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NEW (2015-12-01)Ajou's Shi Won Kim wins the '2015 Republic of Korea Talent Award'

  • 2015-12-08
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Ajou's Shi Won Kim wins the '2015 Republic of Korea Talent Award'

2015-12-01


Ajou University's Shi Won Kim (Freshman, Department of Information and Computer Engineering under the College of Information Technology, pictured above) won the '2015 Republic of Korea Talent Award.'


The award ceremony was held at 10 a.m. on November 27th at the Sejong Hall of the Sejong Center for the Performing Arts. The ceremony was hosted by the Ministry of Education and organized by the Korea Foundation for the Advancement of Science and Creativity (KOFAC), and a total of 100 people were selected in the divisions of High School Students, University Students, and Other Young Adults as award-winners who received the Award of the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education, along with prize money of 3 million won and additional prizes.


They were first recommended as candidates by municipal and provincial governments and central government organizations. They then went through document reviews and in-depth interviews by the Central Evaluation Committee before being officially selected as the winners.


Shi Won Kim demonstrated outstanding enthusiasm and accomplishments in the field of IT convergence technology. While attending Dong In High School, he released an application (Smart School Library) in the Google Play store that enables people to search publications in the libraries of elementary, middle, and high schools throughout the nation. He also won the Grand Prize in the Happy Science and Technology Contest with his Go Bus solution (a Wi-Fi based application that allows the mobility handicapped to push alarm buttons in the bus or let bus drivers know that they want to get off at their destinations). He also developed a kidnapping-prevention software at this year's Convergence Software Hackathon that earned him the Excellent Award in the Social Problem Solution Division.


Kim hopes to develop IT solutions that can contribute to society and said, "It is such an honor to receive this award. I believe that they expect me to become a talent of the Republic of Korea not only in the results, but in the process of my work and actions. I will bear that in mind and continue to work hard."