Professor Junil Choi of our School of Electrical Engineering has been awarded the 6th Next-Generation Scientist Award (IT field), co-hosted by the Korean Academy of Science and Technology (KAST) and the Korean Association of University Presidents, and sponsored by the S-OIL Science and Culture Foundation.
The Korean Academy of Science and Technology (https://kast.or.kr) has been running the S-OIL Awards program since 2011 with support from the S-OIL Science and Culture Foundation. This initiative identifies and recognizes young scientists in the fields of basic science and engineering to foster them as key contributors to national science and technology in the 21st century.
The S-OIL Next-Generation Scientist Award is presented to researchers aged 45 or younger. Candidates are evaluated based on their top 10 representative research papers published over the last 10 years, excluding those from their doctoral studies or postdoctoral periods.
Professor Junil Choi received the award on December 5, 2024, in recognition of his outstanding research in communication systems leveraging machine learning and his contributions to 6G wireless communication systems.
The School of Electrical Engineering at KAIST has demonstrated remarkable consistency, with Professors Hyun-Joo Lee (2022), Jae-Woong Jeong (2023), and now Junil Choi (2024) receiving the Next-Generation Scientist Award in the IT field for three consecutive years.
