‘비대면 수업은 시간을 효율적으로 쓰게 한다’ 대학에서 대면 수업을 경험하기 전까지 가지고 있던 생각이다. 비대면 수업은 강의실로 이동할 필요도 없고, 1교시 수업 시작 직전까지 잠옷 차림으로 아침밥을 먹어도 늦을 일이 없기 때문이다. 그래서 더 많이 잘 수 있고, 이동 시간이 낭비되지 않아 시간을 효율적으로 사용할 수 있다고 생각했다. 그러나 이번 학기 전면 대면 수업을 겪으며 이런 생각은 완전히 뒤집혔다.비대면 수업은 대면 수업보다 비효율적이며, 그 이유로 크게 두 가지를 꼽을 수 있다. 첫째, 수업에 집중하기 어렵다. 비대면 수업은 내가 먹고 자는 편안한 생활공간에서 이뤄진다. 아무리 카메라를 켜고 수업을 들어도 수업 시간 내내 집중력을 유지하기란 여간 어려운 것이 아니었다. 바로 앞에 교수님이나 학우들이 있는 것이 아니기에 눈은 화면을 보지만 영혼은 다른 곳에 가 있기 일쑤였다. 둘째, 복습에 오랜 시간이 걸린다. 비대면 수업은 강의 화면을 편리하게 녹화할 수 있어 많은 수업에서 복습용으로 녹화본이 제공됐다. 녹화본은 여러 번 재생할 수 있어 수업 시간에 놓친 부분을 이해될 때까지 반복해서 들을 수 있지만, 한 개념을 이해하는데 매우 긴 시간을 들여야

재작년 코로나19 창궐로 인해 경제, 사회, 환경 등 다양한 분야에서 급격한 패러다임 변화가 이뤄지고 있다. 이에 맞춰 산업현장에서는 D.N.A.(Data, Network, Artificial Intelligence) 등 디지털 신기술들을 기반으로 기존 산업과 새로운 과학기술들이 융합해 모든 분야의 초연결화가 현실화 되고 있다. 특히, 과학기술적으로는 이종 기술간의 융합을 넘어 인문사회 분야와의 융합을 통해 새로운 기술과 가치들이 창출되고 있다. 그래서 이전에 뚜렷이 구분되던 기술 및 상품들의 기능이 통합되고 산업 간의 경계가 흐려지는 뉴노멀 시대(기존 체계와 다른 새로운 표준)를 맞이하고 있다.이런 변화 가운데 AI·빅데이터·로봇 기술의 발달로 인간의 건강한 삶과 만성질환 극복에 대한 사회적 관심은 증대되고 있다. 인간 건강을 위한 △질환의 예방 △조기 진단 △예후 예측 △치료 △사후관리 등에 있어 전주기적인 진단-치료의 통합적 관리 시스템을 통한 개인형 맞춤의료 서비스 개발의 필요성이 강조되고 있다. 사회에서는 코로나19 사태가 기폭제가 돼 디지털 기술과 건강 및 복지가 결합된 디지털 헬스 제품 및 서비스의 수요가 급격하게 증가해 나가고 있으며 개인이 주

지난달 24일, 우리대학 구성원들이 eSports COLOSSEUM에 모여 한마음으로 월드컵을 응원했다. 당일에는 대한민국이 우루과이를 상대로 치른 2022 카타르 월드컵 첫 조별 리그 경기가 중계됐다. 대한민국 경기인만큼 eSports COLOSSEUM에 사람이 꽉 찼으며 경기 내내 모두 한마음 한뜻으로 응원하며 뜨거운 열기를 느낄 수 있었다.

On Nov. 18, the main round of the 12th Gwamagi Startup Expedition program was held in the POSCO International Center. The Gwamagi (acronym in Korean for Very Fun Tech Start-up Competition) Startup Expedition is an annual competition in which participants come up with technological startup ideas and present them to an audience. All Postechians and others who are interested in entrepreneurship were welcome to participate, along with participants of various startup-aid projects such as the Korean I-Corps or INNOPOLIS Campus. The competition consisted of a preliminary round and the main round. Dur

On Nov. 12, the “Meeting with the President” was held at CHANGeUP GROUND. The event was open to all undergraduate, exchange, graduate students, and school faculty panels including President Moo Hwan Kim, the Director of Food Services, the Director of Housing Services, and other administrative staff attended. “Meeting with the President” has marked its fourth anniversary this year since the event was first held in 2019 when President Kim took office. Until last year, the event was held online due to COVID-19, but it was held face-to-face this year thanks to eased regulations. “Our university ha

Bacteria, fungi, and microalgae—organisms too small to be seen with the naked eye—are microorganisms that are commonly used for vaccines or fermenters. In 2010, “Mycoplasma mycoides”, an artificial microorganism was developed, which highlighted the technology that is utilized to develop industrial microorganisms such as Escherichia coli and yeast as “cell factories” for producing pharmaceuticals and petroleum substitutes. However, such bioprocess could only use a pure culture of a single strain due to productivity, limiting the number of developable processes. A joint research team of Professo

Wood waste, a common problem for many industries, can now be processed to become hydrogen. Professor Dong-Pyo Kim and Ph.D. candidate Se-jun Lim of the Department of Chemical Engineering (CE) conducted joint research with Prof. Jung-ki Ryu and Ph.D. candidate Hyun-Myung Oh of the Department of Energy and Chemical Engineering at UNIST to develop a chemical process that can turn wood waste into hydrogen and high-value chemical products. The product of this chemical process includes vanillin, a raw material in multiple food and pharmaceutical products. Not only this, but the process also does not

On Nov. 8, the U.S. midterm elections were held. So far, the Democratic Party is expected to have a majority in the Senate and the Republican Party will have a majority in the House. According to The Associated Press, Democrats won 48 seats in the Senate and Republicans won 49. However, CNN reported that the Democratic Party actually secured 50 seats because the two independents were close to the Democratic Party. In Georgia, no candidate won the majority, so a runoff is expected. Regardless of Georgia's outcome, Democrats secured half of the seats, positioning themselves as the majority i

Revisions to the Korea Electric Power Corporation Act (KEPCO Act) have been submitted to the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea to raise the limit on the issuance of KEPCO’s company. It is expected to suffer a record deficit of more than 30 trillion KRW this year. In response, the Trade, Industry, Energy, SMEs, and Startups Committee is discussing ways to increase KEPCO’s issuance limit of corporate bonds from two times, to five times, eight times, and 10 times of capital and reserves. An upward revision seems inevitable to prevent a default next year, but concerns are being raised as

POSTECH’s representative science communication event that gained much attention, was held on Nov. 25. As it was held face-to-face for the first time in three years, many audiences participated in this event in order to see six presenters who were selected as the final contestants. The event is modeled after Fame Lab, a competition in which people concerned with the field of science speak about their research topics or other scientific issues within three minutes. Introducing My Research also stipulates that speakers should introduce their research without presentation material and use interest

Homecoming is the tradition of celebrating the existence of an organization. Homecoming is one of POSTECH’s annual events. CHEERO, ELEVEN, POBBA, and TACHYONS welcomed back former members of the club and celebrated in their own unique ways. The Postech Times visited the POSTECH basketball club, POBBA’s homecoming, and interviewed alumni members of POBBA. More than 60 young boys (YB) and old boys (OB) participated in the homecoming event. The main event, a basketball game between YB and OB, was held at the POSTECH gym basketball court on Nov. 19. Students and graduates ate and drank together af

The Postech Times interviewed student president Ju Ui-son (CSE), who entered POSTECH in 2019, and vice president Park Hyun-yong (CSE), who entered POSTECH in 2020. What motivated you to run for student president and vice president? President: As the entering class of 2019, we are a small group of students that understand life at POSTECH before COVID-19. I was sad that we were unable to enjoy university life due to the pandemic. I thought that we should re-introduce our current students to the culture of enjoying ourselves, and I decided to run for president because I believed someone should he

Please introduce yourself Hello, my name is Jung-in Youn, head of the Special Tax Treatment Division of the Tax and Customs Office, Ministry of Economy and Finance. I began my work as an officer at the International Finance Bureau, and worked through a variety of fields including national budget, policy, and tax, and returned to my current position at the Tax and Customs Office. I earned a doctorate in economics in the U.S. and worked for the Presidential Council on Nation Branding, where I wrote a book called “Korea Brand Power” that deals with national status. I also worked at the World Bank

Nowadays, being young means living for the future. Study to get into a good high school, work hard to get into university, do well in university to get a good job, the list goes on. Life is in constant motion forward, towards something. But what happens when we are forced to not think about the future? I used to comply perfectly with society's orientation on the future. I have always loved planning and had a strong sense of where I wanted to go. That is partly why I surprised myself by setting out for an exchange program to POSTECH. As many people know and the rest can guess, an exchange s

On Nov. 17, one of Korea’s biggest exams, the College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT), took place. Most students must go through it to enroll in the universities they want, and it involves keen competition for good grades. Many people had gone through this course, and the CSAT makes the headlines every year. As many as about 500,000 students took the CSAT this year, in just nine hours as well. These days, experts are increasingly criticizing this examination system. In addition, as participants decrease compared to over 800,000 students in earlier CSAT’s, grade evaluation systems have encounter

With the start of the 2022 FIFA World Cup on Nov. 20, 2022, football teams from 32 countries have converged on Qatar, an Arab country. As an oil-rich country, Qatar has enjoyed immense wealth that has nurtured grand ambitions of economic growth. However, the Qatar World Cup has some issues: treatment of migrant workers, human rights abuses, and alcohol-related regulations. Questions were raised when Qatar’s bid to host the 2022 World Cup won out over rival bids such as South Korea, Japan, and the U.S. Qatar has suffered from its treatment of migrant workers. About 30,000 workers came from Bang

During Google’s path to becoming one of the most influential Tech Giants, Google has started to impact our daily lives in nearly every aspect. Google started in 1996 as a search engine and is continuously researching to create a more accurate search machine to this day. One of the most praised features in its search engine results page is the snippet, which was introduced in the fall of 2014. A snippet, a small piece or brief extract, can be found at the top of Google’s search results to answer simple queries quickly. Google’s search engine algorithm makes use of the most reliable and accurate

“The House in the Cerulean Sea” is an LGBT fantasy novel by Travis John Klune that explores the idea of finding one’s place in a tough and unforgiving world. The story follows a caseworker at the Department in Charge of Magical Youth (DICOMY), Linus Baker. His job as a caseworker is to investigate and file reports on orphanages registered under DICOMY’s supervision. The only peculiar thing about these orphanages is that they host magical creatures who allegedly pose a grave threat to normal peers if enrolled in a public school. The House in the Cerulean Sea is the most peculiar of all as it ho

On Nov. 11, FTX, once the world’s third-largest cryptocurrency exchange, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, according to the tweet by FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried. Chapter 11 of the U.S Bankruptcy Act is a system that seeks rehabilitation of the firm by conducting restructuring procedures under the supervision of the bankruptcy conduct. According to Bloomberg L.P., a financial media, it was reported that about 130 other affiliated companies were part of the proceedings, and the debt amounts to approximately 50 billion USD, which is the largest ever cryptocurrency company’s bankruptcy fil