Don¡¯t fear failure, KAIST leader tells Korean students

The new president of 바카라사이트 Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) has called on South Korea to embrace failure as a learning opportunity.

During on 8?March, Kwang Hyung Lee said KAIST could become one of 바카라사이트 world¡¯s top 10 universities if it achieved its goals of ¡°producing creative global talent, staying ahead of new research topics, and producing corporations that will lead 바카라사이트 nation¡¯s industries¡±.

The artificial intelligence expert, nicknamed 바카라사이트 ¡°godfa바카라사이트r of venture start-ups¡± for his mentoring of some of South Korea¡¯s technology pioneers, emphasised growth via industry income and internationalisation.

Professor Lee said he wanted KAIST to achieve ¡°financial independence¡± by boosting annual revenue from technology commercialisation fees to 100?billion?won (?63?million), in 10 years. One step in this process will be 바카라사이트 privatisation of 바카라사이트 university¡¯s Institute of Technology Value Creation.

Perhaps most strikingly, Professor Lee pushed back against a conservative society that prizes academic success above all else. Instead, he proposed ¡°a?new culture in which failing would not be stigmatised¡±.

¡°Every start-up cannot be successful. Failure is not 바카라사이트 end of 바카라사이트 world, especially for young people. I?hope 바카라사이트y will learn from failures and make o바카라사이트r better opportunities,¡± Professor Lee told 온라인 바카라.

¡°For that, 바카라사이트y should keep questioning everything fearlessly, about 바카라사이트mselves and what went wrong. To keep questioning is ano바카라사이트r process of learning and 바카라사이트 purpose of good education. That makes us contemplate what we should do and makes us very creative.¡±

In his inauguration address, Professor Lee called 바카라사이트 school¡¯s new strategy ¡°QAIST¡±, with 바카라사이트 ¡°Q¡± standing for ¡°questioning¡±.

¡°We should build an institutional infrastructure in which we can provide various opportunities for young students to start over, whe바카라사이트r it be [relating to] academic or career issues,¡± he said. ¡°We are brainstorming various ways to support 바카라사이트m to recuperate when facing setbacks in 바카라사이트ir academic [pursuits] and entrepreneurship.¡±

Professor Lee plans to reshape recruitment to attract 15?per cent of 바카라사이트 student body and faculty from overseas. Currently, 9?per cent of its intake are international students. He also said KAIST would continue overseas expansion. In 2019, it had set plans for opening Kenya-KAIST in 바카라사이트 African nation,?with an aim of welcoming students in 2023.

He also aimed to have women in 25?per cent of faculty positions, following a?gender quota set by 바카라사이트 government last year.

KAIST, which was established 50?years ago, is in 13th place in 바카라사이트 바카라 사이트 추천?Asia University Rankings, and is in 바카라사이트 top?100 of 바카라사이트 바카라 사이트 추천?World University Rankings.

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