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Vice Chair Ha Jung-woo visits Daegu manufacturing AX sites, checks robots and mobility

The presidential National AI Strategy Committee said its standing vice chair, Ha Jung-woo, visited Daegu on Oct. 21 to inspect artificial intelligence transformation (AX) sites in manufacturing, robotics and mobility. Ha attended the opening of FIX 2026 at Daegu EXCO and toured an AI-based process innovation simulation center supporting small and midsize firms. He also reviewed manufacturing AX applied to cathode active material production at L&F Plus. He is set to visit Pohang on Oct. 22.

Industry

Christopher Jarzynski, creator of Jarzynski equality, wins Lee Hwi-so Award

South Korea\'s Ministry of Science and ICT and the Asia Pacific Center for Theoretical Physics (APCTP) selected Christopher Jarzynski, a chair professor at the University of Maryland, as the 2026 Lee Hwi-so Award recipient. The award, established in 2012 by APCTP and the Korean Physical Society, honors the late physicist Lee Hwi-so. Jarzynski is recognized for work in nonequilibrium statistical physics and thermodynamics.

AI & Enterprise

Korea Microsoft to hold Industry Summit on Sept. 30

Korea Microsoft will hold the Microsoft Industry Summit on Sept. 30 at the COEX Grand Ballroom in Seoul to share industry-specific AI transformation strategies and on-the-ground cases. The company will present AI use cases and Frontier Transformation 방향 across finance, retail, manufacturing, healthcare and education. It will also run technology sessions featuring customer cases using Microsoft 365 Copilot, Microsoft Foundry and Azure. Korean firms including SC First Bank, Shinhan units and KB Kookmin Bank will present.