Korea Institute for Advanced Study

Research institute of mathematics and physics from Seoul

37°35′34″N 127°02′45″E / 37.5928°N 127.0458°E / 37.5928; 127.0458

President

Jaigyoung ChoeWebsitewww.kias.re.kr

Korea Institute for Advanced Study
Hangul	고등과학원
Hanja	高等科學院
Revised Romanization	Godeung gwahakwon
McCune–Reischauer	Kotŭng kwahakwŏn

The Korea Institute for Advanced Study (KIAS) is an advanced research institute in South Korea. It is located on a 30-acre (12 ha) campus in Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul.^[1]

KIAS was founded in 1996, aiming to become a world leading research institute where international elite scholars gather and dedicate to fundamental research in basic sciences.^[2] Currently, there are three schools in the institute: mathematics, physics, and computational sciences. As of 2016, the institute has 3 distinguished professors, 26 professors, and 133 research fellows.^[3]

As its name suggests, the institute was modeled after the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, USA. KIAS is funded by the government and is a subordinate institute of KAIST.^[4]

Presidents

1st and 2nd: Kim Chung Wook
3rd: Kim Mahn Won
4th: Myung Hyo Chul (ko)
5th: Kim Doochul
6th: Keum Jonghae
7th: Lee Yong-hee
8th: Choe Jaigyoung

Notes

^ Contact,"Visitor Information, KIAS"[1] Archived 29 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine, KIAS,2012.
^ Mission Statement,"About KIAS, KIAS"[2] Archived 2 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine, KIAS,2012.
^ About the Institute,"About KIAS, KIAS"[3] Archived 6 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine, KIAS,2016.
^ 고등과학원 설립 및 운영계획 수립을 위한 조사 연구, 1996(최종보고서), 과학기술처, 국회전자도서관 DB 자료^{[permanent dead link]} (in Korean)