[Research] Graduate School of Convergence Security Track, Building Cyber Security Alliance
- College of Software and Engineering
- Hit1184
- 2020-09-23
Sungkyunkwan University Graduate School of Convergence Security Track,
Building Cyber Security Alliance with 14 Universities Around the World
Sungkyunkwan University Graduate School of Convergence Security Track aims to train convergence security experts in digital healthcare.
Professor Hyung-kee Choi said, "We will lead the field of medical health convergence security with the objective of Creative N.E.X.T.”
Sungkyunkwan University, which boasts a 622-year history, is drawing a vision to become a global leading university through this year's "VISION2020+”. It aims to become a global hub university for knowledge and talent networks that will secure the best reputation domestically and internationally by creating world-class education and research achievements. As part of this, Sungkyunkwan University plans to promote "research and talent training in the cyber security field" more systematically and professionally, as SKKU was selected as the "Convergence Security Core Talent Training Project" in April 2020.
Sungkyunkwan University Graduate School of Convergence Security Track is preparing for the 2021 freshman year and curriculum that will foster convergence security professionals in the "digital health field”.
We have formed the best teaching staffs for digital healthcare convergence security lectures, research and practice. Details are as below.
- Seven full-time professors who specialized in security such as software security, embedded vulnerability analysis, user-centered security, and artificial intelligence security
- Three full-time digital healthcare information security professors
- Two industry-academic cooperation professors will be in charge of industry-academic cooperation
The head professor Hyung-kee Choi said “The global biohealth industry, which was worth 1.9 trillion won in 2015, is expected to grow even more by 3.23 trillion won in 2025, and the digital healthcare sector will be driven as a major industry.” He also explained about digital healthcare field by saying “As seen in the ongoing COVID-19 situation, the untact and on-tack environment are now not an option. The smarting of the medical and health sectors will further be accelerated in addition to the needs of the era of rapid progress in the fourth industrial revolution or aging population.”
In addition, Prof. Hyung-kee Choi emphasized that all medical health devices or devices linked to services expanding on top of the 5G connection will eventually face unprecedented security challenges, and the IT infrastructure of medical institutions and homes will desperately need security technologies to protect sensitive medical data. He added, "In order to cultivate professional technologies and talents that will solve security difficulties in the field of critical digital healthcare, SKKU will cooperate with 25 corporations including Cisco and Ahnlab, 14 international universities including Stanford and USC, and 3 research institutes, and medical institutions. Additionally, SKKU will run industrial activities, co-research, and talent exchanges.”
Sungkyunkwan University Graduate School of Convergence Security Track, which selects a total of 15 students through regular and occasional recruitment, will operate as a curriculum that reflects the on-site demand of 25 consortia, and plans to cultivate talented people who will lead the medical health convergence security field with the educational goal of "Creative N.E.X.T."
In particular, Sungkyunkwan University's Graduate School of Convergence Security Track aims to foster experts in 'Convergence Security Technology Development' so that it aims to improve development capabilities that interpret security needs in digital healthcare domains and develop optimal convergence security technologies to solve problems, rather than simply combining different elements. Moreover, practical education regarding information security will be provided so that they can act as convergence security experts not only in digital healthcare domains but also in other domains.
"The Graduate School of Convergence Security Track at Sungkyunkwan University has established Cyber Security Alliance with 14 foreign universities to have a global platform that allows them to research and exchange lectures, and has differentiated strengths that no other graduate school can compete, including collaboration with on-campus graduate schools such as AI, Interaction Science, and Big Data graduate schools, and cooperation with the Samsung Hospital and medical schools."
In particular, Professor Hyung-kee Choi emphasized that in line with the era of the 4th Industrial Revolution and the aging population, increasingly smart medical devices are facing unprecedented security problems due to services expanded based on 5G, and thus the IT infrastructure of medical institutions is in dire need of security technologies to protect sensitive data and safety. For this reason, it is necessary to develop core security source technologies in the "un-act" era that can meet the needs of industries that urgently need convergence security and open them with a sense of security. And this is the path for Sungkyunkwan University Graduate School of Convergence Security Track.
"We're getting our first freshman year of 2021. To this end, we are gathering the capabilities of our professors in preparation for the selection and development of outstanding freshmen. In addition, we will continue to develop into a graduate school that grows after the completion of the Graduate School of Convergence Security Track Project.”