Companies Say "Urgent Need for AI and Big Data Standardization to Meet the 4th Industrial Revolution"

[Sejong=Asia Economy Reporter Kwon Haeyoung] Our companies have identified 'Artificial Intelligence (AI)' and 'Big Data' as the most urgent fields for standardization to lead the Fourth Industrial Revolution era.

The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy's National Institute of Technology and Standards announced on the 16th that the results of the 'Industrial Standardization Survey,' conducted on 1,000 manufacturing companies in new industries and 1,000 citizens to establish standard policies for the Fourth Industrial Revolution era, showed this trend.

Companies ranked AI (37%) as the top priority for urgent standardization. Big Data (24%), Internet of Things (17%), Robotics (17%), and Mobile (13%) followed.

Regarding areas requiring standardization, respondents answered testing and evaluation standards (40%), product specification standards (37%), and technology convergence standards (29%) in order.

By industry, the standards mainly used were German standards (DIN) for electric vehicles, British standards (BS) for marine plants and drones, and American standards (ANSI) for next-generation processes, indicating active utilization of national standards from leading technology countries to enter overseas markets.

The biggest difficulty in standardization activities was cited as 'lack of expertise' by large and medium-sized enterprises, and 'financial burden' by small and medium-sized enterprises. Additionally, all companies pointed out difficulties in information collection as a challenge, indicating the need for government support in this area.

When asked about trust in Korean Industrial Standards (KS), 99% of respondents showed a trust level of average or higher.

The National Institute of Technology and Standards plans to reflect these survey results in industry- and technology-specific standardization strategies and expand the budget to support companies' international standard activities. Furthermore, they plan to actively promote master's and doctoral programs to train standardization experts.

Lee Sanghoon, Director of the National Institute of Technology and Standards, said, "We will actively promote the standardization of key technologies such as AI and Big Data to strengthen the global competitiveness of our companies in the Fourth Industrial Revolution era, while implementing customized support policies by industry and company size."

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