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2019-05-17 Ajou University held the 10th University Ranking Forum of Korea to explore ways to raise university competitiveness.The Forum was held on May 17th under the theme "University Rankings and the Competitiveness of Universities," with Ajou University President Hyung Ju Park, Chairman Young Suk Chi from Elsevier Korea, Tae Wan Kim from QS Korea, and officials from other universities in attendance. In his greetings, President Park said, "Today, you need more than expertise in a certain field," adding, "Education on basic knowledge has become more important at universities, and students should develop interdisciplinary connecting minds based on this education."He went on to say, "I believe trying something firsthand is more effective than repeatedly observing how others do it," adding, "Ajou University is fostering talents with more than expertise in their own fields."In his keynote speech, Elsevier Korea Chairman Chi used baseball as an example, saying "Baseball is a sport that extensively uses data in recruiting and replacing players, which makes it a Big Data-driven business," adding, "This suggests that universities should study how to utilize data as necessary."He further emphasized, "The criteria for university evaluation will change in the next five years and the 'substantial influence' that a university has on society in accomplishing sustainable goals will become important." He then explained that universities should set long-term directions instead of focusing on short-term results like university rankings and decide on their own areas of specialization."Tae Wan Kim (QS Korea), Chang Dana (Elsevier and URFK), Yoon Hee Kang (Clarivate Analytics), Alexandros Papaspyridis (MS Singapore Office), Vice President for Planning Soon Keon Nam (Kyung Hee University), and Head of the Office of Global Affairs Byong Kwon Kim (Youngsan University) also gave presentations for different sessions during the event.
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2019-04-10 Ajou University held a ceremony to announce Vision 4.0, its mid-/long-term development plan that includes its future educational directions and philosophy.The ceremony was held on April 10th at the University's outdoor theater with Ajou people and local citizens in attendance during the Cherry Blossom Festival celebrating the University’s anniversary (April 12th) week.The event kicked off with a progress report on Vision 4.0, followed by congratulatory messages, a video introduction of the Vision, and the reading and announcement of the Vision Commitment. Ajou graduate Da Hee Jung (entrance class of 2010, Department of English Language and Literature) served as the M.C.Vice President for Planning Jung Ju Choi explained the background and progress of Ajou Vision 4.0, and congratulatory messages were offered by Gyeonggi Provincial Governor Jae Myung Lee, Suwon City Mayor Tae Young Yeom, National Assemblyman Kwang On Park, former Ajou University President Dong Yeon Kim (former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Strategy and Finance), donors, Ajou students, and local high school students.President Park, freshmen (Ju Hwan Kim from the Department of Physics and Yeong Seo Park from the Department of Nursing Sciences), and new faculty (Professor Jae Ung Lee from the Department of Physics and Professor Yoon Mi Oh from the Department of French Language and Literature) and staff members (Seong Ho Kim from Facilities Management Team and Min Cheol Shin from Information System Team) participated in reading the Vision Commitment on behalf of all Ajou people. Prior to the main event, the commemorative Vision Tree was planted next to the outdoor theater by President Park, President Hee Sug Ryu of Ajou University Medical Center, President Chang Joon Ahn of the General Alumni Association of Ajou University, Chairman Sang Bae Kim (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering) of the Faculty Council, President Ki Hoon Lee of the Student Council, and University Labor Union leader Ju Yong Kim.Ajou Vision 4.0 inherits the spirit of its three predecessors – Vision 1.0 for educational reform that was carried out from the mid-1990s and Vision 4U (2.0) and Vision 2023 (3.0) that were released in 2003 and 2008, respectively. This latest vision is expected to lead the University towards its fourth phase (Creating Values) in higher education after Training (Phase 1), Teaching (Phase 2), and Learning (Phase 3) and to pursue future development and sustainability in the era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.Vision 4.0 sets out the University’s plans for education, research, industry-academia cooperation, and institutional culture under the slogan "University that Changes Society with Connecting Minds." 'Connecting Minds' refers to the ability to solve problems in creative and proactive ways by encouraging people from different fields to work together.The five executive strategies of Vision 4.0 are to seek highly interactive educational innovation, establish highly influential research hubs, develop an ecosystem for innovation in industry-academia cooperation, create shared values by becoming an open campus, and set up the foundation and spread the culture for connecting minds.President Park said, "The future will be an 'era of connectivity' where individual players are respected and cooperate with one another," adding, "The new Vision will serve as a guide for the University to foster talents who are able to efficiently address problems involving multiple fields." < From the far left in the above picture are President Ki Hoon Lee of the Student Council, University Labor Union leader Ju Yong Kim, Chairman Sang Bae Kim of the Faculty Council, President Park, President Hee Sug Ryu of Ajou University Medical Center, and President Chang Joon Ahn of the General Alumni Association of Ajou University. > < Vice President for Planning Jung Ju Choi explains the progress report of Ajou Vision 4.0. >
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Ajou University Professor Suk Won Lee (Department of Software) was appointed as the Organizing Committee Chairman of IEEE RE’19.The 27th IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference (RE’19) is scheduled to be held from September 23rd to the 27th at Ramada Plaza Hotel on Jeju Island.RE’19 is an international conference organized by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) that brings together more than 300 prominent researchers in software and requirements engineering from around the world. It is known for the active participation of attending researchers and businesses and accepting 11 to 20 percent of proposed papers.This year, under the theme ‘RE and Collective Intelligence in the Days of AI,’ it will feature theories on requirements sampling, modeling, representation, design, analysis, and verification for building smart intelligence systems in terms of software engineering as well as related practices and applications in relevant industries. RE’19 is the first academic conference to be held in Korea from among the Excellent Academic Conferences in Software Engineering designated by the National Research Foundation of Korea. IEEE and Ajou University will co-host the event, with many government institutions, companies, and academic institutions from Korea and abroad participating as sponsors.
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Government support has been extended for Ajou's Software Specialized University Project Group (SSUPG). Ajou University, which has carried out the first and second stages of the Project over the past four years since 2015, will continue the third stage through 2020 with KRW 4.03 billion in government support. The Software Specialized University Project (SSUP), which is carried out by the Ministry of Science and ICT and the Institute for Information & Communications Technology Promotion, aims to produce software experts. Ajou University was selected for the Project in 2015, the first year of the initiative, and has received financial support worth KRW 10.05 billion so far. The University is pursuing 12 key tasks in three categories, including Software Convergence Education, Software Education as a Major, and Software Awareness Improvement, to foster talents who will lead changes and innovation in the hyper-connected society. Eight universities were chosen in 2015, including Ajou, Korea University, Sogang University, and Sungkyunkwan University and a total of 30 universities are currently participating in the Project. Professor Ki Yeol Ryu (Department of Software), who is in charge of the Project, said, "The University was acknowledged for its solid achievements in the 2018 project evaluation," adding, "In particular, we received highly favorable comments on innovative education, curriculum, and convergence programs, including software education and collaboration with relevant institutions outside the University." He went on to say, "In the third stage, we will seek substantial progress based on the previous results."
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On February 22nd, Ajou University signed an MOU with KNX Association and KNX Korea to standardize both smart infrastructure control technology and related R&D and foster talents in the field. KNX, which is the only international standard and open protocol for smart building control, enables building control solutions to interact with one another regardless of their manufacturer and nationality. KNX Association provides support for KNX and is carrying out technical cooperation with about 40,000 companies in 128 countries, National Groups in 110 member countries, and about 100 technical colleges around the world. The MOU signing ceremony was attended by Vice President for Industry-Academia Cooperation Seong Keun Oh from Ajou University, President Yoon Hee Lee from KNX Korea, and Christophe Parthoens from KNX Association. The three parties agreed to seek technical exchanges and joint projects, develop applied technologies and further international cooperation relating to KNX by joining Scientific Partner, and foster talents with global competitiveness by establishing the KNX Training Center in Korea with experts certified by KNX Association. The three institutions are planning to begin their partnership with a project that utilizes technical collaboration results for KNX-based smart lighting. Then, they will develop necessary control solutions for modern buildings for commercial and residential uses, including smart home, smart building, and smart city. Vice President Oh said, "This MOU will help us foster qualified talents," adding, "We will try not only to create jobs in Korea, but pursue technical exchanges and networking with foreign companies." Earlier, the University produced eight graduates of the KNX Tutor Course. KNX tutors, who will be in charge of education at the KNX Training Center, are experts who have obtained international accreditation after completing KNX Association's relevant courses and assessment.
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The reunification of Germany and the prospects for a unified Korea were discussed at a talk show held at Ajou University. Ajou Institute of Unification (AIU) invited Suwon City Mayor Tae Young Yeom and German Ambassador to the Republic of Korea Stephan Auer to 'Ajou Unification Talk.' The event, which was held on January 24th and presided over by AIU Director Jung Hun Cho, proposed ideas on inter-Korean cooperation in preparation for the possible reunification of the Korean Peninsula. Mayor Yeom said, "There should be more decentralization of power to local governments to prepare for reunification," adding, "Projects that are carried out by local governments can have more ripple effects on the citizens." He went on to say, "I would like to seek sister relationships with North Korean cities with similar status," adding, "Such exchanges will help address challenges that we will face after the two Koreas are unified." Ambassador Stephan Auer stated, "Over ten years before Germany was reunified, 23 million phone calls were made and 4 million meetings were held between East and West Germany. Local governments played major roles in the exchanges," adding, "Above all, it is important for North and South Koreans to experience the culture of the other side." He also mentioned, "However, you should take flexible approaches because the situations in Germany at the time were completely different from those on the Korean Peninsula today."
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Ajou University's Paran Ladder Program received the Award of Excellence from the Ministry of Education. The Award is in recognition of the University's outstanding operation of the 2018 Paran Ladder Program, which is based on Ajou’s "After You Program" that began in the summer of 2015 to provide self-development and overseas training opportunities to students from financially difficult backgrounds. The Ministry of Education and the Korea Student Aid Foundation chose relevant officials from two of the ten universities that operated the Paran Ladder Program as the award winners.The selection criteria included the quality of the program plan, the appropriateness of student selection and the efforts to encourage their participation, the orientation on the program, the excellence of overseas training programs, and student satisfaction.The Korea Student Aid Foundation also presented awards to ten students who participated in the Program. Among Ajou University students, Ha Nah Na, who was dispatched to Shanghai Jiaotong University, and Chung Yeol Oh, who was sent to the University of Washington, received the Grand Award and the Participation Award, respectively. Eun Joo Yoo from Kyungmin University also received the Participation Award. Award winners were chosen based on their motivation and efforts during the Program, their proactive participation, and their level of improvement in global abilities. The Ministry of Education and the Korea Student Aid Foundation covered the related expenses for the 800 selected students, who participated in language classes and cultural programs at overseas universities for four weeks last summer. A total of 100 students from Ajou University, including those from neighboring universities, were sent to the University of Michigan and the University of Washington in the U.S. and Shanghai Jiaotong University and the Beijing Institute of Technology in China. The students’ training expenses were covered by the Korea Student Aid Foundation (70%) and the University's Game-changing Revolution Campaign (30%). The Campaign is funded by donations from those inside and outside the University who acknowledge and support its missions.
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Ajou University held an event to celebrate the New Year of 2019 with representatives of its people in attendance. Officials from the Daewoo Educational Foundation and faculty and staff members of the University and the University Medical Center exchanged well-wishes during the event, which was held on the morning of January 2nd in the Grand Auditorium of Jonghap Hall. Ajou University President Hyung Ju Park said in his greetings, "I would like thank all the Ajou people who did your best last year in such a challenging environment," adding, "Let us continue to move forward in 2019 under the motto 'Connecting Minds.'" The main projects for 2019 introduced by President Park include: restructuring education programs for humanities and major subjects; building a hall to commemorate the University's 50th anniversary with sophisticated interactive classrooms, cultural activity areas, and online and offline libraries; improving the research support system; increasing research funds for new faculty members; and exporting educational and research models in science and engineering to Uzbekistan. He went on to say, "The year 2023 will mark the 50th anniversary of Ajou University, and I would like to prepare and execute a development blueprint for the next decade," adding, "I ask that Ajou people directly face challenges in this time of change based on trust in one another and hope for the future." President Park's remarks were followed by greetings from Chairman Young Ki Chung of the University Faculty Society, President Joo Yong Kim of the Union, student representative In Seok Yoon, and Executive Vice President for Industry-Academia Cooperation Seong Keun Oh. Participants then cut a rice cake together as part of the celebration.
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Ajou University Professor Chang Hee Suh (School of Medicine) discovered the cause of lupus, an intractable disease. Lupus is a disease in which immune cells attack normal cells due to an immune system abnormality, causing inflammation in other tissues of the human body. A team led by Professor Suh of the Rheumatology Clinic found that the genetic mutation of Ets1 influences the occurrence of lupus. The findings, which are based on joint research with researchers from the Academy of Immunology and Microbiology under the Institute for Basic Science and POSTECH, were published in The Immunity, a renowned academic journal in immunology. Lupus, which involves butterfly-shaped flushing, causes inflammation of the skin, kidney, and joints, etc., and can even be fatal. It is known to occur in about 1 in 1,000 people. While over 60 genetic mutations have been linked to the disease, it was not known which gene directly influences its occurrence. The research team focused on a gene known as 'Ets1' that is most commonly found in Asian lupus patients and discovered that its mutation induces the disease and a certain T cell is a fundamental factor. The team confirmed that Ets1 protein appeared less in the T cells of Korean lupus patients' blood and Ets1's mutation was closely related with the severity of the disease. Researchers explained that a new tissue named 'Tfh2' was found to be significant because it heavily affected immune cells related to worsening clinical symptoms of patients as confirmed in animal testing. Professor Suh said, "The findings were achieved through collaboration between immunologists and clinical doctors," adding, "Animal test results were meaningful in that they helped to identify similar pathological phenomenon in patients, and I look forward to follow-up research to develop new medicines based on the findings."
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