Global Newsletter
ISSN 2671-891X
Vol.5 No.2, 2023
Dear members of the Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences (KICS), With 2023 off to a good start under the slogan "the Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences as an academic society representing Korea," we are ending this year with noticeable achievements, thanks to enormous interest and participation from all of our members, while establishing ourselves as an academic society representing Korea. Above all, I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone and share the KICS's some of the most important activities this year.
Following the previous year's success, the KICS Fall Conference returned to the historic city of Gyeongju. The event took place at the Hotel Lahan Select from November 22 to 24, 2023. This year's conference was remarkable with record-breaking 568 papers presented and 923 attendees, making it the largest KICS Fall Conference to date. It marked the continuous growth of KICS over the past three years, attracting many participants from academia, industry, research institutes, and public agencies, and thus becoming a vibrant platform for technological and personal exchange.
The 14th International Conference on Ubiquitous and Future Networks (ICUFN 2023) was held in an online/offline hybrid manner at ECE-Ecole d’ Ingénieurs in Paris, France, from July 4th to July 7th, 2023. ICUFN 2023 was organized by the Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences (KICS) and technically co-sponsored by the IEEE Communications Society (ComSoC) and IEICE Communications Society.
The 2023 4th Korea Artificial Intelligence Conference (KAIC) was held on 20th of October 2023 in Shilla Stay Jeju Hotel on Jeju Island. The Conference is an annual event hosted by the Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences (KICS) and organized by the KICS Artificial Intelligence Society.
The 14th International Conference on Information and Communication Technology Convergence (ICTC 2023) was held successfully in Jeju Island, Korea, on October 11–13, 2023. ICTC is one of the major international conferences in information and communication technology (ICT) convergence.
KICS has been growing by knocking on the doors of information and communication research communities from different regions and countries to collaborate and exchange technical knowledge. As a result, international conferences and forums have grown in size to welcome an increasing number of foreign researchers and let them experience the status of Korea’s mobile communication technologies and Korean culture. In addition to the United States, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, and China, KICS has recently established its Japan chapter.
On Monday, September 25th, 2023, the Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences (KICS), Korea’s largest leading information and communication technology (ICT) institute comprising leading ICT experts, entered a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Codeit Co., Ltd. (Co-CEOs: Kang Young-hoon and Lee Yun-soo).
The 3rd AI Frontiers Summit was held on July 14th 2023, at the Korean Federation of Science and Technology Society (KOFST) Building, Seoul, Korea. The Summit hosted many participants, including over 300 researchers. It encompassed many technical presentations, through keynote speeches, special sessions, top conference sessions, and customized AI-focused individual technical sessions, by top-tier AI researchers worldwide.
Recently, there has been a burgeoning landscape of interdisciplinary research marked by the dynamic integration of various ICT advancements. The convergence occurring within the domains of bio-healthcare, robotics, energy and batteries, satellites, and smart cities is particularly noteworthy, where sophisticated amalgamation of diverse ICT technologies and established methodologies is actively taking place.
In the early 1990s, domestic researchers and industry experts foresaw the rapid growth of the mobile communication industry, which led to the establishment of the KICS Mobile Communications Research Group in 1993, later rebranded as the Mobile Communications Society.
The Communication Network Society of the KICS has been organizing essential short courses in communication and network-related topics. While there are numerous courses covering foundational knowledge of artificial intelligence and deep learning, and their applications in networks, there has been a scarcity of courses that delve deeply into fundamental concepts important to network majors and emerging issues in the field. Therefore, the Society has been preparing annual courses specifically for communication network researchers, and this year, two events were conducted.
First of all, I would like to introduce the Special Research Group on Communications Signals Research within KICS. It was established approximately four years ago to disseminate and promote the future generation of communications signal research within KICS initiated by the Research Center for Convergence Technology.
Currently, quantum information technology is no longer a topic of interest in the scientific community. The era of quantum information and communication technology (QICT) that directly exploits the laws of quantum mechanics for practical information processing tasks, such as efficient computation, secure communication, and quantum network communication, is becoming a reality.
The sixth-generation mobile communication network, commonly known as 6G, is expected to be commercialized in 2030, and active research is underway to achieve peak transmission speeds of 100 Gbit/s to 1 Tbit/s and transmission delays one-tenth the level of fifth-generation (5G) communication.
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).
