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Vol.8.2021.02.08

KAIST Kicks Off Yearlong 50th-Anniversary Celebration KAIST marks a major milestone this year, and a yearlong 50th-anniversary celebration began with the KAIST Summit on February 3, 2021. Presidents from MIT, Tokyo Tech, and Northwestern University joined the KAIST Summit to explore new directions for higher education during the post-COVID era intertwined with the 4IR.

Research

Highly Deformable Piezoelectric Nanotruss for Tactile Electronics​ KAIST Professor Seungbum Hong´ team has confirmed the potential of tactile devices by developing ceramic piezoelectric materials that are three times more deformable.

Wirelessly Rechargeable Soft Brain Implant Controls Brain Cells​ KAIST Professor Jae-Woong Jeong and the group have invented a smartphone-controlled soft brain implant that can be recharged wirelessly from outside the body.

A Biological Strategy Reveals How Efficient Brain Circuitry Develops Spontaneously​ Professor Se-Bum Paik and his researchers at KAIST have explained how the regularly structured topographic maps in the visual cortex of the brain could arise spontaneously to efficiently process visual information.

Campus/People

Distinguished Alumni Awardees 2020​ The KAIST Alumni Association (KAA) announced the four recipients of the Distinguished Alumni Awards for the year 2020.

COVID-Update: Spring 2021 Classes Continue Online​ KAIST announced that its spring 2021 classes will also be online as the pandemic continues into the new year. The spring semester will begin on March 1.

Professor Bumjoon Kim Named the Scientist of the Month​ Professor Bumjoon Kim from the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering won January’s Scientist of the Month Award presented by the Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT) and the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF).

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