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On November 21st, 2018, executives and working level staffs of Google, including CEO John Lee, CEO Junsung Hong, and Manager Aimin Zhu, visited our department and discussed cooperation possibilities such as expanding internship programs for students.

There was an event held in the auditorium B103 of building 39. Students enrolled in the graduate course ‘Neural Prosthesis’ of ECE invited people who are actually using the technologies they study to exchange knowledge and information and to encourage each other.

A research lab in 301 building of SNU College of Engineering. SNU ECE researcher Jong-Young Hong pointed to a chair in the corner, offering a seat. There was a slanted, clear glass window in front of the chair. Beyond the glass, lab equipment could be seen.

Researcher Dongup Kwon, currently a PhD student in department of electrical and computer engineering of SNU (Supervisor: Jangwoo Kim), received the 2018 Microsoft Research Asia (MSRA) fellowhip at the ‘Computing in the 21st Century Conference & Asia Faculty Summit’, which was held in Beijing China on the 6th-7th of November.

Professor Byonghyo Shim and researcher Hyoungju Ji (PhD candidate) received the Best Paper Award at the 24th Asia Pacific Conference on Communications (APCC), which was held in Ningbo, China on November 12th.

Korean researchers were the first in the world to develop technology for detecting minute amounts of transparent liquid with the naked eye.

SNU College of Engineering, along with SNU Medical School and SNU Hospital, hosted the ‘6th Medical Device Forum for Medical Schools, College of Engineering and Seoul National University Hospital’.

A joint research team including prof. Byoungho Lee’s research lab and Junho Jung, vice president of Nano-Convergence Mechanical Systems Research Division of KIMM, announced on the 5th the development of a ‘light weight thin nano device’ that greatly improved the field of view.

Professors Saewoong Bahk and Sunghyun Choi served as General Co-Chair and Technical Program Co-Chair respectively at the IEEE International Symposium on Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks (DySPAN), which was successfully held from Octorber 25th to 28th at Grand Hyatt Hotel, Seoul.

SNU Emeritus Professors Young-June Park and Hyung Jun Kim will receive the Special Recognition Award for the development of key technologies and cultivation of professional domestic human resources in the field of semiconductor while serving as SNU professors for around 30 years.