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KAIST’s PIM Semiconductor Research Center, led by Professor Hoi-Jun Yoo, developed the world’s first Complementary-Transformer AI semiconductor chip capable of processing a large language model (LLM) at a high performance while minimizing power consumption. The newly developed chip can process GPT-2
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Jan Brey Espia Head of News Division
2024.03.23 00:11
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Amidst rapid developments in the field of deep learning, there are emerging demands for new models, which require substantial time and effort to train and reduce errors. The KAIST Herald interviewed Dongmin Park, a PhD student who has recently developed a new data pruning method that reduces the tra
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Jihyun Kim Staff Reporter
2023.11.19 16:39
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One of the significant economic problems worldwide is the increasing concentration of wealth. The KAIST Herald interviewed Professor Hyung Seok Kim, who has recently provided a novel approach to resolving the fundamental problem of unequal distribution of wealth in his paper “The Macroeconomics of S
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Jihyun Kim Staff Reporter
2023.10.13 21:19
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Professor Hak-Sung Kim from the Department of Biological Sciences has been awarded the esteemed 2023 Enzyme Engineering Award. This recognition is conferred every two years by the International Enzyme Engineering Conference. The award ceremony, with a lecture by the distinguished awardee, happened a
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Balsam Al-Hadithi Junior Staff Reporter
2023.10.13 21:19
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A team led by Professor Se-Bum Paik from the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences has employed AlexNET, a brain-inspired AI model, to understand the emergence of number sense in young animals even without training. Many animals have an intuitive sense for the arithmetic relationship between tw
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Alazar Teka Gemechu Junior Staff Reporter
2023.09.25 16:42
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Professor Yeong-seok Ju from the Graduate School of Medical Science has made groundbreaking research regarding the function and impact of “Junk DNA” on human aging and cancer development. The research was featured in Nature Communications under the title “Widespread somatic L1 retrotransposition in
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Suyoun Lee Staff Reporter
2023.06.12 07:06
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A collaborative research team from KAIST led by Professor Jung Kyoon Choi from the Department of Bio and Brain Engineering and PentaMedix, a company striving to develop precision medical solutions for cancer therapy, introduced an innovative AI model named DeepNeo. This model is designed to use deep
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Suyoun Lee Staff Reporter
2023.06.12 07:06
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Due to continuous advances in hacking technologies and intrusion of privacy, the significance of security and data protection has been raised day by day. The KAIST Herald interviewed Geonhyeong Park, a PhD student from the Department of Chemistry who published a paper titled “Planar Spin Glass with
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Jihyun Kim Staff Reporter
2023.06.12 04:59
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For decades, cancer has been one of the most significant areas of interest for biologists to find an effective treatment without detrimental side effects. The KAIST Herald interviewed Hong-Sik Kim, who conducted his research at Professor Hak-Sung Kim’s laboratory in the Department of Biological Scie
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Jihyun Kim Staff Reporter
2023.04.14 02:19
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Distinguished Professor Sang Yup Lee's research team from the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering has created a sophisticated artificial intelligence system to predict potential drug interactions. The DeepDDI2 technology developed by the team was able to analyze interactions between
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Jan Brey Espia Junior Staff Reporter
2023.04.14 02:19
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Being able to transport single atoms in a controlled manner is crucial for Rydberg quantum computing. Currently, a highly focused laser beam, commonly called an optical tweezer, is used to capture and transport atoms one by one to place them in the desired position. However, its shortcoming of quant
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Jeonghun Lee Head of News Division
2023.04.14 02:19
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“3D Sketch”, developed by PhD students Joon Hyub Lee and Hanbit Kim, and Professor Seok-Hyung Bae from the Department of Industrial Design, is a novel three-dimensional sketching tool that allows users to immediately animate their sketches. Users are able to rotate the x, y, z axes to draw in 3D. Ma
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Suyoun Lee Staff Reporter
2023.03.27 00:03
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Although hundreds of people die from cancer every day, scientists have been struggling to find a cure for decades due to its heterogeneity and variability. Among the various immunotherapies which employ chemical substances to stimulate the immune system to fight cancer, chimeric antigen receptor (CA
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Jeonghun Lee Head of News Division
2023.03.27 00:03
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Deep Neural Network (DNN) models are widely used in machine translation, autonomous car driving, facial recognition, and countless other applications. However, due to their complex characteristics such as the high dimensionality of the data and the non-linearity of constituent neurons, it has been v
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Zunnoor Awan Staff Reporter
2022.12.08 13:44
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As interest in implantable electronics, wearable devices, and soft robotics increases, scientists have been conducting research on elastic printed circuit boards (E-PCB). There have been multiple attempts to construct a flexible PCB. However, problems such as low electric conductivity, inelasticity,
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Jeonghun Lee Head of News Division
2022.12.08 13:44
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On November 9, the School of Electrical Engineering (EE) and Department of Aerospace Engineering (AE) co-hosted the 2022 Space Robotics Workshop. This day-long workshop was free for all KAIST students and invited various professionals to discuss several topics in the field of space robotics. The wor
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Zunnoor Awan Staff Reporter
2022.11.17 23:11
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A joint research team led by Professor Woohun Lee from the Department of Industrial Design and Professor Geehyuk Lee from the School of Computing has announced the development of an “appcessory” — a device that can be interfaced with a mobile application — that can display layers underneath the surf
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Zunnoor Awan Staff Reporter
2022.11.17 23:11
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Electronic skin imitates the tactile ability of human skin, and can measure sensitivity and external pressure. This cutting-edge technology can be implemented in various industries such as metaverse, robotics, and medical devices. Due to its high applicability, many researchers have attempted to dev
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Jeonghun Lee Head of News Division
2022.11.17 23:11
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The acceleration of climate change calls for an increasing urgency for research on renewable energy harvesting systems. A collaborative research team led by Professor Inkyu Park and Professor Il-Kwon Oh from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, and Dr. Jun-Ho Jeong from Korea Institute of Machi
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ChaeYeon Ryu Assistant Editor
2022.10.14 13:18
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Hair-thinning disorders such as alopecia have become major concerns in the modern day regardless of gender, age, or ethnicity. Whereas currently available hair transplant methods are expensive and have common side effects such as scalp laxity and infection during surgery, a newly developed biocompat
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Jeonghun Lee Head of News Division
2022.10.14 13:17