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< Professor Jiyun Lee >
Professor Jiyun Lee from the Department of Aerospace Engineering became the first professor of Korean university to be selected as a council member of the Institute of Navigation (ION), serving specifically as a technical representative.
ION is a world-leading organization established in 1945 and dedicated to advancing Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) technologies. ION’s international membership is drawn not only from professionals in the fields of navigation, engineering, astronomy, education, and general aviation and the airline industry, but also from various supporting institutions, corporations, and government agencies.
Professor Lee has been actively engaged in the Institute’s academic and community activities as a technical advisor for the Satellite Division in the Asia-Pacific region, a chair of the International Technical Meeting, as well as a section chair of the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS+) Conference. She has also published 34 papers in numerous ION journals and conference proceedings over the past 10 years while serving as an associate editor of the ION Navigation Journal.
From these activities, Professor Lee was recognized for her academic achievements and committed leadership, which led her to be appointed as the first professor from a Korean university to participate on the Council. She will serve her term over the next two years, and conduct day-to-day operations for the Institute mainly related to developing new programs and strategies for the advancement of PNT technologies and discovering new distinguished members.
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research How Does AI Think? KAIST Achieves First Visualization of the Internal Structure Behind AI Decision-Making
<(From Left) Ph.D candidate Daehee Kwon, Ph.D candidate Sehyun lee, Professor Jaesik Choi> Although deep learning–based image recognition technology is rapidly advancing, it still remains difficult to clearly explain the criteria AI uses internally to observe and judge images. In particular, technologies that analyze how large-scale models combine various concepts (e.g., cat ears, car wheels) to reach a conclusion have long been recognized as a major unsolved challenge. KAIST (Pr
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research KAIST K HERO Rides Nuri Rocket, Next Generation Micro Hall Thruster Technology Verified in Space
< (From left) Ph.D candidate Jaehong Park, COSMOVY researcher Yoonsoo Kim, Professor Wonho Choe, Ph.D candidate Dongha Park, M.S candidate Seungbeom Heo > KAIST announced on the November 26th that the CubeSat 'K-HERO (KAIST Hall Effect Rocket Orbiter)', developed by the research team of Professor Wonho Choe from the Department of Nuclear and Quantum Engineering, is scheduled to launch into space aboard the 4th Nuri rocket launch vehicle on November 27th from the Naro Space Center in Goh
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research KAIST Confirms Reduction of Amyloid-β Using Red OLED-Restores Memory in Alzheimer’s Model
<Professor Kyung Cheol Choi, Dr. Byeongju Noh, Ph.D candidate Young-Hun Jung, Ph.D candidate Minwoo Park, Dr.Ja Wook Koo, Researcher Jiyun Lee, Researcher Ji-Eun Lee, Dr. Hyang Sook Hoe, Dr. Hyun-Ju Lee, Dr. Sora Kang, Researcher Seokjun Oh> A Korean research team, raising the question “Which OLED light color can actually improve memory and pathological markers in Alzheimer’s patients?”, has identified the most effective OLED color capable of enhancing cognitive fun
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research KAIST Professor and Alumni Who Won AIxCC Donate 150 Million KRW of Prize Money to Their Alma Mater
<(From Left) Professor Insu Yun from KAIST School of Electrical Engineering, Researcher HyungSeok Han from Samsung Research America> KAIST (President Kwang Hyung Lee) announced on the 23rd of November that HyungSeok Han (Ph.D. alumnus from the School of Computing) and Insu Yun (B.S. alumnus, currently Associate Professor in the School of Electrical Engineering) donated 150 million KRW from the prize money won by Team Atlanta, which took first place in the world’s largest AI securi
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event Imdang Scholarship and Culture Foundation Donates 500 Million Won to Modernize KAIST's Space Research Infrastructure
< Photo of the Chung Mong-Hun Uri-Star Research Building at the Satellite Research Center > KAIST announced on the Novemnber 21st that it received a donation of 500 million won from the Imdang Scholarship and Culture Foundation and will proceed with an environmental improvement project for the 'Chung Mong-Hun Uri-Star Research Building' at the Satellite Research Center on the main campus in Daejeon. The Imdang Scholarship and Culture Foundation is a non-profit scholarship foundation
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