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Korea University startups will receive the Innovation Awards at the ‘CES (Consumer Electronics Show) 2025’, an international consumer electronics show held in Las Vegas in January 2025.
CES, organized by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA), is the world's largest electronics and IT trade show. The CES Innovation Awards are given to cutting-edge technologies and products that lead the world in innovation, considering factors such as technology, design, and originality. The awards are often referred to as "the highest honor at CES."
Winning products are granted the right to use the CES Innovation Award logo for marketing and gain exposure on the CES website.
The three KU startups are:
QSimplus (led by Noh Kwang-seok, Research Professor at the Ultra-Reliable Quantum Internet Research Center)
Complexion (led by Park Chi-ho, a master's student at the Graduate School Department of Future Science & Technology Business)
Teramime (led by Park Jae-joon, an undergraduate student at the School of Health and Environmental Science)
QSimplus (area: Embedded Technologies) received the Innovation Award for three consecutive years with its QSIMunit-SC signal generator, which is crucial for quantum communication since it generates high-performance, precise quantum signals that play a key role in next-generation secure communication technologies. The company’s solution has been recognized around the world for its technical excellence in enhancing the security of quantum-encrypted communication and maximizing the performance of quantum networks.
Complexion (area: Digital Health) presented MoveFreeKer, an innovative wearable technology, which helps maintain optimal physical balance and health by analyzing the user’s movement and body shape data in real-time. With sophisticated AI-driven sensors and algorithms, it provides users tailored exercise and activity guides and has been in the spotlight as an innovative solution that overcomes the limitations of existing fitness technologies.
Teramime (area: Artificial Intelligence) showcased the AI-based next-generation multi-factor authentication and command recognition solution ‘LESA Pass,’ which combines facial recognition and secret word authentication, making it theft proof and highly secure against deepfake attacks. Thanks to its irreversible processing, authentication data, if leaked, cannot be stolen and remains secure.
Lee Byung-cheon, Director of the Crimson Start-up Support Foundation, said, “The CES 2025 will be an opportunity to prove Korea University’s innovation and startup capabilities to the world. We will continue to provide support for KU startups and their research so that they become leading players in the global market.”
Korea University has participated in CES for four years in a row since 2022, and, for the first time, the university will run an independent booth (LVCC South Hall 3) at CES 2025, an improvement on the previous joint booth. KU hopes that this will serve as a dedicated space to showcase the university's outstanding startup and research achievements.
