Dong-Eui University AI Grand ICT Research Center and AI Robot Research Institute Sign Business Agreement with Ajinextek

(From left) Director Ok Seung-ho, Center Director Jeong Seok-chan, and President Woo Hyun-woo are taking a commemorative photo after the agreement ceremony.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Hwang Du-yeol] On the 21st, the Dong-Eui University Artificial Intelligence Grand ICT Research Center and the Artificial Intelligence Robotics Research Institute signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the exchange of AI-based advanced industrial automation technology with Ajinextek at the PRIME Convention Multipurpose Hall on the 1st floor of the Industry-Academia Cooperation Building.

According to the agreement, each institution will mutually cooperate in ▲exchange and research and development of AI-based industrial automation technology ▲promotion and dissemination of AI and establishment of an AI network ecosystem ▲fostering AI industrial automation technology manufacturing sector and workforce development ▲development of industry-academia linked education programs and information exchange.

Jung Seok-chan, director of the Artificial Intelligence Grand ICT Research Center, said, “We expect to achieve results in the field of AI intelligent robots through cooperation with companies with excellent technological capabilities, and we will actively cooperate not only in joint research and development but also in training AI specialists.”

On the day of the agreement signing, Woo Hyun-woo, CEO of Ajinextek, who visited Dong-Eui University, presented a scholarship of 18 million KRW to student Kwon Hyuk-jun, who is enrolled in the master's program in Artificial Intelligence at the Graduate School operated by the Artificial Intelligence Grand ICT Research Center.

After graduating from the master's program, student Kwon Hyuk-jun is scheduled to join Ajinextek and work in research and development in the New Technology Planning Team.

Ajinextek, listed on KOSDAQ, is an IT equipment and robotics specialized company headquartered in Daegu.

The company developed the motion control chip, a core technology of industrial automation, as the sixth in the world and the first in Korea, and has localized controllers for various equipment needed in semiconductor, LED and LCD, mobile, and automotive processes. It is a strong small and medium-sized enterprise in the advanced industrial automation field, currently employing about 10 Dong-Eui University alumni.

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