• Journal of Korea Technology Innovation Society
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• v.7 no.3
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• pp.581-606
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• 2004

Korean Innovation Systems are in transition from catch-up regime to post catch-up regime. This paper tries to analyse the change of scientific and technological practices in the public sector of Korea Innovation Systems. This paper focus on the way public sector scientific and technological practices are regulated and contribute to private sector. It is argued that self-governing practice of public S&T community is being enhanced and the requests of private sector for the public sector's contribution through research activity are reinforced in emerging post catch-up regime.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2020.06a
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• pp.372-372
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• 2020

사회가 다원화되고 발달하면서 생활환경과 행동양식에 따라 홍수 등의 수난(水難) 으로 인한 피해 정도와 양상은 크게 달라질 수 있으나, 수난으로 인한 체감 가능한 피해의 정도와 규모는 예측이 어려운 현실이다. 그리고, 최근 인터넷과 소셜 네트워크 서비스(SNS)의 급진적 발달은 재난 관리에 대중적 지식을 수집하여 활용하도록 촉진하고 있고, 이로 인해 재난 상황에서 '대중적인 정보가 기술자에 의해 어떻게 얼마나 신중하게 고려되어야 하는지와 어떻게 과학적으로 해석해야하는지'가 핵심 쟁점으로 부상하고 있다. 본 연구에서는 최근 널리 사용되는 인공지능 및 딥러닝 기법을 조사 분석하였다. 분석을 통해 수문 예측 분야에서 이러한 기술이 적용된 사례와 신기술을 조망해 보고 기존 기술이 인공지능 및 딥러닝 기법의 적용으로 대체 가능한 정도를 가늠해 보았다.

• Journal of the Korean Professional Engineers Association
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• v.37 no.2
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• pp.34-36
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• 2004

우리나라의 과학기술은 지난 40여년간 국가 산업발전에 발맞춰 고도성장을 효과적으로 뒷받침, '60-'70년대 모방$.$학습단계 '80년도 내재화단계를 거쳐 '90년대이후 신기술 개발경쟁에 뛰어드는 혁신단계로 진입, 장기간의 과감한 투자로 과학기술역량이 급신장, 연구개발비 '67년 48억\$\longrightarrow$'02년 17조 3,251억원(세계 6위), 연구원수 '68년 5,024명 \$\longrightarrow$'02년 18만 9,888명(세계 9위), 미국내 특허출원 10년간 평균증가율 32%(OECD 국가중 1위) SCI 논문게재수 5년간 평균증가율 15%(세계4위), 그러나 선진국과 비교할 때 양적$.$질적으로 미흡, '02년을 기준으로, 연구개발투자는 미국의 1/20, 일본의 1/10, 독일의 1/3수준에 불과, '01년 기준 상위 20개 기업의 연구개발비 총액은 50억불 정도로, Ford(74억불), GM(62억불)보다 적음, 인구 천명당 연구원 수 (2,98명)도 주요국에 비해 부족 일본 7.07명, 러시아 6.98명, 독일 5.90명, 대만 4.77('01년, IMD), 특히 신성장산업의 창출과 산업의 고도화에 직결되는 핵심원천기술이 취약, SCI 게재논문수는 세계 14위이나, 논문의 질적 수준을 나타내는 피인용도는 세계 31위('02년), 10대 성장동력 10대 산업과 관련되는 핵심기술의 평균 기술수준은 최고 대비 69.8%, 기술격차는 4.2년 - 디지털 TV/방송산업 74.9%/기술격차 3.1년, - 바이오 신약/장기 산업 61.2% 수준, 과학기술 및 과학기술자에 대한 사회적 인식이 낮음, 이공계 출신의 사회 각 분야 지도층 진출비율이 매우 낮음(16대 국회의원 8%, 3급이상 국가공무원중 기술직 비율 17.1% 등), - 민간의 경우, 10대 기업 임원의 53%가 이공계 출신, 100대 기업 CEO의 38.4%가 이공계 출신, 대입수능시험에서 자연계 지원비율이 감소 -40.1%('99)\$\longrightarrow$34.7%('00)\$\longrightarrow$29.4%('01)\$\longrightarrow$26.9%('02)\$\longrightarrow$30.3%('03)\$\longrightarrow$31.5%\$\longrightarrow$'04)

• Journal of Technology Innovation
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• v.8 no.1
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• pp.95-123
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• 2000

The main purpose of this study is to investigate the Korean adults' impressions of the SET(scientist-engineer-technician). The concept of impression is assumed to reflect our significant view of an object better than that of image. That is, the basic assumption is that we tend to behave toward an object, based on its impression which is conceived to be "significant." In September 1999, a national survey for 1,161 sampled adults was conducted to find the Korean general public's impressions of the SET. In addition, a sample of 206 SET persons were surveyed for comparison. Our major finding is that the Korean public has such a good impression that the SET contributes to advanced technology development and human well-being, is very smart and professional, and conducts research and experiment. Many other relevant things such as sources of impression and evaluations of SET professions were also surveyed. Finally, some policy-related implications based on survey results were presented at the end.t the end.

• Journal of Science and Technology Studies
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• v.14 no.2
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• pp.1-48
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• 2014

Recently, governance of science and technology emerged as one of most important social problems and as a result it is crucial to understand it in science and technology studies. This article discusses three most important realms in science and technology goverance - research and development, regulation, and social movement - in the concrete Korean contexts. First of all, the Korean state has driven research and development and promoted its commercialization unlike other developed countries. Consequently, this nationalistic view on science disseminated to Korean public and it generated uniformity in research style and organization. Second, science and technology regulations embraced developed countries' policies, leading to its glocalization. As a result, technocratic old governance and new governance including precautionary principle and participatory democracy coexist. Third, the civil society has challenged expertise and state-driven science and technology governance and fueled social movements related to environment, safety, and health issues. The politics of knowledge created by citizens' voluntary participation and collaborative experts made it clear that science and technology should be no longer tool for economic development. In conclusion, we discuss characteristics of science and technology governance in Korea, giving various implication on current research and policy.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 1986.10a
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• pp.514-517
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• 1986

계속적인 경제개발 정책으로 인한 전반적인 국민생활수준의 향상은 기술자의 노동임금을 상승시키고, 고급기술자의 부족을 초래하게 되었다. 또한 자국의 원자재를 보호하려는 세계적인 움직임은 원자재의 값을 상승시켜서, 생산가공 공정에서 원자재를 절약 하여야만 하게 되었다. 위와 같은 경제적, 사회적 제인자는 생산공정의 자동화를 요구하게 되었다. 자동화가 실현되면, 위에 열거한 제문제들의 해결은 물론, 제품의 품질의 고급화및 균일화, 제품의 재고를 줄일수 있고, 또한 작업자의 안전도 증가시킬 수 있다. 위와 같은 제 이유로 인하여 자동화의 개념은 대기업은 물론 중소기업에서도 제품의 경쟁적 강화를 위하여 폭넓게 이용되고 있다. 이러한 시대적 요청에 부응하고, 많은 기계공학교육 담당자들에 의하여 제의되어 온 기계공학교육 방법의 개선의 일환으로서, 본 고에서는 한국과학기술대학에서 1986년도 1학기 부터 개설되어 온 '자동화 기초' 교과목에 대하여 소개하고자 한다.

• 전기의세계
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• v.39 no.4
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• pp.10-18
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• 1990

우리나라 전기전자공학과는 완전히 분리되어 있고 그 외에도 제어계측공학과, 전산기공학과, 전자통신공학과 등으로 분리되어 있으나 선진국에서는 하나의 학과로 되어 있다. 그리고 우리나라의 교과과정은 졸업에 필요한 과목수가 지나치게 많아서 한과목을 깊게 공부하는대산 여러과목을 훑어보는 식으로 운용되어 왔다. 전공과목수가 9개(실제로는 미분방정식과 졸업논문을 제외하면 7개) 밖에 안된다고 해서 M.I.T.의 전기전자공학 교육이 우리나라보다 못하다고 말 할 수는 없다. MIT의 교과과정이 오늘과 같이 된데에는 오랜 연구와 경험이 필요하였다. 즉 기술 과목만을 많이 가르쳐서 졸업시키면 졸업생의 대부분이 인문사회 출신 사장 아래에서 기술자 역할밖에 못한다는 것을 알았던 것이다. 2차 대전 당시 레이다를 포함한 각종 신형전자장비를 개발한 것은 공대출신보다는 물리학과 수학과 출신의 역할이 컸던 것이다. 특히, SPUTNIK이 1957년에 발사된 이후 미국의 공대들은 과학과목에 큰 비중을 두게 되었던 것이다. 최근에는 그 반작용으로 설계과목에 비중을 두기 시작하였다. 졸업후 2-3년 지나면 별로 쓸모없는 과목들을 많이 가르치는 것보다는 기초적인 과목만을 충실하게 가르치는 것이 훨씬 좋다고 본다.

• Journal of Science and Technology Studies
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• v.1 no.2 s.2
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• pp.371-398
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• 2001

Sciences and technologies are the sources which have formed presently highly developed civilizations and cultures and have enhanced the quality of human lives. But we see the dark sides of them as well as the bright sides, and we have the consciousness of environmental crisis and destruction of lives caused by them. Thus were are criticisms against human-tropism or technology-tropism from nature-tropism or deep ecology. However, if people would continue to have the desire of enjoying the present quality of their lives, they should try to develop and improve pro-environmental technologies. In this vein, we have the necessity of making environmental decisions and solving environmental problems by information technologies. Since the second half of the last century, 'environment' is the key word because we have the consciousness of environment strongly. As we solve human problems by making decisions of actions, we must face with environmental decisions in order to solve our environmental problems. If we have the better understanding of the nature of information and the role of information technology, and the relation of information technology and decision-making, we are able to design environmental systems and implement their optimal interfaces of environmental components. For this purpose, we are obliged to combine several useful technologies including GIS, DSS, Knowledge-based system and artificial neural networks. Therefore the developments and cooperations of these fields in environmental decision making enables us to live in the better and comfortable surrounding in the near future.

• Journal of Science and Technology Studies
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• v.18 no.1
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• pp.177-217
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• 2018

This study examines the case of living lab applied in the R&D initiatives for solving societal problems and challenges. It discusses how to use the living lab in national R&D projects. The analyzed cases are 'Develop portable fundus camera for eye disease screening test to resolve health inequalities' and 'Auto-sensing integrated system development in rural pedestrian crosswalk'. As a result of the analysis, both cases were designed as a user participatory R&D structure by utilizing living lab. In other words, living lab has operated as a system that evolves technology-products-services into an infrastructure. It can realize final demand specification, product, service improvement and demonstration through continuous interaction of end users. As a result of the case analysis, the following policy tasks can be derived. First, living lab is a new concept and it is in the early stage of implementation in Korea. Therefore, it is necessary to monitor and evaluate living lab experiments and build suitable models for Korean society by sharing cases and achievements. Second, the strategic niche management are necessary for the introduction of living lab. Third, living lab can be used as a tool to transform the existing technology acquisition centered innovation policy to the policy for customer needs and problem solving. Fourth, there is a need for flexibility and adaptability in strategy and system to correct errors that appear in the living lab processes.

• Journal of Science and Technology Studies
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• v.19 no.3
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• pp.247-289
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• 2019

By examining the experiences of three social economy organizations who participated in the social problem-solving R&D projects, we discuss the conditions which may encourage the participation of civil society in national R&D programs in South Korea. By calling for the inclusion of social economy organizations along with the living-lab, the social problem-solving R&D projects introduced a new type of civic participation in the national R&D programs. It is the requirement in the RFP of the social problem-solving R&D which led PIs to inviting social economy organizations into their projects. But the invites occurred rather abruptly and accidently without adequate mutual understanding between scientific experts and social economy organizations. While helping social economy organizations participate in R&D processes, this form of institutional arrangement also led them into a position in subordination to scientific experts. Social economy organizations were supposed to coordinate the living lab in the social problem-solving R&D projects which they felt familiar as an extension of what they have been doing. In contrast, they felt administrative work such as accounts following complicate administrative rules as the most unfamiliar challenge. The difference in their emphases between scientific experts and social economy organizations was also evident. Social economy organizations viewed that, while they and ordinary people are primarily interested in a practical use of the developed products or services, scientific experts tend to focus on research and development. Not only did such difference produce a friction in the R&D processes but also it had social economy organizations view the R&D projects they participated in as unsuccessful. Nevertheless, all these experiences provided a great opportunity for the social economy organizations for learning and growing as a new actor in the national R&D.