Honam University Revamps AI Big Data Research Institute to Accelerate 'Research Projects'

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Yoon Jamin] Honam University (President Park Sangcheol) announced on the 27th that it has reorganized the Information and Communication Research Institute into the AI Big Data Research Institute and is accelerating its 'research projects.'

Last month, Honam University opened the AI Education Center, which will serve as a cradle for nurturing AI talent through project-based practical education, and starting this month, it reorganized the Information and Communication Research Institute into the AI Big Data Research Institute.

The AI Big Data Research Institute will focus intensively on education and research across IT technologies in general (IoT, embedded systems, cloud, robotics, drones, mobile communications, etc.), including AI convergence and AI-related application technologies (medical, healthcare, sports, etc.), big data and applications (including statistics and platforms), and AI teaching methods.

The AI Education Center, which opened last month, is a genuine AI education facility where software development practice is possible, implementing AI basic programming and deep learning basic education, image recognition, voice recognition, language recognition technologies, and autonomous vehicle sensor technology implementation.

In close cooperation with the AI Big Data Research Institute, it will play a central role in AI education by activating AI convergence education across all academic fields.

Additionally, the AI Big Data Research Institute plans to hold workshops on various topics related to AI and big data every third Friday of the month from next month until the end of the year.

Prior to this, last year, Honam University launched the 'AI-Centered University Promotion Committee' (Chairman Jung Younggi, Dean of the ICT Convergence College) directly under the president, preparing an innovative curriculum focusing on ▲ AI campus construction ▲ development of AI basic convergence liberal arts courses ▲ mandatory offering of AI courses in major curricula ▲ development of at least one AI-related (convergence) major in all departments, making it mandatory for all students to complete more than 15 credits of AI courses.

Also, from 2018 for over three years, with a budget of about 1.5 billion KRW, it built the first AI campus in the nation for AI convergence education.

It has established 12 AI-dedicated classrooms and smart classrooms and has already built state-of-the-art educational equipment necessary for AI education and smart lectures, such as laptops and electronic podiums.

Honam University has operated the Information and Communication Research Institute since 1991 to exchange new technology information in the field of information and communication engineering and to develop local information and communication suitable for regional characteristics.

Baek Ran, Director of the Honam University AI Big Data Research Institute, said, "To lead technological advancements in the era of the 4th Industrial Revolution, we reorganized the IT-based research institute into the AI Big Data Research Institute," adding, "We will strengthen the institute's functions and capabilities as an AI education-centered university through solidifying AI talent development and AI campus construction."

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