Ellis Donates 300 Million KRW to KAIST on Anniversary Celebration

Closing the Education Gap through Active Communication between Educators and Learners

At the 'Ellis-KAIST Development Fund Agreement Ceremony,' CEO Kim Jaewon (left) and KAIST President Lee Kwanghyung are posing for a commemorative photo.

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Cheol-hyun] Alice, a digital education practice platform (CEO Kim Jae-won), announced on the 12th that it has pledged 300 million KRW as a development fund to the Department of Computer Science at KAIST in celebration of its anniversary.

This donation was decided to address the shortage of software educators through support for KAIST, which has been dedicated to training educators. The donation will be used for the expansion of the KAIST Department of Computer Science building, providing student laboratories, coding and project practice rooms, and spaces for social contribution education programs.

KAIST has played a role as a cradle for domestic startups by producing numerous entrepreneurs. The founders of Alice are also alumni of the KAIST Department of Computer Science, who began research applying AI technology to education during their master's and doctoral studies in the AI laboratory, and expanded their business into a practical education platform for the computer science curriculum.

Kim Jae-won, CEO of Alice, said, "We want to expand educational infrastructure to encourage active communication between educators and learners, create a virtuous cycle that resolves educational disparities, and improve the quality of education."

Lee Kwang-hyung, President of KAIST, stated, "Training software talent is one of the nationally very important tasks. We will use this donation to create a campus where more talents can meet good colleagues and mentors and unleash infinite ideas and technological capabilities."

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