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Step to Globalization
KICS's Major Plan to Strengthen IT Convergence
President of KICS,
Kim Eun-soo
With such novelty concept and revolutionary
mind at that time, Korean Information
and Communications Society
(KICS) was established by a visionary professor
named Cho Jung-hyun at Kwangwoon
Univeristy in 1975, reaching a milestone
of 35 years. Having thirty five years
of long history and tradition, KICS has become
one of the most recognized information
and technology (IT) societies in the nation.
KICS is embedded with the perseverance
and dedications from past presidents,
staff, and all members.
KICS has approximately 15,000 members
and has been participated by around
200 other organizations and special member
companies. Furthermore, KICS is very
active in various academia fields such as
holding numerous domestic and international
symposiums, publishing KICS
newspapers, domestic journals, and JCN
international journals. Thus, they became
a leading society around the world by establishing
its international chapters in the
U.S. and China.
New Hope with the New
President
The society is led by its president Kim
Eun-soo. Kim Eun-soo is a professor at
Kwangwoon University in the Department
of Electronics Engineering. President Kim
assumed the position this year, which is
exactly 30 years after he was first introduced
to KICS in 1980. "I am filled with
emotions when I look back at KICS’s last
35 years at Kwangwoon University, and I
get the sense of responsibility from the
dedications that has been shown by my
predecessors." Professor Kim was a visiting
professor at California Institute of
Technology in the Department of
Electrical Engineering. In addition, several
of his previous research laboratories are
honored by the Ministry of Science and
Technology of Korea and the Ministry of
Communication and Information of
Korea. Furthermore, he served as a president
in various organizations, including
"Society of 3D Broadcasting and Imaging
(S3BI)". Professor Kim also has 50 patents
and published 500 papers in international
journals and conferences, and he has dedicated
himself to bring unmatched energy
and uncanny experience to KICS.
The recent IT industry trend indicates
that a new industry paradigm is forming
with collaboration and convergence of the
traditional industries and the environmental
related IT industries, such as green IT,
energy IT, and smart grid industries,
rapidly making the mark in the market.
Consequently, Professor Kim and KICS
are putting a conscious effort to assume as
a paragon for such a trend.
"We have plans to expand the domain
of our activity in 2010 from traditional IT
industries to more contemporary industries,
such as IT convergence industries,
green IT, and smart grid industries. For
such endeavors, we KICS already found
"3D Imagine Society", RFID/USN
Society, Bio IT Convergence Society, and
Digital Cable Society in 2009. In 2010,
we are going to add various fields such as
Green IT Society and Smart Grid Society
as well by establishing IT Convergence
Societies that deal with broadcasting, shipbuilding,
automotive, and construction industries,"
said President Kim.
Symposiums
For the further advancement of IT and
related convergence industries, KICS
plans to hold various symposiums to provide
new solutions and alternative ideas.
For example, KICS has already started
with "IMT-Advanced Technology Strategy
Workshop" in January. In 2010, KICS is
preparing to host about 10 different symposiums,
such as Smart Grid, Green and
Energy IT, Electric Automotive, LED
Communication Convergence, and 3D
Convergence Workshops.
Global Conscious
KICS is pushing forward for new international
academic enterprises, such as
CDMA International Conference (CIC),
by which KICS promises to mature more
globally. It has successfully hosted such international
conferences in the past in
which participants can freely share new
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