UST alumni, together with a graduate who overcame listening to loss to change into an AI researcher at world large tech firm Meta, will step ahead as mentors for junior researchers.
The University of Science and Technology (UST) mentioned Tuesday it’ll maintain the “2026 UST Global Mentoring Conference” from July 6 to August 28 to strengthen college students’ world analysis capabilities and private networking.
The opening session, operating from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. on July 6, is open to anybody , together with UST college students and school, as nicely as potential college students, graduates, researchers from government-funded analysis institutes, and members of the 4 science and know-how institutes.
At the opening session, Dr. Moon Ji-hye, a UST-ETRI (Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute) School alumna who overcame congenital listening to loss to change into an AI researcher at world large tech firm Meta, and Professor Hong Ki-min of Columbia College within the United States will ship lectures on the theme of “Global Career Development.” They plan to share the core values and sensible ideas that future researchers must advance onto the world stage.
Those wishing to take part can apply via the QR code on the poster or the UST web site. Mobile coupons value 10,000 received may also be provided to chose attendees via a drawing.
Now in its sixth 12 months, the “UST Global Mentoring Conference” is a singular UST academic program that channels the worldwide analysis cooperation property constructed up over a few years by 30 colleges—together with the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) School, the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) School, and the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) School—with main universities, analysis establishments, and firms worldwide into cultivating future science and know-how expertise.
For this convention, 75 specialists working at nationwide analysis institutes, world universities, and main corporations in superior industries throughout 17 international locations will take part in massive numbers as audio system and mentors. The mentor lineup contains top-tier corporations in varied industries such as Meta AI, Samsung Electronics, Thermo Fisher Scientific, and Applied Materials, as nicely as world-class analysis establishments together with the Argonne National Laboratory within the United States and Germany’s Max Planck Institute, and researchers and school from prestigious universities such as UC Berkeley and the University of Pennsylvania.
Participating college students will grasp the most recent abroad analysis developments and be taught world profession improvement know-how via webinars. After attending the lectures, they’ll instantly apply for one-on-one mentoring with audio system, and as soon as matched, they’ll obtain on-line recommendation from mentors on matters of their selection such as research, analysis, and profession paths.
“UST alumni active around the world and top experts from industry, academia, and research at home and abroad will broaden the research horizons of their junior scientists,” UST President Kang Dae-im mentioned.