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Mekuria Teklemariam, the former minister of urban development and construction in Ethiopia, has earned his doctorate degree in Information and Telecommunications Technology Management, graduating summa cum laude from the Global IT Technology Program (ITTP) in August. After residing in Korea for the
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Seowon Choi Staff Reporter
2020.10.18 02:18
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A research team led by Professor Sang Wan Lee from the Department of Bio and Brain Engineering and the Center for Neuroscience-inspired Artificial Intelligence collaborated with researchers from the Yonsei University Severance Hospital to develop a deep-learning model that analyzes brain scans to pr
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Seowon Choi Staff Reporter
2020.10.18 02:18
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An interview with the Information & Communication Team (ICT) revealed several ongoing measures and roadblocks in improving the internet conditions on campus, specifically in dorms where many students are taking online classes due to COVID-19. The KAIST Herald met with Mr. Jae Heon Choi from ICT, who
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Juhoon Lee Senior Staff Reporter
2020.10.18 02:18
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Several KAIST organizations hosted activities over the Chuseok holidays to discourage traveling and console school-ridden students during COVID-19 restrictions. On September 16, a message from the Provost and Executive Vice President Kwang-Hyung Lee requested that students “refrain from traveling du
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Juhoon Lee Senior Staff Reporter
2020.10.18 02:18
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As the Fall semester continues to be conducted fully online, the KAIST-POSTECH Science War (Kapo-Jeon), the annual school rivalry with POSTECH, was conducted online for the first time in its history. Usually, at Kapo-Jeon, students from KAIST and POSTECH compete in sports events like soccer, basebal
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Jisun Lee Assistant Editor
2020.10.18 02:18
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On September 14, a Professor Lee from the School of Electrical Engineering (EE) was arrested and prosecuted for allegedly leaking important technology to the Chinese government in the field of self-driving cars. The Korean Ministry of Science and ICT accused the professor of unlawfully disclosing in
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Anonymous Staff Reporter
2020.10.18 02:18
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On September 29, the KAIST Information Technology Research Center (ITRC) announced that they have joined IBM’s Q Network, a community of Fortune 500 companies, academic institutions, startups, and national research labs working with IBM to advance quantum computing. KAIST ITRC is the first Korean Ac
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Jehyuk Cho Staff Reporter
2020.10.18 02:18
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On September 21, ISSS sent out a survey to international students currently taking online courses while abroad. It asked students to identify the main obstacles they are facing during the online semester and to mention specific courses that need improvement. Based on the results, which ISSS shared w
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Ada Carpenter Head of News Division
2020.10.18 02:18
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As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, the ability to predict pathways of infection and to identify those most at risk is very important. To this end, a research group from the Graduate School of Medical Science and Engineering has pinpointed a method to identify patients who are more likely to experie
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Ada Carpenter Head of News Division
2020.10.18 02:18
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A research article by Jinwoo Kim, an undergraduate senior from the Department of Bio and Brain Engineering working in Professor Se-Bum Paik’s research group from the Department of Bio and Brain Engineering, was featured on the cover page of the Journal of Neuroscience on August 19. As part of an Und
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Jehyuk Cho Staff Reporter
2020.09.25 19:46
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On July 23, Soo-Young Lee, the chairman of the KAIST Development Foundation, donated real estate properties worth approximately 57 million USD to KAIST, setting a new record for the largest donation the institution has ever received. Chairman Lee also donated 6.7 million USD worth of real estate in
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Jehyuk Cho Staff Reporter
2020.09.25 19:46
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KAIST conducted a commencement ceremony to celebrate the graduating class of 2020 students on August 28. The graduation ceremony was held in a blended online and offline format to account for the social distancing guidelines in place for COVID-19, which had also caused the ceremony to be postponed i
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Ada Carpenter Head of News Division
2020.09.25 19:46
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From September 3, the usage of on-campus cafes in KAIST has been significantly restricted. Eating inside the cafes will not be allowed in most cases. In response to the recent second wave of the coronavirus in Daejeon and South Korea, the KAIST Task Force (TF) for the Prevention of COVID-19 announce
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Ada Carpenter Head of News Division
2020.09.25 19:46
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A research team in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, consisting of Professor Sung Gap Im, Dr. Do Heung Kim, MS candidate Keonwoo Choi, and PhD candidate Won-Tae Jang, reported a novel technology that uses a one-step deposition process to increase the transparency of refractive
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Tung Nghiem Xuan Junior Staff Reporter
2020.09.25 19:46
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A team of researchers from the Data Mining Lab in the Graduate School of Knowledge Service Engineering have developed “Hi-COVIDNet,” a deep learning AI system that predicts the number of inbound COVID-19 patients entering Korea from overseas. The team, led by Professor Jae-gil Lee and PhD student Mi
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Seowon Choi Staff Reporter
2020.09.25 19:46
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On the morning of September 9, The KAIST Global Strategy Institute (GSI) hosted its third online international forum titled “Post Corona, Post Human: Medical and Bio Engineering Revolution”, broadcast live on Korea TV, Naver TV, and Youtube. This forum explored novel biomedical approaches to treat b
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Seowon Choi Staff Reporter
2020.09.25 19:46
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The KAIST Undergraduate Association (UA), FLEX, announced on September 2 a change in the retake restriction policy for undergraduate courses. The new policy stated that retakes for up to two courses taken during the 2020 Spring semester will not count towards the limited retake count.Due to the upsu
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Juhoon Lee Senior Staff Reporter
2020.09.25 19:46
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On September 5, online KAIST communities were flooded with criticisms of several student clubs, based on rumors of them meeting on and off campus amid the second wave COVID-19 outbreak.The controversy began when an anonymous post on Everytime, a popular university community app, reported a club that
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Juhoon Lee Senior Staff Reporter
2020.09.25 19:46
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On July 28, an email from the KAIST COVID-19 Task Force and ISSS informed international students of an update to the mandatory 14-day quarantine procedure for those reentering Korea. D-2 student visa holders can no longer use government quarantine facilities, but KAIST students are instead allowed t
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Ada Carpenter Head of News Division
2020.08.29 21:52
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On May 4, KAIST and Seoul National University (SNU) became the two newest members of the Universities Space Research Association (USRA). As one of the first Korean universities to hold membership, KAIST has proven itself as a frontrunner in space-related research in the country, and expects more col
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Youngil Ko Head of News Division
2020.06.23 01:47