Korea Road Traffic Authority and Halla University Join Hands for 'Future Transportation Talent Development and Smart Mobility Promotion'

Lee Jumin, Chairman of the Korea Road Traffic Authority (left), and Kim Eungkwon, President of Halla University, are signing a business agreement and posing for a commemorative photo. [Photo by Korea Road Traffic Authority]

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Gwanju] The Korea Road Traffic Authority announced on the 8th that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Halla University to collaborate on nurturing future transportation talents based on the Human New Deal and on smart mobility new growth businesses.

Through this agreement, both institutions will join forces in ▲ joint research and development and strategic business collaboration on future transportation means ▲ nurturing future transportation talents based on the Human New Deal, technical support, personnel and information exchange ▲ co-hosting autonomous driving competitions ▲ developing technology for demonstration tests of safe driving capabilities of future transportation means ▲ collaborating on smart mobility-based win-win national projects (such as the Digital Twin Research Complex Construction Project and the Smart Mobility Campus Innovation Park Development) and fostering regional industries.

Previously, to cultivate future talents in the fields of autonomous driving and mobility, the two institutions held the '2021 Mando Autonomous Driving Competition' from the 26th to the 28th of last month, where 12 high schools and 27 university teams nationwide participated in the contest.

Building on this agreement, the recently formed Future Automobile Education Council, based at 10 universities nationwide, plans to expand the autonomous driving competition for high school students across the country next year to broaden the base of future talents in the field of autonomous driving artificial intelligence.

Lee Jumin, Chairman of the Korea Road Traffic Authority, stated, "Through strategic collaboration of future transportation professionals and infrastructure between the two institutions, we will actively discover new growth businesses such as nurturing future transportation talents, AI-based autonomous driving, and mobility demonstrations." He added, "We will promote an effective Human New Deal project for nurturing future talents, a core asset in the era of digital transformation, through cooperation between educational institutions and public organizations, and actively support practical projects such as the autonomous driving competition and the 'LINC+' project between educational institutions and public organizations."

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