Chosun University Successfully Concludes '2020 Specialized Departments Integrated Academic Festival'

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Gwan-woo] Chosun University, which operates specialized departments as part of innovative education, held the ‘Specialized Departments Integrated Academic Festival’ to share visions among specialized academic fields and promote exchange activities.

According to Chosun University on the 3rd, the integrated academic festival was held from noon to 3 p.m. the previous day under the theme ‘Disasters and Healing in the Era of Convergence.’

The specialized fields at Chosun University include ▲Social Safety Net ▲K-Culture Entertainment ▲Smart Mobility Convergence Systems Engineering ▲Artificial Intelligence/ICT.

The Social Safety Net field includes the Departments of Police Administration, Counseling Psychology, Occupational Therapy, Speech Therapy, and Fire Disaster Management. The K-Culture Entertainment field includes the Department of K-Culture Entertainment; the Smart Mobility Convergence Systems Engineering field includes the Division of Smart Mobility Convergence Systems Engineering; and the Artificial Intelligence/ICT field includes the Departments of Computer Engineering and Information and Communication Engineering.

At the academic festival, introductions to Chosun University’s specialized fields were followed by academic presentations prepared by each field.

In the Social Safety Net field, a presentation titled ‘Disaster Trauma and Child Abuse’ highlighted child abuse, a serious social issue, discussing the characteristics of affected children and treatment methods to heal their physical and mental pain.

In the K-Culture Entertainment field, the healing effects of popular music on people physically and mentally hurt by the COVID-19 disaster were presented, drawing attention.

In the Artificial Intelligence/ICT field, the Department of Computer Engineering presented on the development of an app that learns like a human to distinguish edible mushrooms from poisonous ones, titled ‘AI for Poisonous Mushroom Classification Using CNN.’

Additionally, students from the Department of Information and Communication Engineering presented research results on the development of an ‘Attendance System Using Facial Recognition’ to effectively solve problems of existing attendance systems.

The Division of Smart Mobility Convergence Systems Engineering shared research on autonomous driving systems for automobiles and their experience participating in the 2020 University Student Autonomous Driving Competition, receiving positive responses.

A Chosun University academic affairs office official said, “Through this academic festival, we were able to enhance students’ convergence capabilities through idea exchange among specialized academic fields, and it was a meaningful program that also promoted Chosun University’s ‘Specialized Departments’ initiative aimed at nurturing future talents.”

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