Samsung Future Technology Development Project '2020 Annual Forum' Held

Sharing Research Achievements and Exchanging Ideas in Basic Science, Materials, and ICT

[Asia Economy Reporter Changhwan Lee] Samsung Electronics announced that it held the '2020 Annual Forum' on the 20th, where researchers supported by the Samsung Future Technology Development Project share their achievements and exchange ideas through discussions.

The Annual Forum has been held since 2014 as a place where principal investigators of the Samsung Future Technology Development Project explain their research achievements and key issues, and gain new ideas through discussions with attending researchers.

This year, considering the COVID-19 situation, it is being held online from the 20th to the 27th.

At this year's Annual Forum, about 500 participants including principal investigators and reviewers from basic science research fields such as mathematical sciences, physics, chemistry, and life sciences; materials research fields such as semiconductors, displays, bio, energy, and environment; and ICT (Information and Communication Technology) research fields such as computing, robotics, machine learning, healthcare, cell research, and optics, exchanged research on a total of 85 projects.

On the first day of the forum, presentations by principal investigators and discussions with attending researchers and reviewers continued for 24 research projects in the basic science field.

In his welcome speech delivered via video, Sungkeun Kim, Chairman of the Samsung Future Technology Development Foundation, said, "I hope the Annual Forum, a place where a pure culture of learning blooms, will become an opportunity for researchers themselves to develop further through intense discussions and idea exchanges."

Seongjin Oh, a professor in the Department of Mathematics at the Institute for Basic Science, who was the first presenter in the mathematical sciences field, introduced the results of applying ideas derived from research on nonlinear hyperbolic equations related to general relativity theory to the field of Hall magnetohydrodynamics in plasma states.

Also, Donghwan Lee, a professor in the Department of Chemistry at Seoul National University and a presenter in the chemistry field, explained the principle by which one-dimensional pillar-shaped nanowire structures are formed through self-assembly, and shared the latest research results on the correlation between structure and functions such as energy transfer through nanowires.

Doochan Eum, Director of the Samsung Electronics Future Technology Development Center, expressed gratitude to the participating researchers who are accumulating research achievements in a wide range of fields including semiconductors, energy, artificial intelligence, robotics, and environment, and stated, "We expect that the steadily accumulated research achievements of the Samsung Future Technology Development Project will become the foundation for solving various problems our society will face in the future."

The Samsung Future Technology Development Project is a public research support project launched in 2013 with an endowment of 1.5 trillion KRW, aiming to foster science and technology that will lead Korea's future. So far, a total of 81.25 billion KRW in research funds has been provided for 634 research projects.

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