KIEES

Dear members of the Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science,

In the new year of 2022, I hope that health and happiness will always be with you, and that your wishes come true. Founded in 1989, the KIEES (Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science) is celebrating its 33rd anniversary this year. KIEES currently has more than 10,000 members and 18 specialized research groups. It has issued SCIE international academic journal (JEES), Korean Journal papers (registered journals), and ‘Electromagnetic Technology journals,. It has established itself as one of the four major academic organizations in the communication technology field.

Starting with the Korea Electromagnetic Environment Technology Council, our society has created an inflection point for continuous growth through various exchanges with industries, research institutes, and government ministries. The growth and development that our society has achieved over the past 30 years have been made possible through the combined passion and efforts of all members and resources within related organizations. I also promise to do my best to develop our society and create an inflection point from which it can grow. For this year’s focus project, we will carry out the following four tasks.

First, we will run an independent international academic conference at the Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science to strengthen its global status. To this end, the 1st 2022 International Symposium on Advanced Electromagnetic Engineering and Science (ISAEES 2022) will be held in Pyeongchang on February 9th~10th in parallel with the Winter Comprehensive Academic Competition. Following the entry of the 2020 JEES English Journal SCIE, the 1st ISAEES 2022 International Conference will be an important opportunity to strengthen its global status in electromagnetic academia. Through activities at the international conference, we will communicate with the world’s top experts to identify new technological changes early, induce pre-existing responses from domestic industries to become internationally competitive, increase overseas thesis contributions, and develop the JEES English Journal into SCI journals.

Second, we will further strengthen the defense and space sectors from the perspective of electromagnetic waves. Among the 18 professional research groups of our society, the Radar Research Association and the Information and Electronics Research Association are representative research groups that have contributed to the growth of the defense industry over the past 20 years. The news of the export of the Korean interceptor “Cheongung II” to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has aroused infinite pride among its members and serves a good example of a virtuous cycle of industry-academic development to create high-quality jobs in the defense industry through industrial activities. We will help further develop these defense industries through industry-academia research groups.

In addition, the space and satellite fields are areas that our society must pioneer for the survival of future generations from the perspective of electromagnetic waves. Currently, competition outside the Earth is becoming a reality from Space-X’s low-orbit communication satellite and, for example, the UAE’s successful exploration of Mars in February last year. The UAE government wanted a big change so that complacent young people could face a challenge, and it set up a Mars space exploration plan for the future and looked at Mars in connection with future economics and future challenges.

The impact of the success of Mars exploration has changed the way Emiratis think. Universities and schools began to introduce new science programs, and students majoring in international relations and management began to change their majors to science. As such, I think this change in the challenge made by the UAE, a later runner than Korea, must occur in Korean academia.

Space-X, Blue Origin, and Virgin Galactic are currently operating as low-orbit space tourism businesses, but ultimately, they are just the beginning of space travel to Mars with milestones set for human migration to Mars in the near future. The UAE has also participated in this industry, and although it is a later runner and a smaller country than Korea, it has established and established strategic roadmaps well.

Our society must actively respond to these space new technologies, and I think our society must challenge the space and satellite field from the perspective of electromagnetic waves.

In the upcoming 6G mobile communication era, the realization of a three-dimensional network that connects space Internet satellites and ground communication networks through low-orbit cluster satellites will provide Internet across the Earth from the ground to the sky. Amazon and OneWeb are participating, and Space-X, the leader, is already providing limited services, so Korea also needs to quickly respond, and the 6G low-orbit cluster satellite project is a good area for our society to contribute from an electromagnetic perspective.

To look forward to a generation and to systematically prepare for the space and satellite fields from the electromagnetic wave point of view, our society has also expanded the inherent technological power of our experts and members at international academic conferences, related research workshops, and winter & summer conferences. I am trying to broaden that horizon.

Third, it is important to cultivate undergraduate human resources, the future of the society. The “Human Resources Reinforcement Project” in 1992 and 2002 have contributed greatly to the development of undergraduate human resources, and we will continue to consult with related committees.

Currently, the radio wave human resources development is operated as a radio wave research center (RRC) to effectively promote securing original technology and fostering high-quality master’s and doctorate-level talent. The Radio Research Center, which has the advantage of long-term support and autonomous research by participating members, is very well aligned with the development of high-quality talent in universities. We will continue to discuss ways to alleviate the imbalance in the supply and demand of human resources development between regions.

To effectively cope with the strong demands for human resources in domestic radio wave communication, 6G satellite communication, defense, and space, the latest technological lectures, lectures by prominent professors and the visualized educational media sources can be shared at the Metaverse Center using metaverse technology to release restrictions on time and space. If the Metaverse Center is provided to industry-university research members, it can be an effective way that can narrow the technological gap with advanced countries and provide an edge in a short period of time. We will continue to consult with the committee to achieve these educational projects.

A fellowship system was established in 2016 for those who contributed greatly to our fourth society, and we will appoint a fellow from this year. Their experience and knowledge are a great help to societal development when interacting with the dynamic young juniors of our society. If those who contribute greatly are cut off from society after retirement age, it will be a great loss for the state, so they should continue to do so at the academic level.

We genuinely hope that members of our society will continue to show outstanding ability in education and research and grow into leaders, and that all of us will help great entrepreneurs grow together with the society.

We sincerely ask for your continued interest, participation, and cooperation for our society to grow as an internationally advanced society. The KIEES will do its best to create hope and bring new vitality in our post-COVID-19 world.
I hope you and your families will be healthy and thrive in your institution.

Best Regards,

President of the Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science, January 2022 Seong-Ook Park