Professor Sunyoung Park, the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at KAIST, received an award from the Deputy Prime Minister and the Minister of Strategy and Finance of the Republic of Korea on December 31, 2014 in recognition of her contribution to the Korean economy. Known as an expert in macroeconomics and finance in Korea, Professor Park has conducted research in macroeconomic policies and capital flows.
Recently, Professor Park attended the 18th ASEAN+3 (Korea, Japan, and China) Finance and Central Bank Deputies’ Meeting held in Tokyo, Japan, on December 3-5, 2014 and presented a paper on the economic policies of Asian and G20 nations, receiving positive responses from the participants.
At the award ceremony, she said, “With continuous support from the government and collaborations with regional partners, I hope that my research will help Korea and the Asian economies grow further.”
The School of Humanities & Social Science will offer the open lecture course titled ‘Seeking a New Economic and Industrial Paradigm’ from May11 to June 7. This is part of a quarterly lecture series run by the school and open to the public. The open lecture is designed to provide opportunities for the public to identify future challenges and opportunities for Korea’s economy and industry. Experts in macroeconomics, finance, and global collaboration will provide glimpses o
2017-04-26Professor Woo Chang Kim of the Industrial and Systems Engineering Department has been elected as the Managing Editor of Quantitative Finance. Founded in 2001, Quantitative Finance has been an internationally-acclaimed peer-reviewed journal in the field of financial engineering, along with Mathematical Finance. This is the first time for a Korean researcher to be named for the editorial board, which consists of eminent scholars from around the world, including four Nobel laureate
2017-02-23To take place in the Korea Federation of Banks building on May 21, 2015, Seoul Around 200 individuals to be present including Oh-Kyu Kwon, the former Minister of Finance and Economy and Chang-Hyun Yun, the former president of Korea Institute of Finance KAIST will hold a conference to discuss prospects for Korea’s financial technology industry (FinTech) and to address the rapid changes taking place in both national and global finance markets. The conference will be held in the Convent
2015-05-20KAIST won the No. 1 position for the second year in a row in the daily JoongAng Ilbo"s university rankings for 2009. Seoul National University took back the No. 2 spot, followed in order by POSTECH, Korea and Yonsei universities. The survey was conducted in the four categories, educational environment/finance, professors" research, general reputation/social advancement and globalization. KAIST scored 293 points out of possible 400 this year, while the second-ranking SNU and third-ranking POST
2009-09-24Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) Graduate School of finance signed a dual degree program contract with the University of Rochester and London Business School. Starting from the entering class of 2009, the dual degree program will allow students of the Graduate School of finance to attend ten lectures in a foreign university and receive degrees from both institutes. After the dual degree program is applied, in the case of the University of Rochester, KAIST students will
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