Changwon City Signs Big Data-Based Regional Win-Win Development Agreement with Changwon National University and Gyeongnam National University

Changwon City, Changwon National University, and Gyeongnam National University are signing an "Agreement for Regional Win-Win Development Based on Big Data."
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[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kang Sharon] On the 23rd, Changwon City held a ceremony in the reception room to sign an 'Agreement for Regional Win-Win Development Based on Big Data' with Changwon University and Gyeongnam University.

This comes in response to the recent advent of the 4th Industrial Revolution era and the growing social interest in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and big data.

The signing ceremony was attended by Heo Seong-mu, Mayor of Changwon, Lee Ho-young, President of Changwon University, and Kang Jae-gwan, Industry-Academia Vice President of Gyeongnam University.

The main contents include ▲education for nurturing data talent ▲securing and jointly utilizing high value-added data ▲promoting big data analysis projects to solve local community problems ▲mutual support for events to strengthen regional big data capabilities ▲development of local public-private-industry-academia cooperation models ▲support for employment and start-ups of university (graduate) students ▲and other human and material exchanges for the development of the local data ecosystem.

First, the city will actively support universities by providing various public data and infrastructure to enable data education and research.

Along with this, the universities will open specialized data courses, carry out assignments and research, and participate in deriving solutions and development plans related to various municipal issues.

Additionally, they plan to jointly respond to central government public projects to secure national funding and establish high value-added data, thereby laying the foundation for creating new local industries.

Mayor Heo said, “With the advent of the 4th Industrial Revolution era, the importance of activities that collect and accumulate data, analyze it to predict the future, and propose alternatives is increasing,” and added, “I hope this agreement will be the cornerstone for advanced data-based administration, talent development, and revitalization of the local economy.”

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