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Opening Ceremony Held for AI Q..
On October 2, KAIST held the opening ceremony for the AI Quantum Computing Information Technology Research Center. The ceremony was attended by Heekyung Park, the vice president of research; Jong-Hwan Kim, the dean of the College of Engineering; and related personnel.
Dean’s Greetings for College o..
Dear alumni, students, and members of the College of Engineering at KAIST, Greetings. I am Jong-Hwan Kim and I am the dean of the College of Engineering. It is a great honor to be writing in the first issue of the College of Engineering newsletter. The College of Engineering newsletter contains the latest trends and research achievements of the 13 affiliated departments. I hope that this biannual newsletter will serve as a platform of exchange, playing a key role in keeping members informed on recent developments at the College. Since 2014, the College of Engineering has enhanced its global reputation through the English research webzine Breakthrough, which focuses on the excellence of research conducted by its members. Similarly, I expect this newsletter to contribute to the writing of a new chapter in history. The renewed website of the College of Engineering opened recently in October. Be sure to visit the website and share your experiences with others, and spread the word to anyone looking for information on the College of Engineering. The College of Engineering will continue to promote news-sharing and communication, so as to instill a sense of pride in alumni and all members. I would like to take this opportunity to extend my gratitude to Chair Jinah Park of the PR Committee, Vice-dean Hyochoong Bang, Professor Min H. Kim, and all faculty behind the publication of this newsletter and the website renewal. Your support and encouragement are highly appreciated. Thank you. Sincerely, Jong-Hwan Kim, Dean of College of Engineering
2018 Matriculation Ceremony at..
On September 7, the 2018 Matriculation Ceremony was held at the Liangjiang Campus of Chongqing University of Technology (CQUT). The event was attended by Xiaohui Shi, president of CQUT; vice presidents Xianjun Zeng and Bo Tian; Jong-Hwan Kim, dean of the KAIST College of Engineering; Professor Chang-Hee Lee, co-director of the Liangjiang Campus; Professor Myoung Ho Kim, head of the School of Computing; Professor Jaekyun Moon, head of the School of Electrical Engineering; eight other KAIST professors, and related personnel of CQUT Liangjiang Campus. The incoming class of 2018 included 189 undergraduate students, and 9 graduate students. The ceremony featured presentations by Yuanqiu Liu, graduate representative of the incoming class of 2018; Yaxin Wang, undergraduate representative of the incoming class of 2018; and Zhecheng Zhong, undergraduate representative of the incoming class of 2015. Yuanqin Liu and Yaxin Wang declared a vision to become experts in their field by utilizing the university’s high-quality resources and international platform. They hoped to study hard, to overcome adversity, and to bravely march into the future based on an international outlook. Zhecheng Zhong, one of the first KAIST students to pursue a double degree, shared his experience with the new students. He was determined to exert his best efforts, so as to reach greater heights while studying at the international campus. After the student presentations, Professor Chang-Hee Lee congratulated the new students again. He encouraged them to maximize their potential throughout the four-year course, and looked forward to seeing them become elites in computer science, electronics, and information technology. Dean Jong-Hwan Kim emphasized three points for the new students, namely, to set clear goals, to build strong interpersonal relations, and to embrace challenges. In the last presentation, CQUT President Xiaohui Shi sent a message of hope to the new students. His recommendation was for students to take a step-by-step approach over the next four years. He told them to develop an international outlook, to experience the joys of deep thinking and patience, and to freely express themselves. After the ceremony, the presidents, faculty, staff, and students gathered at Shiji Square for a group photo.
Guest Lecture at KOREA–JAPAN S..
Jong-Hwan Kim, the dean of the College of Engineering, gave a guest lecture at the KOREA–JAPAN Symposium on the 4th Industrial Revolution on September 13. Organized by Elsevier Korea and supported by the Embassy of Japan in Korea, the symposium set the stage for Korean and Japanese researchers to engage in active discussions on the fourth industrial revolution, focusing on key research fields such as artificial intelligence (AI) and big data. Dean Jong-Hwan Kim gave a presentation titled “Agent-embedded Robot with Machine Intelligence” in Session 5.
[Munhwa Ilbo] World’s First AI..
With the hosting of the AI World Cup 2018, a first since the robot soccer competition was held in the 1990s, Dean Jong-Hwan Kim of the College of Engineering expressed a desire to “expand the AI World Cup to ball games beyond soccer.” On August 21 to 22, the AI World Cup was held at the Academic Cultural Complex of KAIST’s main campus in Daejeon. The event, which involves both students and researchers, was described by the dean as “an opportunity for anyone to easily learn and experience AI technology through source codes shared by AI leaders.” ―What are some advantages of applying AI technology to soccer? “The organizing committee runs programs submitted by each team from start to finish. At this stage, programming relies on pixel information. However, more realistic simulations may be possible with access to the necessary resources, such as FIFA data on World Cup players. For instance, we can create an AI player modeled after Heung-min Son. The technology can be further developed to analyze the style of play of different players based on video recordings. Strategies employed by high-ranking teams can also be analyzed.” ―The competition seems to lack sponsors despite its significance. Are there any plans to promote the AI World Cup? “The operations behind the AI World Cup have yet to stabilize. By investing in game companies, we will develop game characters and conduct related research. We are also exploring directions in education and entertainment. While some people have a negative view of games, we’d like to think of them as a useful tool in the understanding of AI. The website of the AI World Cup has already attracted 2.1 million visitors, and recorded 15,000 downloads. Once we are prepared, we will focus on securing more investment and support.” ―What was the inspiration behind combining AI and soccer? “Soccer is widely popular in Korea. We started with the hope of Korea becoming a leading country in robot soccer. The AI World Cup was first organized two years ago, after the shock of AlphaGo versus Lee Sedol. We wanted to restore human confidence, which was affected from being defeated by AlphaGo.” Daejeon = By Seong-yeol No nosr@munhwa.com
[The Cutting Edge] Korean team..
[The Cutting Edge] Korean team takes the win at AI World Cup Aug 27,2018 Artificial intelligence-powered players play football at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology in Daejeon during the AI World Cup on Wednesday. [YONHAP] Two years after the historic match between AlphaGo and Lee Se-dol, Korea played host to another contest designed to test the potential and limitations of artificial intelligence. This time around, the area of interest is football. The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (Kaist) held the AI World Cup in Daejeon last week, proving that artificial intelligence is ready to take on the world of football. The three-day competition saw 24 teams from 12 countries pitted against each other. Kaist ultimately took the win, beating competitors from as far afield as Google, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the National Cheng Kung University. The AI World Cup was a variant of five-a-side football. Each virtual team consisted of five cube-shaped players of different colors that were pre-programmed with AI algorithms. The teams face off on the virtual football field, playing shorter games with five-minute halves. Kim Woo-joon, a PhD student at Kaist and the leader of the winning AFC-WISRL team, said that the result proves the powerful capacity of reinforcement learning used in the football match. Reinforcement learning is a central type of machine learning that lets software agents learn from the environment and receive rewards by performing certain actions. “The players are trained with an algorithm based on Q-learning, a kind of reinforcement learning,” Kim said. “The algorithm is designed to maximize rewards if an agent follows through with optimal action selections.” Kim explained the key to beating out all the advanced algorithms lies in a myriad of simulation practices that his team has done. “A robot can make five steps in one second in the algorithm,” Kim said, referring to certain actions that a robot can take. “We simulated 3 million different steps to see the optimal result depending on different circumstances.” As much as the AI technique is sophisticated, the head of the organizing committee said that the main goal of the event is to raise awareness of the “entertaining” aspects of AI. “People would like to see the progress made by the technology,” said Professor Kim Jong-hwan, chair of the organizing committee. “But a more essential question is how the technology can contribute to the happiness and well-being of humankind. The AI World Cup was held to show artificial intelligence can entertain people.” As noted by Kim, spectators seemed to have a good time while watching the games. The audience was especially amused when things went wrong - at one point, an AI player couldn’t handle the pressure and stood completely still when they had a chance to score. The World Cup also featured AI-powered journalists and commentators for the games and lectures from AI specialists. “We hope that spectators become familiar with different aspects of AI technology and become more open-minded,” Kim said. BY PARK EUN-JEE [park.eunjee@joongang.co.kr]
[Robot News] Dean Jong-Hwan Ki..
The National Academy of Engineering of Korea (NAEK), one of the top engineering organizations in Korea, selected new members for 2018 after ten months of screening.
Outstanding Papers of Military..
International Robot Olympiad H..
Joint New Year’s Meeting Held ..
On January 3, the College of Engineering held a joint New Year’s meeting for the Planning Committee, PR Committee, and administrative staff. The Planning Committee and PR Committee are new committees established in 2017. Through the New Year’s meeting, the two committees engaged in active discussions on future directions and shared their vision. The meeting began with an opening speech by the dean of the College of Engineering, followed by an introduction of the committees by the respective chairs. The PR Committee, which was expanded from the committee in charge of newsletter editing and publishing, distributed plaques of appreciation to its members for playing a key role in sustaining the College of Engineering Newsletter. The event was attended by the college dean, vice dean, members of the Planning Committee, members of the PR Committee, and administrative staff.
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[SEDaily] Nvidia seeks KAIST i..
In August 2014, master’s and doctorate program candidates take a group photo together in front of Apple headquarters during their participation at a seminar held at Silicon Valley, US, hosted by the research laboratory under KAIST Professor Jeong-Ho Kim (third from the left). Soo-Min Choi (right) who participated at the event is currently doing an internship at Nvidia and plans to officially join Nvidia after obtaining his doctorate degree next year. /photo credit=Professor Jeong-Ho Kim