Pukyong National University Professor Cheon Dongpil's Team Wins Best Paper Award from the Society of Technology Management and Economics

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Hwang Du-yeol] Professor Cheon Dong-pil's research team at the Graduate School of Technology Management, Pukyong National University, received the Best Paper Award at the 2023 Winter Conference of the Technology Management and Economics Society.

Professor Cheon's research team received the Best Paper Award at the conference held on the 10th at Engineering Building 1 of Pukyong National University for their paper titled "Analysis of the Third-Level Digital Information Gap Status of the Elderly Living in Busan and Seoul through Text Mining."

The paper involved Professor Cheon, Dr. Park Se-hoon from the Technology Innovation Management Research Institute at Pukyong National University, and master's students Ryu Chan-ha and Park Se-jin from the Graduate School of Technology Management. It received high praise for addressing the practical issue of the digital information gap among the elderly, a forthcoming problem in South Korea's super-aged society.

In particular, the paper was highly evaluated for converting voice data from in-depth interviews with about 200 elderly people in Busan and Seoul into text and applying data mining methodologies to uncover the Korean-type digital information gap phenomenon.

Professor Cheon Dongpil, Pukyong National University.

Dr. Park Se-hoon of the research team stated, "The topic of the digital information gap, which has been studied over many years, is directly related to the quality of life of South Korean citizens facing a super-aged society. To solve this, we plan to focus on developing business models to activate technology commercialization and startups in related fields."

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