At the turn of the century, new information technologies began to transform every aspect of the world. Competition among nations and firms has intensified. The rules and the whole fabric of the old industrial economy were disintegrating and losing their strength. Income inequality was growing between the well-educated and the less-educated. Workers suffered from worldwide layoffs, and firms were facing fierce competition. All economies were striving to escape from the depression.
Everything was UP IN THE AIR. It was the beginning of a new era, the TIME of GREAT TURBULENCE and UNCERTAINTY.
The epicenter of turbulence and uncertainty was dazzlingly changing information and communications technologies and AI technologies. All firms were struggling to figure out new rules that work in the new business environment. All nations were in great toil to lessen tension and conflicts between winners and losers. Firms, countries, and all units of society were eagerly seeking strategies that would leadbecomebeganwidespread layoffs, and firms faced them from the darkness to a bright and prosperous world.
The ITiP, IT Industry Pathfinder, lab launched and led by the captain, Youngsun Kwon, in 2001, began its journey in search of the strategies that would bring prosperity and peace back to all of us.
FOUR MAJOR MISSIONS: The ITiP Lab
Monitors how the new information and communications technologies transform economic environments and the ways of doing business,
Studies strategies for firms to successfully cope with challenges and to survive in a volatile business environment,
Studies the efficient ways of using spectrum, a core input for wireless communications, and
Develops AI tools to manage firms and economies efficiently.
Prospective Crew Members?
We are looking for those who are ready and willing to study hard.
보다 본질적인 문제를 고민하고 싶어 하고, 일상의 현상에서 패턴을 찾기를 원하고, 킬리만자로의 표범처럼 혼자서 자유롭게 한 주제에 몰두하고 싶은 학생을 가장 선호합니다. 영원한 자유인을 찾습니다.^^(주인 白)
[Current Doctoral Students]
Lab leader: Changhyun Kim
[Current Master Students]
Ki Woo Kim, Jooyeon Park, Hyemin Choi, Hojin Choi, Hong Ngoc Vo, Chanwoo Song, Soomin Seong, Sungkeun Bae, Seung Hyo Lee
[Current Undergraduate Students]
Junyeop Lee
[Doctoral Alumni]
Sangjun Nam, 2025
Maria Josefina Rim, 2025
Sungwook Park, 2024
Ronny Estrella, 2024
Dongjae Chung, 2023
Kyungyul Lee, 2023
Yergali Berdibayev, 2022
Mekuria Haile Teklemariam, 2020
Cornelius Kalenzi, 2018
Chankook Park, 2016
Buhmkyu Kim, 2015
Badamsuren Byambaakhuu, 2014
Daniel Fink, 2013
Mohammed-Sani Abdulai, 2011
Jungsub Lee, 2010
[Master Alumni]
2025: Minho Choi, Hwayoung Lee
2023: Changhyun Kim
2022: Jiyoung Cho, Youngjae Kim, Jiyong Yang, Kyungsub Song
2021: Woohyun Paek, Susang Kim
2020: Yongsub Jung
2019: Sungwook Park
2018: Sehui Hyeon, Jinwoo Kim
2017: Dongjae Chung, Wonseop Lee, Kyungyul Lee, Kyungsoo Kim, Myungjin Kang, Koungjin Lim, Seungjoo Lee
2016: Kyungjin Nam, Woonkyung Kang, Wonsuk Jung
2015: Jaewon Jang, Junghwan Cho
2008: Kwangjin Choi
2007: Ngoc Son Nguyen
2006: Buhmkyu Kim, Kyounghee Oh
2004: Jungsub Lee, Sejin Chung
2003: Jaeha Yu, Sunmi Lee, Eunyoung Kim, Misung Lee, Miyoung Kim