Pukyong National University Students Awarded 'Excellence' at Marine Science Big Data Competition

PhD Candidate Park Seongsik, 'Current Status and Causes of Marine Heatwaves'

Dr. Seongsik Park, a doctoral student in the Department of Ocean Engineering at Pukyong National University (President Jang Youngsoo), received the Excellence Award with a prize of 1 million KRW at the 3rd Marine Science Big Data Competition.

Park Sung-sik, PhD candidate in the Department of Ocean Engineering.

Doctoral student Seongsik Park participated in this competition, hosted by the Korea Institute of Marine Science and Technology Promotion and the Korean Society of Oceanography, with the theme "Occurrence Status and Causes of Marine Heatwaves (Abnormal High Sea Temperatures)" and won the Excellence Award in the general division for data analysis (Awarded by the Korea Institute of Marine Science and Technology Promotion).

Using a designated dataset, the competition was conducted in a modeling/algorithm contest format to solve given problems, and he was recognized for his excellence by revealing the occurrence status and causes of marine heatwaves occurring along the East Coast.

Doctoral student Seongsik Park focused his research on the fact that more than half of the damages in the aquaculture industry over the past 12 years were caused by marine heatwaves, and noted the recent increasing trends in the number, duration, and intensity of marine heatwaves along the East Coast.

The research results revealed that the main cause of marine heatwaves on the East Coast is the northward movement of the East Korea Warm Current, and the intensity of marine heatwaves showed correlations with air temperature and El Ni?o/La Ni?a phenomena.

The Marine Science Big Data Competition is held based on marine data to promote ocean literacy and data literacy among the public in the era of the 4th Industrial Revolution.

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