SK Hynix, '2020 Industry-Academia-Research Project Excellent Invention' Award

SK Hynix held the 8th Industry-Academia-Research Project Excellent Invention Awards. (Photo by Professor Kim Young-jae, Sogang University, left)

[Asia Economy Reporter Changhwan Lee] SK Hynix announced on the 9th that it held the 8th Industry-Academia Research Project Excellent Invention Awards.

The Grand Prize was awarded to Professor Youngjae Kim of Sogang University, the Excellence Award to Professor Jaegyun Moon of KAIST, and the Encouragement Award to Professor Youngmin Jang of Kookmin University, Professor Jaehyuk Choi of Sungkyunkwan University, and Professor Seonghwan Cho of KAIST.

Professor Youngjae Kim received the Grand Prize for his patent on the 'Key-Value based Data Storage Device.' This technology allows for rapid identification and access to specific rows in a database, resulting in faster data processing speeds for SSDs (Solid State Drives) and minimizing resource consumption.

Jinkook Kim, Vice President of the Future Technology Research Institute, encouraged through a congratulatory video, saying, “Through industry-academia cooperation activities, we were able to confirm the passion of professors and students for research,” and added, “Let us work together to continuously create excellent research outcomes and patents.”

Since 2013, SK Hynix has held an annual awards ceremony to select outstanding patents filed during the research projects conducted by industry-academia cooperative universities, aiming to boost researchers' morale and encourage development.

This year, due to COVID-19, the awards ceremony was conducted by SK Hynix members personally visiting the awardees to present plaques.

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