All POSTECH members were cordially invited to the 2019 Matriculation Ceremony held on Feb. 15. On that day, 317 freshmen (B.S.) started their new academic journey at POSTECH. About 1,000 people including freshmen, their parents, and other guests gathered at the school auditorium.Before the ceremony, all new Postechians gathered outside the auditorium in academic regalia, and entered into the auditorium following the department flag bearers. After them, distinguished guests marched in order of mace, faculty, guests, and President Kim Doh-Yeon. At 11 A.M., the opening of the ceremony was officia

On March 5, 2018, POSTECH and Yonsei University announced their open campus in hopes to foster well-rounded scholars. Since the declaration, the partakers have brainstormed various agenda to execute as parts of the open campus. On Jan. 7 to 18, Startup 403: Startup Bootcamp (BIZ4199-01) was held at the school of business building at Yonsei University as the first class established by the two universities hand in hand.This three-credit course was held for two weeks, and grades of Pass or No Record were given. The class was instructed by professor Kim Do-yoon (BIZ) from Yonsei University with th

Proud graduates of POSTECH! I extend my praise and congratulations to the 753 graduates here today who will be receiving their bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees. In addition, I would like to express the most special of gratitude and respect to the parents for their love and care, and to the professors for their devoted guidance during this arduous academic pilgrimage. Furthermore, I would like to take this opportunity to convey my deepest appreciation to Chairman Jeong-Woo Choi and the Board of Trustees, Mrs. Okja Jang, the widow of the late Founding Chairman Tae-Joon Park, distinguis

Nowadays most of the people in advanced countries are used to being connected to the internet regardless of place and time. However, according to Northern Sky Research, around 470 million households and 3.5 billion people still lack access to the internet. Providing internet to these kinds of people is a huge business and quite a few companies are already making a process to the goal.A lot of remote businesses rely on geostationary satellites, which are satellites which orbit the Earth once a day so it seems stationary seen from the ground. However, this method is expensive and the trip back a

Until now, ultra wideband wireless communication or Wifi technology was applied to autonomous mobile robot that special appliance had to be installed. However, Polaris3D developed a self-driving technology in factories or indoors only by installing a computer program.Department of Creative IT Engineering graduate students established Polaris3D (CEO Gwak In-beom) last year and developed simple autonomous mobile robot solution just like installing a computer program. They entered this at CES 2019, which is renowned IT product exhibition.The program allows the robot to drive on its own, draw maps

My dear POSTECH members,2019, the Year of the Earth Pig (Gi-Hae-Nyeon) has arrived. I would like to extend the sincerest of wishes for the realization of all your endeavors in the new year.I offer my deepest gratitude to POSTECH members everywhere for your vigorous devotion in elevating our university to new heights. I am filled with anticipation towards another year where the sweat and toils of all Postechians actualize into numerous achievements for the furtherance of academia and nation. In 2018, the first class of the Mueunjae School of Undergraduate Studies brought about exciting metamorp

The two independent newspapers of POSTECH share the same paper and name, The Postech Times. Ten years have passed since the first publication of the English one. To celebrate the new year and 10th birthyear the English newspaper, The Postech Times prepared a special feature, ‘The Postech TMIes’ on the Campus side. TMI, which was coined recently, means ‘Too Much Information’. The Postech Times always tries their best to provide articles with facts and topics interest for the readers. Besides going out for the coverage and keeping contact with interviewees individually, all reporters gather once

A research team at the Academy of Immunology and Microbiology, within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) & POSTECH in has discovered the role of a key gene involved in the autoimmune disease, systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) or lupus for short. In the December issue of Immunity, the scientists reported that defects in Ets1 gene in both mice and humans are linked to some of the characteristic SLE immunity abnormalities, and found a potential therapeutic candidate.SLE is a chronic disease where the immune system uses autoantibodies to erroneously attack multiple healthy organs and tissues.

POSTECH was established in 1987. As the first research university in Korea, POSTECH aimed to serve humanity. POSCO, whose president at the time was Park Tae-joon, actively supported and proceeded to found POSTECH. The first president of POSTECH, Kim Ho-gil, specified the plan for POSTECH’S successful establishment that continues to this day. 32 years have passed since then. POSTECH has grown into a leading university worldwide, influencing society and industry in many positive ways.The 32-year anniversary event was held in the Administration Building on Nov. 30, three days prior to the actual

On Nov. 29, POSTECH held the 4th ‘Introducing my research’ (IMR) from 5:00 to 7:00 P.M. at the C5 Conference Hall. IMR is a science speech contest where the competitors introduce their research to a wide range of audience for three minutes without using a PPT but just a few tools that can be held by hand. The key to the contest is how well they explain and deliver their major to the audience, and all Postechians - graduate students, undergraduates, researchers, professors – can enter the contest. IMR was inspired by FameLab - a British science communication competition - and is run under the c

One of the aspects that Koreans emphasize as a reason Korea is a nice country to live in, is its highly developed service industry. As of the parcel service, the ‘same-day delivery’ is now almost a requirement to avoid falling behind other competitors. However, the workers toiling behind the curtain must not be forgotten.On Oct. 29, a parcel laborer working in the distribution center in Daejeon, Korea, was in the middle of unloading parcels off the trucks when he was killed by a trailer going backward. On Nov. 21, the Parcel Solidary Union declared its general strike against CJ Korea Express,

On Nov. 9 and 10, elections for the Student Union of POSTECH (SU) and Female Student Union (FSU) were held. As a result of the ballot count, campaign Ak-bo (sheet music)’s Lee Ho-hyeong (MSE 14) and his running mate Choi Myeong-hwan (IME 15), were elected president and vice president of the SU respectively. Since this election was composed of a single candidate only, it was carried out by calling for yeas and nays. According to the official total of counted ballots, the total amount of voters for the SU was 552. 487 voted in favor, 50 were against, and 12 submitted blank ballots. The turnout o

The ROK. and U.S. military authorities have agreed to begin verification procedures for the transfer of wartime operational control. According to military officials, if the procedures are carried out smoothly, the South Korean military will have full control as early as 2022. Even if the wartime control is transferred back, the presence of U.S. forces in Korea will continue.The South Korean Defense Minister Jeong Kyeong-doo and the U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis agreed on this matter at the 50th ROK-US Security Consultative Meeting (SCM) on July 31. They also signed a strategic documen

On Nov. 7, the Department of Chemistry invited students to an event called ‘Al SSeul No Hwa’, a Korean abbreviation meaning ‘Nobel Prize in Chemistry worth knowing of’. Kim Jung-rak of the chemistry administration team explained that the objective of the event was to introduce the 2018 Chemistry Nobel Prize and specifically explain the winners’ passion, effort, and process regarding their research; he further declared that such an event would provide chemistry undergraduates and freshmen who will possibly partake in the course an opportunity to prepare for, and speculate on their studies and r

Being a value creating university is one of the goals that POSTECH pursues. To achieve this, Kim Doh-Yeon, the president of POSTECH has emphasized the notion ‘Open innovation’. Open innovation means creating new products and services while outsourcing technologies and ideas that companies need. It is not about monopolizing ideas, but about sharing intellectual property with the outside world. Compared to existing R&D, open innovation ultimately helps capabilities to cross the boundaries of innovation.For example, there is a company named Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC). PARC gathered th

Rumors that spread via the Internet are being used not only as an engendering keyboard warrior but also as a means of violence against certain people. Furthermore, people are unaware of the fact that personal information is being spread without consent and only conceive it is a platform for advertising one’s SNS. Yellow journalism, which is based on exaggeration that does not present legitimate well researched news, uses eye catching headlines to increase sales, and cloud people’s judgement.Prime Minister Lee Nak-yeon strongly denounced fake news as a ‘disturber of democracy’ and ordered stern

Professor Choi Young-ju (MATH) was awarded the Korea Mathematical Society (KMS) academic award. The award is given annually to researchers who have made outstanding research achievements in a specific field and this is the first time a woman has received the award.The KMS announced on Oct. 3 that it selected Prof. Choi as the winner of this year’s KMS academic award. The institute appraised that Prof. Choi set a new direction for research and led a great progress in the research of ‘L-functions’(a meromorphic function defined on a complex plane), which is one of the most difficult in number th

In ‘2018 JoongAng Daily University Evaluation (JDUE)’, POSTECH IME ranked ‘the best’, which means it is within the top 10% of industrial engineering departments in Korea. Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology and Seoul National University ranked the same grade.JDUE is the first university evaluation program in Korea and has been carried out since 1994. POSTECH was not rated last few years because the evaluation was carried out on four-year universities with four or more colleges of humanities, social sciences, engineering, natural sciences, medicine, and arts. This year, JDUE sele

If there is one thing that POSTECH students complain about their school, it is the 78 stairs between the dormitory area and the lecture halls. Climbing 78 stairs in the morning, or at any time, is so tiring that the sound of huffing and blowing fill up the scenic view above the stairs. Some students even prefer to take a longer trip around the campus to avoid the stairs. While that is the case for the majority, the unignorable problem exists for the people with disabilities for whom the 78 stairs feel like a mountain. For the disabled, the 78 stairs not only take tremendous amount of effort bu

Hong Seok-woo, former minister of Ministry of Knowledge Economy, visited POSTECH to lecture in ‘Hyun-Eun Lecture’, which was first held on Sep. 19. Former minister Hong is an economic expert who is currently a senior advisor to AT Kearney Korea. He also worked as president of KOTRA and the Small and Medium Business Administration before. Theme of the lecture was the economic development on the Korea and preparing for the age of inter-Korean economic cooperation. Giving this speech, he provided insights on the changes and prospects of Korea’s politics and economy via relief of inter-Korean rela