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Hyper-Composable Data Center Research Center research team. From the top left clockwise: Professor Youngri Choi, Center Director Ungki Baek, Professor Yuseok Jeon, Professor Youngbin Lim, Professor Hyungon Moon.
[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] In the era of the 4th Industrial Revolution, drifting in the sea of ‘data,’ the cost of managing the massively accumulated ‘data’ is also skyrocketing astronomically.
Large data centers are struggling with power consumption. In the 4th Industrial Revolution era, the rice of industry is ‘data,’ and as the importance of data increases, the competitiveness of data centers, which serve as the warehouse, is also attracting attention.
As the need for more efficient data centers grows, domestic universities are taking on challenges to overcome the limitations of data centers.
The ‘Hyper-Composable Data Center Research Center,’ led by Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), was selected for the 2021 University ICT Research Center (ITRC) Development Support Project.
The research center will secure 6 billion KRW in research funds over up to 8 years to acquire next-generation data center technology and nurture talent.
Recently, with the spread of non-face-to-face culture due to COVID-19 and the expansion of various online services, the growth rate of large data centers is steep.
The problem is that these data centers consume enormous amounts of electricity. Therefore, increasing the efficiency of data processing while developing computing technologies that consume less power has been a challenge for data centers.
The Hyper-Composable Data Center Research Center challenges breaking the boundaries between resources of each data center and integrating advanced data center computing technologies to overcome the limitations of existing data centers.
Through research in subfields such as computing, memory, storage, network/platform, the center aims to develop technologies that enhance performance while being flexible and maximizing security.
The research center director is Professor Baek Woong-ki of UNIST’s Department of Computer Science and Graduate School of Artificial Intelligence.
The center includes nine participants: UNIST Professors No Sam-hyeok, Choi Young-ri, Moon Hyun-gon, Lim Young-bin, Jeon Yoo-seok; KAIST Professor Heo Jae-hyuk; Sungkyunkwan University Professor Nam Beom-seok; and Hanyang University Professor Seo Ji-won.
The lead institution of the center is UNIST, with KAIST, Sungkyunkwan University, and Hanyang University also participating. The center plans to build cooperative relationships with domestic and international companies such as Naver, SemiFive, Gluesys, and Intel to focus on talent development and joint research.
Director Baek Woong-ki said, “We will develop technologies that will be game changers to transform the paradigm of data centers,” adding, “Optimizing data center resources will not only reduce social costs but also contribute to improving environmental issues through energy consumption reduction.”
The University ICT Research Center support project is conducted to nurture core researchers at the master’s and doctoral levels who will lead national innovation growth by supporting advanced research projects in promising ICT technology fields.
Hosted by the Ministry of Science and ICT, this project is the largest among university support projects in the ICT field, with a total of eight new tasks selected this year.
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