SEOUL, June 01 (AJP) - The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology outlined its mid-to-long-term strategy for nurturing artificial intelligence professionals and launched an international advisory board during a vision proclamation ceremony held at its main campus on Monday, the prominent institute said.
The event shared the institution's direction for educational innovation, industry cooperation, and the establishment of a responsible artificial intelligence ecosystem. A key part of the ceremony was the appointment of the KAIST College of AI Advisory Board, which includes international experts such as Professor Yoshua Bengio of the University of Montreal and Professor Cho Kyung-hyun of New York University.
Domestic participants represent major South Korean technology companies and research organizations, including the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Samsung Electronics, SK Telecom, Naver Cloud, and Hyundai Motor Company. The advisory board will provide strategic guidance on education, research, and global cooperation.
As part of a special innovation session, undergraduate student representatives presented proposals on new possibilities for university education. This reflects the college's approach to treating students as active participants in designing future research cultures rather than passive recipients.
During his keynote speech, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Science and ICT Bae Kyung-hoon emphasized the need for rapid adaptation. "In order to preemptively respond to the period of great transition where AI moves beyond the stage of generation to the stage of execution, investment in AI talent is the most urgent," Bae said. "We will build South Korea's differentiated AI education system through active communication with students, who are the consumers of education."
KAIST College of AI Dean Yoon Kuk-jin presented the institution's primary strategies following the keynote. "The KAIST College of AI intends to become an educational and research platform that expands human intellectual capacity alongside AI and designs new knowledge and the future, rather than an organization that simply teaches AI technology," Yoon said. "We will use this vision proclamation ceremony as an opportunity to grow into a hub leading world-class AI talent training, challenging research, industrial and social problem solving, and the establishment of a responsible AI ecosystem."
KAIST President Lee Kwang-hyung highlighted the broader impact of the technology on modern infrastructure. "AI is now becoming a core driving force leading changes in science, technology, industry, and society as a whole, beyond technology in specific fields," Lee said. "We will actively support the KAIST College of AI so that it can grow into an open platform that leads AI talent training and research innovation in South Korea and cooperates with the world."
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