Research and Entrepreneurship

AI and Digital Governance

Addressing the challenges of AI where the rapid pace of digital innovation has outstripped regulatory institutions and norms fundamentally altering the role of government and demanding a transformative new approach, one that leverages an international, diverse collective of experts.

Kyung Ryul Park
Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Science and Technology Policy, KAIST
Chair, AI & Society Committee, AI Institute, KAIST

S. Matthew Liao
Arthur Zitrin Professor of Bioethics, NYU School of Global Public Health
Director, Center for Bioethics, NYU
Affiliated Professor, Department of Philosophy, NYU Arts & Science

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Cyber Resiliency and Security in an AI-Enabled World

Using artificial intelligence (AI) for resiliency and cybersecurity while ensuring AI itself is resilient and secure.

Ramesh Karri
Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, NYU Tandon School of Engineering
Affiliated Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, NYU Tandon School of Engineering

Yongdae Kim (김용대)
Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, KAIST
Affiliated Professor, Graduate School of Information Security, KAIST
Head, Police Science and Technology Research Center, KAIST

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Digital Innovation for Cities and Climate Change

Addressing urban decarbonization in energy and transportation through scientific solutions that are technically robust, economically viable, and socially sustaining.

Maurizio Porfiri
Institute Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, NYU Tandon School of Engineering
Institute Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, NYU Tandon School of Engineering Lab
Director, Center for Urban Science and Progress, NYU Tandon School of Engineering

Yoonjin Yoon (윤윤진)
Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, KAIST
Principal Investigator, Deep Traffic, NRF Basic Research Lab
Lead, KAIST Urban Science Initiatives

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Inclusive Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Developing the tools and frameworks to push AI forward over the next 10 years and make work in the domain-inspired AI areas more efficient.

Julia Stoyanovich
Institute Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, NYU Tandon School of Engineering
Associate Professor of Data Science, NYU Center for Data Science
Director, NYU Center for Responsible AI (R/AI)

Steven Euijong Whang
Associate Professor, EE and Graduate School of AI, KAIST

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Intelligent Health Engineering

Monitoring health from the hospital to the home, with diverse, accessible technologies.

Andreas Hielscher
Professor and Chair, Department of Biomedical Engineering, NYU Tandon School of Engineering
Director, Clinical Biophotonics Laboratory (CBL), NYU Tandon School of Engineering

Su-Hyung Park (박수형)
Associate Professor, Graduate School of Medical Science and Engineering, KAIST
Director, KI Center for Epidemic Preparedness, KAIST

Intelligent Wireless Communications

Developing next-generation wireless networks to deliver pervasive, high-performance and secure communication to transform human connectivity and power applications in mixed and extended reality, robotics, transportation, telemedicine, and beyond.

Elza Erkip
Institute Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, NYU Tandon School of Engineering

Junil Choi (최준일)
(Named) Ewon Associate Professor, School of Electrical Engineering, KAIST

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Brain Science, Technology, and Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Advancing our understanding of the nervous system’s function in health and disease through basic science and developments in neurotechnology and neuro-AI.

Jaeseung Jeong (정재승)
Professor and Head, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, KAIST
Head, School of Transdisciplinary Studies, KAIST

J. Anthony Movshon
University Professor and Silver Professor,Center for Neural Science, NYU

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Next-Gen Robotics and Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Designing safe, autonomous, intelligent, and interactive robots to assist humans in complex or dangerous tasks.

David Hyunchul Shim (심현철)
Professor, School of Electrical Engineering, KAIST

Giuseppe Loianno
Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, NYU Tandon School of Engineering
Director, Agile Robotics and Perception Lab, NYU Tandon School of Engineering

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Next-Gen Semiconductor Devices and Chips

Advancing semiconductor technological developments through novel material use and leveraging the synergy of next gen devices and chip design to drive  innovation in energy, bio, quantum computing, systems software, AI, and communications.

SeongHwan Cho
Professor, School of Electrical Engineering, KAIST
Head, Department of Semiconductor System Engineering, KAIST

Davood Shahrjerdi
Associate Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering, NYU Tandon School of Engineering
Faculty Director of Nanofabrication Facility, Electrical & Computer Engineering, NYU Tandon School of Engineering

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Critical Disaster Studies

Learning more deeply, concretely, and democratically from disaster. This is an emergent interdisciplinary field that builds on insights from long-standing disciplines like disaster risk reduction, disaster medicine and public health, emergency management, and various engineering fields while seeking through a social scientific and humanistic lens to better understand and address the experiences and politics of people who are most at risk and to foster and contribute to their efforts to build more just, equal, and safe communities. 

Scott Gabriel Knowles
Professor, Graduate School of Science and Technology Policy, KAIST

Jacob Remes
Clinical Associate Professor, NYU Gallatin School of Individualized Studies

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Meta AI: Post-Metaverse Technology for MetaMuseum

Providing new experiences by applying the concept of the 'post-metaverse,' which can be utilized in real-time in real places, thus connecting people and places beyond the limitations of space and time. We plan to apply this concept initially to museums.

Woontack Woo (우운택)
Professor and Head, Graduate School of Metaverse, KAIST
Director, Post-Metaverse Research Center, KAIST

Qi Sun
Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, Center for Urban Science and Progress (CUSP), NYU Tandon School of Engineering

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Mobility AI

Integrating AI, human behavior modeling, and other emerging technologies in order to understand the complex interplay between urban structures and activities within the context of human and goods mobility and to inform the planning and operation of mobility systems for public health, safety, security, sustainability, and equity.

Inhi Kim (Chair)
Associate Professor, The Cho Chun Shik Graduate School of Mobiliy, KAIST

Joseph Chow (Chair)
Institute Associate Professor, Civil and Engineering, NYU Tandon School of Engineering
Deputy Director, C2SMART University Transportation Center, NYU Tandon School of Engineering