Dongguk University and the Shanghai University of Traditional Ch...

Dongguk University and the Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Strike an Exchange AgreementExchanges in education and researchOur school and the Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine struck an exchange agreement on the 6th (last Monday). Beopsan Sunim, the Chairman of the Board, visited the Shanghai University of Traditional Medicine in China on Monday the 6th to strike the education and research agreement between the two schools.The focus areas of the exchange consist of ▲Exchanges for undergraduate and research students ▲Exchanges for staff and faculty ▲Exchanges in academic data, publications, and academic information and ▲The organization of joint research and conferences.For the agreement ceremony, the attendees from our school included Beopsan Sunim, the Chairman of the Board of Dongguk University, Kim Dong-Il, the Dean of the Dongguk University College of Korean Medicine, Park Ki-ryun, the Head of the Corporate Office, Lim Joong-yeon, the Head of the International Affairs Office, and Lee Hyung-yeol, the Chief Administrator of Ilsan Hospital. The Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine was represented by Seo Kun-gwang, the President of the school, Jung Lim-yoon, the Head of the International Exchange Office, Yu Hua, the head of the Hospital Management Office, Seo Hong-mae, the Head of the Development Planning Office, and Seo Jung, the Dean of Academic Affairs.The Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, established in 1956, is the first traditional Chinese medicine school in China. It has approximately 8,000 students and 1,300 faculty members; in addition, the school has 8 hospitals. Other than Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chinese Materia Medica and Clinical Integrative Chinese, and Western Medicine, the school also offers majors in Nursing, Food Safety and Nutrition, Rehabilitation Therapy, Pharmaceutical Science, Bio-engineering, and Preventive Medicine.

Stepping Up Spintronics with Room-temperature Magnetism in Molyb...

Stepping Up Spintronics with Room-temperature Magnetism in Molybdenum Oxide Nanoflakes Spintronicdevices, which use electron spin to process data, are emerging at the forefrontof semiconductor applications. Staying a step ahead, scientists from Korearecently developed a novel nanomaterial that shows uniform ferromagnetism evenat room temperature. This material is expected to be applicable to future next-generationelectronic devices.Growth in the number of smart electronic devices hassparked an increase in research interest in high functionality nanomaterials. Spintronic devices, which exploit a propertyof electron spin to process electronic data, have emerged as major players inthis field. “For instance,”notes Professor Sejoon Lee from Dongguk University, Korea, “ultra-fast logic and memory circuits, low-power small and lightelectronic modules, and quantum computing systems are possible futureapplications of spintronics.”Recently, 2D and quasi 2D materials, such as α-molybdenumoxide (α-MoO3), have gained research attention for use inspintronic devices, owing to their unique physical, chemical, mechanical, andstructural characteristics. α-MoO3,inparticular,is attractive because of its structure, which comprises stacked 2D layers. Thisstructure makes it ideal for introducing magnetism, enabling its more effectiveuse in a number of devices than conventional 3D bulk materials. To make an α-MoO3 nanoflakemagnetic, scientists at Dongguk University, Korea, led by Prof Lee, doped telluriumatoms into its lattice, disrupting its structure and freeing up an electron. Aselectrons revolve around the nucleus of an atom, they also spin on their axis.This spin gives rise to magnetism called the spin magnetic moment. The spins of several overlapping electronstaken together make the nanomaterial magnetic. But for electron spin to giverise to magnetic moment, the electron must be unpaired. Thus, this freedelectron in the α-MoO3 lattice adds magnetism to the material. Across themultiple stacked layers of the lattice, magnetism was felt even at roomtemperature. This exciting new studyis published in ACS Nano, a journalof the American Chemical Society. The scientists imaged the tellurium doped α-MoO3nanoflakes with scanning electron microscopy and found that the surface wassmooth, and the magnetism was spread evenly over the material. This is unlike thecase of conventional transition metal-doped magnetic nanomaterials, in whichthe formation of magnetic clusters and the consequent degradation offerromagnetic properties is a major problem. Optimistic about the applications of this discovery,Dr. Lee says, “The synthesized nanoflake can be effectively used forfabricating high-quality room-temperature ferromagnetic semiconductornanostructures. Since spintronicdevices are both highly energy-efficient and very useful for rapidly processinglarge amounts of data, a new paradigm can be created in the electronicsindustry.”ReferenceAuthor:Sejoon Lee et. alTitle of original paper: Room-Temperature Ferromagnetic Ultrathin α‑MoO3:Te NanoflakesJournal:American Chemical Society Nano DOI:10.1021/acsnano.9b01179 Affiliations:1 Quantum-functional Semiconductor Research Center, Dongguk University−Seoul 04623, Korea 2 Department of Semiconductor Science, Dongguk University−Seoul 04623, Korea *Corresponding author’s email: sejoon@dongguk.eduAbout Dongguk UniversityDongguk University, founded in 1906, is locatedin Seoul, South Korea. It comprises 13 colleges that cover a variety ofdisciplines and has local campuses in Gyeongju, Goyang, and Los Angeles. Theuniversity has 1300 professors who conduct independent research and 18000students undertaking studies in a variety of disciplines. Interaction betweendisciplines is one of the strengths on which Dongguk prides itself; theuniversity encourages researchers to work across disciplines in InformationTechnology, Bio Technology, CT, and Buddhism. Website: http://www.dongguk.edu/mbs/en/index.jsp About the authorDr.Sejoon Lee, the lead author of this paper, is Associate Professor at theDepartment of Semiconductor Science, Dongguk University, Korea. His researchinterests include semiconductor quantum-nanostructures, semiconductornanodevices, neuromorphic devices, and future intelligent nanosensors. Hisongoing project (2019-2023) on “Intelligent Electro-Acousto-Optically DrivableNeuromorphic Devices” is one of his continuingefforts to open new doors in nanoelectronics technology. He also currentlyserves as a Topic Editor of Nanomaterials (2019~). ​

Professor Jung Joo-won Awarded Prize by the Ministry at KINPEX 2...

Professor Jung Joo-won Awarded Prize by the Ministry at KINPEX 2019 Developed a sound detector for daily conversations for people with hearing disability and elderly people with hearing loss Developed a sound detector for daily conversations for people with hearing disability and elderly people with hearing lossProfessor Jung Joo-won from the Department of Home Economics Education, Dongguk University was awarded the Korea Invention Patent Award by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy at the 2019 Korea Invention Patent Exhibition (KINPEX).KINPEX was organized by the Korea Invention Promotion Association from November 27 to 30, at Samsung COEX, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, and was hosted by the Korean Intellectual Property Office.Professor Jung Joo-won was given the award for inventing a sound detector that can be used by people with hearing disabilities and elderly with hearing loss for daily conversations. This device effectively delivers sound so that those with hearing loss or disability can hear accurately. Professor Jung’s semi-permanent invention can be used in a noisy environment and can also be used wirelessly with a Bluetooth or microphone connection.Professor Jung said, “I am delighted that my thoughts to alleviate inconvenience in daily life has become a working idea, and has developed into an invention,” and added, “Through meaningful commercialization of the device, I am hoping for a happy society where people who are hard of hearing and the elderly can communicate easily.”

Award-winning processing technique cuts out noise from real-worl...

Award-winning processing technique cuts out noise from real-world images Denoising is a crucial process in devices that produce images, like smartphones and digital cameras. A team of scientists at Dongguk University proposed an upgraded method to remove noise from images, which efficiently produces high-quality images. This new method was ranked first place in a prestigious real-world image denoising challenge, called the NTIRE 2019 Real Image Denoising Challenge. Modern electronic devices are capable of producing high-quality images, but the process of acquiring and processing images is complex. Sometimes, disruptions in signals that produce images lead to “noise,” which causes the images to be blurry or of poor quality. To correct these “noisy” images, one type of approach involves the addition of synthetic noise to a noise-free image. But, this method is flawed, as these artificial noisy images are very different from real-word images. To focus on real-world images, another type of approach involves the use of an image acquisition algorithm, in which a ground-truth image (reflecting how reality looks) is converted to an artificially produced noisy image. The noisy, blurry image can then be reverted to the original, sharp image using the same algorithm. This technique is effective, but currently, it lacks a large enough dataset to denoise images efficiently. In a new study published in the 2019 IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Workshops, a team of researchers at Dongguk University in South Korea, led by Dr Seung-Won Jung, built a state-of-the-art image denoising method, which is much more efficient than previous methods. Talking about the importance of this study, Dr Jung says, “Real-world image denoising is still very challenging because it is not possible to obtain ideal pairs of ground-truth and real-world noisy images. Through our study, we wanted to resolve the issues faced by existing denoising methods.”For their study, the scientists used images from the database of the NTIRE 2019 Real Image Denoising Challenge. By generating a new computational architecture, which they named as “group residual dense network,” they managed to augment the existing dataset of real-world noisy and ground-truth images, which helped them achieve the highest possible level of peak signal-to-noise ratio and structural similarity. What’s more, this new image-correcting method was even ranked first place at the NTIRE 2019 Real Image Denoising Challenge for its novelty and efficiency. Describing this method, Dr Jung says, “While previous research often used artificially produced noisy images, we built a database of real-world noisy images instead.”Removing noise is important for devices such as smartphones and digital cameras to produce high-quality images. By finding a more efficient denoising method, this study has possibly made significant advancements in the field of image processing. Dr Jung concludes by talking about the applications of the study, “We believe that our real-world noise modeling method can be extended to various applications, such as removing blur, aliasing, and haze in images produced by devices like mobile phones and cameras, showing its versatility.” ReferenceTitle of original paper: GRDN: Grouped Residual Dense Network for Real Image Denoising and GAN-based Real-world Noise ModelingAuthor: Dr Seung-Won Jung Affiliation: Department of Multimedia Engineering, Dongguk University, Seoul About Dongguk UniversityDongguk University, founded in 1906, is located in Seoul, South Korea. It comprises 13 colleges that cover a variety of disciplines and has local campuses in Gyeongju, Goyang, and Los Angeles. The university has 1,300 professors who conduct independent research and 18,000 students undertaking studies in a variety of disciplines. Interaction between disciplines is one of the strengths on which Dongguk prides itself; the university encourages researchers to work across disciplines in Information Technology, Bio Technology, CT, and Buddhism. Website : http://www.dongguk.edu/mbs/en/index.jspAbout the authorDr Seung-Won Jung completed his BS and PhD degrees in electrical engineering from Korea University, Seoul, Korea, in 2005 and 2011, respectively, where he was a Research Professor with the Research Institute of Information and Communication Technology in Korea University from 2011 to 2012. He was a Research Scientist at the Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology, Yongin, Korea, from 2012 to 2014. He is currently an Assistant Professor at the Department of Multimedia Engineering, Dongguk University, Seoul. He has authored over 50 peer-reviewed articles in international journals. His current research interests include augmented reality, virtual reality, and computer vision algorithms.

All Dongguk University Participants Awarded at the “2019 Taiwan ...

All Dongguk University Participants Awarded at the “2019 Taiwan Innotech Expo” Dongguk University achieved outstanding results in the Expo with one gold and two silver medals, in addition to a participation award and a special award for its four teams.Excellent startup ideas from the university’s d. Campus CEO (startup organization) swept the 2019 Taiwan Innotech Expo Awards held in Taipei. The university announced on October 1 that all four participating student startup groups had been awarded at the Expo, which was held in the Taipei World Trade Center from September 26 to 28.The expo is the largest annual event of international inventions and new technologies within the Greater China region, with a total of 800 inventions from 20 countries. Defeating the other prominent candidates, Dongguk University teams won the gold, silver, and participation awards, along with a special award. The honor of the gold award went to “Clomount” (team head Min-soo Kim/Department of Computer Engineering, team member Ku-hyeop Lee/Department of Computer Engineering), who developed a “remote-controlled smart home Internet-of-Things device.” The judges highly praised the device because it could have a commercial value as a smart IoT product. It also received substantial attention from foreign buyers and investors.The silver awards were awarded to “Challengers” (Co-heads Sung-hwan Lim/Department of Electrical Engineering and Yong-jin Kwon/Department of Mechanical Engineering, and team members Seung-gu Kang/Department of Electrical Engineering, Joon-tae Hwang/Department of Electrical Engineering and Ji-young Lim/Department of Visual Design), who developed a “semi-permanent water filter mask” and to “Ongo” (team members Do-seon Park/Department of Korean Language & Literature and Creative Writing and Sol Shin/Department of Arts) who designed a “traditional Korean spiritual dream catcher.” In addition, the participation award was given to “Mua” (team member Yoo-jin Cho/Department of Advertising and Public Relations), who designed a “smart phone protection strap embracing Korean culture.” Finally, “Challengers” received a special award from the World Invention Intellectual Property Association (WIIPA), which highly praised their invention. Our university has continuously supported students’ participation in international competitions through various global entrepreneurship training programs based on the Startup Youth Entrepreneur Center and the LINC+ Business Group. Specifically, it has focused on strengthening the capabilities of global startups through the “Education Program for Global Entrepreneurs.”Dae-young Kim, the Dean of Entrepreneurship at Dongguk University, said, “We hope to enter the overseas markets through cooperation with foreign buyers and investors that have shown interest in this international exhibition.” He also mentioned future plans: “Our university will provide follow-up management and support to help our students take further steps onto the global stage.”

Why Don’t You Meet Hearing-impaired Taxi Drivers with Goyohan Ta...

Why Don’t You Meet Hearing-impaired Taxi Drivers with Goyohan Taxi?▲ Coactus, the social venture managingGoyohan Taxi, was selected as a finalist in Dubai Expo Live 2020./photography from CoactusOn August 23rd, Coactus, the socialventure that was founded by Donggukians, was selected as one of the finalistswith Goyohan Taxi service in Expo Live Innovation Impact Grant Program (LIGP).This program annually awards creative solutions with social innovativetechnology, and this year was the first time that Korean company was selected,being in 25 among four thousands of participants! So we interviewed the membersof Coactus to listen to their stories of Goyohan Taxi service.▲From the left is Song Min-pyo(CEO), Kang Dong-sub, Noh Jung-bin, Lee Jun-ho./photographyfrom CoactusQ.Would you please introduce Goyohan Taxi?A.Goyohan (means ‘silent’ in Korean) Taxi is a taxi service that is driven byhearing-impaired people. We educate them so that they can be qualified tobecome taxi drivers, and also have developed an application to help themcommunicate with passengers well. Now, 13 drivers are running Goyohan Taxi inKorea, including Seoul, Gyeonggi, and Gyeongju district.Q.What motivated you to make this service?A.Goyohan Taxi project began from our school club, Enactus, which takesentrepreneurial action to solve social problems. Preparing for our own project,we found that employment rate of hearing-impaired people was much lower thanother disabled people. Since it was difficult for them to communicate withothers, they couldn’t work well especially in the area which requirescommunication skills. Inspired by the case of the global taxi company Uber, we haddecided our mission to expand hearing-impaired people’s job opportunity as taxidrivers in Korea, and help them adjust to their work.Q.How can we, as a customer, use Goyohan Taxi?A.When you take Goyohan Taxi, at first, you can register your destination with atablet PC and then it is directly sent to the driver’s tablet PC. If you haveanything to talk to the driver, for example, if you want to open the window orturn on the radio, you don’t have to worry. The application will convert yourvoice, handwriting, or texting into message and send it to the driver. And whenyou get off the taxi, you can show your detailed destination and select yourpayment method only by clicking the button on the screen.▲ Ahearing-impaired taxi driver of Goyohan Taxi is standing next to his taxi./photographyfrom Coactus.Q.When is your most memorable moment with Goyohan Taxi?A.When we prototyped our application before launching the service, we had met ahearing-impaired person. He said, “Thank you for developing such anapplication. When this service is released in the market, I will surely becomea driver of Goyohan Taxi.” Thanks to this word, we could be confidence in ourservice and keep up the stream on developing our application.Q.Did you have any difficulties managing Goyohan Taxi? How did you overcome it?A.First of all, there were some passengers who were repulsed by the hearing-impairedtaxi drivers and they even got off the taxi as soon as they got on it. Such behavior left deep scars to the driversbut it seemed we had nothing to do for them. However, we constantly tried toimprove people’s perception about Goyohan Taxi. Thanks to these efforts, we hada glorious opportunity to have president Moon to board on our taxi in theexhibition. Also, we have seenmany hearing-impaired people facing difficulties on acquiring qualificationtest because of their poor literacy. In order to help them get a license, we havedeveloped customized education program with Korea Employment Agency for Personswith Disabilities (KEAD).Q.What are your plans for this year?A.We are planning to increase the number of the drivers, at least 50 to 100, thisyear. With such a physical increase, we are also going to launch severaloptional services in our application. One is translation service. It will enableinternational passengers to take Goyohan Taxi, too. And we will also load calltaxi service. Additionally, in the long term, we are going to reduce obstaclesfor more hearing-impaired people to get opportunity to become taxi drivers!Toget more information of Goyohan Taxi, please click here! (http://www.goyohantaxi.com/)KimMin-ji Reporterrlaalswl5460@dongguk.edu

The Dongguk University Academy of Buddhist Studies Has Published...

The Dongguk University Academy of Buddhist Studies Has Published Korea’s First International Journal of Buddhist Studies.Dongguk University Academy of Buddhist Studies (Director, Jung Seung-Suk) announces the publication of Korea’s first Buddhist Studies journal, the International Journal of Buddhist Thought & Culture (IJBTC) Vol. 29, No. 1 on June 30, 2019.The IJBTC (Co-Editors-in-Chief Kim Jong-wook, Dongguk University, and Richard McBride, Brigham Young University) is Korea’s only English journal of Buddhist Studies, published twice a year, in June and December. The journal includes scholars from nine other countries, including India, the US, Thailand, Taiwan, Canada, Norway, the UK, Denmark, and Mongolia, as editors.Korea’s first Buddhist Studies journal, the IJBTC, has been recognized for its contribution to internationalizing Korean Buddhism and for setting up an interdisciplinary platform for Buddhist studies. In 2010, the IJBTC was included in the National Research Foundation’s Korean Citation Index (KCI); it has subsequently maintained its KCI status. Since 2018, the journal has also been added to the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Thomson Reuters’s new database, and the American Theological Library Association’s Atla Religion Database (Atla RDB).Vol. 29, No. 1 of the IJBTC, now recognized as a major journal in Korea (KCI) and worldwide (Atla RDB and ESCI), includes four special articles focusing onThe Mūlamadhyamakakārikā and Madhyamaka Thought, four research articles, and two book reviews. The authors of these articles and reviews are leading, internationally diverse researchers and academic experts from Boston University, Peking University, Shanghai University, San Diego State University, and the University of Hong Kong, all of which are prestigious centers, in their respective countries, for the study of the history, philosophy, and tenets of Buddhism.Professor Emeritus Akira Saito of the University of Tokyo participated as a visiting editor on Vol. 29, No. 1 of the IJBTC. Four articles explore the special topic of The Mūlamadhyamakakārikā and Madhyamaka Thought. Alongside Yogachara thought, Madhyamaka thought has developed remarkably as one of two branches of Indian Mahayana philosophy. These new articles, based on the latest research findings of international scholars, will enable academics worldwide to deepen their understanding of Madhyamaka thought.In addition to the special articles, additional articles in this issue focus on the Sutra of the Twelve Travel, insights through Zen into the great matter of death, “Ki kang” art and the Chinese origins of Rāhula, a revered Buddhist guardian, as well as the Buddhist aesthetics of Kim Ki-duk’s Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter… and Spring.Two book reviews, which offer a serious and open-minded assessment of new and noteworthy Buddhist books, will help readers navigate the current coordinates of Buddhist Studies.All of the articles and book reviews in this issue aim to expand the landscape of Buddhist Studies and to promote better communicate with modern society.

Our University ranked 454th in the QS World University Rankings

Our University ranked 454th in the QS World University RankingsOn the 18th, The QS, a university ranking organization in the UK, announced the results of the “2019 World University Rankings.” Our university ranked 454th in the world and 13th in South Korea. The QS World University Rankings evaluate 4,848 universities in the world for △ academic reputation (40%), △ number of professors’ research papers cited (20%), △ student to professor ratio (20%), △ reputation among corporations (10%), △ percentage of foreign students (5%), and △ percentage of foreign faculty (5%). Based on the evaluation policy of the QS, which recognizes main and branch campuses together as a single campus, Dongguk University was evaluated on the sum of the indices of Seoul and Gyeongju campuses. Our university plans to nurture majors to be in the top 100 global rankings, while actively doing domestic and overseas publicity. We will encourage the faculty to support the publication of outstanding papers in various ways, while reinforcing publicity, especially to attract more and diverse foreign students. Meanwhile, the QS, which is a UK organization globally recognized as the highest authority in university rankings, has been evaluating universities across the world in cooperation with Chosun Ilbo since 2009. In the first place in the 2019 QS World University Rankings was MIT, in the second place was Stanford, and in the third place was Harvard University. Among domestic universities, Seoul National University was 37th, Korea University was 83rd, Sungkyunkwan University was 95th, our university and Sogang University tied at 454th, Inha University was in the range of 521th-530th, Konkuk University was in the range of 571th -580th, and University of Seoul was in the range of 651th -700th.

Dongguk University Wins Series of Large Government-Funded Projec...

Dongguk University Wins Series of Large Government-Funded Projects Selected for Lifelong Education System Support Project and Early Start-up Package Project, among others.Dongguk University (President Sung-Yee Yoon) has recently been selected for a series of government-funded projects. The University announced on the 1st of this month that the school was selected for the 2019 Early Start-up Package Project under the Ministry of SMEs and Startups and the Lifelong Education System Support Project under the Ministry of Education and the National Institute for Lifelong Education.The Early Start-up Package Project supervised by the Ministry of SMEs and Startups supports a package consisting of a government grant of up to 100 million KRW, education, and mentoring for the efficient start-up business of preliminary founders and young companies within 3 years of establishment through the supervising organizations, such as universities and public agencies equipped with excellent start-up infrastructure.This project has combined the existing Start-up Leadership College, Smart Venture Campus, and Generation Convergence Start-up Campus; the organization will commence operation for the first time later this year. Since 2011, when it was selected first for the Startup Leadership University Cultivation Project, Dongguk University has been named a startup leadership university for eight consecutive years. The university was appointed as a supervising organization for the “2019 Early Startup Package Project” based on its 2018 performance evaluation result.Dongguk University has made an effort to create a startup-centered university culture. The startups that the university has supported for the last three years have created total sales of approximately 75.8 billion KRW, hired 662 employees, and earned more than 25 investments for start-ups, thus proving once again that it is a university with strength in business start-ups. For this project, Dongguk University aims to “create a start-up campus where the youth and community work together” and plans to specialize in ▲ university and research institute start-ups, ▲ youth startups, and ▲regional bases.Dae-Young Kim, Head of the Dongguk University Startup Support Center said, “We will discover excellent startups based on our long experience of startup support and success know-how. We will take the leadership in spreading the start-up culture to the community beyond the boundary of the university.” Meanwhile, the Lifelong Education System Support Project under the Ministry of Education and the National Institute for Lifelong Education will support lifelong education degree courses for adult learners. The selected universities will pursue joint activities, such as the development of K-MOOC courses (Korean online open lectures), by forming a mutual consultation body.Adult learners that satisfy the qualifications for each university type, such as graduation from Meister and specialized high schools, can apply for the lifelong degree courses. The students are selected by customized screening instead of the college scholastic ability test score.Dongguk University is operating the Future Convergence College as a lifelong education college, which comprises the Convergence Security Department, Social Welfare Consulting Department, and Global Trading Department.Chang-Han Lee, Dean of the Future Convergence College, said “The Future Convergence College of Dongguk University aims to become an open college for the career design of adult learners. We will continue to strive to provide the best educational programs to assist adult learners in earning degrees and redesigning their careers.”

Selection Finalized for our University’s Participation in LINC+ ...

Selection Finalized for our University’s Participation in LINC+ ProgramApproximately 11 billion KRW over the next three years Our university stated on Thursday 11th that it had been selected as the final choice for the second-phase program of a Leaders in INdustry-university Cooperation + (LINC+) announced by the Ministry of Education on Wednesday 10th. The Ministry of Education and the Korea Research Foundation announced a total of 75 universities promoting the second-phase program of the "LINC+" project, which will run from 2019 to 2021. The LINC+ business aims to induce co-prosperity between universities and local communities by exploring and promoting various industry–academic cooperation models based on university conditions and characteristics. Although our university had to go through a second round of evaluation, it was listed on the final list after fierce competition with leading universities such as Seoul National University, Yonsei University, and Korea University. In the Seoul Metropolitan Area, 11 schools were selected for the industry–academic cooperation models along with Sungkyunkwan University, Hanyang University, and Chung-Ang University. Additionally, five schools, including Gachon University, were selected for the social-tailored department-occupancy models. In particular, industry–academic cooperation is a track that supports the development of talented people who are highly workplace-adaptable and regional (industrial) competitiveness by discovering various industry–academic cooperation models and spreading industry-linked curricula that meet the demand for new industries. Meanwhile, in a dramatic turn of events, our university was seen to have been selected through achieving excellent performance in terms of vision, business composition, and efficiency during the document and presentation screening. In addition, it has been reported that Lee Eui-soo, the head of LINC+ Business Group; Lim Eui-woon, the head of the Industrial–Academic Human Resources Development Center; Cho Kyung-eun, the head of the Center for Corporate and IT Specialization; and Park Hyuk-sang, the head of the LINC+ Administration Support Division, played a major role in our school’s selection for the project. Through the project, the university will receive an annual 3.7 billion KRW (approximately 11 billion KRW over three years) in national funding until 2021. It will be used for employment, startups, and programs to strengthen the career capabilities of students linked to the industry and other communities. "Based on the achievements we have made in carrying out this project over the past 10 years and our strong performance, we received this assessment as best we can," said Yoon Sung-yee, president of the university. "We will make efforts to further upgrade the industry–academic cooperation program so that students can become more competitive."