About Yonsei University

Since January 2018, Mr. Ban, along with former President of Austria Mr. Heinz Fischer, has been inducted as Co-Chairs of the Ban Ki-moon Centre for Global Citizens in Vienna, Austria. Mr. Ban Ki-moon has also been elected as Chairman of IOC Ethics Committee in September 2017. Currently, he is also Distinguished Chair Professor and Honorary Chairman at the Institute for Global Engagement and Empowerment at Yonsei University in Seoul, Korea. Prior to such appointments, Mr. Ban had served two consecutive terms as Secretary General of the United Nations (2007-2016). Throughout his tenure at the UN, Mr. Ban sought to be a bridge builder, to give voice to the world’s poorest and most vulnerable, and to make the Organization itself more transparent and effective. He pressed successfully for action to combat climate change, an effort that culminated in the adoption and rapid entry into force of the landmark Paris Agreement in 2016.

Chan-Byoung Chae is an Underwood Distinguished Professor at Yonsei University, Korea, and a Visiting Professor at UC San Diego. He has held positions at Stanford University and Bell Labs. His research focuses on wireless mobile networks and molecular communications. He has received numerous awards, including the Ministry of Education Award (2024), CES Innovation Award (2023), and IEEE Fellow recognition. Dr. Chae has also served as Editor-in-Chief of IEEE journals and contributed to wireless communication standards during his time at Samsung Electronics.

Chung-in Moon is a political science professor at Yonsei University and Editor-in-Chief of *Global Asia*. He has served in key roles, including Director of the Kim Dae-jung Presidential Library, Dean of Yonsei’s Graduate School of International Studies, and Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Northeast Asian Cooperation Initiative. He has held academic positions at Williams College, Duke University, and Keio University, and has published over 40 books and 230 articles. His awards include the Public Policy Scholar Award and the Pacific Leadership Fellowship. Moon is a leading expert on Northeast Asian politics and diplomacy.

Dae Ryun Chang is a Marketing Professor at Yonsei School of Business. He holds a Doctorate from Harvard, an MBA from Columbia, and a BCom from the University of British Columbia. He has taught at institutions worldwide and focuses on brand management, B2B marketing, and corporate social responsibility. He is a published researcher and the author of *Mastering Noon Nopi: The Art & Science of Marketing in Asia*. Chang also blogs for Harvard Business Review and has directed two short films.

Prof. Daesik Hong received the prestigious Haedong Award from the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea (IEEK) and was named an Underwood/Avison Distinguished Professor at Yonsei University. These honors recognize his academic excellence, including 49 SCI papers and 94 patents in the last five years. The Haedong Award is given annually to individuals who contribute significantly to electronic engineering in Korea. The Underwood/Avison program honors top professors at Yonsei with an endowed chair and a three-year subsidy for their outstanding work.

Doowon Lee is a professor at Yonsei University's School of Economics and Director of the Institute of Continuing Education for the Future. He earned his Ph.D. in economics from Northwestern University and has held various academic and administrative roles, including visiting professor at UC San Diego and chair of Yonsei’s School of Economics. Lee has published over 60 papers and contributed 190 columns to major newspapers. His research focuses on international and development economics, and he received the Market Economy Award for Media Contribution in 2011.

Hyun Mee Kim is a professor of Cultural Anthropology at Yonsei University, specializing in the political economy of gender, migration, globalization, and feminist cultural theories. Her research focuses on diverse migrant groups in South Korea, including marriage migrants and asylum seekers. She has authored several works, including *Cultural Translation in a Global Era* and *We Always Leave Home*. Kim has served as a committee member for the National Human Rights Commission of Korea and is active in the Forum on Human Rights for Migrant Women.

Hyun-Han Shin is a finance professor at Yonsei School of Business, known for his high academic standards and dedication to students. He has served as an Outside Director and Committee member for major Korean conglomerates and government organizations. Recognized as YSB's Outstanding Teacher of the Year in 2012, he began his academic career at the University of Oregon and later taught at Cal Poly and SUNY Buffalo before joining Yonsei in 2002. His research focuses on corporate governance, innovation, and CEO turnover in state-owned enterprises, earning him numerous research awards.

Jang-Ung Park achieved his Ph.D. from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) in 2009. After that, he went on to work as Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard University. He worked as an Associate Professor in School of Materials Science and Engineering at UNIST (2010-2018). He is now an Associate Professor in Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Yonsei University. His current research is focused on transparent and wearable electronics.

Dr. Jong-Moon Chung is a professor at Yonsei University's School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. He earned his B.S. and M.S. from Yonsei and a Ph.D. from Pennsylvania State University. Previously, he served as a professor at Oklahoma State University, where he directed the OCLNB and ACSEL labs. His research covers smartphone design, IoT, AR, SDN, mobile communications, and networking technologies. He has received numerous awards, including the ROK DAPA Director’s Award and the Regents Distinguished Research Award. Dr. Chung is a senior IEEE member and co-editor of multiple academic journals.

Joon Heo is a professor at the department of civil and environmental engineering, and the director of Open and Smart Education (OSE) Center, which was formed in 2014 and in charge of MOOC production, Yonsei Learning Management System (YSCEC), and other educational issues. He also served as an associate director of Yonsei Enterprise Support (YES) Foundation from 2009 to 2017, which is in charge of incubating and accelerating start-ups at Yonsei University. He obtained his B.S. in the Department of Civil Engineering (Urban Engineering Major) from the Seoul National University in 1993, and his M.S. and Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1997 and 2001 respectively. In 2000, he joined a start-up company, Forest One Inc., a value-added geospatial information provider and IT consulting company, located in Evanston, IL. For the following five years, he leaded technology developments as CTO and provided technical services to Fortune 500 companies. He joined the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Yonsei University in 2005 as a faculty member and has taught Geographic Information System (GIS), photogrammetry, and remote sensing. His areas of research interests include (1) spatial data production and analytics with specific domain expertise of infrastructure operation and management; (2) spatial data science with applications of transportation, health, business, military, and education; (3) image processing and remote sensing for natural resource management and construction. He has published over 100 refereed journal papers (over 50 SCI-listed), and over 150 conference papers.

Kwang Soon Kim earned his B.S., M.S.E., and Ph.D. in electrical engineering from KAIST. He was a Post-Doctoral Researcher at UC San Diego and worked at the Electronics and Telecommunication Research Institute before joining Yonsei University in 2004. His research includes signal processing, communication theory, and 5G technologies. He has served as Editor-in-Chief of the *Journal of KICS* and has been an editor for several other journals. Kim has received multiple awards, including the IEEE Jack Neubauer Memorial Award and the LG R&D Award.

Kyu Hyoung Lee is an associate professor at Yonsei University with a Ph.D. in ceramic engineering from Yonsei. He completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Nagoya University and has been a project leader at the Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology since 2010. His research focuses on functional inorganic materials, including thermoelectric materials, electrodes, and electronic oxides.

Min Song is an Underwood Distinguished Professor in the Department of Library and Information Science at Yonsei University. Previously, he was an Associate Professor at New Jersey Institute of Technology, focusing on knowledge discovery from large natural language datasets. His research interests include biomedical text mining, social media mining, and informetrics, and he has published over 150 journal and conference papers.

Saeyeul Park is an Assistant Professor of Finance at Yonsei School of Business. He received his doctorate in finance at the University of Georgia. He has taught various courses in finance, including Financial Management, Financial Modeling, Corporate Finance, and International Finance, at both undergraduate and graduate levels. His research interests lie in corporate diversification, economic networks among firms, and CEO compensation.

Sang Mee Han is a professor at Yonsei University's Korean Language Institute. Since 1989, she has taught Korean language and culture to international students. She holds a Ph.D. in Korean Language and Literature from Yonsei. Han has been involved in various leadership roles at the Institute of Language Research and Education and is the lead author of several key textbooks, including *Yonsei Korean in 3 Weeks* series. Her research focuses on pragmatic errors in Korean language learning, cultural education, and online education. She is a board member of major Korean education societies and serves as vice president of the Korean Society of Bilingualism.

Seong-Lyun Kim is a Professor at Yonsei University's School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, where he leads the Radio Resource Management & Optimization Laboratory (RAMO) and the Center for Flexible Radio (CFR+). He has previously served as an Assistant Professor at KTH Royal Institute of Technology and as a Visiting Professor at Helsinki University of Technology and KTH Center for Wireless Systems. Kim has been an editorial board member for several journals and was a leading guest editor for IEEE Wireless Communications and IEEE Network. His research focuses on radio resource management, information theory in wireless networks, and robotic networks.

Seung Hae Kang has been an associate professor at Yonsei University's Graduate School of Education since 2007, specializing in Korean Education as a Foreign Language. She teaches courses on Korean language education, teaching methods, and class management. Kang has over eight years of experience as a senior lecturer at Yonsei's Korean Language Institute, including a stint as director of the Yonsei Language Institute in Los Angeles. She earned her BA, MA, and Ed.D. in Education from Yonsei University and has also taught at the University of Sheffield and Seoul National University. Her research focuses on Korean language education trends, curriculum development, and teacher training programs.

Hong-Gyoo Sohn is a full professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Yonsei University. He previously worked as a senior research associate on NASA's Radarsat Antarctic Mapping Project, earning the NASA Group Achievement Award. His expertise includes GIS and remote sensing for natural disaster modeling and damage identification. Sohn collaborates with local governments, international organizations like UNISDR and UNESCAP, and contributes to disaster risk reduction efforts, including the Sendai Framework. He co-authored *Disaster Risk Management in the Republic of Korea* (2017).

Song-Kuk Kim is an Associate Professor at Yonsei University in South Korea. He teaches courses in English, including Wireless Communications for Everybody.

Dr. Sunmee Choi is a Professor of Service Management at Yonsei University's School of Business, specializing in service operations, revenue, and experience management. Before joining Yonsei in 2005, she taught at Pennsylvania State University and was a visiting professor at Cornell University's School of Hotel Administration. She has also taught revenue management at IMHI-ESSEC Business School in Paris for 14 years. Dr. Choi holds an M.S. and Ph.D. from Cornell University and has extensive industry experience, including roles as Director of Hotel Revenue Management at priceline.com and management positions at Hyatt, Hampton Inn, and Sheraton.

Theodore Jun Yoo is an Associate Professor in the Department of Korean Language and Literature at Yonsei University. He previously taught history at the University of Hawaii at Manoa and is a Ph.D. graduate from The University of Chicago. His research focuses on modern Korean literature, history, and culture. He authored *The Politics of Gender in Colonial Korea* (2014) and *It's Madness: The Politics of Mental Health in Colonial Korea* (2016) and is working on a new book titled *The Two Koreas: Two Nations in the Modern World*.

Dr. Soo-Young Kwon is a Professor of Pastoral Theology and Director of the Center for Counseling & Coaching Services at Yonsei University. He has served as President of the Korean Association of Christian Counseling & Psychology since 2016 and is also President of the Korean Association of Couple & Family Counseling. An ordained United Methodist pastor, his research focuses on theology, psychology, multicultural counseling, and spiritually integrated psychotherapy. He has authored over 20 books and received multiple teaching awards from Yonsei University.