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THE KIAS Newsletter 2014 49

Quantum Universe Center (QUC) announced its

inauguration this year at the Inaugural Conference,

‘Quantum Challenge’, held from February 20 to 21 at

the 5th flr. Conference Hall. QUC aims to become a

research activity center for discovering and sharing

new insights on fundamental matters and forces,

condensed matter and emergent phenomena, quantum

information, and quantum inspired mathematics.

Prof. Kimyeong Lee, Director, with nine Professors in

the School of Physics and School of Computational

Sciences, have formed four research groups to conduct

joint studies in quantum information science, string

theory, elementary particles, and condensed matter

physics. The members hope such activities lead to

deeper understandings of Nature and new applications

in real life.

Korea hosted the International Congress of

Mathematicians in 2014, SEOUL ICM 2014. Held

from August 13 to 21, the event was attended by a

total of 5,217 participants from 122 countries, the

highest attendance in the history of ICM.

A total of four KIAS affiliates participated as invited

speakers at SEOUL ICM 2014. First of all, Prof.

Jun-Muk Hwang became the first Korean to be invited

as plenary lecturer at an ICM. Prof. Bumsing Kim,

Affiliate Prof. Ki-Ahm Lee (SNU), and KIAS Scholar

Prof. Keiji Oguiso (Osaka Univ.) were invited to give

sectional lectures.

KIAS Highlights in 2014

01Inauguration of Quantum UniverseCenter

02KIAS at Seoul ICM 2014

50 Korea Institute for Advanced Study

As a privileged research institute in the field, KIAS

also made major contributions to the success of

SEOUL ICM 2014. In the Executive Organizing

Committee, Prof. JongHae Keum and Prof. Jeong Han

Kim represented KIAS, each chairing the Organizing

Committee for Local Program and the Organizing

Committee for IMU General Assembly, respectively.

Additionally, KIAS hosted 10 satellite conferences

before, during and after the main conference and

offered travel grants and participation grants for

approximately 180 international mathematicians and

300 domestic mathematicians and graduate students

through ICM 2014 Invitation program “NANUM

2014”, ICWM 2014 “Together 2014” project and

KIAS Fellowship for Seoul ICM 2014.

The Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning

honored Prof. Jun-Muk Hwang (School of

Mathematics) with the Order of Science and

Technology Merit, Hyeoksin Medal, of 2014. The

Orders are awarded to those who have significantly

contributed to the progress of national science and

technology at the annual ceremony celebrating

Science Day (April 21) and Information and

Communication Day (April 22). Prof. Jun Muk

Hwang joined KIAS in 1999 and has also received the

Korea Science Award in 2001 and Hoam Prize in

2009 for his research achievements in the field of

Complex Geometry.

Prof. Kimyeong Lee of the School of Physics won the

Korea Best Scientist Award for 2014. Prof. Lee

received this presidential award at the opening

ceremony of Korea Science and Technology Annual

Meeting 2014. He was acknowledged for his academic

achievements on physics of M2 branes and M5 branes

in string/M theory as well as his efforts to create a

science-friendly environment for researchers, students,

and the general public. Staying true to the spirit of this

award, Prof. Lee gave his public talk, “View of the

World Through the Eyes of a Physicist”, to students

and researchers in the following October.

03Prof. Jun-Muk Hwang, Honored with theOrder of Science and Technology Merit

04Prof. Kimyeong Lee Wins Korea BestScientist Award 2014



On March 26, Prof. Bumsig Kim (School of

Mathematics) received the 2014 TJ Park Science

Prize in recognition of his works on the developments

of the quasimap theory in mirror symmetry: the

notion of quasimaps and their wall-crossing formula.

TJ Park Prize is a highly prestigious award sponsored

by POSCO foundation, awarded to those who has

made remarkable achievements in three fields:

science, education, and volunteering.

Prof. Jooyoung Lee's research team of Center for In

Silico Protein Science was invited to give three talks at

CASP11 (the 11th Community Wide Experiment on

the Critical Assessment of Techniques for Protein

Structure Prediction), held in December 2014.

Notably, Prof. Lee's team achieved the best protein

structure modeling in two categories, template-based

modeling and contact-assisted modeling. Also, the

invitation to the Prof. Lee's team marked as the first

one granted to an Asian team. Prof. Lee's team has

been participating in this bi-annual international

experiment since CASP7.

KIAS built new foundations for international

cooperation through bilateral agreements with

international institutions in China, India, USA and

Switzerland this year. These new alliances have been

forged with plans to organize joint conferences and

participate in joint research projects.

On January 17, KIAS signed an agreement with Tata

Institute for Fundamental Research of India. A

delegation from KIAS, including President JongHae

Keum and Prof. Jaewan Kim, visited TIFR Mumbai

campus and attended the joint signing ceremony at

Delhi. Presided over by the Ministry of Science, ICT

and Planning, the joint ceremony was held while the

President of Korea, Geun-hye Park, was visiting the

city. KIAS is planning to organize a joint academic

program with TIFR in November 2015.

Partnerships with two institutes affiliated to the

Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute for

07Bilateral Agreements with InternationalInstitutions

05Prof. Bumsig Kim, Winner of 2014 TJPark Science Prize

06Prof. Jooyoung Lee’s Team Gives 3Invited Talks at CASP11


Theoretical Physics (ITP) and Academy of

Mathematical and System Sciences (AMSS) were

forged in June. On June 3, a delegation including

President JongHae Keum visited ITP, CAS in Beijing

for a signing ceremony. The occasion was celebrated

by a series of seminars hosted by the Director of ITP,

AMSS President, where Vice President Kimyeong

Lee and Physics Chair Piljin Yi gave talks.

Approximately two weeks later on June 16, KIAS

signed a bilateral agreement with the Academy of

Mathematics and System Science, Chinese Academy

of Sciences (AMSS, CAS) at KIAS campus to

promote academic excellence through future

cooperation. KIAS-AMSS Joint Conference took

place on this same day. Co-organized by the two

presidents, faculty members from the two institutes

gave talks.

The demand for participation in international projects

and joint research activities in the fields of

astrophysics and cosmology, and high-energy physics

resulted in two more bilateral agreements. KIAS

signed a bilateral agreement with the Inter-University

Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics in June for the

usage of DOTIFS (Devasthal Optical Telescope

Integral Field Spectrograph) and exchange of

scientists. Another bilateral agreement with the Space

Sciences Laboratory in UC Berkeley was signed to

participate in the international research project aiming

to develop the Mid-scale Dark Energy Spectroscopic

Instrument (DESI).

A Korean translation of “The Princeton Companion to

Mathematics” was published to honor 2014 Korean

Year of Mathematics. KIAS President JongHae Keum

and 30 research fellows

from the School of

M a t h e m a t i c s

contributed to the

translation of the

Chapter 4, ‘Branches of

Mathematics’. The

Princeton Companion

to Mathematics is well

08Translation of “The Princeton Companionto Mathematics”



known for its extensive coverage of mathematics,

from essential concepts and tools to its history and

impact on other fields.

Sir Michael Victor Berry (Univ. of Bristol), the

celebrated mathematical physicist famous for the

Berry phase, was invited to Korea by KIAS and the

Korean Physical Society in April 2014. After giving a

seminar at KIAS on the 22nd April, he proceeded on

to Daejeon to give a plenary talk at KPS Spring

meeting. On the 25th, Sir Berry returned to KIAS to

give his public lecture on 'Making Light of

Mathematics.' In his lecture, Sir Berry described how

mathematics could be applied to explain the physics of

light. It was, as stated in the abstract of the talk, an

“intellectual but nontechnical, and strongly visual”

talk that inspired local high-school students and

college students.

09Sir Michael Berry Visits KIAS


Timeline of KIAS History

DecemberEstablishment of KIAS approved at the Board of Trustee’s Meeting.

Formation of KIAS Establishment Committee.

August Appointment of Prof. Efim I. Zelmanov ofUniversity of California at San Diego (1994Fields Medalist) as Distinguished Professorat School of Mathematics.

October KIAS established and inaugurated.

Appointment of Prof. Hyo Chul Myung of KAIST as Vice Presidentand Acting President.

November School of Mathematics and School of Physics wereestablished.

December Appointment of Prof. Chung WookKim of Johns Hopkins University asthe first President.

August Stephen Hawking’s visit to KIAS.

September School of Computational Sciencewas established.

July Re-appointment of Prof. Chung Wook Kim as the SecondPresident.

2006

2007

July Appointment of Prof. Hyo Chul Myung as thefourth President.

August ‘Bright Africa Mathematics Competition’sponsorship program launched.

November International Review of the School of ComputationalSciences by an external review committee of experts.

KIAS honored as the ‘Research Excellence Institution’ by the Ministry ofScience and Technology in recognition of its exemplary achievements inscientific research.

2010

July Appointment of Prof. Doochul Kim of Seoul NationalUniversity as the fifth President.

December Grand Opening of ‘Center for AdvancedComputation’.

2011

SeptemberAsian Institutes for Advanced Study Forum.

OctoberKIAS Advisory Board Meeting was held.

July Appointment of Prof. Mahn Won Kim ofKAIST as the third President.

January International Review of the School of Mathematics by anexternal review committee of experts.

May Introduction of the ‘KIAS Scholar Program’.

November International Review of the School of Physics by anexternal review committee of experts.

2009

January Introduction of ‘Open KIAS Program’.

2014

January Introduction of ‘Quantum Universe Center’

2012

August Inauguration Conference of Transdisciplinary ResearchProgram.

2013

January Introduction of ‘Center for Mathematical Challenges (CMC)’

September Appointment of Prof. JongHae Keum ofKIAS as the 6th President

October KIAS held its second KIAS Advisory BoardMeeting

August Appointment of Prof. Leonard Susskind ofStanford University (1998 Sakurai PrizeAwardee) as Distinguished Professor atSchool of Physics.

December KIAS President Chung Wook Kim was selected as afounding member of Science Initiative Group (SIG).

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