Dong-A University Selected as 'Software (SW) Centered University' by Ministry of Science and ICT

Dong-A University has been selected as a ‘2023 Software (SW)-Centered University’ by the Ministry of Science and ICT.

Dong-A University was chosen for the general track of this project led by the Ministry of Science and ICT and will innovate software and artificial intelligence education and cultivate core AI and SW talents for up to eight years, receiving a total project budget of 18.5 billion KRW.

The Software-Centered University program operates by setting various project directions tailored to each university’s characteristics, including not only digital education within the university but also ‘support for basic SW education for elementary, middle, and high school students,’ ‘development and sharing of high-quality online educational content,’ and ‘industry-academia cooperation with local companies.’

At Dong-A University, Lee Seok-hwan, head of the Department of Computer and AI Engineering, is responsible for the project. To cultivate AI and SW specialists, the Departments of Computer Engineering and AI are participating, and to foster AI and SW convergence talents, the Departments of Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Management Engineering, Management Information Systems, Information Mathematics, and Media Communication are involved, with the project running through 2030.

Industry-academia cooperation project institutions, domestic and international partner universities, specialized organizations, government agencies, related associations, and external experts are also participating in the project, and the participating departments are expected to expand further.

Dong-A University Seunghak Campus.

Dong-A University plans to innovate its educational system by establishing a ‘College of Software’ to cultivate AI and SW specialists, strengthen SW major education through projects such as the ‘D-Lab-based Demonstration Industry-Academia Cooperation Project’ centered on the Dong-A SW Cooperative, and expand SW convergence education by operating AI and SW convergence majors and convergence micro-modules within the College of Convergence.

Additionally, the university plans to share and disseminate educational outcomes based on an open AI infrastructure and the interactive sharing, collaboration, and dissemination platform ‘D-Hub.’

In the ‘2023 Software (SW)-Centered University’ project, 46 universities nationwide applied, and 13 universities including Dong-A University were selected.

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