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Congratulatory Remarks
Message
from Dr. Chan-Mo Park, President, POSTECH
Dear President Ryu and Members
of KOCSEA, Distinguished Scholars, Ladies and
Gentlemen!
It is a great honor and
pleasure for me to present this congratulatory remark on the occasion of
KOCSEA Technical Symposium 2006. Although I regret very much that I am
unable to attend the symposium in person my heartfelt congratulations and
best wishes are with the symposium and those who are participating. Also,
it is my sincere hope that this symposium will set a corner stone for
further development of KOCSEA so that KOCSEA will organize an
international conference in near future.
As you all know we live in an
era of globalization. Although there are political borders among the
nations, there are no national borders in science & technology. We,
the scientists & engineers should strive together to promote advances
in science & technology for the betterment of human beings in the
world. To achieve this goal it is very important to have international
collaborations.
Congratulations once again and
best wishes for a successful and fruitful symposium.
Sincerely
Yours,
Chan-Mo Park
President,
POSTECH
Pohang,
Korea
Message
from Symposium Chair
Dr.
Kyung Dong Ryu’s Message
Dear Symposium Participants,
Speakers, KOCSEA Members, and Friends:
Welcome to the KOCSEA
Technical Symposium 2006 in Tempe, located in the heart of the
beautiful Grand
Canyon State.
It is my great honor to
organize this major event for Korean computer scientists, engineers, and
researchers in US. Although we had a joint workshop in the past with KISS
(Korean Information Science Society) during 1990 – 1995, all hosted
in Korea, this is the first time to have the symposium in US, in this
scale, with this much enthusiasm. I believe this event will increase the
momentum of KOCSEA activities.
This symposium invites about
30 prominent CSE researchers as speakers and panelists from all over the
US and
Korea. They will present the
state-of-the-art in various fields of computer science (5 technical
sessions) and discuss important issues to foster professional
collaborations among KOCSEA members and opportunities for joint research
between US and Korea (2 panel sessions).
Therefore, I believe, this symposium will certainly go far beyond
networking among members, to creating real opportunities for joint
research and exchange of scholarly ideas, among leading IT industries and
research labs in both the countries.
Looking forward, KOCSEA is
planning to reach out further to its members. One of first such efforts is
the establishment of a scholarship in memory of late Prof. Moon-Jung
Chung. This will be awarded to selected student members annually, starting
this year.
Creating this long-awaited
symposium required tremendous efforts from many people. Our technical
program co-chairs, Dr. Kang-Won Lee and Prof. Lawrence Chung, put enormous
amount of time and energy to set up the high quality program. The advisory
co-chairs, Dr. Se June Hong and Prof. Kane Kim, were the main contributors
in bringing high profile speakers. Dr. Jong-Deok Choi and Prof. Sang Hyuk
Son, as panel co-chairs, organized the panel sessions that are of great
interest to the symposium particpants. Our local arrangement co-chairs,
Prof. Joohyung Lee and Prof. Bongki Moon, worked hard to host this
symposium in this wonderful venue. The hard work of other organizing
members were also critical to make this event possible. I am grateful to
KUSCO, the symposium co-organizer, who also funded this symposium. I also
appreciate the support from the symposium sponsors, KSEA and Samsung
Electronics.
I hope you all enjoy the
KOCSEA Technical Symposium 2006 and will attend for years to
come.
Your participation is what
makes all of this happen.
KOCSEA Technical Symposium
2006 General Chair
Kyung Dong Ryu,
Ph.D.
IBM T.J. Watson Research
Center, NY,
USA
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