Tag: Inha University

▲At the “College of Medicine Educational Cooperation Hospital Plaque Unveiling Ceremony” held at Baengnyeong Hospital on the 23rd, key participants including Sung Yong-Rak, Chairman of Jeongseok Inha Academy (first from the left), President Cho Myeong-Woo (second from the left), and Lee Du-Ik, Director of Baengnyeong Hospital (first from the right), are preparing for the unveiling ceremony

Inha University medical center is advancing its cooperation system for public healthcare and medical education specialization based in the island regions of Incheon.

On the 23rd, the medical center held the “Inha University College of Medicine Educational Cooperation Hospital Plaque Unveiling Ceremony” at Baengnyeong Hospital.

The event was attended by major figures from related institutions, including Sung Yong-Rak, Chairman of Jeongseok Inha Academy; President Cho Myeong-Woo; Lee Taek, Director of the Medical Center; Lee Du-Ik, Director of Baengnyeong Hospital; and Park Hye-Ryeon, Head of the Ongjin County Public Health Center.

Earlier this January, the university’s College of Medicine and Baengnyeong Hospital of the Incheon Medical Center signed an educational cooperation agreement. Considering Baengnyeong Island’s location at the northernmost point of the West Sea and the frequent cancellation of ferry services, both sides planned and carried out the plaque unveiling ceremony, medical staff meetings, and public health physician training in April to ensure smooth progress without disruption.

This event was organized to directly examine the cooperative relationship with Baengnyeong Hospital, the only secondary medical institution in the Five West Sea Islands, and to explore ways to further develop an integrated public healthcare model that connects education and medical treatment.

The plaque unveiling ceremony goes beyond the signing of an agreement, officially designating Baengnyeong Hospital as an educational cooperation hospital of the College of Medicine and declaring an ongoing partnership in education and clinical care.

Under the agreement, the College of Medicine will move forward with ▲regular clinical practice programs ▲joint development of community-based medical education courses ▲medical staff training and academic exchanges, establishing a field-oriented public healthcare education system.

Inha College of Medicine expects to use Baengnyeong Hospital as a regular clinical training site, allowing students to directly experience the medical environment of island regions, deepen their understanding of public healthcare, and contribute to fostering future talent that will lead regional healthcare.

In addition, the university plans to actively fulfill its social responsibility in healthcare in a way that aligns with Incheon’s geographical characteristics, including island regions, while promoting innovation in community-based medical education.

Inha university has already been actively operating specialized community-based medical education programs, including hospital ship training on the Geongang Ongjinho, clinical training at the Incheon Medical Center, and the “Silent Mentor” anatomy training program at Tzu Chi University, the first such program implemented by a medical school in Korea.

At the event, a demonstration of the “Smart Remote Video Consultation System” between Inha University Hospital and Baengnyeong Hospital was also conducted. Since February 2023, Inha University Hospital has established and operated a digital-based remote consultation system with Baengnyeong Hospital, supporting emergency and severe disease treatment for island residents.

After the event, Professor Mo Hui-Jeong of the Department of Neurology conducted training sessions for medical staff at Baengnyeong Hospital on strengthening stroke response capabilities and using the video consultation system. In addition, clinical support nurses visited Bukpo Elementary School to provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation training for faculty and staff.

Sung Yong-Rak, Chairman of Jeongseok Inha Academy, stated, “This designation of an educational cooperation hospital will become an important milestone in expanding the social values and spirit of regional coexistence pursued by our foundation to Baengnyeong Island, the northernmost point of the West Sea,” adding, “We will continue to pay close attention so that it can become an innovation hub presenting a new standard for public healthcare.”

President Cho Myeong-Woo stated, “We aim to lead innovation in community-based medical education, where students go beyond the classroom to directly experience and learn from the unique characteristics of real-world medical settings,” adding, “We hope this will become a valuable learning environment where students can deeply understand the value of public healthcare and grow into future healthcare leaders equipped with both humanity and professional expertise.”

Lee Taek, Director of the Medical Center, stated, “Cooperation with Baengnyeong Hospital represents an integrated public healthcare model that combines the smart remote consultation system with field-oriented education,” adding, “We will continue to advance medical systems that overcome geographical limitations, build a strong healthcare safety net, and complete a community-based public healthcare model.”

▲After the “College of Medicine Educational Cooperation Hospital Plaque Unveiling Ceremony” held at Baengnyeong Hospital on the 23rd, key participants are holding hands and taking a commemorative photo.

▲After the “College of Medicine Educational Cooperation Hospital Plaque Unveiling Ceremony” held at Baengnyeong Hospital on the 23rd, key participants are observing a demonstration of the “Smart Remote Video Consultation System,” which enables real-time communication between Inha University Hospital and Baengnyeong Hospital.

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A research team led by Professor Kang Ji-hoon from the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Inha University has developed a neuromorphic semiconductor-based interface technology capable of reading gaze intention in real time without optical devices.

Professor Kang Ji-hoon’s team achieved this outcome through international collaborative research with Jeonju University, the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Washington University in St. Louis, and the University of Virginia.

Gaze tracking is a key technology for extended reality (XR) and mobile healthcare. However, existing technologies face limits in wearable environments due to bulky optical devices and high power consumption. To address these issues, the team utilized a thin sensor attached to the skin that detects subtle electrical signals from eye movements, which AI then analyzes in real time.

By applying neuromorphic semiconductors that mimic the human brain, the team increased processing speed while significantly reducing power consumption. The system also performs computations directly on the device, enhancing personal data protection. This camera-free technology reduces the wearing burden and is expected to be applied in XR devices, assistive devices for people with disabilities, and mobile healthcare.

This research was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) and the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE). The joint study, involving teams from Jeonju University, KIST, Washington University in St. Louis, and the University of Virginia, was published in the latest online issue of ACS Nano, a prestigious journal published by the American Chemical Society (ACS).

Professor Kang Ji-hoon stated, “This research presents new possibilities for wearable AI interfaces and will serve as an important foundation for the advancement of human–computer interaction.”

▲Low-power, real-time interface technology based on neuromorphic computing

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▲Overall System Pipeline

The research team led by Professor Lee Woo-Gi from the Department of Industrial Engineering at Inha University, along with the Voice AI Research Institute, has developed an artificial intelligence technology capable of recognizing fingertip contact in real time using only standard camera footage.

This technology analyzes depth information and motion information in video simultaneously, enabling accurate recognition of contact even when hands move quickly or are partially occluded.

In particular, it can estimate three-dimensional information using only a standard camera without requiring a separate depth sensor, achieving high recognition performance while reducing costs compared to conventional equipment.

The research was jointly conducted by Professor Lee Woo-Gi’s team, Dr. Mukhiddin Toshpulatov, a visiting researcher at Inha university’s Voice AI Research Institute, and Professor Lee Su-An from Semyung University.

The research results were accepted at CVPR 2026, one of the world’s most prestigious conferences in artificial intelligence and computer vision, under the title “Real-Time Multimodal Fingertip Contact Detection via Depth and Motion Fusion.” Recently, CVPR has recorded an h5-index of 450, demonstrating a level of academic influence ranked second in the world, following Nature and surpassing Science, alongside the rapid advancement of the AI field.

Professor Lee Woo-Gi from the Department of Industrial Engineering stated, “It is significant that performance comparable to existing depth recognition sensors can be achieved using only a simple smartphone camera,” adding, “This technology has strong potential for applications in various fields such as medical simulation, music interfaces, and sign language recognition, and could also serve as a key technology for human-robot collaboration in future smart manufacturing environments.”

Meanwhile, Professor Lee Woo-Gi’s research team has been carrying out the national artificial intelligence core technology development project “XVoice” from 2022 to 2026 with support from the Ministry of Science and ICT, and the research is being conducted with support from the Institute for Information and Communications Technology Planning and Evaluation and the National Research Foundation of Korea.

▲Ablation Study Results

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▲MOU Signing Ceremony between the Inha University Climate Crisis Response Project Group and the Korea–Tajikistan Economic Exchange Association

The Inha University Climate Crisis Response Project Group has recently drawn attention by actively engaging in cooperation with regional institutions to promote internationalization projects and strengthen the linkage between high schools and universities.

The group recently held separate MOU signing ceremonies with the Korea–Tajikistan Economic Exchange Association, Ewon Medical Foundation, and Incheon Daegun High School.

Through these partnerships, it plans to promote international collaboration with the Korea–Tajikistan Economic Exchange Association and Ewon Medical Foundation, while working with Incheon Daegun High School to implement high school–university linked educational programs. These efforts aim to strengthen cooperation with the local community and invigorate the second phase of the project.

Since its establishment in 2019, the Korea–Tajikistan Economic Exchange Association has contributed significantly to economic exchanges between Korea and Tajikistan. Ewon Medical Foundation is the largest clinical testing and research institution in Korea. Together with the Inha University Climate Crisis Response Project Group, they will carry out various collaborative initiatives, including the development of international cooperation projects and programs supporting students’ overseas advancement and local education opportunities.

With Incheon Daegun High School, which celebrates its 80th anniversary this year, the group will implement an advanced program targeting 15 selected first-year students. Over the next three years, the program will include auditing courses in the climate crisis response convergence major and participating in joint club activities, thereby elevating existing high school–university linkage programs to a new level.

Since being selected in July 2023 as a participating university in the HUSS (Humanities Utmost Sharing System) Convergence Talent Development Project (Environment Consortium), supported by the Ministry of Education and the National Research Foundation of Korea, the group has focused on building a foundation for cultivating convergent talent in climate crisis response.

Key achievements include the establishment of advanced classrooms to support both curricular and extracurricular activities, the operation of a convergence major involving students from diverse departments, the development and implementation of specialized international field training programs, and the execution of various international collaboration projects with regions and countries worldwide, including GGC.

As it enters the second phase this year, the Inha University Climate Crisis Response Project Group is accelerating preparations for a new leap forward.

Plans include introducing new AI-related courses such as “AI and Social Change” and “AI in Climate Crisis Response,” expanding career pathways and global opportunities for undergraduate students in the convergence major, and establishing a new graduate-level Department of Climate Change Response. Additionally, a combined bachelor’s–master’s program will be introduced to foster professional researchers in the field.

Kim Jeong-ho, head of the Inha University Climate Crisis Response Project Group, stated, “Based on the achievements of the first phase, we will strive to cultivate outstanding convergent talent who will lead the future by enhancing the quality of the curriculum and strengthening collaboration with local and international communities during the second phase.”

▲Group Photo of the Climate Crisis Response Project Group and Ewon Medical Foundation

▲MOU Signing Ceremony between the Climate Crisis Response Project Group and Incheon Daegun High School

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Inha University’s Jungseok Library recently successfully held the opening ceremony of ‘AI CUBE (AI Convergence Bookshelf),’ which will serve as a hub for integrated academic services in the age of artificial intelligence, along with an AI roundtable discussion linked to the event.

AI CUBE is an AI-specialized convergence knowledge space designed to maximize the convenience of information exploration through one-stop curation of AI-related knowledge, and to contribute to the cultivation of creative, interdisciplinary talent by providing users with insights that transcend academic boundaries.

The event was attended by key Inha university officials, including Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs Baek Seong-hyun, Acting Student Council President Choi Su-han, and professors participating in the AI roundtable.

In the AI roundtable that followed, professors from various academic disciplines participated as panelists and engaged in multifaceted discussions on AI application cases and the resulting societal changes. In particular, 32 undergraduate and graduate students participated in the session, continuing an active Q&A discussion.

Acting Student Council President Choi Su-han stated, “As the role of AI continues to grow across all fields of study, it is important to learn how to use it properly and efficiently,” adding, “I expect this opportunity will help us better understand how to use AI effectively.”

Director of Jungseok Library Kim Young-soon remarked in her opening speech, “We organized this roundtable with the hope that students will become individuals who can cross the boundaries of academic disciplines.”

Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs Baek Seong-hyun encouraged students by saying, “The pace at which AI is transforming our lives is accelerating, and in this era of change, some students may feel lost or even fearful,” adding, “Through this roundtable, I hope students will gain insights from experts and find direction for their future lives.”

Starting with the opening of AI CUBE and this roundtable, Jungseok Library plans to continue providing platforms for interdisciplinary exchange and to expand its role as a hub for convergence knowledge.

▲Officials are cutting the ribbon at the AI CUBE opening ceremony.

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