• 한국정보교육학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2021.08a
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• pp.77-84
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• 2021

The purpose of this study is to propose AI maker coding education as a way to improve computational thinking(CT), which is an essential competence for problem-solving capability in modern society, and to analyze the effectiveness of this education on improving CT in elementary school students. For the research, 5 students from 4th graders and 5 students from 6th graders were recruited, and AI maker coding education was planned in 8 sessions to form classes from basic block coding and maker education to real-life problem solving. To analyze the effectiveness of AI maker coding education, pre- and post-CT examinations were performed. The test results confirmed that AI maker coding education had a significant effect on "abstraction", "algorithm", and "data processing" in the five CT components, and confirmed that there was no correlation in "problem resolution" and "automation". Overall, the average score of all students increased, and the deviation between students decreased, confirming that AI maker coding education was effective in improving CT.

• Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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• v.25 no.5
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• pp.695-702
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• 2022

In this paper, we propose the method of a table structure recognition in various table types for document processing automation. A table with items surrounded by ruled lines are analyzed by detecting horizontal and vertical lines for recognizing the table structure. In case of a table with items separated by spaces, the table structure are recognized by analyzing the arrangement of row items. After recognizing the table structure, the areas of the table items are input into OCR engine and the character recognition result output to a text file in a structured format such as CSV or JSON. In simulation results, the average accuracy of table item recognition is about 94%.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information Security & Cryptology
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• v.33 no.6
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• pp.975-987
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• 2023

With the advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies, the provision of data-driven AI services that enable automation and intelligence is increasing across industries, raising concerns about the AI security risks that may arise from the use of AI. Accordingly, Foreign countries recognize the need and importance of AI regulation and are focusing on developing related policies and regulations. This movement is also happening in Korea, and AI regulations have not been specified, so it is necessary to compare and analyze existing policy proposals or guidelines to derive common factors and identify complementary points, and discuss the direction of domestic AI regulation. In this paper, we investigate AI security risks that may arise in the AI life cycle and derive six points to be considered in establishing domestic AI regulations through analysis of each risk. Based on this, we analyze AI policy proposals and recommendations in Korea and validate additional issues. In addition, based on a review of the main content of AI laws in the US and EU and the analysis of this paper, we propose measures to improve domestic guidelines and policies in the field of AI.

• ETRI Journal
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• v.42 no.4
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• pp.505-517
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• 2020

The increasing size and complexity of deep neural networks (DNNs) necessitate the development of efficient high-performance accelerators. An efficient memory structure and operating scheme provide an intuitive solution for high-performance accelerators along with dataflow control. Furthermore, the processing of various neural networks (NNs) requires a flexible memory architecture, programmable control scheme, and automated optimizations. We first propose an efficient architecture with flexibility while operating at a high frequency despite the large memory and PE-array sizes. We then improve the efficiency and usability of our architecture by automating the optimization algorithm. The experimental results show that the architecture increases the data reuse; a diagonal write path improves the performance by 1.44× on average across a wide range of NNs. The automated optimizations significantly enhance the performance from 3.8× to 14.79× and further provide usability. Therefore, automating the optimization as well as designing an efficient architecture is critical to realizing high-performance DNN accelerators.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2022.11a
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• pp.869-871
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• 2022

현재 사회적 문제로 잘못된 자원 재활용 방법 및 경비 노동자 근로 환경 개선 필요성이 지속해서 대두되고 있으며, 최근 발생한 코로나바이러스로 인하여 배달 음식의 수요가 증가하여 각 가정에서 배출되는 쓰레기의 양이 매우 증가하였다. 이러한 사회적 문제를 효율적으로 대처하기 위하여 본 논문에서는 분리수거가 가능한 사물을 인식하여 AI 모듈로 객체 정보를 전송하고 전송된 정보에 따라 적절한 분리수거를 수행하는 스마트 분리수거 자동화 시스템을 개발하였다. 본 연구에서는 잘못된 객체 정보 전송을 최소화하고, 객체 인식률의 정확도를 높이기 위하여 많은 종류의 Custom dataset을 Yolo_Mark, Scaling Annoter Tool을 이용하여 직접 라벨링 하였으며 K-means Clustering 알고리즘을 적용하여 더욱 정확한 분리수거 자동화 시스템을 구현하였다. 본 연구를 바탕으로 불필요한 자원과 인력 낭비를 줄일 수 있으며, 인간이 아닌 시스템에 의해 통제되므로 더욱 정확한 분리수거가 가능하다.

• Journal of the FoodService Safety
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• v.4 no.2
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• pp.42-47
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• 2023

The FoodTech industry has been developed with the rise of start-up by using AI, big data, robotics, biotechnology. In addition, sustainable development is more important with the trend of population growth, aging, and climate change. We investigated the impact of FoodTech on the foodservice industry with the cases of the global and domestic companies. The technology of AI, IoT, blockchain, robotics, automation systems are widely used to improve food safety and hygiene while as the use of diagnostic biomarkers such as blood or DNA, digital platform and app, and AI-based solutions are used in the field of personalized nutrition. With the expand of FoodTech in foodservice industry, the competencies that the managers need to develop include understanding technology, resource management, self-development, work ethics, problem-solving, and communication, therefore the support of the related education and training is required.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Building Construction Conference
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• 2023.11a
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• pp.17-18
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• 2023

This study aims to compare the hardness value development characteristics according to the water-cement ratio during a series of experiments to develop a setting estimator for an AI-based concrete finishing automation system. For the test variables, water-cement ratios are varied with 30, 40 and 50%. Proctor penetration test and surface hardness test by setting time estimator are conducted to estimate the setting time. For the effect of water-cement ratios, they did not affect the surface hardness either, while initial set time and final set time are not constant with water-cement ratios.

• Journal of Convergence for Information Technology
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• v.9 no.7
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• pp.8-13
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• 2019

Recently, In line with the recent trend of the fourth industrial revolution, many companies and institutions have been increasingly applying automated technologies using artificial intelligence to various tasks. Particularly, due to the government's 52-hour workweek system, companies are increasingly struggling with manpower management. Therefore, they are interested in RPA (Robotic Process Automation) for office environment automation for efficient manpower management. It is being introduced in the back-office business in credit card companies, bank, insurance. These RPA solutions require AI-based recognition technology, scripting technology, business software API-related technologies, and various solutions such as Automate One, Automation Anywhere, UiPath, and Blue Prism are provided. This paper analyzes and describes the technology of RPA solution, the market trend, and the efficiency of RPA adoption.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.25 no.3
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• pp.471-477
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• 2021

In the field of display, a smart factory means more efficient display manufacturing using AI/BIG DATA technology not only for job automation, but also for existing process management, moving facilities, process abnormalities, and defect classification. In the past, when defects appeared in the display manufacturing process, the classification of defects and coping with process abnormalities were different, a lot of time was consumed for this. However, in the field of display manufacturing, advanced process equipment must be used, and it can be said that the competitiveness of the display manufacturing industry is to quickly identify the cause of defects and increase the yield. In this paper, we will summarize the cases in which smart factory AI/BIG DATA technology is applied to domestic display manufacturing, and analyze what advantages can be derived compared to existing methods. This information can be used as prior knowledge for improved smart factory development in the field of display manufacturing using AI/BIG DATA.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2022.05a
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• pp.532-534
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• 2022

At a time when the 5G era is advancing beyond commercialization, places that used to handle simple logistics warehouse tasks are transforming into smart logistics warehouses by combining IT convergence technology and platforms. Smart logistics warehouses can accurately predict demand and inventory of products with AI, deep learning, and robot technologies based on 5G, and provide information on warehousing and warehousing status in real time. As the e-commerce market grows, the smart logistics sector is also growing rapidly. This paper implements a smart logistics warehouse system and studies and proposes a method of establishing a fast and accurate logistics system by utilizing 5G-based Logistics Automation Robot.