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President of Hallym University
Choi Yang-hee
Expert in AI·ICT and Convergence Fields, Former Minister of Future Creation Science and Technology under the Park Geun-hye Administration [2024]
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Last Updated on Jun 24, 2024
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President of Hallym University
Life Summary
Choi Yang-hee is the 11th President of Hallym University, having assumed office on September 1, 2021. His term is for four years.
He is dedicated to transforming the university into a dynamic platform for exchange, where social change is led and new futures are designed.
He is recognized as one of the top experts in the fields of AI, ICT, and convergence in South Korea.
He was born on July 27, 1955, in Gangneung, Gangwon Province.
He graduated from Seoul Kyunggi High School and the Department of Electronic Engineering at Seoul National University.
He earned a master’s degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science (KAIS), which later merged with the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) to become KAIST.
He received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the National Institute of Telecommunications (ENST) in France.
He has served as the Director of the Advanced Convergence Technology Institute at Seoul National University, the inaugural Chairman of the Samsung Future Technology Promotion Foundation, and as the Minister of Science, ICT, and Future Planning under the Park Geun-hye administration.
As the Chair of the AI Committee at Seoul National University, he established the SNU AI Master Plan.
Hallym University was selected in the first year of the Ministry of Education's large-scale financial support project, Glocal University 30, securing KRW 100 billion (approximately USD 72.6 million) in national funding over five years.
With this, he declared a new start for Hallym University as a Glocal University, under the vision of 'an open university cultivating creative convergence talents based on AI.'
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He is dedicated to transforming the university into a dynamic platform for exchange, where social change is led and new futures are designed.
He is recognized as one of the top experts in the fields of AI, ICT, and convergence in South Korea.
He was born on July 27, 1955, in Gangneung, Gangwon Province.
He graduated from Seoul Kyunggi High School and the Department of Electronic Engineering at Seoul National University.
He earned a master’s degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science (KAIS), which later merged with the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) to become KAIST.
He received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the National Institute of Telecommunications (ENST) in France.
He has served as the Director of the Advanced Convergence Technology Institute at Seoul National University, the inaugural Chairman of the Samsung Future Technology Promotion Foundation, and as the Minister of Science, ICT, and Future Planning under the Park Geun-hye administration.
As the Chair of the AI Committee at Seoul National University, he established the SNU AI Master Plan.
Hallym University was selected in the first year of the Ministry of Education's large-scale financial support project, Glocal University 30, securing KRW 100 billion (approximately USD 72.6 million) in national funding over five years.
With this, he declared a new start for Hallym University as a Glocal University, under the vision of 'an open university cultivating creative convergence talents based on AI.'
#ChoiYanghee #HallymUniversity #AI #ICT #GlocalUniversity #SouthKorea #education #technology #science #innovation #futureplanning