Six undergraduate students from the Mathematical Sciences Department, KAIST, won prizes as a result of participation in the 2018 Simon Marias Mathematics Competition (SMMC). Launched in 2017, the SMMC is an annual international competition that aims to encourage creative mathematical […]
The POSCO TJ Park Foundation, a non-profit organization established by a South Korean steelmaking company to foster science, education, philanthropy, and technology, announced 32 POSCO Science Fellows 2019 on October 25, 2018. Ji, Hong-Chang, a Ph.D. student, has been chosen […]
The Korean Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (KSIAM) announced Professor Kwak, Do Young as the winner of this year’s academic achievement award during its annual fall conference on November 2-4th in Jeju Island. Co-sponsored by the Geumgok Academy and […]
Professor Hyungryul Baik has won the Sangsan Prize for Young Mathematicians 2018 from the Korea Mathematical Society (KMS). The award is bestowed on outstanding researchers who have completed a Ph.D. within the past five years. The KMS noted that Professor […]
A new “Choi Seok-jeong Seminar Room” is open at the room 1401 of the E6-1 building. Choi Seok-jung Seminar Room is established to honor the scientific spirit of Choi Seok-jung (1646-1715), a top government official and a mathematician of the […]
On August 31, the ‘Graduate Student Day’ event was held. A total of 55 attendees, consisting of graduate students, professors, postdoctoral researchers, and staff members, visited the Gongju Gyeryongsan Pottery Village and Gapsa temple. After lunch, our new professor, Prof. […]
Donghwan Kim joined the Department of Mathematical Sciences, KAIST, as an assistant professor as of August 16, 2018. He received Ph.D. from the University of Michigan in 2014. He is interested in Continuous Optimization, Convex Optimization, and Applications of […]
Department Head Yongnam Lee and Director of Graduate Studies Sang-il Oum awarded ten doctoral students for best teaching assistants during spring 2018 semester. The recipients are: Name Undergraduate Courses Taught Woo-Young Jin Calculus I Soo-Yong Park Calculus I Seung-Hoon Lee […]
Five students claimed the title of the best problem-solvers in the spring semester’s math competition. Since 2008, KAIST’s Mathematical Sciences Department (MSD) has hosted on its website a Problem of the Week during the fall and spring semesters of each […]
The Korean Mathematical Society (KMS) held its 2018 Spring Meeting on April 20-22 at Kyung Hee University in Seoul. During the conference, recipients of the education achievement award, best paper award, and best doctoral dissertation award were announced and […]
