Nineteenth Haedong and Fifth KICS Fellow Awards Ceremony
by Seong-Ho Jeong, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, South Korea
The 19th Haedong Award Ceremony, 5th KICS Fellow Award Ceremony, and Year-End Party were held at the Plaza Hotel in Seoul, South Korea on Friday, December 1, 2023. The Haedong Award is sponsored by the Haedong Science Foundation and awarded by five organizations, including KICS. Professor Chan-Byoung Chae of Yonsei University received the Haedong Academic Award; HFR CEO Jong-Min Cheong received the Haedong Technology Award, and Professor Haneul Ko of Kyung Hee University received the Haedong Young Engineer Award (Academic Award).
Chan-Byoung Chae, an Underwood Distinguished Professor at Yonsei University, is an expert in next-generation communication networks and has published a total of 300 papers, including more than 50 top-level SCIE-level papers over the past three years. He won the best paper award from a top 1% journal for technology related to multiple input/output antennas and best demo awards at the IEEE INFOCOM, ICC, DySPAN, and WCNC conferences by demonstrating full-duplex, molecular communications, and magnetic field multiple input/output technologies.
Jong-Min Cheong, CEO of HFR, contributed to the world's first commercialization of LTE and 5G fronthaul equipment, development of simultaneous LTE and 5G service transmission devices through LTE frequencies, and commercialization of private 5G end-to-end solutions that can promote digital innovation in small and medium-sized enterprises, as well as wired and wireless communication equipment. He has contributed substantially to strengthening the national technological competitiveness of related industries, achieved maximum exports through WDM technology as the company’s representative technology, and led technological innovation by commercializing O-RAN compliant technology in Korea, Japan, and the United States.
Professor Haneul Ko of Kyung Hee University received his doctoral degree from the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Korea University for research on resource and mobility management in heterogeneous networks. Recently, he has conducted research in areas such as 5G·6G mobile core, network automation, in-network computing, and edge computing. To date, he has published 68 papers in SCI international academic journals, more than 40 of which are top-tier journals. In addition, he published more than 30 papers at international conferences and secured 20 domestic and foreign patents.
The Haedong Award was instituted by late Chung-Shik Kim, Chairman of Daeduck Electronics who devoted himself to the PCB business for 50 years, to honor talented individuals with great achievements in the academic and technological development of Korea’s electronic engineering and related fields by establishing the Haedong Science Foundation.
Additionally, Professor Byonghyo Shim of Seoul National University was selected the 5th KICS Fellow. The KICS Fellow is a system under which KICS selects recipients every year from the top 1% of its member researchers. Professor Byonghyo Shim was recognized for his contribution to the development of the domestic mobile communications industry through more than 250 academic research papers over 20 years and various industry–academia collaborations.
