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- Center for Students with Disabilities hosted “2019 Disabled Student Global Challenge” program
- The Center for Students with Disabilities held a discussion session between President Dong Ryeol SHIN and disabled students (including assistant students) on September 16th. The session was for students to share their opinions and present the plans for the global challenge program. It was the first discussion session with the president ever since the center’s establishment in 2011. Soon after his inauguration in January, President Dong Ryeol SHIN ordered the installment of automatic doors in the major buildings and also introduced vehicle for the mobility of disable students. The global challenge program for disabled students was also established with the president’s suggestion that disabled students should be also given the opportunity to experience the educational program of other global universities. The Center for Students with Disabilities will be holding the global challenge program at Singapore from September 25th to 29th. Students will visit the Singapore Business School’s Centerfor Disabled Students, the Singaporean embassy and have a general experience of the assistance system for disabled people in Singapore.
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- 작성일 2019-10-04
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- SKKU Robotics research lab wins grand prize in the “Dronebot Challenge”
- Sungkyunkwan University’s robotics research team won the grand prize in the 2nd “Dronbot Challenge” tournament held during September 18~19. The tournament was established in an effort to promote the development of drones and robots for military use. There are 6 categories in the tournament such as distant reconnaissance and building reconnaissance. Each team had to perform a mission at a training field. 13 teams from 8 companies and 5 universities joined this year’s tournament. http://www.atnnews.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=33914
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- 작성일 2019-10-04
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- SKKU takes 89th place in THE World Rankings. No.1 private university in Korea
- THE (Times Higher Education) has announced the THE World University Rankings 2020. SKKU has dropped 7 places to 89th place but remained as No.1 comprehensive private university in Korea. SKKU received a slightly lower points in academic environment and research performance in comparison to the previous year. Seoul National University also dropped to 64th place and other engineering schools such as KAIST and POSTECH has also continued to drop to 110th and 146th respectively. Korea University rose to 179th place and Yonsei University took 197th place. The title of world’s top university went to Oxford University.
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- 작성일 2019-09-24
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- Prof. Jongseok LEE invited at the World Manufacturing Forum as a guest speaker
- Professor Jongseok LEE (Systems Management Engineering) is invited as a guest speaker at the World Manufacturing Forum annual meeting. The World Manufacturing Forum started with the vision of “spreading manufacturing culture for the sustainable growth and economic balance”. Entrepreneurs, politicians, journalists and scholars gather and discuss about manufacturing. This year is the 7th year of the forum and the topic is about “new technology for the future manufacturing”. It will be held in Como, Italy for 3 days during September 25th ~ 27th. Professor LEE will be the third presenter of this event and he will be giving a speech about “Upcoming jobs: future of world’s jobs” and propose the necessary jobs and skills for the future manufacturing field. Relevant Website Links: https://www.worldmanufacturingforum.org https://www.worldmanufacturingforum.org/speakers-2019
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- 작성일 2019-09-24
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- “AI is the future language” – President SHIN’s interview with Ajou Economy
- SKKU students are getting familiar with AI. President Dong Ryeol SHIN is striving to implant ‘AI DNA’ to the students in preparation for the coming age of 4th industrial revolution. President SHIN decided to open a course on AI for humanities students after receiving an email from a student soon after he was announced as the new president of SKKU. Students learn how to operate “Convolutional Neural Network” and watch the online lecture from Stanford University “cs231n” in preparation for discussions during class. President SHIN pointed MIT and Stanford University as the benchmark models for software, data and AI education. Two universities are leading AI education for students in humanities/social science disciplines. President SHIN believes that AI can be a new hope for liberal arts colleges. He gave the case of translating literature as an example, “Before, the computer could not distinguish the terms with similar pronunciation. But the AI can read the context and provide an appropriate translation for the word”. The president stressed online lecture as the medium of AI education. He was inspired by the MOOC program which is an online open lecture that incorporates both online and offline education. He thinks that the lecture will shift from the professor-centered to student-centered system. AI is a tool that will help the transformation. SKKU is planning to open an AI center and let all students take courses on AI. SKKU had already implemented mandatory software education to students in 2016 and operates ‘Global C-School’ to train students in software application skills. https://www.ajunews.com/view/20190901134835846
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- 작성일 2019-09-16
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- Prof. Doosung LEE wins Korea Toray Science and Technology Prize
- Professor Doosung LEE (Dept. of Chemical Engineering) was selected as the winner of Korea Toray’s Science and Technology Prize for developing high molecular nano-particle for medical treatments. Korea Toray Science Foundation selects successful researchers who has made achievements in the area of chemical and material studies. Prof. LEE developed high molecular nano-particle and injection gel that can be used for cancer, apoplexy and diabetes treatments. The winner receives KRW 100,000,000 as a reward. http://www.dt.co.kr/contents.html?article_no=2019082802109932781001&ref=naver
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- 작성일 2019-09-11
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- Self-made automobile club “HEVEN” wins grand prize in contest
- Korean Society of Automobile Engineers held a contest every year since 2007. This year’s event was held during August 16th~ 18th at Gunsan. 2,700 people in 187 teams from 98 universities joined the contest. “HEVEN” is a self-made automobile club in SKKU and they joined this year’s event in EV racing, technology idea and design sections. HEVEN_T team took 1st place in technology idea and HEVEN_E team won silver prize in the design section. HEVEN is composed of various groups of students from mechanical engineering, electric & electronic engineering, new materials engineering, architecture, data science and mathematics major.
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- 작성일 2019-08-27
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- “AI is an opportunity for non-Engineering students” – Interview with President SHIN
- “AI (artificial intelligence) will provide a good opportunity for students outside of engineering disciplines. AI does not only remain in the area of technology. Once the development of AI reaches a certain point, it will become more important in other fields of application.” President Dong Ryeol SHIN emphasized that AI will provide bigger opportunities for students in humanities/social sciences. It was an argument unexpected to hear from a president who has his background in engineering. President SHIN argued, “Once AI technology advances a little further, there will be discussions about ethical issues. Setting the data properly at an early stage is very important since it can cause serious problems in the society. The role of non-engineers is important in catching the errors. I believe AI will open new opportunities for colleges of humanities and social sciences.” President SHIN clarified that it is unnecessary to change the entire curriculum in order to teach AI to non-engineering students. SKKU will approach AI by absorbing in to the original curriculum. The university will open customized AI courses for each colleges starting next semester. Students can take a course on AI specialized in their own majors. President SHIN is also considering to set AI courses as a mandatory course. http://www.etnews.com/20190813000298
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- 작성일 2019-08-20
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- Prof. Hoseok PARK wins “Scientist of the month”
- The Ministry of Science and ICT and National Research Foundation of Korea announced the winner of August’s “Scientist of the month” as professor Hoseok PARK in SKKU (Dept. of Chemical Engineering). Two institutions select one scientist each month as the winner of the award and provides KRW 10,000,000 as a reward. Professor PARK’s research on the mechanism of saving energy of two-dimensional semiconductor phosphorene received high praise by the institutions. https://www.edaily.co.kr/news/read?newsId=02791286622585024&mediaCodeNo=257&OutLnkChk=Y
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- 작성일 2019-08-20
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- SKKU takes 81-90th place in “2019 THE World Reputation Ranking”
- THE (Times Higher Education) announced the world reputation ranking. SKKU is one of top 3 universities in Korea by being placed among 81-90th ranking. “THE World Reputation Rankings 2019” was determined based on the evaluations of reputable scholars in the world. The evaluation took place during the period November 2018 ~ February 2019. Each scholar was asked to pick top 15 universities in their research/education fields. THE collected 11,554 responses from 135 countries and rated the universities in a scale out of 100 points. http://www.veritas-a.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=162457
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- 작성일 2019-08-09
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