[Science Bulletin] ETRI Leads ITU-T and MPEG Adoption of International Standard for Biosignal Compression

■ The Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) introduced on the twenty ninth that its biosignal compression know-how has been formally integrated into the “biosignal and general waveform compression” worldwide customary promoted by the International Telecommunication Union Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T) and the Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) of the International Organization for Standardization. ETRI succeeded in having two core compression applied sciences mirrored within the worldwide customary and even took on the function of customary doc editor. A prediction-based coding know-how and an electrode-placement-based channel coding know-how have been adopted as customary applied sciences after present process rigorous worldwide joint verification, and the analysis workforce secured two associated worldwide customary patents. With the introduction of these applied sciences, it has change into attainable to drastically cut back file dimension whereas sustaining the standard of authentic biosignal information. The know-how is predicted to be actively utilized throughout varied convergent medical industries the place high-quality biosignal processing is crucial, together with telemedicine, wearable healthcare, and AI-based precision medical diagnostics.

■ The University of Science and Technology (UST) introduced on the twenty ninth that it has signed the “Joint Agreement between UST and Seven Founding Research Institutes to Promote UST Student Startups Based on Public Technologies of Government-Funded Research Institutes” with a complete of seven nationwide analysis institute colleges on the UST predominant campus. The collaborating nationwide analysis institutes are the Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS), Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI), Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology (KICT), Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine (KIOM), Korea Institute of Materials Science (KIMS), Korea Basic Science Institute (KBSI), and Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information (KISTI). Building on a joint settlement signed with three nationwide analysis institute colleges in December final yr, the quantity of UST colleges which have concluded agreements to advertise pupil startups primarily based on public applied sciences from government-funded analysis institutes has now expanded to a complete of 12. The 12 UST nationwide analysis institute colleges that signed the settlement will step up efforts to determine a “faculty–student co-journey startup model,” through which professors and college students collectively perform all processes together with startup creation, know-how switch, and know-how fairness funding primarily based on every institute’s cutting-edge public applied sciences and analysis infrastructure. They may also speed up the invention of pupil entrepreneurs, capacity-building schooling, mentoring, and help with proprietary applied sciences and services.