Pukyong National University AI and Big Data Research Team Wins Two Excellent Paper Awards at Korean Multimedia Society Conference

Recognition for Achievements in Edge AI Lightweight Strategies and Smart City RAG Framework Research

The research team led by Professor Kim Taeguk from the Department of Computer and Artificial Intelligence Engineering at Pukyong National University (President Bae Sanghoon) was recognized for its outstanding research capabilities in the fields of artificial intelligence and big data, winning two Excellent Paper Awards at the 2025 Fall Conference of the Korean Multimedia Society.

This academic conference, recently held at Pusan National University under the theme "AI Interacting with Reality: New Horizons in Multimedia," brought together approximately 1,000 researchers from Korea and abroad to present and share the latest technologies and research achievements.

Professor Kim Taeguk's research team, together with master's students Choi Hyerim and Ku Zhouyang, doctoral students Feng Bo and Koo Bonhyun, student Noh Shinbi, and master's student Lee Taeo, received an Excellent Paper Award for their paper "Efficiency Analysis of Lightweight Strategies in Edge AI and TinyML Environments." This study was highly praised for analyzing the performance differences of various model optimization techniques in real-world edge device and ultra-lightweight learning environments, and for proposing AI design directions applicable to small IoT, wearable devices, and smart manufacturing sites.

Another paper, "A Study on Smart City RAG Framework," co-authored by doctoral student Koo Bonhyun, Professors Ok Suyeol and Lee Seokhwan of Dong-A University, and Professor Kim Taeguk, also received an Excellent Paper Award. This research structured smart city building information based on ontology and applied it to a Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) model to implement advanced urban information services, earning recognition for its scalability in smart city management, urban design, and public data intelligence.

Professor Kim Taeguk commented, "We will continue to focus on developing technologies that can be practically utilized in industrial fields by conducting AI convergence research across various domains."

Since its establishment in 1997, the Korean Multimedia Society, under the Ministry of Science and ICT, has grown into the largest national academic society in the field of multimedia and computer applications in Korea, with over 6,700 members currently active.

(From the top left) Choi Hyerim, Ku Zhouyang, Feng Bo, Koo Bonhyun, (from the bottom left) Lee Taeo, Noh Shinbi, Professor Kim Taeguk)

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