Governance

Board, advisory council and industry partner

The board and the academic advisors hold doctorates from KAIST. Around them sits an external advisory council covering law and intellectual property, medicine, public finance, AI platforms and large-corporate practice, together with an industry partner with whom the institute publishes joint research.

Board of Directors

KAIST Ph.D.

  • Prof. Donghoon LeePh.D., KAIST · Bucheon University
  • Jinwoo Park, Ph.D.Ph.D., KAIST · co-founder, RTM
  • Dalwoo Nam, Ph.D.Ph.D., KAIST · Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance
  • Jonghyun Hong, Ph.D.Ph.D., KAIST · Korea Institute for Defense Analyses (KIDA)
  • Prof. Sangsun ParkPh.D., KAIST · Sungkonghoe University
  • Name withheld

Academic Advisors

KAIST Ph.D.

Legal & IP Counsel

External

  • Eunhee ParkKorea University · attorney at law, Naeil Law Office, Busan
  • Euiyeon HanSeoul National University · patent attorney, Lee & Ko IP & Technology
  • Name withheld

Medical Advisors

External

Public Finance Advisors

External

  • Younggu Kim, Honorary ChairmanYonsei University · affiliation withheld
  • Name withheld

AI Platform Advisors

External

  • Kihyung Lee, Team LeaderKAIST · Kakao
  • Hyungseok Choi, Ph.D.Ph.D., KAIST · Impact AI
  • Name withheld

Corporate Advisors

External

  • Donghyun KimSeoul National University · Hanwha Solutions · Human Resources
  • Name withheld

Industry Partner

Heesoo Jung, CEO

Joint research partner in AI-driven information security · RealSecu Co., Ltd.

An information security company based in Busan, supplying zero-trust email security that verifies the sending server to block spoofed and forged mail (certified by the National Intelligence Service, designated an excellent product by the Public Procurement Service, eleven registered patents). Four joint papers have been published with the institute to date, and the collaboration is now extending to AI-based threat detection and anomaly analysis and to defences against phishing and impersonation that exploit generative AI.

Deoksoo Ko, CEO

Partner in early-stage investment and commercialisation · founding member, Sunbo Angel Partners

An accelerator investing in early-stage technology ventures and an operator of TIPS, the Korean government's Tech Incubator Program for Startup. The collaboration with the institute covers commercialisation pathways for research outputs and the link between early-stage technology ventures and investment and public funding.