Korea Institute for Advanced Study
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The Korea Institute for Advanced Study (KIAS; Template:Korean) is an advanced research institute in South Korea. It is located on a Template:Convert campus in Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul.<ref>Contact,"Visitor Information, KIAS"[1] Template:Webarchive, KIAS,2012.</ref>
KIAS was founded in 1996, aiming to become a world leading research institute where international elite scholars gather and dedicate to fundamental research in basic sciences.<ref>Mission Statement,"About KIAS, KIAS"[2] Template:Webarchive, KIAS,2012.</ref> Currently, there are three schools in the institute: mathematics, physics, and computational sciences. As of 2016, the institute has 3 distinguished professors, 26 professors, and 133 research fellows.<ref>About the Institute,"About KIAS, KIAS"[3] Template:Webarchive, KIAS,2016.</ref>
As its name suggests, the institute was modeled after the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, USA. KIAS is funded by the government and is a subordinate institute of KAIST.<ref name=kaiskaist>고등과학원 설립 및 운영계획 수립을 위한 조사 연구, 1996(최종보고서), 과학기술처, 국회전자도서관 DB 자료Template:Dead link Template:In lang</ref>
Presidents
- 1st and 2nd: Kim Chung Wook
- 3rd: Kim Mahn Won
- 4th: Myung Hyo Chul (Template:Lang)
- 5th: Kim Doochul
- 6th: Keum Jonghae
- 7th: Lee Yong-hee
- 8th: Choe Jaigyoung
- 9th: Noh Tae-won<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
See also
References
External links
- Template:Official website (English and Korean)