Gwangju City and Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information Sign Business Agreement to Foster AI Industry

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] Gwangju Metropolitan City announced on the 14th that Mayor Lee Yong-seop and Choi Hee-yoon, President of the Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information (KISTI), attended and signed a business agreement for the "Promotion of the AI Industry in the Republic of Korea" at the international conference room of KISTI located within KAIST in Daejeon.

Since its launch in 1962 as the Korea Science and Technology Information Center, KISTI has been a specialized research institute leading the fields of national science and technology information and advanced information knowledge resources based on its charter to "promote national science and technology and contribute to industrial development." It operates the national supercomputer Nurion 5 and plays a pivotal role in national science and technology through R&D innovation support programs and mission tasks.

The main contents of the agreement include ▲ cooperation in data construction such as activation of AI data development and distribution ▲ support for the AI Data Center and joint use of related infrastructure resources ▲ discovery of cooperative projects to find and support AI companies ▲ discovery of cooperative projects to expand AI corporate research institutes ▲ development and operation of R&D-centered AI innovation talent training programs ▲ exchange and cooperation of human and material resources for business cooperation and joint project discovery.

Gwangju expects that KISTI’s supercomputer infrastructure operation technology, data analysis know-how, and the SME technology support program ‘ASTI’ will create synergy with the successful operation of the ‘National AI Industry Convergence Complex’ and the ‘AI Data Center’ currently being established in Gwangju.

President Choi Hee-yoon said, “The AI demand discovered through more than 10,000 ‘ASTI companies’ nationwide will serve as a direct catalyst for AI industry development,” adding, “We will actively cooperate, including strengthening regional organizations, for the development of the AI industry.”

Mayor Lee Yong-seop of Gwangju Metropolitan City also stated, “The core of AI is the data ecosystem, and I have high expectations for cooperating with KISTI, which leads the data ecosystem with the largest science and technology information in Korea,” and added, “Let us work together for the national AI industry development and for Gwangju to become an AI-centered city.”

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