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Samsung Electronics Names AI Guru as Head of R&D Hub

SEOUL, June 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Wednesday it has named a renowned artificial intelligence (AI) expert as chief of its research and development (R&D) hub. The South Korean tech giant said Sebastian Seung, professor at Princeton University’s Neuroscience Institute and Department of Computer Science, will lead Samsung Research, the R&D hub [...]

KT Launches Korean Version of “EyeWire” Brain Map Game

SEOUL, Oct. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – KT, the second largest mobile carrier in Korea, opened a dedicated website for EyeWire, an online video game platform in which so called “citizen scientists” can exchange their ideas supporting the completion of brain map, “connectome,” while also enjoy gaming. KT decided to team up with Sebastian Seung, a world [...]