Chonnam National University Holds International Joint Research Seminar with Japanese University and IT Company

Pursuing International Joint Research in Eco-Friendly Material Energy

Chonnam National University is working to expand a global collaborative research ecosystem with leading Japanese universities and advanced IT companies to bring its basic science research capabilities up to world-class standards.

Chonnam National University's G-LAMP Project Group announced on November 4 that it had successfully held the "2026 CNU G-LAMP & JAPAN International Joint Research Seminar" over four days, from October 21 to 24, in Tokyo, Japan.

Participants in the 2026 CNU G-LAMP & JAPAN International Joint Research Seminar, held across Tokyo, Japan, from October 21 to 24, pose for a commemorative photo. Provided by Chonnam National University.

The seminar was held as part of the G-LAMP project, which is led by the Ministry of Education and the National Research Foundation of Korea, and was organized to build substantive research networks with leading academic and industrial institutions overseas. A delegation to Japan made up of the project group's faculty visited the University of Electro-Communications (UEC) and IT firm Asia Information Systems (AIS) in turn, holding seminars and discussing strategic cooperation plans.

The visit was particularly significant because it gave the two sides an opportunity to make follow-up cooperation more concrete in Japan, one year after signing a memorandum of understanding (MOU) and holding an international symposium at Chonnam National University in 2025.

During a meeting with Masakazu Muramatsu, president of the University of Electro-Communications, the delegation agreed to pursue international joint research involving researchers from both Korea and Japan, focusing on "eco-friendly material energy," a future growth engine.

Industry-linked cooperation to support the digital transformation of basic research also produced tangible results. The delegation met with Asia Information Systems (AIS, Chairman Jo Wonjang), which has a strong technological base in Japan, and began jointly developing the "G-LAMP AI Platform." The two organizations plan to develop a pilot version by January 2027 to streamline research data analysis and hypothesis testing, then verify its effectiveness in real-world research settings.

"This seminar marked a turning point in broadening the scope of research cooperation by combining the advanced technological capabilities of Japanese universities and industry," said Park Daehee, head of Chonnam National University's G-LAMP Project Group. "Building on the strong global network we have established, we will work to make exchanges among researchers a regular practice and produce world-class research outcomes."

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