{"id":184310,"date":"2025-01-20T16:32:14","date_gmt":"2025-01-20T07:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ee.presscat.kr\/?post_type=notice-post&#038;p=184310"},"modified":"2026-04-08T09:53:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T00:53:29","slug":"ee-prof-hyun-myung-and-han-jung-ceo-of-i3system-selected-as-recipients-of-kaist-alumni-associations-kaist-proud-alumni-award","status":"publish","type":"notice-post","link":"http:\/\/ee.presscat.kr\/en\/notices\/ee-prof-hyun-myung-and-han-jung-ceo-of-i3system-selected-as-recipients-of-kaist-alumni-associations-kaist-proud-alumni-award\/","title":{"rendered":"EE Prof. Hyun Myung and Han Jung, CEO of i3system, Selected as Recipients of KAIST Alumni Association&#8217;s \u2018KAIST Proud Alumni Award\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-184301\" src=\"http:\/\/ee.presscat.kr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/750.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">&lt;Professor Myung-Hyun (first from the left) and Jeong-Han, CEO of i3system (fifth from the left)&gt;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">EE Professor Hyun Myung (Bachelor&#8217;s 1992, Master&#8217;s 1994, Ph.D. 1998) and Han Jung, CEO of i3system (Master&#8217;s 1991, Ph.D. 1996), both alumni of our department, have been selected as recipients of the &#8216;Proud Alumni Award&#8217; presented by the KAIST Alumni Association.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_184299\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-184299\" style=\"width: 750px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-184299\" src=\"http:\/\/ee.presscat.kr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/\uad50\uc218\ub2d8-750-1.jpg\" alt=\"\uba85\ud604\uad50\uc218 \uc2dc\uc0c1\uc2dd \uae30\ub150\uc0ac\uc9c4 \" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" title=\"\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-184299\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&lt;Yun Tae Lee, President of the KAIST Alumni Association, and Professor Myung-Hyun (right)&gt;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">Professor Hyun Myung achieved first place at the Quadruped Robot Challenge (QRC), part of the 2023 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), with his \u2018DreamWaQ\u2019 system\u2014a blind walking technology based on deep reinforcement learning. The \u2018DreamWalker\u2019 robot leverages this fully autonomous walking technology, which perceives the environment and determines optimal paths. His pioneering work has significantly contributed to enhancing the competitiveness of South Korea&#8217;s robotics industry.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_184303\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-184303\" style=\"width: 750px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-184303\" src=\"http:\/\/ee.presscat.kr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/750-1.jpg\" alt=\"\uc2dc\uc0c1\uc2dd\uc5d0\uc11c \uae30\ub150\ucd2c\uc601\ud558\ub294 \uc815\ud55c \ub300\ud45c\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" title=\"\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-184303\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&lt;Yun Tae Lee, President of the KAIST Alumni Association, and Jeong-Han, CEO of i3system(right)&gt;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">Han Jung, CEO of i3system, is a first-generation researcher in the field of infrared detectors in Korea. Over 30 years, he has developed military detectors and founded i3system Co., Ltd., a specialized infrared detector company, in 1998. The company currently supplies over 80% of infrared detectors used by the South Korean military and has achieved export success in over 20 countries.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">The \u2018KAIST Proud Alumni Award\u2019 is granted by the KAIST Alumni Association to alumni who have enhanced the university&#8217;s reputation through contributions to national and societal development, academic achievements, or community service. Established in 1992, the award has been presented to 126 recipients to date.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">The selection is based on achievements over the past year, and the award ceremony was held during the 2025 KAIST Alumni Association New Year&#8217;s Reception on Friday, January 17, at 5PM at the EL Tower in Seoul.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>688<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":184308,"template":"","notice_category":[173],"class_list":["post-184310","notice-post","type-notice-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","notice_category-academic-notice"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ee.presscat.kr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/notice-post\/184310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/ee.presscat.kr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/notice-post"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/ee.presscat.kr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/notice-post"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ee.presscat.kr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/184308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ee.presscat.kr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=184310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"notice_category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ee.presscat.kr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/notice_category?post=184310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}