The 7^th “Enlightening the World” Sungdae Myeongnyun Special Lecture

                                                                      Prof. Ross Anderson                                                 Prof. Hyoungshick Kim

                                                         Prof. Peter Singer                              Prof. Luke Lee                         Prof. Jared Diamond

SKKU is inviting local and international scholars to diagnose issues of 2022 Korean society in a series of special lectures. The “Enlightening the World” Sungdae Myeongnyun lecture invites scholars in/out of bounds to predict and prepare for prospects and future strategies by sharing issues of different topics such as politics, economics, humanities, society, etc.

The purpose of this lecture is to spread the school philosophy of In-Eui-Ye-Jee (Benevolence, Righteousness, Propriety, Wisdom), to produce a premium lecture that cultivates the personality of students and leads education of values by inviting personages of expertise from in/out of bound, and to enhance our students’ practical global competence with faculties of globally distinguished universities starting from this semester.

Continued from the last special lecture held on September 7^th, delivered by the Novel laureate economist Professor Myron Scholes, the upcoming lecture is delivered by Professor Ross Anderson from Cambridge University with the theme of “Security, Safety, Sustainability – Choose Any Two!”, hosted by SKKU Computer Sciences Professor Hyoungshick Kim. Prof. Anderson is currently working at the University of Cambridge, Computer Science Technology Department, and is also the founder of Security Economics research. He is known to us as the author of “Security Engineering”.

Prof. Kim, the host of this special lecture, said, “The IT industry is currently facing hardships trying to achieve the goals of mutual contradiction: Security, Safety, Sustainability. This special lecture will provide students the opportunity to study why such a trilemma occurs and what efforts must be done to extract a solution.”

This lecture will be conducted in Natural Sciences Campus Building No. 27 1^st floor, Live Virtual Studio, through both online (Real Time Streaming) and offline. We hope the participation of many students.

※ Sungdae Special Lecture exclusive ZOOM URL

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7766237789?pwd=SDRHZjJWdTdvUjB5OTZiZ1Awbkp6Zz09

On the other hand, the 8^th special lecture will be delivered by Professor Peter Albert David Singer from Princeton University, also a chair-professor of SKKU, with the theme of “Life & Ethics”. Prof. Singer, a philosopher from Australia, majors in Applied Ethics and currently is a professor at Princeton University, Department of Bioethics. He is already well-known to us as the author of “The Most Good You Can Do” and “Ethics in the Real World: 83 Brief Essays on Things That Matter”.

The 9^th special lecture will be delivered by Professor Luke Lee from Harvard University, also a chair-professor of SKKU, with the theme of “Nano-Bio Photonics”. Prof. Lee is the pioneer of the new research field called Nano Bio Photonics in which nano, bio, and optics are combined, and is currently leading active international research activities.

The last lecture of 2022 will be conducted by the author of “Guns, Germs, and Steel”, another chair-professor of SKKU, Professor Jared Diamond, discussing the origin of the modern economic, political system, rise and fall of nations and societies in the perspective of civilization and environmentalism, and the prospect of new civilization’s sustainable future. The lecture of Prof. Diamond will be held on November 16^th, 10 A.M.

Prof. Joonmo Cho (Executive Vice President of Humanities and Social Sciences Campus) said, “In order to expand the horizon of education for students globally, we are conducting global classes that combine contents with famous professors from overseas universities. This will be the model for future university education suitable for the emerging era of the digital education revolution. This is to let the students who are tired of continuous COVID-19 have high-quality lectures delivered by oversea university professors. Moreover, publish these high-quality university lectures to the public for free to serve the role of a university which is: share and innovation.”

※ Inquiry: Office of Academic Affairs (02-760-1053, hhgil@skku.edu)