The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) and Microsoft Research established the collaboration center known as KMCC to promote joint research, curriculum innovation, talent fostering, and academic exchanges in the Asia-Pacific region. Through the research collaboration center, KAIST and Microsoft Research work together to promote advancements in computing research in Korea. Learn more…
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Program Overview
The KAIST-Microsoft Research Collaboration Center (KMCC) was established in 2009 to facilitate collaborations between the KAIST and Microsoft Research on advanced technological innovations in science and technology. KMCC focuses on overcoming the limitations of computing and information technology through research that includes Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS), Real-World-Scale Computing, U-Campus, and Developing a Discovery-Driven Prototyping System for Creative Interaction Design. Another key goal of this collaboration is to foster talent in the computer sciences through the Microsoft Research Asia Internship Program, Fellowship Program, and New Faculty Award.
Highlights
- More than 20 faculty members were involved in KMCC projects
- Overall, 15 research projects were funded from 2009 to 2011
- Two winners were awarded the New Faculty Award in 2009 and 2010
- Annual workshop and Distinguished Lecture Series launched
Awarded Projects: 2009–2011
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Project Title |
Awardee |
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uCampus |
Prof. Mary Kathryn |
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Innovation Design of Cyber-Physical Systems and Its Application |
Prof. Insik Shin |
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Creative Interactive Design |
Prof. Youn Kyoung Lim |
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Towards Physical Object-Driven Search |
Prof. Sung Hyon Myaeng |
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Energy Efficient Datacenter Architecture through Efficient Resource Utilization |
Prof. John Kim and Jaehyuk Huh Mary Kathryn |
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Real-World-Scale Computing |
Prof. Kyu Young Whang and Sung-Eui Yoon |
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New Software Architecture for Cyber-Physical Systems and Applications to Mobile Robotics and Communications |
Prof. Insik Shin and Hyun S. Yang |
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Creative Interaction Design |
Prof. Youn Kyoung Lim |
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SmartOS: Context-Aware Sensor Management for Smartphones |
Prof. In-sik Shin |
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Developing the Interactivity Sketcher for Creative Interaction |
Prof. Youn-kyung Lim, Kee-Eung Kim, and Alice H. Oh |
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Cost-Efficient Datacenter Network Architecture Leveraging FPGA |
Prof. John Kim |
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An Index Generation Model for Top-k Spatial Keyword Queries |
Prof. Kyu-Young Whang |
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Hybrid Parallel Proximity Computation Utilizing Heterogeneous Multi-Cores |
Prof. Sung-eui Yoon |
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Analysis of Influence Maximization in Social Networks |
Prof. Kyomin Jung |
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Physical Object-Driven Search: Predicting and Searching Activity Goals |
Prof. Sung-Hyon Myaeng |
Featured Projects
Creative Interactive Design
Left image: sensor-based data visualization prototypes; right image: the first version of interactivity sketcher
Youn-Kyung Lim of the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) collaborated with Microsoft Research Asia to develop a new prototyping system that enables discovery-driven innovations in products and services that facilitate human-computer interaction: technologies that focus on wearable life-care systems.
- Professor Lim developed two different types of prototypes:
- Sensor-based data visualization prototypes that enable users to discover valuable life-care application opportunities
Interactivity sketcher prototype that enables designers to experience and manipulate the interactivity among ubiquitous computing technologies to shape the relationships between input and output interactive devices
This work has been published at CHI 2011 (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems) and received the best paper award at the VSMM 2010 (Virtual Systems and Multimedia) conference. Learn more…
New Faculty Award in Korea
Launched in 2009, the New Faculty Award in Korea recognizes outstanding new faculty and encourages them to realize their potential in pursuing computer science-related research. Learn more...
Annual Workshop and Distinguished Lecture Series
The annual KAIST-Microsoft Research Collaboration Center Workshop 2011 was held at KAIST on February 25, 2011, in Daedeok, Korea. Wei-Ying Ma, assistant managing director of Microsoft Research Asia, along with two researchers (Haixun Wang and Sergio Paolantonio), Tony Hey, corporate vice-president of Microsoft Research Connections, and Judith Bishop, director of Computer Science for Microsoft Research Connections, attended this workshop.
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) and Microsoft Research representatives meet at the annual workshop on February 25, 2011.
Tony Hey presented a distinguished lecture on “The Fourth Paradigm: Data-Intensive Scientific Discovery” to more than 350 attendees, including university executives, faculty members, and graduate students. Haixun Wang and Sergio Paolantonio also gave talks respectively on “Short Text Conceptualization Using a Knowledgebase” and “Design Thinking at MSRA: Fusing Research and Design.” Nine Korean professors who were previously awarded funding from this collaboration center presented their research work from 2009–2010 and discussed future research goals (dependent upon third-year award funding to continue the projects). Additionally, six professors presented new proposals for consideration.
