[2022.09.26] "SW-centered university, the source of fostering digital talent."
- SKKU National Program of Excellence in Software
- Hit1435
- 2022-10-11
As of the start of 2015, 44 universities have participated··· Spreading SW value and expanding major and convergence manpower plays a major role
"Digital is a technology revolution. Humanity has been driving everyday change and development of technology and industry as well as expanding communication capabilities while increasing the amount of information and speeding up movement through digital." This is what President Yoon Suk Yeol said at the "Digital Vision Forum" held at the Kimmel Center at New York University on the 21st (U.S. time).
On this day, President Yoon gave a keynote speech titled "Solidarity for Digital Free Citizens" and said digital 30 times. Our government is aiming to achieve a digital hegemonic state. As digital and SW have emerged as key factors that determine the competitiveness of individuals, companies, and countries, the world is competing for dominance. As the wind of the 4th industrial revolution blows strongly, competition for digital preoccupation, which is represented by artificial intelligence (A) and big data, is increasing. The digital war in the 21st century is both a crisis and an opportunity for us. Real opportunities always come in the name of crisis. There are conditions if a crisis is to be an opportunity. There should be a 'ready man'. This is why the Korean government prepared and announced a plan to train 1 million digital talents in August.
■ The Ministry of Science and ICT said, "University will be reorganized into an advanced base for fostering talent in high-tech and digital industries."
According to the Ministry of Science and ICT on the 26th, four major goals are set and promoted: reorganizing ▲ universities into advanced and digital industry talent development bases, ▲ establishing a human resource development system that combines public and government capabilities, ▲ establishing a human resource development-maintenance-recruitment cycle support system.
Among them, attention is focused on university education, which trains intermediate and high-quality manpower, and universities are the cradle of digital manpower supply. Following the 4th Industrial Revolution, as COVID-19 broke out and non-face-to-face culture spread throughout our society and economy, demand for manpower in the SW field increased significantly not only in IT companies but also in general companies. However, the company site complains of difficulties, saying, "There is no SW manpower."
According to the authorities, the number of SW workers working in SW companies increased by 9.2% annually from 2017 to 2019, while the number of SW workers working in other industries increased by 19.5% annually during the same period, showing a serious shortage of SW workers.
According to data released by the SW Policy Research Institute last year, the demand for new workers in the SW sector will reach 3.53 million over the next five years. By level, there are 2.78 million intermediate workers and 5.1 million beginner workers. Here, the intermediate level refers to a bachelor's degree graduate or elementary to an intermediate level developer with SW basic principles understanding and application skills, and a beginner is a person who performs work under specific work instructions with basic work skills.
■ The software-oriented university project is the core of the government's mid-term manpower training plan
To train insufficient digital manpower, the government plans to train digital manpower by dividing the tasks into short-term tasks within a year and mid-term tasks to be achieved by 2025.
Short-term projects include ▲ Venture and Startup Academy (5,000 intermediate), ▲ Digital Leading Companies and Regional and Industrial-led Talent Development (5,000 intermediate), ▲ Strengthening self-training support for employees (7,000 intermediate), ▲ SW specialized education support for career-interrupted women and retirees (3,600 intermediate).
In addition to these short-term tasks, the company plans to train 68,000 workers over the next four years as mid-term tasks. The core of the mid-term project is to cultivate human resources through regular curriculum such as universities (20,400 people, intermediate level), and the core of it is the "SW-centered university (small and medium university) project." In addition to the "Small and Medium Business" project, "Polytechnics (6.1 million)” and "Specialized High School (7.5 million)" are also in the mid-term tasks.
The "software-centered university" project is a university financial support project supported by the Ministry of Science and ICT to foster SW talent that will drive the era of the fourth industrial revolution.
In the past, the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (Ministry of Science and ICT) launched the project in 2015 to foster creative talent and convergence-minded talent who will lead a SW-centered society.
SW convergence education for non-major as well as SW majors and SW education for all students are provided, and it is playing a leading role in expanding SW-major and convergence manpower and expanding SW-mind base. Since the start of the project in 2015, it has produced 32,718 major students and 21,856 convergence talents by 2021.
An entrepreneur at the scene said, "As the digital wind intensifies, the importance of software manpower has increased. He said, "AI shows its ability only when various SWs such as big data, cloud, and Internet of Things (IoT) are combined together," and stressed, "The role of universities that supply SW manpower is important."
One of the key talent training projects we implement is 'SW-centered universities,' said Oh Yong-soo, SW policy officer at the Ministry of Science and ICT. "SW-centered universities are playing a role in enhancing the SW competitiveness of companies and countries by innovating universities around SW education."
The effect of the 'software-centered university' business was great. First of all, the number of college students majoring in SW has increased significantly. By 2022, the average number of SW major admissions at 46 universities nationwide designated as SW-centered universities increased by 30.9% from 194 before the project to 254 after the project. The government plans to make 100 SW-centered universities by 2027, which have shown results in increasing the number of SW departments.
■ The software-oriented university business is drawing attention in line with fostering 1 million digital talent
Of the government's 1 million digital talent training, 'software-centered universities', which are four-year universities, oversee intermediate-level human resources. The government plans to train more than 200,000 intermediate-level talent through regular education courses at universities in the future. "Software-centered universities" are playing a major role in expanding SW majors and expanding SW convergence talent. On top of that, if the characteristics of software-oriented universities spread across the country are fully utilized, they can contribute to the development of specialized projects and local economies in each region, drawing attention.
▲Big contribution to the expansion of SW majors: The government selected eight universities at the time when it first launched the software-oriented university project in 2015. As a result of the new selection every year, 44 universities are participating in the software-oriented university project as of this year. When comparing 2015 and 2021, the number of SW majors increased nine-fold from 889 to 7,599 in terms of emission manpower. SW convergence majors have increased significantly. From 51 to 6,214, the number soared 122 times.
The 'software-centered university' business has developed one step further since 2021. Training courses in SW new technologies such as AI and big data were introduced. In addition, the university that is carrying out the project is developing an industry-friendly curriculum and operating an advanced major course by reflecting the demand survey of industries.
In particular, through opening and cooperation between universities and graduate schools, it was possible to complete graduate school curriculum from undergraduates.
Beyond the opening of the curriculum, it has also prepared a track linking bachelor's and master's degrees, serving as a starting point for fostering high-quality talents beyond professional intermediate-level talents.
Na Yeon-mook, president of the SW-centered university council (Dankook University's SW dean), cited the 2:8 Palato law and stressed that the importance of fostering SW majors through SW-centered universities is increasing in the era when 20% of talent feeds the remaining 80%.
▲ As SW convergence manpower increases, various effects occur: The software-centered university project is contributing to the development of local industries and economies, linking the characteristics of the region where the university is located and industrial demand. For example, Chungnam National University (Bio), Inha University (logistics, portals, etc.), Hanyang University ERICA, and Kyung Hee University are conducting demand-based education and research on local and local industries, all of which are software-oriented universities. In the case of specialized track universities, projects are carried out in connection with the location of universities and specific industries.
Last year, Sahmyook University, a selected university, operates a major in connection with the Department of Health, Counseling Psychology, Pharmacy, and Physical Therapy in areas with strengths in the school, such as operating the Changdong Internet Addiction Prevention Center.
Inje University, a selected university this year, plans to open and operate a convergence process in relation to medical AI, autonomous cars, and digital logistics, which are designated as future strategic industries for manufacturing innovation in Gimhae, the second-largest manufacturing city. In addition, it has a goal of producing local SW engineers through briefing sessions for more than 1,000 family companies and local companies.
There are also successful cases of training convergence talents by combining SW with other majors. In the case of Sungkyunkwan University, a student who completed a convergence SW-linked major in the Department of Arts and Design in 2021 was employed at the Korean branch of global game company EA Arts.
Through convergence majors, the software-oriented university project provides various employment and start-up opportunities, such as non-major or major students getting a job or starting a business in the SW field.
▲ Contribute to the development of local industries: Software-oriented universities can be the driving force behind regional economic development. For example, it is possible to create new food and create good jobs by converging local SW with the Regulatory Freedom Special Zone project and regional specialization project implemented by the Ministry of SMEs and Startups.
Regulatory Free Special Zone Status
△ Gangwon (liquefied hydrogen, digital healthcare, next-generation battery) △ Daegu (mobile cooperative robot, smart wellness) △ Chungnam (hydrogen energy conversion, autonomous driving) △ Chungbuk (smart safety control)
△ Jeonbuk (carbon fusion, fine dust reduction commercial vehicle) △ Daejeon (biomedical) △ Gwangju (unmanned slow special vehicle) △ Jeonnam (e-mobility, energy new industry) △ Jeju (electric vehicle charging service) △ Busan (ocean mobility, blockchain) △ Ulsan (genome service, hydrogen green mobility).
All local specialized businesses can create synergy by combining them with SW. There are a total of 21 special regulatory free zones, which have a national scale as Chungnam was newly designated in July 2020.
▲ Contributes to enhancing the competitiveness of employment and start-ups at universities:
In 2020, the employment rate of SW majors at SW-centered university business performance universities (40 universities) was 68.1%, exceeding 59.8%, which is the overall employment rate of four-year universities.
The software-oriented business has contributed to improving the employment rate of college students.
It is interpreted that SW major competency enhancement programs such as industry-academic linkage projects and field-oriented education (internship) of software-oriented universities were effective.
Software-oriented universities are also actively implementing start-up education and support.
The number of founders of software-centered universities was 18.4, 2.6 times higher than that of non-SW-centered universities per university.
▲ Significant contribution to the spread of SW value:
A comparison between the year just before the software-oriented university business and this year showed that the number of applicants increased by 50.6% and the number of admissions increased by 30.9% this year.
According to the status of SW major applicants and admissions at software-oriented universities, the number of applicants was 81,739 just before the selection, but after the selection, the number increased to 123,128.
During the same period, the software-oriented university business also contributed to the improvement of the brand image of selected universities, from 8,934 just before the selection to 11,697.
This is due to the active reorganization of the SW-centered education system by each selected university, such as expanding the quota and establishing a college.
Software-oriented universities actively held SW camps for elementary, middle, and high school students to increase the importance and interest of SW.
In particular, the number of full-time and non-full-time teachers increased due to the number of admissions at software-centered universities and the expansion of SW major and convergence education.
The number of teachers (full-time + non-full-time) at software-centered universities increased from 1932 just before selection to 3,037 in 2022. The number increased by 1,105 (57%) from before the selection.
■ Software-oriented universities formed a council in December 2015...Increase SW value by networking
Software-oriented universities established a council in December 2015 to innovate SW education through inter-university opening and cooperation and spread it throughout university society.
It was then registered as a corporation in June 2017.
There are currently three executive positions.
Na Yeon-mook, a professor at Dankook University, is the chairman, while Shin Yong-tae, a professor at Soongsil University, is the vice chairman and director.
The audit is conducted by Professor Lee Kang of Handong University, Professor Jang Jun-ho of Sangmyung University, Professor Jeong Seong-tae of Wonkwang University, and Professor Kim Hyung-sik of Chungnam National University.
The council has four divisions under its wing. In other words, ▲ education (development and distribution of textbooks, MOOC development and operation) ▲ industry-academic cooperation (revitalization of industry-academic projects and domestic internships) ▲ overseas exchange (overseas training, internships, international joint projects), and ▲ spread of SW value (co-operation of elementary and secondary SW camps, teacher training, high school SW club support, etc.)
Eleven universities participate in the education department.
The chairman is Lee Kang, a professor at Handong University, who was selected in 2017. In addition to Handong University, Konkuk University (Professor Cho Young-beom, selected in 2018), Jeju National University (Professor Song Wang-chul, 2018), Erica of Hanyang University (Professor Lee Dong-ho, 2018), Yonsei University's Future (Professor Yoon Sang-kyun, 2019), Hoseo University (Professor Oh Sam-kwon, 2019), Kyunggi University (Professor Kwon Ki-hyun, 2021), Soonchunhyang University (Professor Jeon Chang-wan, 2021), Chungnam National University (Professor Kim Hyung-sik, 2021), Ajou University (Professor Kang Kyung-ran, 2022), the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (Professor Bae Doo-hwan, 2022) is working in the education department.
There are 12 universities in the Industrial-Academic Cooperation Division.
Professor Shin Yong-tae of Soongsil University, who was selected in 2018, is the chairman.
In addition to Soongsil University, Kyunghee University (Professor Cho Jin-sung, 2017), Chosun University (Jeong Il-yong, 2017), Dongmyeong University (Cho Mi-kyung, 2018),
Woosong University (Kim Won, 2018), Daegu Catholic University (Kim Mi-hye, 2019), Dongseo University (Professor Moon Mi-kyung, 2019), Baejae University (Professor Jeong Hoe-kyung, 2019),
Sungkyunkwan University (Professor Lee Eun-seok, 2021), Chonnam National University (Professor Kim Kyung-baek, 2021), Korea Aerospace University (Professor Choi Young-sik, 2021), Hanbat University (Professor Kim Jung-ho, 2022) belongs to the Industrial-Academic Cooperation Division.
There are 10 universities active in the overseas exchange division. Professor Jung Sung-tae of Wonkwang University, who was selected in 2018, is the chairman. In addition to Wonkwang University, Kwangwoon University (Professor Lee Hyuk-joon, 2017), Chung-Ang University (Professor Park Jae-hyun, 2017), Kangwon National University (Professor Choi Hwang-kyu, 2018), Sunmoon University (Professor Lee Hyun, 2018), Ewha Womans University (Professor Shin Kyung-sik, 2019), Hankuk University of Foreign Studies (Professor Kim Nak-hyun, 2019), Gachon University (Professor Kim Won, 2021), Samyuk University (Professor Oh Deok-shin, 2021), Kookmin University (Professor Lee Sang-hwan, 2022) is participating in the overseas exchange division.
Eleven universities are participating in the SW value diffusion division. Professor Jang Jun-ho of Sangmyung University, who was selected in 2019, is the chairman. In addition to Sangmyung University, Dankook University (Professor Na Yeon-mook, 2017), Hallym University (Professor Lee Sun-woo, 2018), Andong University (Professor Lim Han-kyu, 2019), Chungbuk National University (Professor Lee Kun-myung, 2019), Kyungpook National University (Professor Ko Seok-joo, 2021), Kyungwoon University (Professor Park Yang-woo, 2022), Sookmyung Women's University (Professor Lee Jong-woo, 2022), Inje University (Professor Heechul Kim, 2022), Inha University (Professor Kwon Jang-woo, 2022), Chonbuk National University (Professor Pyeon Ki-hyun, 2022) is contributing to the spread of SW value.
■ Various events such as joint hackathon, AI competition, and SW talent festival are held
The council holds events such as joint hackathon, AI competition, and SW talent festival to strengthen inter-university ties belonging to the council and promote the value of SW that changes the world at home and abroad.
▲Joint Hackathon: This event was created to enhance SW capabilities by providing students of SW-centered universities with project experiences such as planning, development, implementation, and collaboration of open source projects. It started in 2017 and this year is the fifth time. The event was held online for three days from June 22 to 24, with 267 people participating, the largest number ever. The awards ceremony was held on June 28 at the Seoul Center for Creative Economy and Innovation.
Professor Shin Yong-tae of Soongsil University chaired the event, Professor Jang Jang-jin of Soongsil University, Professor Lee Young-hak of Andong University, Professor Lee Ho-kyung of Kyungpook National University, and Professor Choi Ok-joo of KAIST participated as members. The theme was 'software, the power to lead digital transformation'. A total of 42 teams participated.
The first team was awarded the Minister of Science and ICT Award and 3 million won.
A five-member team called "Agefree" (team leader Kim Young-woo, Department of Computer and Information Engineering at Kwangwoon University) won the grand prize (Minister of Science, Technology, Information and Communication) for "Agefree, Project for the Digital Underprivileged."
Team leader Kim Young-woo (developer), KAIST computer science student Lee Jun-soo, Inha University information and communication engineering student Oh Yoon-sung, Seung-ho Choi Sang-myung University computer science student, and Hanyang University ERICA design engineering student Yoo Hye-jin participated in the team.
As of this year, 44 universities have participated.
The three excellence awards were awarded 1 million won each by the head of the Information and Communication Planning and Evaluation Institute (IITP), along with the grand prize, which played the biggest role in expanding SW majors and convergence manpower.
In addition, a total of 15 teams, including 4 special awards and 5 sponsorship awards, received awards.
The Korea Information Science Presidential Award, the Korea Software Industry Association Presidential Award, the Korea Open Software Association Presidential Award, the Korea Information Processing Association Presidential Award, sponsors Kakao, Common Computer, Woowa Brothers, OSBC, and CLASSUM Award were also selected.
▲SW-centered university workshop: It was held at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Jeju for 1 night and 2 days from June 9th to 10th. It shared best practices in key areas by university, and sought ways to spread SW education innovation and efficient business performance at SW-centered universities.
▲Joint AI Competition: It is aimed at enhancing students' experience in solving problems that actually occur at SW industry sites. This is the main reason for the promotion of corporate participation and encouragement of strengthening industry exchanges and cooperation.
The event will be divided into preliminary rounds and finals. The theme of the preliminary round is 'Development of a psychological propensity prediction AI model', and the theme of the finals is 'Development of a Korean image OCR solution model'.
The preliminary round was held from August 1 to 26, and the main round will be held from September 8 to October 7.
In the finals, 200 teams (up to 5 teams per university) that have passed the preliminary round will be determined by the announcement evaluation (top 20 teams with top scores) and the code evaluation (reproducibility evaluation, top 6 team code verification).
The awards ceremony will be held offline with the SW Talent Festival event to be held in December.
Participants are students from SW-centered universities. Students participate individually or as a team (up to 5 people).
Professor Moon Sung-hyun of Sangmyung University, Professor Park Min-kyu of Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Professor Seok Jin-won of KAIST, Professor Lim Dong-hyuk of Kwangwoon University, and Professor Choi Eun-jung of Seoul Women's University were the members of the event. Jang Joon-ho, a professor at Sangmyung University, chaired the event.
The award will be given to one team with the Minister of Science and ICT award and 3 million won in prize money, two teams with the IITP director's award and 1 million won in prize money, three teams with the SW-centered university council's award and 3 million won in prize money. A total of 16 teams will be selected and awarded, and the results will be announced in the first week of November. The awards ceremony will be held offline in December.
▲ Software-oriented college students' life exploration Vlog video contest: It is an event to produce and award Vlog videos under the theme of school life and work life based on SW-centered university business benefits (class, project, internship, competition, etc.).
Applications will be closed on October 7th after receiving the public offering from September 5th.
The screening is from October 11 to 21. The results will be announced on October 27. The target is students and graduates of SW-centered universities. Individuals and teams (up to 4) can participate. Winners will be determined by evaluating theme suitability (20 points), originality (20 points), popularity (30 points), and completeness (30 points).
A total of seven awards will be selected, including 1 million won in prize money and a certificate of merit, 500,000 won and a certificate of merit, 300,000 won and a certificate of merit, and 100,000 won and a certificate of merit, respectively.
▲SW Talent Festival: The event was held to promote the importance of fostering talents who will lead the SW industry and to secure trust in SW education to the public and spread SW value through SW-centered university projects and university education performance. It will be held from December 8th to 9th. The venue is Dongdaemun DDP.
Major achievements of SW-centered universities and excellent achievements derived through industry-academic cooperation projects will be introduced and displayed.
Professor Lee Sun-woo of Hallym University chaired the event. Professor Kim Ah-wook of Kangwon National University, Professor Kim Nam-ki of Kyunggi University, Professor Lee Ho-kyung of Kyungpook National University, Professor Moon Sung-hyun of Sangmyung Women's University, Professor Jang Eui-jin of Soongsil University, Professor Shim Kyung-seop of KAIST, and Professor Lee Ho-woong of Hoseo University will participate as members of the event.
The event has been held every year since 2016. Last year, it was held as a public relations center for each university, an entrance hall for each university, an excellent work hall, and a talk concert.
"The Ministry of Science and ICT is innovating the university's education system based on SW through the SW-centered university project and training SW specialists and convergence talents that meet the demand for new technologies such as AI and Metaverse graduate schools," said Oh Yong-soo, a SW policy officer.