (Y-KAST).

The Korean Information Display Society (President: Dong Hoon Lee, full-time advisor to Samsung Display) announced that Professor Byoungho Lee (SNU ECE) will be inaugurated as the 15th president on January 1st, 2021.

SNU (President Se-Jung Oh) selected three faculty members including Professor Seong Cheol Kim (ECE) with notable achievements in the field of industry-academy cooperation as the recipients of the 1st ‘SNU Industry-Academy Cooperation Award’.

SNU selected 10 faculty members with excelling research results based on creativity and active work as the winners of the 2020 SNU Academic Research Education Award (Research Division).

ECE Professor Jongmo Seo will serve as a member of the IEEE OJEMB Advisory Board for six years.

A lecture was held in celebration of the 49th World Sight Day on Monday, October 14th, at the student lounge on the third floor of the 301 building.

On September 23rd, the Hyundai Motor Group announced its plan to invest 2.4 trillion won to found an autonomous vehicle company in cooperation with the American company APTIV.