2.9 billion won in national funding for 4 years, establish automobile function safety SW research center
Develop automobile convergence parts SW and foster professional human resources
Ministry of Education's prime project expected to have synergy effect with BK21 plus project
[May 25, 2016]
YU (President Noh Seok-kyun) was selected for the 'College ICT Research Center' pursued by the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (MSIP).
On the 24th, the MSIP announced the colleges selected for the '2016 College ICT Research Center and Grand ICT Research Center'. Accordingly, YU was newly selected as a College ICT Research Center and will carry out research projects receiving national funding of 2.9 billion years over the next four years..
Upon being selected for this project, YU is planning to establish the 'Automobile Function Safety SW Research Center' to develop function safety-based convergence parts software for automobile electric components, while fostering professional manpower in relevant fields. It is planning to focus on IT and automobile technology convergence research to procure key technologies of the future automobile market that is evolving with autonomous driving automobiles and smart automobiles in order to foster professional human resources. For this, YU will pursue the project by making a consortium with automobile parts companies such as Ajin Industrial and relevant research centers.
In particular, YU is focusing on expanding industry-academic education and research programs on smart automobiles for undergraduates with the Ministry of Education's Prime project mainly centered on the Department of Information and Communication Engineering, while also developing core technologies for the automobile industry linked to smart devices through the BK21 Plus Project, and fostering professionals playing pivotal roles in the IT-based future automobile industry. It is thus expected that through industry-academic cooperation with local automobile parts companies, it will contribute greatly in fostering professional human resources, while also improving the competitiveness of the regional industries and developing the local economy.
Department of Information and Communication Engineering Professor Park Yong-wan who oversees the YU Automobile Function Safety SW Research Center said, "When taking into account the automobile parts industry and its ripple effect in other industries, as well as the import substitution effect through this project, it is expected that the economic effect will amount to a total of 400 billion won by 2021." He added, "Through the industry-academic-research cooperation, we will procure unparalleled technological power and foster professional manpower to lead the next-generation smart automobile and autonomous driving automobile convergence parts market."
Meanwhile, taking into account the technological demands of small and medium sized businesses, as well as the Ministry of Defense's focusing on the 'K-ICT 10 strategic fields', the MSIP selected eight College ICT Research Centers such as YU, Kyunghee University, Sejong University, Chonnam National University, Chungnam National University, Seoul National University of Science and Technology, Kwangwoon University, and Ajou University, and Pusan National University as the Grand ICT Research Center.
