On November 22, the School of Computing signed an educationalindustrial cooperation agreement with Runtime Verification Inc. for the donation of Runtime Verification’s advanced software analysis tool to help foster the software development research and education at KAIST.

The respected science and technology think-tank, the Korean Academy of Science and Technology (KAST), inaugurated a new branch to its organization, the Young Korean Academy of Science and Technology (Y-KAST), on February 24. Among the 73 scientists chosen, 13 KAIST faculty were selected as inaugural members of Y-KAST.Internationally recognized and having hosted more than 30 Nobel Laureates among i

In the first week of February, six international scientists were awarded with the 2017 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships at the Delft Kavli Institute of Nanoscience at Delft University of Technology (TU Delft). Among them was Doctor Je-Kyung Ryu, a 2014 graduate of the Department of Physics at KAIST.The Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships is a part of the Marie Skłodowska-Cur

On March 10, all eight judges of the Constitutional Court of Korea approved the impeachment of the scandal-ridden — now ex-president — Geun-hye Park. The court opened at 11 a.m. and after 22 minutes, judge Jung-mi Lee read the final verdict of impeaching ex-president Park. The verdict triggered several reactions: mostly festive and hopeful, but some angry.From the revelation of the Cho

In a joint effort, the research teams of Professor Byeong-Soo Bae of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Professor Doh Chang Lee of the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering were able to develop a quantum dot film enclosed by the compound siloxane. Remarkably, even at high temperatures and humidity, the film demonstrates stable emission intensity.Quantum dots (QDs

Through the scandal involving Mir andK-Sports foundations, the mastermindof this elaborate plan was brought tolight: Soon-sil Choi. However, the entireChoi family has come to be involvedat an unbelievable level as this largescale scandal came to reveal flaws inPresident Park’s governing. As Ahn andChoi were both involved in pressuringvarious companies to donate to the twofoundations, there was spe

The Korean people had witnessed how Prosecutor Young-ryeol Lee appeared on television to pinpoint the nation’s incumbent president as an accomplice in an unprecedentedly controversial corruption scandal involving Soon-sil Choi. President Park’s status since then is “criminal suspect”. Around the corner lie pending investigation results, but President Park’s political

In October, South Koreans saw the eruption of the 2016 political scandal known as Choi Soon-sil Gate, which involved Choi exerting significant influence over President Park Geun-hye and her administration’s policy and decision making. In response to this issue, many universities in Korea expressed their discontent. On October 27, the KAIST Undergraduate

The Department of Industrial Design at KAIST held its 2016 ID KAIST Graduation Show starting on November 6 and lasting until November 13. With a unique theme every semester, the show revolved around the theme of “CONNECTED”. By doing so, the department proposed its role as a connecting point in a fast-changing society through distinctive methods of ID KAIST. Just like the past exhibitions, the dep

The Institute for Startup KAIST (ISK) hosted its annual KAIST ISK Forum 2016 on the subject of “Start-ups in Asia”. The forum was held in both the Daejeon Campus and the ISK Center in Pangyo on November 1 and October 31, respectively. The forum had been initiated with the mission of “nurturing entrepreneurial culture, creating ecosystem for startups, and helping Korean startups go global.” Now in

From November 2, the School of Humanities and Social Science at KAIST has been holding its 17th “KAIST Humanities Lectures for Citizens”, titled “Fusion of Arts through Music in the 21st Century”. The series of lectures held at the School of Humanities and Social Science Building (N4) will last until December 7. The department initiated its first “KAIST Humanities Lectures for Citizens” four years

PhD Candidates Woo-Sang Lim and Choong-Kook Yoo from the School of Computing have been awarded the 2016 Google PhD Fellowship. Lim and Yoo’s advising professors are Professor Doo-Hwan Bae and Professor Joon-Hwa Song, respectively. The Google PhD Fellowship Program was founded in 2009 to recognize outstanding graduate students in the field of computer science. It is committed to raising and support

Professor Haeshin Lee from the Department of Material Science and Engineering at KAIST recently developed a novel way of injecting shots without causing bleeding. Professor Lee and his research team gained inspiration from the adhesive strategies of the mussel to prevent the common side effect associated with injections. Their research was published on October 3 on the online version of Nature Mat

The research team headed by Professor Yang-Kyu Choi from the School of Electrical Engineering has recently developed an innovative technology that allows the combination of dynamic random access memory (DRAM) and flash memory in a single transistor. The team has worked in association with PhD students Byung-Hyun Lee from the Department of Memory Business of Samsung Electronics and Min- Ho Kang fro

This summer in Korea has been heated due to both record-high temperatures and conflict over the largely controversial electricity fees. The public has united with many parts of the media to criticize the ineffective system and to demand an improved and more balanced way to reach a reasonable goal of electricity consumption reduction. On the other hand, government officials have been as persistent

A joint research team headed by Professor Keon-jae Lee from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at KAIST and by Dr. Jae- hyun Kim from the Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials has recently developed a continuous roll-processing technology. This innovation delivers flexible large-scale integrated circuits, a crucial component in the construction of CPUs in computers. It then p

With the recent peak of interest in Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) following the hugely popular Pokemon GO, KAIST has officially begun its research into the aforesaid technologies. Held at the KAIST Institute Building (KI) on September 1, the opening ceremony of the Augmented Reality Lab gathered over 50 researchers and developers of the field. The lab, headed by Professor Woon-ta

KAIST K-School has established a Master of Entrepreneurship and Innovation degree, its first master’s degree to systematically teach entrepreneurship practices to students with backgrounds in science and technology. The one-year program was officially launched this fall semester with the cooperation of 16 other departments at KAIST. Award-winning professors with first-hand experience in entreprene

The origins of the current price structure for KEPCO-generated power dates back to 1973, when the world was struck by one of the worst energy crises in modern history. During the Arab-Israeli war, Arab members of the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries imposed an oil embargo, sending oil prices, and hence energy prices, soaring. The progressive pricing system was thus introduced in

Professor Minkee Choi’s team from the KAIST Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering have developed a new high-performance carbon-dioxide absorbent. His team has also succeeded in synthesizing moderate volumes of this new adsorbent, indicating that, unlike previous adsorbents, it is scalable and will mostly likely be commercialized industry. Their research was published online in