Collecting Research Data to Accelerate 'New Material Development Speed'

[Asia Economy Reporter Junho Hwang] The government is launching the 'Materials Research Data Platform' project, which will collect over 2 million materials research data entries this year and analyze them using artificial intelligence. With an investment of 64 billion KRW by 2027, this project aims to significantly accelerate the development of new materials. The Ministry of Science and ICT announced on the 19th that it finalized this plan during the Materials, Parts, and Equipment (SoBuJang) Technology Special Committee meeting held on the 17th.

Establishment of Materials Research Data Platform

The government will establish a materials research data platform by 2027 to strengthen South Korea's competitiveness in materials, parts, and equipment. This platform will be capable of collecting, managing, sharing, and utilizing research data. The Ministry of Science and ICT will focus on collecting research data produced through annual R&D projects in the nano and materials fields, which amount to about 100 billion KRW, while also collecting and managing individual researchers' data upon request.

A new computing environment will also be established to operate the platform stably. In the short term, the platform will link and utilize the 5th generation supercomputer to collect over 2 million materials research data entries held by domestic and international researchers within this year. Subsequently, a dedicated computing environment for the materials research data platform will be built using a supercomputing system currently being developed by domestic academia, industry, and research institutes.

Accelerating New Materials Development

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All researchers will be required to register their data on the materials research data platform when establishing their Data Management Plans (DMPs). Additionally, guidelines will be provided within the year to systematically address source citation, tampering prevention, and other aspects when utilizing research data shared by other researchers.

Yong Hong-taek, Director of Research and Development Policy at the Ministry of Science and ICT, stated, "To drastically shorten the period from new materials development to commercialization and achieve innovation in materials technology, building a materials research data infrastructure and linking it with computational science is of utmost importance." He added, "We will continue to systematically and stably support the establishment of the 'Materials Research Data Platform' going forward."

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