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On May 1, KAIST held a meeting with the parents of its undergraduate students at the KAIST campus. About 400 parents were invited and were presented the opportunity to share the university’s operation philosophy, vision, and information with President Sung-Mo “Steve” Kang, the new president nominated this year.
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Seung Hyun Suh
2013.06.14 04:24
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Back in 2011, a series of lectures were given to the public by three distinguished professors from KAIST. The theme was “Future Information Technology,” and only a handful of attendees had the chance to experience these excellent lectures. Now, the lectures have been put together into a book for all those who are interested in the topic.
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DongJae Lee
2013.06.14 04:21
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A research team from KAIST found an innovative method to produce a superlens from a layer of random nanoparticles. The team, headed by Professor Jun-Hoon Park and Professor Chunghyun Park from the Department of Physics, published its research in the April issue of Nature Photonics.
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Shin Hum Cho
2013.06.14 04:19
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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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Shin Woong Sung, a student in the master’s degree program from the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at KAIST, received an Honorable Mention at the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) Conference in Business Analytics and Operations Research.
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Sang Eun Jee
2013.06.14 03:27
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On May 8, a talk session with KAIST students and the renowned movie director Ryoo Seung-Wan was held at Terman Hall of the Creative Learning Building (E11). The talk was a two-hour long question-and-answer session with the audience, during which the director freely discussed about his life and views on being a movie director.
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Shin Hum Cho
2013.06.14 03:14
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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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Problems Regarding Unfair PaymentsThe research environment for KAIST graduate students has been the center of various criticisms for the past decade. This bag of issues was opened up and placed in the spotlight when the results of the recent “2012 KAIST Research Environment Situation Investigation” were released by the Graduate Student Council.
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The KAIST Herald Staff
2013.05.01 10:13
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On April 2, in line with the current shortage of dormitory facilities for its students, the construction team announced that another dormitory building will be built.On April 5, the groundbreaking ceremony was held from 3:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. next to Galilei Hall at the very place where the new building will set foot, with important figures including the president, the vice president, the auditor, and students around the campus.
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Wan Ju Kang
2013.05.01 09:36
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In order to provide opportunities for the younger generation of Koreans to explore elements of Korean culture in Japan, the Pride of Korea program has been initiated by the Korean Student Aid Foundation (KOSAF). The main objective of this program is to promote a correct historical awareness of Korean cultural assets in Japan.
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Dong-Kyeong Lee
2013.05.01 09:34
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A collaborative project by KAIST Professor Seok-Hyung Bae of the Department of Industrial Design, Chief Executive Officer Young-Gi Kim of SM Instruments Limited, and Chief Executive Officer Mong-koo Chung of Hyundai Motors, the portable acoustic camera has been awarded the prestigious Red Dot Design Award for product design.
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Geunhong Park
2013.05.01 09:32
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On March 29, the 2013 School Farm program was officially launched. A total of 77 teams from the KAIST community are now able to cultivate any crops of their choice on their farmland for a year.The farmland provided by KAIST is located behind Sejong Hall (E8). The total size of the farmland is 1,400 square meters.
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Seung Hyun Suh
2013.05.01 08:54
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Every year the Admissions Office sends officers abroad to promote and increase awareness of KAIST. This spring, there have been two scheduled trips to Turkey and to Vietnam, each with a different purpose. From late March to early April, the first trip was to nine high schools in four cities in Turkey (Istanbul, Bursa, Izmir, and Ankara).
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Angela Choi
2013.05.01 08:36
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KAIST has teamed up with the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) to further advance the information and communications technology (ICT) industry based on discovering future growth engines and creating new jobs.On April 2, KAIST and ETRI signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU).
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DongJae Lee
2013.05.01 08:34
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A group of KAIST students have gathered to make a parody of the film Les Miserable, a big hit during the 2012-2013 winter holiday season. Till now, there have been several parodies that were created in Korea, of which the one created by the Republic of Korea Air Force was the most popular. Called “Les Militaribles,” the YouTube video got over 4.5 million views.
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DongJae Lee
2013.05.01 08:33
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On April 5, nationwide tree planting campaigns took place everywhere in honor of Arbor Day. In cooperation with the Korea Forest Service, communities and villages worked to plant millions of saplings in local neighborhoods and in the countryside. KAIST also participated in the campaign by holding a 2013 Tree Planting event on campus.
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Seung Hyun Suh
2013.05.01 08:31
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KAIST’s College of Business will establish the Silicon Valley Innovation Platform (SVIP) to help prospective young startup founders and their venture companies do business in the United States. The college will cooperate with the US Market Access Center (US MAC) and provide offices and mentoring services by its professors for the companies.
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DongJae Lee
2013.05.01 08:30
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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 April 8, renowned solar physicist and director of the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Sami Solanki was invited to a colloquium hosted by the Graduate School of Science and Technology Policy to discuss issues on scientific policies. Held at Fusion Hall of the KAIST Institute Building (E4), the director gave a talk on policies behind the Max Planck Institute in Germany.
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Shin Hum Cho
2013.05.01 08:25