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New Faces Leading Daegu’s Economy… 13 “Star Companies” Selected for 2025
Thirteen companies, including CIS Co., Ltd., have been named as Daegu’s “2025 Star Companies,” which will lead the city’s economy and drive its future industries.
Daegu City and Daegu Technopark held a designation certificate award ceremony for the 13 selected companies on the 16th at Hotel Inter-Burgo Daegu.
The selected companies include two “Powerful Star Companies,” six “Star Companies,” and five “Pre-Star Companies.” The final selections were made after about three months of rigorous screening, including document reviews, presentations, on-site inspections, and comprehensive evaluations of 50 applicant companies.
This year’s competition was fierce, recording a ratio of 3.17:1 for Star Companies and 5.8:1 for Pre-Star Companies, reflecting greater enthusiasm and interest among promising local companies than ever before.
The two companies selected as Powerful Star Companies are CIS Co., Ltd. and ISU Petasys Co., Ltd. As of last year, these two companies posted an average annual sales of 613.6 billion KRW and employed 850 people. They plan to invest a total of 150.9 billion KRW in the region by 2027.
In particular, CIS is noted as a representative case of growth, having gone public (IPO) and developed into a mid-sized company since being selected as a Star Company, making it a successful model for the Star Company development project. ISU Petasys holds the highest market capitalization among listed companies in the region and is expected to have a significant ripple effect on the regional economy through co-growth and job creation as the high-performance AI market expands.
The six companies selected as Star Companies this year are Daegyeong Robotech Co., Ltd., Rexco Co., Ltd., Vision Science Co., Ltd., UND Co., Ltd., Hi-Bak Co., Ltd., and Korea Park Golf Co., Ltd. These companies recorded an average annual sales of 23 billion KRW and an average of 79 employees as of last year. They were evaluated as small but strong local companies with both technological foundations and growth potential.
The five companies selected as Pre-Star Companies are Gwangjin Metal Co., Ltd., Maru E&C Co., Ltd., Miracle Solution Co., Ltd., Azonetech Co., Ltd., and It’s Sensor Co., Ltd. These companies reported average annual sales of 5.3 billion KRW and an average of 18 employees.
Starting this year, Daegu City has completely overhauled its corporate support system, providing customized support according to the company’s growth stage and innovation capacity, categorized as “Innovation Promotion,” “Competitiveness Enhancement,” and “Market Entry.” In addition, the city introduced a “hybrid advisory system” that combines the strengths of the previous PM (Project Manager) and SC (Specialized Committeeman) systems.
Hong Seong-ju, Daegu’s Deputy Mayor for Economic Affairs, stated, “The Star Companies selected this year are innovative firms with the potential to redraw Daegu’s industrial landscape. We will spare no effort to support these companies so they can grow into leading firms that drive local employment and the economy.”
Source: https://www.yeongnam.com/web/view.php?key=20250916025236421
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Gyeongbuk Province Opens Leading Research Center in Intelligent Digital Convergence Field!
Gyeongbuk Province announced on the 22nd that it held an opening ceremony for the ‘Lifelog Multimodal Untact Sensing Leading Research Center’ at the Yeungnam University Cheonma Art Center on the 20th.
This leading research center will be led by Yeungnam University and will involve scholars from Konkuk University and Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology in conducting joint research. It was selected for a public offering by the Ministry of Science and ICT in June, and a total of 12 billion won in national and local government funds will be provided for seven years until February 2030.
In the future, Yeungnam University and others will research and develop technologies (sensing) that collect non-contact (untact) biometric information that can be monitored (lifelog) in the living environment, and communication technologies (multimodal) that can send various collected information to a computer server.
The verification in the development stage is set in a medical environment, and is designed to build a disease management system throughout the entire cycle, from disease information collection to prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation.
Major research topics include non-contact sensor technology that optimizes medical data collection using the characteristics of electronic, radio, and optical waves, sensor platform technology that can be expanded into other fields, technology to extract correlations between collected information using deep learning-based fusion analysis, and diagnostic algorithms and analysis technology based on medical data.
The Regional Innovation Leading Research Center is a project to establish a specialized research center based on basic research at regional universities with graduate schools in science and engineering fields.
Choi Hyuk-jun, Director of the Metaverse Science Bureau of Gyeongbuk Province, said, “The role of the Regional Innovation Leading Research Center is important as a core base for fostering excellent talent centered on universities and disseminating research results to local companies,” adding, “We will actively support creating an environment where excellent researchers in the region can freely conduct research in Gyeongbuk.”
Source: https://www.khan.co.kr/local/Gyeongbuk/article/202310221013001
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Disease management by examining the movement and body temperature changes of elderly people living alone in remote areas… ‘Digital care industry innovation’
Disease management by examining the movement and body temperature changes of elderly people living alone in remote areas… ‘Digital care industry innovation’
A disease management system is being developed that can analyze various medical data, such as the movements, body temperature, and health status of elderly people living alone, without physically contacting them, and respond when necessary.
Gyeongsangbuk-do Province announced on the 2nd that Yeungnam University’s ‘Multimodal Untact Sensing Research Center for Lifelog’ was finally selected in the ‘2023 Regional Innovation Leading Research Center Project’ (RLRC) competition hosted by the Ministry of Science and ICT.
The Regional Innovation Leading Research Center Project is a project to establish and support leading research centers specialized in regional innovation to lead sustainable, self-generated innovation growth in regions based on basic research.
Yeongnam University, Gyeongbuk Province, Gyeongsan City, etc. supported the intelligent digital convergence sector of the regional innovation growth sector of this project by local autonomous bodies and achieved results.
The Multimodal Untact Sensing Research Center for Lifelog at Yeungnam University will receive a total of KRW 14 billion in support, including KRW 10.1 billion in national funds, funds from Gyeongbuk Province and Gyeongsan City, and private investment, for up to seven years until February 2030. The center is scheduled to be established within the Yeungnam University Graduate School.
Lifelog multimodal untact sensing is a technology that detects various forms of biometric information such as heart rate, respiration, blood pressure, body temperature, and oxygen saturation in daily life without physical contact.
The Yeungnam University Research Center, together with Yeungnam University Hospital, DGIST, and Azone Tech Co., Ltd., a non-contact medical IT company in Gumi, is developing a disease management system that transmits and analyzes various medical data, such as the movements and temperature changes of patients, including elderly people living alone, to medical institutions.
By utilizing this, it is expected that hospitals and other organizations will be able to monitor and analyze the health information of patients living in medically underserved areas, and if abnormal symptoms are observed in such patients, medical institutions and fire departments will be able to dispatch patients and provide treatment.
They will play a role in specialized fields such as technology development, training of biomedical engineers, medical data analysis and clinical application, and sensor platform commercialization. Gyeongbuk Province expects that through this, they will be able to train excellent local talent and spread the research results to the region.
Gyeongbuk Province achieved the result of being selected as the third leading research center, following Yeungnam University’s ‘Autonomous Vehicle Parts and Materials Blue Research Center’ in 2019 and Gyeongbuk National University’s Sangju Campus’ ‘Carbon Neutral Intelligent Energy System Leading Research Center’ in 2021.
Gyeongbuk Province Metaverse Science Bureau Director Choi Hyuk-jun said, “This project is a case of cooperation where local universities, medical and research institutions, and ICT companies work together to solve the region’s unique hyper-aging and vulnerable medical environment problems. We will continue to support industry-academia-research cooperation to discover and foster future growth industries in the region.”
Source: https://www.khan.co.kr/local/Gyeongbuk/article/202310221013001
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Global Cyber University and Azone Tech Sign Industry-Contracted Education Agreement
Global Cyber University and Azone Tech Sign Industry-Contracted Education Agreement
Seoul-( Newswire )- Global Cyber University AI Convergence Department Head Seok Gwang-ho and Azone Tech CEO Chae Min-seok signed an industry-commissioned education agreement (MOU) on November 8.
At the signing ceremony, the two organizations agreed to jointly develop an AI convergence education curriculum to foster excellent talent tailored to industrial sites and jointly conduct AI and metaverse research and projects through industry-academia cooperation. They also agreed to mutually cooperate in establishing a plan to jointly develop and operate courses for industry-academia customized on-demand education.
Through this agreement, employees of Azone Tech who enroll or transfer to Global Cyber University will receive a 50% discount on tuition each semester, and will also be given tuition reduction benefits such as a refund of the application fee after the end of the recruitment process and a full exemption of the admission fee.
Azone Tech is a company specializing in developing defense software, and is carrying out national strategic defense projects together with Hanwha Systems. It is a defense SW development company headquartered in Daegu and spun off from Samsung Thales in 2010. It develops and supplies various defense SW, including combat systems and simulation SW for the Aegis ship, Jangbogo-Ⅲ, Cheolmae-Ⅱ, LPH-Ⅱ, FFX-Ⅲ, KF-X AESA radar, and modular common platforms. Based on its defense SW know-how, it possesses service technology that can be applied to various fields of business in the civilian sector, such as bio-signals, object authentication, and hardware integration operation.
Currently, we are providing integrated image-based healthcare solutions to local governments and are carrying out various national projects such as developing metaverse, AR/VR, and AI-based integrated platforms. In addition, we are steadily expanding our R&D investment to secure core technologies in promising future fields.
The AI Convergence Department of Global Cyber University (President Seung-Heon Lee) is the first AI department in a domestic 4-year cyber university, and is a regular 4-year university that is approved by the Ministry of Education and offers a Bachelor of Engineering degree.
Meanwhile, the AI Convergence Department will be promoted to the AI Future Convergence Department starting in the 2023 academic year, and will operate three major tracks: ‘AI Computer Information and Communication, AI Metaverse Convergence, and AI Real Life Convergence’ to enable convergent education in the field of new technologies for the 4th Industrial Revolution based on core theories and knowledge education of computer engineering to foster ‘AI+X’ talents.
The ‘AI Computer Information and Communication’ major track trains ICT experts with both basic engineering knowledge as engineers and the ability to adapt to practical work in the field.
The ‘AI Metaverse Convergence’ major track trains metaverse experts with the ability to adapt to and acquire practical skills to lead the global future convergence society utilizing metaverse technology, and the ‘AI Real-Life Convergence’ major track trains AI real-life convergence experts with the ability to lead field learning guidance to lead the new technology education of the 4th Industrial Revolution. The program is scheduled to be implemented in 2023 to support strengthening the capabilities of after-school teachers related to artificial intelligence and metaverse.
The curriculum is structured into basic, advanced, and application stages based on theory and practice, and a customized curriculum is operated so that anyone can easily understand and learn regardless of age, gender, or major.
The AI Convergence Department at Global Cyber University conducts all classes, exams, and assignments 100% online, and has top-notch professors and instructors with expertise in new technologies related to the 4th Industrial Revolution. And students ranging in age from their 20s to their 70s are learning to adapt to future changes brought about by AI and the metaverse.
We support acquisition of national (private) qualifications, preparation for starting a business, and competitions through various extracurricular programs such as AI+Metaverse study and club activities.
Meanwhile, Global Cyber University will be recruiting new and transfer students for the first semester of 2023 from December 1, 2023 to January 10, 2023. Applications can be submitted through the school’s Admissions Support Center website and mobile, and more detailed information about application submission can be found on the Admissions Support Center website or by contacting the admissions counseling hotline.
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Daeung Metal Industrial High School, Azone Tech Co., Ltd., and Youngjin Cyber University conclude a customized industry-academia cooperation agreement
Daeung Metal Industrial High School, Azone Tech Co., Ltd., and Youngjin Cyber University conclude a customized industry-academia cooperation agreement
Daeung Metal Industrial High School (Principal Kim Byeong-bu) and Azone Tech Co., Ltd. (CEO Kim Joo-yeon) and Youngjin Cyber University (President Cho Bang-je) held a program to train software development experts, provide field training, and operate customized employment programs, and select programs at Daeung Metal Industrial High School on the 4th. It was announced that an industry-academia cooperation agreement with an employment agreement was signed to establish a career system that combines employment and post-study and work and study.
Through this agreement, students at Daeung Metal Technical High School will build an employment network with Azone Tech, which has outstanding competitiveness in a meta-based environment such as software development, system architecture, and AI control solutions, and integrate it into their studies and realize field-oriented education.
In addition, by establishing a career path system that combines work and study with Youngjin Cyber University for pre-employment, post-study, and work-study after graduation, it is expected to be an excellent example of a special case for military service, an associate’s degree program, and acquisition of practical experience and certification by entering university at the same time as getting a job. I’m looking forward to it.
Meanwhile, Daeung Metal Industrial High School has confirmed the establishment of a software department for the 2023 school year and is taking a step ahead in nurturing promising professional technical personnel for the 4th industry such as artificial intelligence, application development, and big data through convergence education on new SW technologies in the digital transformation era. New students in the software department for the 2023 school year The selection process will be conducted at the end of November.
Principal Kim Byeong-bu said, “We cultivate software experts through customized education that companies want, and at the same time, we establish a career system that allows students to enter university and combine work and study, thereby strengthening employment capabilities and helping students find better jobs through pre-employment and post-study programs.” “I expect to be able to get a job,” he said.
President Cho Bang-je said, “We will spare no effort and support together with the partner organizations to successfully implement a customized employment program that can achieve faster than others and increase competitiveness through first employment and later learning.”
Source : https://www.nbnnews.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=687178
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“Protect the safety of old buildings” Gyeongbuk ‘industry, academia, and research’ put their heads together
“Protect the safety of old buildings” Gyeongbuk ‘industry, academia, and research’ put their heads together
The Gyeongbuk region’s ‘industry, academia, and research’ have put their heads together to manage the safety of private buildings.
Six organizations, including Gyeongbuk Province, Pohang City, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Korea Construction Living Environment Testing and Research Institute, and research and development companies DS Tech and Azone Tech, recently held a workshop at the conference hall of the Suseong Hotel in Daegu.
This event was held to review the first year’s performance of ‘Development of AloT-based Facility Safety Management Platform Technology’ and share business plans for next year.
These organizations had in-depth discussions on developing a system that can respond immediately when a building hazard occurs and providing technical support during on-site safety inspections.
“The platform under development is being created through the convergence of core technologies of the 4th Industrial Revolution, so we are trying to differentiate it from existing systems,” said Park Cheon-deok, CEO of DS Tech, who is in charge of the research. “We are doing our best to make it an innovative system.”
The ‘AloT-based facility safety management platform’ is a platform that collects and analyzes data from smart sensors attached to facilities using AloT (AI+loT, intelligent Internet of Things) to support safety inspections of aging facilities and enable immediate response to accidents and risks.
Source: https://www.imaeil.com/page/view/2021120915024388752
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Workshop on ‘AIoT-based platform technology development’ to make old buildings smart and safe
Technology development is underway to safely and smartly manage aging facilities in Gyeongbuk Province.
The workshop on ‘AIoT-based 3-type collective facility safety management platform technology development’ was held at Sonobel Resort in Gyeongju for 2 days and 1 night from the 24th to the 25th of last month. The first-year workshop was held with DS Tech as the main organization, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Azone Tech, Korea Construction Living Environment Testing and Research Institute, Pohang City, and smart city experts in attendance.
This research is a project to develop safety inspection and disaster prevention technology for three types of collective facilities for the ‘Regional Customized Disaster and Safety Problem Solving Technology Development Support’ supported by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety and Gyeongsangbuk-do Province with an investment of approximately KRW 2.1 billion from April of this year to December 2023. The goal is to build a platform for safety management of three types of collective facilities and a smart digital management system for facility safety information through safety inspection support for three types of collective facilities, sensor/video data collection for facility risk response, commercial communication network utilization, and big data analysis.
The workshop on that day included in-depth discussions on the research institute’s technology development plans and current status, detailed research and development content and schedule for selection and on-site application of aging facilities in Pohang City, attempts to resolve project implementation issues and on-site difficulties, and specific discussions on cooperation measures between research institutes.
Park Cheon-deok, CEO of DS Tech, said, “By utilizing the technology developed through this project, we can shorten the period of about a week for on-site inspection-diagnosis-analysis of three types of facilities by 2-3 days, and we can significantly reduce the cost of accurate diagnosis and duplicate inspection based on data compared to visual inspection, thereby enabling safety management of facilities.”
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