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Dr. Choong Seon Hong received a bachelor's degree in Electronic Engineering from Kyung Hee University in 1983, a master's degree in Computer Science from the same graduate school in 1985, and a doctorate in Information and Computer Science from Keio University in 1997. After working as a research director at the KT Communication Network Research Institute, he was appointed as a professor in the Department of Computer Engineering at Kyung Hee University in 1999. He also served as a visiting professor at the University of California, Irvine and the University of Houston, as well as vice dean of the graduate school, dean of information, dean of industry-academic co-operation foundation, and dean of research. As his academic activities, he served as the president of the Korean Institute of Information Scientists and Engineers (KIISE), the president of the Open Standards and ICT Association (OSIA), and the president of the Korea Federation of Information Technology Societies. Awards include the Gaheon Academic Award, the Academic Award from the Korea Information Processing Society, the IEEE ICC Best Paper Award, and the IEEE Communications Society Katherine Johnson Young Author Best Paper Award. He served as an editorial board member of IEEE Communications Magazine, IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management and a guest editor of IEEE Network, and is currently serving as an editorial board member of Future Internet and International Journal of Network Management and as chairman of the KOREN Research Cooperation Forum.
Main responsibilities
Develop and uphold values and tradition of Kyung Hee
Assist the President of Kyung Hee University
Establish and achieve Kyung Hee’s ideal talent and core competencies
Raising the level of excellence in education and research
- Nurture transformative, creative convergence talents
- Implement a future-oriented, advanced academic system
- Invite scholars and recruit excellent faculty
- Create an innovative system of research support for researchers and students
- Implement a future-oriented, advanced academic system
- Invite scholars and recruit excellent faculty
- Create an innovative system of research support for researchers and students
Expanding the presence of the University and academic promotion projects
- Set goals and implement development plans for the University including the Graduate School, departments, and subsidiary research facilities
- Foster and support excellent academic institutions associated with the University
- Inspect and maintain the academic performance of the University and the associated research arms
- Foster and support excellent academic institutions associated with the University
- Inspect and maintain the academic performance of the University and the associated research arms
Enhance communication, dynamism, and satisfaction of Kyung Hee community members
- Promote and support communication, participation, connective cooperation, and collaboration
- Promote members’ aspiration for self-development and support them to empower themselves
- Operate through means of competent committees and meetings
- Accommodate members’ opinions and build consensus
- Promote members’ aspiration for self-development and support them to empower themselves
- Operate through means of competent committees and meetings
- Accommodate members’ opinions and build consensus
Assess departmental competency including qualitative evaluation
Any other matter of pertinence to the duties above