• 한국산업융합학회 논문집
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• 제22권5호
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• pp.475-481
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• 2019

The paradigm of convergence R&D is shifting from the convergence of technologies to the convergence of solutions to solve the complex problems of scientific and social development. On the other hand, it is prevalent that there is a lack of convergence in our research field. Although Korea has invested heavily in fusion research and development, Korea has mainly focused on the application and development of technology, so failed to plan convergence R&D in line with the new paradigm. Therefore, in this study, we searched for convergence R&D area that is being done to solve social problems, and tried to make use of data-driven objective methods. For this purpose, we used the investment information of global R&D projects that had no retrospective properties and derived the convergence R&D area related to coastal flooding.

• 한국산업융합학회 논문집
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• 제23권4_2호
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• pp.683-691
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• 2020

In the era of super-aged societies, research and development (R&D) projects related to aging are very important agenda for establishing the direction of future R&D planning and technological competitiveness in the country. In order to respond promptly to this agenda, it is essential to establish a national-level convergence R&D policy. In this study, we utilized the global R&D funding project data from major nations (US, Europe, Japan), and then standardized them with the same fields. To analyze the current status of global R&D related to aging, we performed cluster analysis based on the co-occurrence matrix to explore convergence R&D areas in the US, Europe, and Japan related to aging. In addition, comparative analysis by country suggested that different points on the interdisciplinary area and the convergence of aging-related R&D by each country. These results provide fundamental understandings for the status of convergence in aging-related global R&D, the current technology trends, and establish the direction and strategy of R&D policy.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제39권4호
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• pp.467-479
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• 2017

This study examines how the characteristics of cooperative research and development (R&D) projects in the public domain impact information and communication technology (ICT) convergence. Based on the analysis of 416 cooperative R&D projects under the ICT-based industry convergence R&D program in Korea, the study finds that the characteristics of cooperative R&D projects significantly impact ICT convergence. Moreover, the participation of public research institutes and universities is critical for ICT convergence compared with that of firms. However, in firm-to-firm cooperation, the participation of small and medium enterprises contributes to cross-sectional convergence, while the participation of large firms leads to overall and longitudinal convergence. R&D inputs such as the number of partners and government subsidies exhibit an inverted U-shaped relationship (negative quadratic effect) with technology convergence. Project duration and homogeneous partners are also critical factors for ICT convergence. The results indicate several implications and guidelines on how to effectively organize cooperative R&D projects to facilitate technology convergence.

• Journal of Information Technology Applications and Management
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.65-96
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• 2014

To have global competitiveness in newly growing industry, good quality R&D's in convergence technology arerequired. Korean government also started to emphasize the importance of convergence technology as a new engine of growth for the future development. Since 2008, worldwide energy crisis and concerns on low carbon green growth made people focus on the convergence between information technology (IT) and energy technology (ET). However, the R&D performance comparison among the convergence technologies is not well explored so far. Therefore, this study uses Korea's patent citation database to measure the R&D performance of convergence technologies. We adopt technology development cycle, technology spillover analysis, and technology diffusion analysis to see the knowledge flow from R&D industry to others. We find that IT_ET convergence technology generally shows higher R&D performance than other convergence technologies. Contrary to public belief, convergence R&D by big companies has relatively low performance especially measures in technology spillover and technology diffusion. This implies that they might concentrate on delicate Fuel Cell Energy/Environment Technology (FEIT) or Nano Environment/Energy Information Technology (NEIT) rather than general energy information technologies. We also find that Korea's chemical industry may play a crucial role for the growth of other convergence technologies.

• 한국산업융합학회 논문집
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• 제25권2_2호
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• pp.219-232
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• 2022

The aim of this study is to provide the dynamic convergence index that reflected the inherent characteristics of the convergence phenomenon and utilized the nationally-funded R&D projects data, thereby suggesting useful information about the direction of the national convergence R&D strategy. The dynamic convergence index that we suggested was made of two indicators: persistency and diversity. From a time-series perspective, the persistency index, which measures the degree of continuous convergence of multidisciplinary nationally-funded R&D projects, and the diversity index, which measures the degree of binding with heterogeneous research areas. We conducted the empirical experiment with 151,248 convergence R&D projects during the 2015~2021 time period. The results showed that convergence R&D projects in both public health and life sciences appeared the highest degree of persistency. It was presumed that the degree of persistency has increased again due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Meanwhile, the degree of diversity has risen with combining with disciplinary such as materials, chemical engineering, and brain science areas to solve social problems including mental health, depression, and aging. This study not only provides implications for improving the concept and definition of dynamic convergence in terms of persistency and diversity for national convergence R&D strategy but also presented dynamic convergence index and analysis methods that can be practically applied for directing public R&D programs.

• 기술혁신학회지
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.572-603
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• 2016

본 연구는 일반적인 현상으로서의 표준정책을 과학기술 연구를 수행하는 과학자들의 입장에서 이해하고, 과학자들의 인식 및 행태 속에 투영 된 표준정책을 질적으로 탐구한다. (1) 융합 R&D 부문에서 표준정책의 방향성과 (2) 그러한 표준화 방향성을 위해 정부의 역할과 융합 R&D 연구자들의 역할을 탐색하였다. 15명의 융합 R&D 과학자들과의 인터뷰 분석 결과, 융합 R&D에서의 표준화는 분명 일반 R&D에서의 그것과는 차이가 있었고, 융합 R&D현장에서의 표준화 고민이 복합적이고 다양하다는 점을 엿볼 수 있었다. 융합 R&D와 표준의 관계에서 융합기술결과에 대한 낮은 예측가능성으로 인해, 기술의 경쟁력 및 객관성을 확보하기 위하여 R&D를 일정기간 수행한 다음, 기술의 표준화 업무가 진행되는 것이 일반적인 융합 R&D와 표준의 관계로 해석해 볼 수 있었다. 우리나라의 국가표준정책이 취해야 할 정책 방향성은 "민간(시장) 주도의 표준 리드"로 압축된다. 정부는 공공부문에 대한 것은 정부 주도의 표준화를 진행하고 민간 부문에 대한 것은 최대한 민간 자율에 맡겨 자연스럽게 글로벌 표준을 선도하도록 환경을 조성해 주는 것이 필요하다. 이렇듯, 국가표준정책에서 정부의 역할은 "조력자"의 역할로 요약된다.

• Journal of Information Technology Applications and Management
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.59-73
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• 2020

There is a growing interest in convergence. National R & D is also providing various policies and institutional support to promote convergence research. Convergence research, however, does not clearly specify its characteristics at the academic and government levels. This research proceeds with the process of collecting, refining, analyzing, modeling, verifying and visualizing national R & D data through the National Science and Technology Information Service (NTIS). The method is to derive the convergence research characteristics and to derive through text mining, focusing on the unstructured information of national R & D project data. The study confirmed that there was a difference in perception between the definition of converged research and the research site. In order to improve this, the research suggested that convergence among research subjects, collaboration among research topics reflecting various backgrounds and characteristics of researchers, and analysis of characteristics of convergence research using information were suggested in the process of establishing convergence policy.

• 한국융합학회논문지
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• 제6권5호
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• pp.99-106
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• 2015

본 연구에서는 최근 융합산업으로 급부상되고 있는 산업을 중심으로 제도개선 및 융합R&D지원 측면에서 융합산업의 시장경쟁력을 강화시킬 수 있는 지원 방안들을 도출하고자 한다. 연구는 융합산업 이슈분석, 융합산업 경쟁력 강화 방향성 설정, 방향성 기반의 경쟁력 강화 방안 도출 순으로 진행되었다. 융합산업을 시기에 따라 도입, 확산, 발전 단계로 구분하였으며, 지원방안으로 전문가 참여형 융합R&D, 개방형 융합R&D, 맞춤형 융합R&D, 시장 진입 제도개선, 공공구매 지원방안을 제시하였다. 이는 융합신제품 및 서비스의 시장 진입 애로점을 해결하고 융합 역량강화 및 경쟁우위 확보하여 융합신시장 진입 유도, 시장 정착 안정화, 고부가가치를 창출하는데 그 목적이 있다.

• 한국멀티미디어학회논문지
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• 제21권12호
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• pp.1459-1466
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• 2018

Robots which detect human and recognize action are important factors for human interaction, and many researches have been conducted. Recently, deep learning technology has developed and learning based robot's technology is a major research area. These studies require a database to learn and evaluate for intelligent human perception. In this paper, we propose a multi-modal sensor-based image database condition considering the security task by analyzing the image database to detect the person in the outdoor environment and to recognize the behavior during the running of the robot.

• 대한산업공학회지
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• 제41권3호
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• pp.305-323
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• 2015

Since various R&D projects about technology convergence was conducted by the government of Korea, the lack of liaisons among the projects has been accepted as serious issues related on the duplicated funding. In this article, we propose a research framework to analyze the relationship among national R&D projects about technology convergence. In detail, the projects have been sorted and categorized with the data collected from National Science and Technology Information Service (NTIS) in order to analyze the current state of national R&D projects. The linkages among projects are then established using the results of analysis on national R&D projects. Finally, the relationship maps have been developed. It is expected that the result could be applied to identify the relations among projects and handle problems on the duplicated funding.