"Challenge the '40 Million KRW Prize' Samsung Human Tech Thesis Award"

Samsung SAIT Introduces Online Mentoring to Boost Student Engagement and Increases Prize Money for Participants

Samsung Electronics SAIT (formerly the Comprehensive Technology Institute) announced on the 10th that it will introduce online mentoring and increase the grand prize money to boost student participation in the 30th 'Samsung Human Tech Paper Award' held this year.

The Samsung Human Tech Paper Award is a global academic competition organized by SAIT. It began in 1994 with the aim of expanding the base of science and technology and nurturing domestic scientific talent. The competition is open to high school, university, and graduate students both domestically and internationally who have original ideas that can benefit society.

To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Samsung Human Tech Paper Award this year, Samsung Electronics SAIT will run the 'Samsung Human Tech Online Mentoring' program to assist students with no prior experience in writing papers. The program supports the entire paper writing process from abstract to final paper. Additionally, the grand prize money will be increased to 40 million KRW. Activities will also include uploading videos featuring past winners' acceptance speeches on YouTube and Instagram.

The abstract submission period for the 30th Samsung Human Tech Paper Award is from September 1 to October 4. Submissions will be accepted in five fields for the high school division and ten fields for the university and graduate school divisions. From the 10th to October 4, Samsung Electronics SAIT plans to hold a challenge awarding prizes to domestic students who upload YouTube Shorts videos celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Samsung Human Tech Paper Award with designated hashtags.

Jin Gyo-young, President (Director) of Samsung Electronics SAIT, said in a participation encouragement video posted on Samsung Electronics' semiconductor YouTube channel on the same day, "We will strive to make the Samsung Human Tech Paper Award a joyful research platform for students to pioneer their futures and realize their dreams," adding, "Do not hesitate and take on the challenge."

President (Director) Jin Gyo-young of Samsung Electronics SAIT is encouraging participation in the Samsung Human Tech Paper Award in a video uploaded on the Samsung Electronics Semiconductor YouTube channel. /
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Up to last year, a total of 36,558 papers had been submitted to the Samsung Human Tech Paper Award, averaging 1,260 papers annually. Including lead and co-authors, a total of 5,312 awardees have been produced. Many of these papers have been published in world-renowned academic journals such as Nature. They have also been featured at the International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), the most prestigious semiconductor academic conference, and the Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Symposium, the world's top semiconductor conference.

Professor Kyunghyun Cho of New York University, a leading scholar in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) applications who won the bronze prize in the Communication & Network division at the 11th Samsung Human Tech Paper Award held in 2005, said, "The Samsung Human Tech Paper Award was the starting point for me to begin thinking about what research really is," and added, "While preparing for the Samsung Human Tech Paper Award, I realized what I truly like."

Samsung Group exempts students who have won the bronze prize or higher in the Samsung Human Tech Paper Award from the GSAT (Samsung Aptitude Test) when applying for research and development or software positions in the Level 3 new employee open recruitment. Since last year, in accordance with Samsung Group affiliates' talent recruitment plans, this benefit has been expanded to allow applications for open recruitment at affiliates other than Samsung Electronics.

Seungha Han, a recipient of the 21st Samsung Human Tech Paper Award in 2015 and currently working in Samsung Electronics' Foundry Business Division, recommended participation in the Human Tech Paper Award to students, saying, "In my research field, I am the expert, and since there is no fixed answer, nothing was difficult."

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