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Internet and KAIST�

2022.9.26

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2022.7.14rev11.16

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1. Internet – 40 years in Korea

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1.1 Internet – 40 years in Korea– 1980s

  • 1980s - Tough Beginning (and Ambitious);

Project

Human resource

Funding

- 열망

- 학.연.산업 협력

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1.2 Internet – 40 years in Korea – 1990s

  • 1990s – Picked up momentum

Proliferation (users)

International activities – Global, Asia

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1.3 Internet - 40 Years in Korea – 2000s~2010s

  • Internet Ecosystem – Not much attention was paid.

Ecosystems are hard to evolve; security,..

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  • Global – Leader or Follower

Is it worthwhile to be in leading group?

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  • Technology Driven or Multistakeholder Driven

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1.4 Preparing for Half Century of Internet in Korea

  • KR50 (50th Anniversary of the Korean internet in 2032)

- Toward Sound Internet Ecosystem

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  • My Last Book, Asia Internet History, Fifth Decade (2031)

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2. KAIST, 1971~

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2.1 My KAIST – 1982~2008+

  • Appreciate KAIST

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  • R&D (Network, User Interface,…)

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  • Worked with excellent students

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  • Good working environment; financially,….

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2.2 KAIST – What may be needed

  • Encourage:

Award (Fellows, Tier-2 Awards,..)

Book Publication

Joint Appointment (example: 2018 Turing Awardees)

  • Allow

Difference

Minorities

  • Autonomy (for 100 years of KAIST)

~Academic Council,…

  • Global Perspective

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2.3 KAIST - Education

  • Facilitate (not dictate)

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  • More opportunities to challenge

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  • Toward University with Tier-1 Awards

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KAIST – Eternal Experiment

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References

Asia Internet History, 1st Decade,…, 4th Decade (& 5th Decade).

구본권, “전길남, 연결의 탄생”, 2022. (& 구봉권, 클래스e, 2022)

황진영, 웹툰, https://jinyounges.tistory.com/2

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Pacific Computer Communication Symposium, Seoul, 1985.

Annual KR50 and KR4050 Workshops, InternetHistory.kr, 2021~.

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