Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information (KISTI)

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Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information (KISTI)

National scientific and technical information field specialized research institutes

Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information (KISTI) - President, Establishment Date, Location, Contact, Homepage
President Kim Jaesu
Establishment Date 1962.01.01
Location KISTI, 245, Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon
Contact 042-869-1004
Homepage en.kisti.re.kr

Key Functions

  • To collect, analyze, and manage science, technology, and related industrial information in a comprehensive manner
  • To manage information and perform professional survey and research on technology, policy, and standardization relating to distribution
  • To build and operate the infrastructure for science and industrial technology R&D systematically

Recent Achievements

  • Receipt of presidential group commendation for national research and development achievement assessment in 2014
  • Strengthening of presence and role as the national ultra-high-performance computing center
    • Development of SMEs products utilizing supercomputing (63% reduction in development time, 74% cost reduction)
    • CERN WLCG Tier-1 Center approval (first in Asia, 12th in the world)
    • Localization of the world’s best visual supercomputing CFD analysis instrument
    • Receipt of Gold Award in the 「international military science and technology contest」 of 2014
  • Research on climate change and red tide detection on the basis of big data platform
    • Understanding of the variation of the most important factors in the change of the marine ecosystem
    • Introduction of the ICSTI 2014 international conference platform
  • Development of solution to ‘technology opportunities and competition information analysis’
    • Development of the system for the discovery of technology opportunities (TOD) / Opening of ‘competition information analysis solution 1.0’ service (COMPAS)