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On November 11, the Cho Chun Shik Graduate School for Green Transportation (GSGT) gave KAIST students a comprehensive tour at the Korea Railroad Research Institute (KRRI). Students from all engineering departments were welcome to participate in this field tour.The students had the chance to ride the HEMU-430X (High-speed Electric Multiple Unit 430 km/h eXperimental), a high speed train that can tr
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Shin Hum Cho Senior Staff Reporter
2015.06.03 19:13
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The world has still not found a safe and stable way to harness the vast amount of underwater gas hydrate, a potential energy source that far surpasses coal or oil - that is, until now.A research team composed of Professor Hun Lee, Doctor Dong Yeun Koh, and doctorate candidate Hyery Kang, all from the KAIST Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, has developed a way of retrieving huge
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Chonghyuk Song Assistant Editor
2015.06.03 19:07
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Alcohol consumption, regardless of its adverse long-term effects, is a defining component of the culture of a nation, society, or organization. This month, The KAIST Herald performed an in-depth analysis on alcohol consumption, its sociocultural influences, and typical norms. Part one analyzes the social phenomenon of alcohol in Korea; part two will discuss the alcohol consumption behaviors unique
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Min Kyu Choi Senior Staff Reporter
2015.06.03 18:47
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A collaborative research team in KAIST has developed metamaterial lenses for terahertz waves inspired by mirages, an optical phenomenon observed in nature. The research team was led by Professor Ki-Hun Jeong from the KAIST Department of Bio and Brain Engineering and Professor Jaewook Ahn from the Department of Physics. The team was able to develop metamaterial lenses that can cut production costs
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Shin Hum Cho Senior Staff Reporter
2015.06.03 18:04
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A joint research team led by Professor Yong-Hoon Cho and Assistant Professor YongKeun Park of the KAIST Department of Physics has developed an ultra-high resolution lens with which one can observe images in the range of 100 nm, in 2-D, all in real time. This is a feat that cannot be achieved by traditional optical lenses due to the diffraction limit of light.This groundbreaking lens was the result
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Chonghyuk Song Assistant Editor
2015.06.03 18:04
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On September 22, KAIST signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the University of Waterloo (Waterloo). The two universities agreed on research collaboration in computer science, electrical, engineering, and chemical and biomolecular engineering.Feridun Hamdullahpur, president and vice chancellor of Waterloo said, “KAIST and the University of Waterloo have so much in common. Our univer
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DongJae Lee Senior Staff Reporter
2015.06.03 18:03
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Professor Ryong Ryoo of the KAIST Department of Chemistry was nominated as one of the laureates in the Thomson Reuters Citation Laureates for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2014.Since 2002, Thomson Reuters has been predicting and announcing potential Nobel Prize laureates by analyzing data from Web of Science. Out of the 156 predicted laureates, 25 have actually won the prize. This is the first time
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DongJae Lee Senior Staff Reporter
2015.06.03 18:02
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On September 16, the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) University Rankings were published, with KAIST placed 51st among the top universities worldwide. Having once been ranked outside the top 100, KAIST has been climbing the ladder ever since to reach its present position.First compiled in 2004, the QS World University Rankings is a league table that annually ranks more than 800 universities around the wo
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Seung Hyun Suh Senior Staff Reporter
2015.06.03 18:01
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On October 1, KAIST announced that Professor Munchurl Kim from the KAIST Department of Electrical Engineering registered an internationally recognized standard patent on highly efficient video compression technology, in next generation high efficiency video coding (HEVC). This compression technology standard makes KAIST the first university in the nation to register such a standard patent.The pate
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Shin Hum Cho Senior Staff Reporter
2015.06.03 18:01
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The Student Welfare Committee (SWC) recently announced that the KAIST administration is planning to undergo stages of innovation to improve KAIST’s global status by setting up a “Global K-Valley” in the Munji campus. According to the proposal released by the committee, the administration hopes to build a campus that contains corporations that would act as role models for students
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Jung Wook Choi Staff Reporter
2015.06.03 18:00
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The president of KAIST, Sung-Mo Kang, has become the 11th member of the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) International Board.MIPT International Board was created in 2013, with the primary objective being “the integration of MIPT as an inheritor of original Soviet Science into the world’s academic community”. The first meeting of the board was held on February 14
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Seung Hyun Suh Senior Staff Reporter
2015.06.03 17:59
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On August 28, Kiseok Song, a Ph.D. candidate from the KAIST Department of Electrical Engineering, was honored with the Marconi Society Paul Baran Young Scholar Award. The society recognized promise in his academic achievements in biomedical technology. Song is one of the three exclusively awarded scholars around the world, this year.Song’s pioneering research was focused on biomedical techno
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Shin Hum Cho Senior Staff Reporter
2015.06.03 17:59
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On October 3 and 4, the KAIST Art and Music Festival (KAMF) 2014 was held at the Open-air Theater and the lawn in front of Main Library (E9). The festival was organized to provide KAIST students and the general public the opportunity to enjoy art and music along with nature.While the last two festivals had more KAIST students than outsiders, approximately 2,000 outsiders joined this year’s e
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Seung Hyun Suh Senior Staff Reporter
2015.06.03 17:58
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The number of foreign applicants to the KAIST undergraduate program has increased over the past few years. Currently, approximately 540 students from over 70 different countries attend KAIST and make up about five percent of the student body. As more and more foreigners apply to KAIST, the competition has become more intense. In fact, in 2014, the acceptance rate for foreigners was 13.2%, which wa
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Jeong Yeon Kim Staff Reporter
2015.06.03 17:57
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On October 7, the KAIST Graduate School of Future Strategy held the “Korean National Future Strategy” hearing at the Korea Press Center, in Seoul. Currently, the KAIST Graduate School of Future Strategy is working on a project aiming to establish national strategies that look 30 years into the future, a project initiated when former chairman of KAIST, MoonSoul Chung, donated 21.5 billi
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Chonghyuk Song Assistant Editor
2015.06.03 17:56
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A debate session was held at the Korean National Assembly on Google’s role in monopolizing the information and communication technology (ICT) environment within South Korea. The forum was organized by Representative Byung-wan Jang from the Science, ICT, Future Planning, Broadcasting, and Communications Committee on September 18; KAIST students were also welcome to the forum.The subtopics cov
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Shin Hum Cho Senior Staff Reporter
2015.06.03 17:56
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The 2014 KAIST festival called Hakuna Matata was held by the KAIST event preparation committee, Imagination Effect, from September 24 to 26. Hakuna Matata, KAIST’s biggest festival throughout the annual calendar, was supposed to be held in the spring, but it was cancelled and postponed to the fall semester, in mourning of the Sewol ferry disaster back in April. Booths serving people food and
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Chonghyuk Song Assistant Editor
2015.06.03 17:55
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Gemechu Bekele Tolossa, from the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, has recently started his first undergraduate semester at KAIST. He earned the highest score on the 2013 Ethiopian Higher Education Entrance Examination and entered the Addis Ababa University School of Medicine, topping his class. However, he dropped out of medical school and decided to apply to KAIST. When asked why he wante
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DongJae Lee Senior Staff Reporter
2015.06.03 17:54
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KAIST is hosting and recruiting for its third artist residency program called the “Endless Road.” KAIST became the first university in the country to carry out such a program last August, a program that supports budding artists, writers in particular, and seeks integration between science and art.Those who pass the selection process will be offered a maximum of six-months stay in campu
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Chonghyuk Song Assistant Editor
2015.06.03 17:54
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On September 18, Professor Yong-Hoon Cho from the KAIST Department of Physics and his team of researchers announced that they developed a highly efficient nonlinear photonics diode with superior asymmetric light propagation. According to the research, the photonic diode could be the best alternative to the current silicon-based electronic diode, as its faster data transfer and processing, with lit
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Seung Hyun Suh Senior Staff Reporter
2015.06.03 17:53