Professor Lee Eung-joo of Dongmyeong University Appointed as the 18th President of the Korea Multimedia Society

Founded in 1997 with over 7,000 members nationwide, the largest academic society in the ICT field in Korea

Following former president Professor Kim Chi-yong of Dongui University, leading domestic and international academic conferences during a one-

Professor Lee Eung-joo of Dongmyung University, the newly appointed president of the Korea Multimedia Society.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Kim Yong-woo] Professor Lee Eung-joo of Dongmyung University in Busan has been inaugurated as the 18th president of the Korea Multimedia Society, a corporation. His term is one year, from January to December 2021.

Newly appointed Lee Eung-joo, president of the Korea Multimedia Society, earned a Ph.D. in engineering from the Department of Electronic Engineering at Kyungpook National University Graduate School. He served as a professor in the AI Department at Dongmyung University, as well as vice president, director of planning, and director of industry-academic cooperation at Dongmyung University.

He currently holds the position of honorary professor at Dalian Polytechnic University in China and received the ‘Korea Multimedia Society Academic Award’ at the Korea Multimedia Society Spring Conference held at POSTECH in 2019.

President Lee Eung-joo stated, “I will pursue establishing the society’s status in the new normal era, qualitative and quantitative growth of domestic and international academic conferences, policies to revitalize journals, and promotion of academic exchange and harmonious communication among members.”

The inauguration ceremony was held on February 19 at the Hilton Hotel in Busan with minimal attendance to prevent the spread of COVID-19, including former Minister of Information and Communication Yang Seung-taek, Dongmyung University President Jeong Hong-seop, and CEO of BEXCO Co., Ltd. Lee Tae-sik.

The Korea Multimedia Society plans to carry out various academic activities so that the society can become the top IT academic organization, marking the new president’s inauguration.

Experts in multimedia-related technology fields nationwide will gather to present research and technology and serve as a hub to lead the development of related technologies through academic exchange.

Since its founding in 1997 to lead multimedia-related technology development and academic exchange among experts, the Korea Multimedia Society has grown into the largest ICT field society in Korea with over 7,000 members nationwide.

To lead the development of multimedia technology, a core area of the 4th Industrial Revolution, the society holds domestic spring and fall academic conferences and international academic conferences such as MITA and CCS annually.

The society continuously publishes Korean and English journals and a society magazine that disseminates academic trends to members. The Korean and English journals are registered as indexed journals and candidate indexed journals by the Korea Research Foundation, respectively, and have been recognized for the qualitative excellence of ICT field papers by ranking 43rd among 1,592 indexed journals across all academic fields in the Korea Research Foundation’s ko-Factor evaluation.

In a journal preference survey and evaluation conducted by the Ministry of Education, it was selected as one of 66 excellent journals among a total of 5,634 journals.

The immediate past president was Professor Kim Chi-yong of Dong-Eui University.

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