The School of Transdisciplinary Studies (STS) held their final demonstration class on December 4, bringing their series of demos, which started in October, to a close. They simulated major courses to be offered starting spring 2020 — the first time the STS major will be opened to students. The depar

KAIST has signed an agreement with the tech giant Google to develop an AI curriculum for KAIST. The program, led by Professor Changho Suh from the School of Electrical Engineering and Professor Yong-Jin Yoon from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, will be completed as part of an agreement sig

Professor Hojin Ryu and his research team from the Department of Nuclear & Quantum Engineering have successfully developed a new method to immobilize iodine-129 (I-129), a radioactive isotope of iodine, through a cold-sintering process. The results were published in the Journal of Hazardous Material

A research group led by Professor Youngjin Park in the Department of Mechanical Engineering has collaborated with Hyundai Motors to create a Road Noise Active Noise Control (RANC) system that will be commercialized.Hyundai Motors released this RANC system on November 11 as an automobile system that

A research team led by Professor Mi Hee Lim from the Department of Biological Sciences has reported a small molecule, DAPPD, that is able to improve cognitive function in mouse models with Alzheimer’s disease. The mechanisms in which DAPPD improves cognitive function show potential as treatment for

On December 4, a notice on KaDaeJeon was posted by sophomore Jong-Yeong Jung from the Department of Chemistry regarding a petition to construct a faster path from the west-side dormitories, especially Heemang and Dasom (W4), to the main road on campus. As of December 9, the petition is still availab

KAIST has been selected as one of Asia’s leaders in top intellectual property, as they have received the Asia IP Elite Awards 2019 in the area of R&D Institution Team of the Year at the Intellectual Property Business Conference (IPBC) Asia 2019 held in Tokyo, Japan on October 29. In addition, the Ko

On November 21, the Ministry of National Defense (MND) declared its plan to reduce the alternative military service system by reducing the number of technical research personnel. Starting from 2025, the quota of technical research personnel with a master’s degree will be reduced from 1,500 to 1,200,

Professor Uichin Lee from the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering has led a team of researchers in developing an AI software that can evaluate whether it is safe for a driver’s digital assistant to provide auditory-verbal services.Digital assistants in vehicles began as touch screens ne

KAIST student society was wrapped in controversy regarding a controversial term used on a banner that cheered on interviewees of the undergraduate admissions interviews. A post on KaDaeJeon on November 25 criticized the use of a term that originated from a notorious Korean right-wing populist websit

On December 6, the Central Elections Committee (CEC) announced the results for the 33rd KAIST Undergraduate Association (UA) Election. With a 50.80% turnout, the election was in favor of FLEX, the sole presidential candidate team, with 1,958 votes (82.38%). Hyun-Sik Yoon, a senior in the School of C

Hanmaeum Education Corps (HEC) of KAIST held its 4th “Hanmaeum Dream Tree Program” at KAIST on November 2. The event invited students and parents of multicultural families to provide an opportunity for higher learning and to celebrate the accomplishments of mothers who have gone above and beyond to

Research teams led by Professor Eui-Cheol Shin from the Graduate School of Medical Science and Engineering and Professor Byung Soh Min from the Yonsei University College of Medicine collaborated to discover a key mechanism by which cancer cells work to inhibit the immune system. The researchers fore

A research team working under Professor Won Do Heo from the Department of Biological Sciences has developed a method to optically activate intracellular antibodies. Daseuli Yu is the first author of the research paper, which is currently in press for Nature Methods, a world-renowned journal which pu

Professor Greg Suh, from the Department of Biological Sciences, and Yangkyun Oh PhD, from New York University, have collaborated to discover the neuron in the brain that directly regulates blood glucose levels and modeled its functions using Drosophila (fruit flies).The result provided by this resea

On November 12, the seminar titled “Different Viewpoint for Innovation – Design Thinking” was held by Professor Youngjoong Chang for the Center for Science-based Entrepreneurship in the Creative Learning Building (E11). As a designer and educator of design thinking, Professor Chang presents this way

On November 15, the Graduate School of Science, Technology, and Policy (STP) held a seminar consisting of presentations covering how to better support international students studying STEM subjects in Korea. Speakers from various affiliations were invited to describe and discuss the existing issues a

K-FLEX, developed by the company EasyEndo Surgical and Professor Dong Soo Kwon from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, was selected as one of the top ten machine technologies of the year. The selection was led by The Korean Federation of Mechanical Engineering Societies and commends the effor

The joint research team of Professor Hee-Tak Kim, from the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, and Shin-Kun Ryi, PhD, from the Korea Institute of Energy Research Advanced Materials and Devices Laboratory, has announced a new production method for vanadium redox flow batteries (VRFBs

The KAIST Undergraduate Association (UA) Emergency Response Committee has released the results of a survey regarding student complaints on unauthorized visitors for the fall semester. The survey collected responses from a total of 45 students to shed light on student opinion on the problems caused b