According to the article, “Korean Universities Enter Ranks of World Class Universities,” in the previous issue, POSTECH was ranked 9th in the “University Ranking: Asia 2014” by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS). We know from many of the articles and evaluations from various organizations that POSTECH is undoubtedly a leading university in Korea; however, recent rankings from the QS are not up to scratch. It means that POSTECH has fallen in the estimation of the world, although it has risen in the estimation of Korea. In order to become a true world-leading university, this has to be overcome.Looking c

Nowadays, there are several books that discuss how we should live our lives. These books are not only the interest of Koreans, but to the world. In most cases, those with more experience in life are advising those who still have a long way to go about some values that are easy to bypass. An author found that the elders have a tendency to be more satisfied with their lives. He thought that if we can learn what they have realized throughout their lives at a younger age, we could also live the rest of our lives with more satisfaction. There are many aspects that affect our lives. But for Postechi

In 2005, my wife and I were invited to join the faculty of Handong Global University. Although we were privileged to have had many Koreans in the courses we had taught at our previous university, living in Korea has enabled us to study the culture and life-style from close up. Korea has become famous in the world as a model of a nation that rose out of the ashes of a devastating war to become the world’s 7th strongest economy. However, at what cost?In an ambitious economy-driven society, the normal roles of husband and wife are being challenged. Families are being shaken to the core. The fast

After reading the previous The Postech Times I was impressed with the greatness of POSTECH. The article “the development of an affordable, large-area, and highspeed graphene nanoribbon” made me feel proud of my major and I showed my respect to Professor Taewoo Lee (MSE). Department of Material Science and Engineering department has a website to introduce news about professors and students. I entered the site and looked around others too. Within only one semester, there were so many achievements in the laboratories of our department. Their research results were published in authoritative papers

These days, people cannot rest anywhere even at home. They always receive too many messages, calls, and Kakao Talk alerts. They cannot put down their phones, which remind them of people, tasks, studies, and other events. Sales people continue to worry about their task at work after getting off work and students have a burden about studying, homework, and team projects whenever they see Kakao Talk and other’s activity on Facebook, even during weekends. However, people cannot constantly worry without taking any rest. At least on the weekend, people have to postpone their curiosity about how thei

The “Advanced Energy and Materials Devices Laboratory” (AEMDL) is based in the Department of Chemical Engineering and DANE and studies. AEMDL focuses on all aspects of the materials science of novel energy devices and the materials they are made up of. Today human kind is still striving (and struggling) to solve the problem of how to make a device that can produce electricity easily and efficiently but that people will buy. Thus, our research group is primarily studying ways to improve the materials that make up batteries, fuel cells, and other energy efficient devices. Most people are very fa

Nowadays, it is hard to find those who are away from the Internet. Especially, life in POSTECH requires many aids from the “Network”. Even I always log-in into lms.postech.ac.kr before starting with my assignments. Yes. We heavily rely on the developed IT. However, do we realize that we are not only receiving aids but also bearing the disadvantages given by the Internet? When I read the article entitled “Are You Meeting Big Data or Big Brother?” I was so grateful because this article accurately pointed out many benefits of Big Data in different aspect. Hence, I want to deeply discuss about the

Residential College (RC), a dormitory for freshmen and sophomores in POSTECH, has professors, called master professors, who lead students per each floor. There is a time that all students in same floor gather together and eat meal with their master professor every semester. When students who live in 11th and 12th floors ate dinner with Professor Joo-Yeon Yoo (LIFE) their master professor, she asked something to them. “Do you know who lives next door and have you talked to unknown neighbors while waiting for elevator?” Most students shook their heads and answered that they are reluctant to star

Intelligent Software understands language and human behavior and provides functions for users in the most convenient way. POSTECH intelligent software Lab (iSOFT) has investigated Spoken Dialog System and Natural Language Processing to build a bridge between humans and computers through language. Educational games for English immersion and automated evaluation and feedback are other challenging research areas for us. Spoken Dialogue Interface, which permits spoken interaction between users and computers, has much advantage over the previous devices, such as a keyboard, a mouse and a touchscree

An article titled “Importance of Science Merged with Politics” in The Postech Times made me think many things. When I was in high school, I wrote an essay about a similar topic. So I was interested in this article. Do you know “fundamental scienc?or “basic science”? It is the basis of engineering and applied science. Countries near Korea, such as China, Russia and Japan, have invested in fundamental science. China trained scientists and researched fundamental science in 1950?. Since 1900, Japan also has given considerable thought to basic science, and in 1949, a Japanese was awarded a Nobel Pr

In order to develop The Postech Times, I will try focus on three things. The first is obeying the basic rules of The Postech Times. Basically, The Postech Times is the place where I make the newspaper with other people. The important thing is that I don’t make it alone. Thus, keeping the promises I make with others is the most important thing I should do. The promises include meeting times, deadlines for finishing articles, the number of letters in articles, and so on. The second is writing good articles. Unlike magazines, books, or other reading materials, a newspaper is relatively independen

If I join The Postech Times, I think the most important thing to have is responsibility. As a representative The Postech Times, I will do my best with a strong sense of duty. I think it is important that I have to have the objective attitude as a reporter of POSTECH when I write the newspaper. There will be many things that can be written in a newspaper. Because I want to write articles that are related to people around me, it is easy to write an article with subjective feelings. Nevertheless, I will be more objective when I actually write the articles.In order to develop the newspaper, there

As one of the reporters of The Postech Times, I will use my merits to make it better. In my high school life, the most important thing that I did was a club activity. The club was made by me and my friends. We organized events like classic concerts, celebrity lectures, and so on. The common theme was “conversation”. Through those events I was able to converse with adults, friends, and even children. I believe that the ability to communicate with a variety of people is one of my merits. I will use this merit to effectively communicate with Postechians through The Postech Times, and conduct usef

An article in The Postech Times reminded me of a past experience. The article’s title was “What Can Be Done for Society”. I spotted a picture of volunteering in Ethiopia, so I thought the article would be a review written by foreign volunteers. But the article mentioned how numerous volunteering opportunities exist in our university and scolded the readers about how we can use our knowledge to contribute to the society. I was dumbfounded for a moment after I finished reading. I’ve realized that I haven’t participated in any volunteering activities since acceptation into our school. Then I reme

Inequality within a country, poor or rich, can be remedied effectively through an income tax system- by taxing the rich and redistributing the resources directly or indirectly to the poor. Perhaps surprisingly, many rich countries have less inequality than poor countries partially because the poor in these countries are relatively rich compared to the poor in other countries and partially because votes in rich countries generally elect to take a larger fraction of income from the rich and give to the poor directly or indirectly. A popular measure of inequality in all countries is called the Gi

After reading the last page of The Postech Times, I could take a trip to China sitting in my room. This article was about their training camp to Shanghai, China. The article shows cultures, history, and college system of other universities of different culture. Reading those three articles, I could not only understand and compare other universities with POSTECH, but also have a chance to think about the precious history of Korea.On that page, the first article was about foreign students’ convenience in campus. Since I’ve never been to foreign universities before, it aroused my curiosity what i

If one were told to describe what they know about Malaysia in one sentence, one would probably say, “A poor country in South East Asia blanketed with thousands of acres of tropical rainforest” or anything along this line. Such simple responses are not at all surprising because it is merely a stereotypical view of Malaysia or any South East Asian country from a Korean’s perspective. Having graduated from an international school in Malaysia, I was asked countless times by my Korean friends if I lived in a dilapidated hut in jungles, depicting an uncivilized person from the past. Sadly, such ster

Welcome to POSTECH! I would like to express my heartfelt congratulations and a very warm welcome to the newest members of the POSTECH community! I also wish to extend my deep appreciation to the parents for having brought up and fostered these wonderful students with such loving care and support. Today is a momentous occasion that officially initiates you as an undergraduate or graduate student at POSTECH, which will become another home away from home for you for the coming years. POSTECH was founded in 1986 as the first ever research-oriented university in Korea with a vision of becoming a wo

After Postechians graduate POSTECH, many enter a graduate school. This may be because they have a goal that they want to study and make huge achievements in that field. I also hoped to research in life science; so, I thought about entering graduate school. In good time, I read an article that was in the last issue and received a lot of advices through it. Moreover, I can apply these tips in not only graduate school, but also dream and life.First, the article said to find what to research. Reading this sentence, I wondered what I want to heartily do and realized what I want to research. All of

One of the benefits of POSTECH is its isolated location. For Postechians who need to focus on their studies and research, it is a place full of peace. There are no extreme factors that will distract them from their work. At the same time, however, it can also be a disadvantage. Its isolation can prevent Postechians from communicating with and becoming part of the society. Without its connection, it is difficult for Postechians to realize what kind of research needs to be done for the society. In addition, staying in an enclosed area can prevent Postechians from learning social skills that are