Samsung Electronics has selected 12 research support projects for 2021, including AI and semiconductor devices, and will provide approximately 15.2 billion won in research funding.

Samsung Electronics recently announced 12 research support projects for the 2021 'Samsung Future Technology Development Project' designated themes. A total of 15.21 billion won in research funding is scheduled to be provided for 12 projects.

Samsung Electronics selected 12 projects in a total of six fields as designated theme research support projects this year, including Advanced AI, Next-Generation Cryptographic Systems, B(Beyond) 5G & 6G, Robotics, Next-Generation Displays, and Semiconductor Devices and Processes.

Next-generation cryptographic systems and advanced AI were newly selected as the designated themes this time.

In the 'Advanced AI' field, a total of two projects were selected, including 'Circular Reasoning Artificial Intelligence - Self-Question Answering Based Automatic Medical Diagnosis Technology' by Professor Do-Sik Hwang of the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Yonsei University.

Professor Hwang's research team consists of three professors who majored in various fields such as electrical engineering, computer engineering, and medicine.

Professor Hwang plans to develop a deep learning model that repeats the process of AI generating questions and answers on its own by comprehensively utilizing various data such as CT, MRI, X-ray, and ultrasound used in disease diagnosis.

In the field of 'Next-Generation Cryptographic Systems,' the project 'Development of Core Technology for Multi-Party Approximation Cryptography' by Professor Yong-Su Song of the Department of Computer Science at Seoul National University was selected.

It is a technology that enables data analysis while maintaining the confidentiality of sensitive data stored in the cloud. Given the increasing importance of protecting rights regarding the use of personal data, if this project is successful, it is expected to be widely utilized in privacy-sensitive fields such as finance, healthcare, and education.

In the 'Robotics' field, the project 'Visual-Tactile Perception Technology for Manipulating Deformable Objects with Dynamic Center of Mass at a Human Level' by Professor Min-Gu Kim of the Department of Information and Communication Engineering at Inha University was selected.

This is a project aimed at developing technology that fuses visual and tactile information to enable robots to handle objects at a human level.

In the field of 'next-generation displays,' four projects were selected, including 'Research on Wavelength-Controllable Perovskite Nanocrystal-Based Pixel Array Chiral Laser' by Professor Su-Seok Choi of the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at POSTECH, which is part of light source technology for hologram implementation, and 'Development of Defect Imaging Technology for Inline Monitoring of Transistor Devices for Ultra-High Resolution PPI (Pixel Per Inch) Displays' by Professor Jeong-Beom Jeong of the Department of Physics and Semiconductor Science at Dongguk University.

Professor Jeong's research is expected to improve the production efficiency of display products in the future, as it enables the detection of defects during the manufacturing process without disassembling the product.

The 'Samsung Future Technology Development Project' is a public interest research support project implemented by Samsung Electronics since 2013 with a contribution of 1.5 trillion won, aiming to foster and support science and technology that will be responsible for the future of our country.

In the first and second halves of each year, projects to be supported are selected in the fields of basic science, materials, and ICT, respectively, and research is supported by designating future technology fields that are nationally necessary through the 'Designated Theme Project Call for Proposals' held once a year.

Samsung Electronics [announced] the research project this time Including this, a total of 886.5 billion won in research funds has been executed for 682 research projects to date, including 229 in basic science, 224 in materials science, and 229 in ICT.