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On May 19, DAEDEOKJABGU held its first event of the year at KAIST, during which renowned futurist Won Yong Cha gave a talk entitled “Future Technologies to Change the Future - Imagination Becomes Reality.”
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Jiwon Lee
2014.06.15 15:40
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Professor Jae Kyu Lee, the Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) Chair Professor in the KAIST College of Business, has recently been elected to become the next president of the Association for Information Systems (AIS). AIS is the premier international organization for academics who specialize in information systems, and has approximately 4000 members from 99 countries.
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Jiwon Kim Staff Reporter
2014.06.15 15:38
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Ligand-protein interaction plays a crucial role in regulating biological processes. The two basic steps of ligand-protein interactions are binding and dissociation, and these steps determine the binding affinity of a ligand to its receptor. Through the binding and dissociation of ligands to proteins such as enzymes, antibodies, and peptide hormones, essential biological functions are regulated through mechanisms that include enzyme catalysis, immunological responses, and signal transduction. Thus, understanding the molecular mechanisms helps gain insight into how protein-ligand interactions work to control biological processes.
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Jiwon Kim Staff Reporter
2014.05.28 21:26
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The government’s plan to allow telemedicine has been met by vehement opposition, most notably from Korean doctors and the Korean Medical Association (KMA). KMA has claimed that there are three main problems with telemedicine, the first being whether or not proper medical care can be provided. When a doctor conducts a face-to-face medical examination, they use their sense of sight, sound, and touch to diagnose a patient. However, with telemedicine, doctors will have to rely on a computer monitor that may provide poor image resolution or sound quality. Additionally, telemedical devices may malfunction or patients may fail to use them properly, resulting in faulty data. If misdiagnosis results due to such factors, it becomes ambiguous whether the doctor should be held accountable. KMA also pointed out that an examination could become much more time-consuming. For example, if a patient were to suffer from a skin infection, he or she would have to setup a computer, make an appointment, connect to a doctor, and if there is an infection, take a picture of the infected area and send it over the Internet, which could take more than 20 minutes. A follow-up direct examination would cost the patient even more time and money.
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Jiwon Kim
2014.05.28 00:41
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A research team led by Professor Ki-Hun Jeong has developed a miniature microscope that can be attached to an endoscope to perform optical biopsies in real time. Their results were published in the online version of the world-renowned journal Optics Express on March 5.
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Jiwon Kim Staff Reporter
2014.04.20 00:03
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The past issue of The KAIST Herald kicked off this series of articles on writing and the responsibilities of the writer by addressing the yellow journalism and “keyboard warriors” that are rampant online. My colleague also aptly pointed out the important role of web portals in shaping the new generation’s worldview, and how most Korean sites fail to promote stories that contribute to our youth’s intellectual maturity. But is the key issue the writers who produce shallow and insensitive material, or the publication of information in a manner that shines the spotlight on matters of little importance? The digital age has permanently changed the manner in which information is created, provided, and received. Visual presentation of information and the platform through which it is propagated has become equally as, if not more important than, whether there was a true wordsmith behind the keyboard that created it.
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Jiwon Lee
2014.04.19 23:45
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On March 6, KAIST and the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on the “Cooperation for Innovation and Entrepreneurship” at the 2014 Danish-Korean Green Alliance Meeting at the Shilla Seoul Hotel. Around 200 people, including the signatories KAIST president Sung Mo Kang and DTU president Anders Bjarklev were in attendance.
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Jiwon Kim
2014.03.28 15:28
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Professor Yutaek Seo from the Division of Ocean Systems Engineering and postdoctoral scholar Kyuchul Shin revealed a mechanism of how methanol, previously recognized as antifreeze, can be incorporated into clathrate hydrates, ice-like molecular cages, by taking the dual roles as promoter and inhibitor in hydrate formation under certain conditions.
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Jiwon Kim
2013.06.23 22:25
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On May 9, Visiting Professor Young Sik Shin from the Division of Ocean Systems Engineering conducted a series of underwater explosion experiments on a model ship in a quarry located in Dangjin, Chungcheongnam-do. The research team’s main interests were the whipping response, which can sink the vessel with relatively small forces utilizing resonance, and the high-speed bubble jet.
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Jiwon Kim
2013.06.23 22:08
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On April 25, KAIST announced that Distinguished Professor Sang Yup Lee from the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering will be receiving the 2013 Amgen Biochemical Engineering Award at the Biochemical and Molecular Engineering XVIII, which will take place in Beijing in June.
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Jiwon Kim
2013.06.14 04:12
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It seems that graduating college in more than four years has now become the norm. Reasons why students end up being “super seniors” vary, but the leading cause seems to be the trend of taking a leave of absence from college, or hyuhak in Korean. According to The Chosun Ilbo, as of April 1 of 2013, 932,703 college students nationwide are on a leave of absence from their studies.
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Jiwon Lee
2013.06.14 03:25
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On April 29, KAIST announced that Professor Jung-Yong Lee from the Graduate School of Energy, Environment, Water and Sustainability developed a technology that can increase the power conversion efficiency (PCE) of the organic photovoltaic (OPV) cells up to 20 percent.
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Jiwon Kim
2013.06.14 03:12
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On March 22, the Best Paper Award Ceremony for Fall 2012 was held in the International Conference Room of the School of Humanities and Social Science Building (N4). The ceremony is an event jointly held by the College of Cultural Science and KAIST’s English as a Foreign Language program to reward students who have submitted outstanding papers for courses offered by the Department of Humanities and Social Science.
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Jiwon Kim
2013.05.01 08:27
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Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) developed the mobile application GenieTalk, which translates Korean and English, with the support from the Ministry of Knowledge Economy. It is designed to help foreigners traveling in Korea and Koreans traveling in foreign countries.
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Jiwon Kim
2013.05.01 08:26
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On March 14, Professor Mun Kee Choi from the Department of Management Science was nominated as Minister of the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning under the newly launched Geun-hye Park administration, whose goal is to open a new era of hope and happiness for all people.
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Jiwon Kim
2013.05.01 08:24
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On March 26, KAIST announced its admission plan for 2014. To discover creative and outstanding individuals in science and technology who are likely to lead Korea in the future, several changes have been made from last year.Firstly, 30 of the upcoming 2014 freshmen will be selected based on their national scholastic ability test scores.
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Jiwon Kim
2013.05.01 08:12
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On February 25, the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Global Agenda Council on Biotechnology, with Distinguished Professor Sang Yup Lee from the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering as its chair, announced ten biotechnologies that will improve the quality of human life.
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Jiwon Kim
2013.03.31 18:06
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On February 27, the inauguration ceremony of KAIST’s 15th president, President Sung-Mo “Steve” Kang, was held at the Auditorium (E15) on the main campus in Daejeon. In addition to students and faculties, distinguished guests from the science community attended the event to welcome the new president.
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Jiwon Kim
2013.03.31 17:51
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On November 30, as the last event of the KAIST Fall Culture Festival, the KAIST Family Night brought together all KAIST members (students, faculty members, and alumni), hence the name, and presented various kinds of performances at the Auditorium (E15). The program was not limited to a certain genre, but rather, it was a representative of the diverse KAIST cultural life.The festival started with t
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Jiwon Kim
2013.02.23 17:58
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On October 29, Daejeon city announced its decision to advance the completion of the tentatively named Bridge of Convergence (or the KAIST Bridge) by June of 2014. The construction of the Bridge is one of Mayor Hong-chul Yum’s campaign promises from last year’s local election.
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Jiwon Kim
2013.02.23 17:50