GS Shop and Seoul National University College of Engineering Sign MOU for AI Research

(From the left) Lee Jong-hyuk, Executive Director of GS Shop, Cha Guk-heon, Dean of the College of Engineering, Seoul National University.

Strengthening AI Technology Competitiveness for e-Commerce Development… Data and Talent Exchange
"Will Become the Technological Foundation of the Rapidly Changing e-Commerce Industry"

[Asia Economy Reporter Yuri Kim] GS Shop announced on the 1st that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the College of Engineering at Seoul National University for the development of the e-commerce sector utilizing artificial intelligence (AI) technology.

The signing ceremony was held at the College of Engineering at Seoul National University on the same day, attended by Lee Jong-hyuk, Executive Director and New Tech Officer (CIO) of GS Shop, Park Hyung-il, Head of the AI Center, and Cha Guk-heon, Dean of the College of Engineering at Seoul National University, among other officials.

Through this business agreement, GS Shop and the College of Engineering at Seoul National University will collaborate to develop various unstructured data analysis and related AI technologies applicable to e-commerce, and will exchange related technologies and data. They plan to create an upgraded technological foundation through workshops for excellent talent exchange and problem-solving in the AI field. In particular, they intend to cooperate in developing various image-related technologies and securing national competitiveness.

GS Shop and the College of Engineering at Seoul National University plan to continuously make mutual efforts to review various applicable scenarios for the developed technologies and to increase added value.

Lee Jong-hyuk, Executive Director of GS Shop, said, "This agreement is expected to become an important technological foundation for the changes and growth of the rapidly digitizing e-commerce industry."

Cha Guk-heon, Dean of the College of Engineering at Seoul National University, said, "To prepare for the current post-COVID era and the rapidly changing future, closer industry-academia cooperation between universities and industries is necessary. In that regard, this comprehensive mutual cooperation with GS Home Shopping is expected to become a good model of industry-academia collaboration between universities and companies."

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