Science institute in South Korea
The
Institute for Basic Science
(
IBS
;
Korean
:
基礎科學硏究院
) is a Korean government-funded research institute that conducts basic science research and relevant pure
basic research
. Comprising approximately 30 research centers with more than 60 research groups across the nation and a headquarters in
Daejeon
, IBS has approximately 1,800 researchers and doctoral course students. Around 30% of the researchers are from countries outside South Korea.
[1]
The organization is under the
Ministry of Science and ICT
.
History
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IBS was established in November 2011 by the
Lee Myung-bak
administration as a research institute, later a core of the International Science and Business Belt (ISBB)
[2]
upon relocation of their headquarters from a rented property to their own campus in January 2018
[3]
using land reclaimed from the
Taej?n Expo '93
in
Expo Science Park
. The Institute is often referred to as the ‘Nobel Prize project’ of the nation, as obtaining that award was a clear goal behind the founding.
[4]
In 2011,
[5]
the Korean government announced an investment of more than 2 trillion KRW (roughly US$2 billion) to build a heavy ion accelerator facility, named
RAON
, in northern Daejeon by 2021
[6]
[7]
[8]
[9]
before getting pushed back to 2025.
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The facility is expected to be the world's first device using both the isotope separator on-line (ISOL) and in-flight (IF) methods.
[11]
In 2018, it was noted that the largest share of
Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers
in Korea are affiliated with IBS.
[12]
In that same year, the IBS Center for Climate Physics, headed by
Axel Timmermann
, began to use a 1.43-petaflop
Cray XC50
supercomputer
, named Aleph, for climate physics research.
[13]
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In late 2023, a new supercomputer, Olaf, was ranked 10th on the
Green500
.
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As of January 2020, there are 30 centers operating in various fields of science including 6 in
chemistry
, 6 in
life science
, 5 in interdisciplinary science, 10 in physics, 1 in
Earth science
, and 2 in mathematics.
[18]
In late 2023, the Second Basic Science Research Institute Construction Plan (2023?2030) was established which will expand the headquarters and construct an IBS research building at UNIST, GIST, DGIST and KAIST. Estimated completion dates are 2025 for headquarters, 2026 for UNIST, and 2030 for GIST, DGIST and KAIST. Total costs are budgeted at KRW 309 billion, which is in addition to the KRW 324.5 billion for an IBS building at both KAIST and POSTECH under the First Plan.
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List of IBS presidents
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- Oh Se-jung
(November 25, 2011 ? February 2014) PhD in physics from
Stanford University
, Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at
Seoul National University
, and 2nd President of the
National Research Foundation of Korea
[21]
- Kim Doochul
(September 2014 ? September 2019) PhD in electrical engineering from
Johns Hopkins University
, Professor in the Department of Physics at Seoul National University, and 5th President of the
Korea Institute for Advanced Study
[22]
- Noh Do Young
(November 22, 2019 ? current) PhD in physics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Professor in the Department of Physics and Photon Science at
Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology
(GIST), director of the Center for Advanced X-ray Science, president of Korea Synchrotron Radiation User's Association, dean of GIST College
[23]
Organizational structure
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IBS consists primarily of a headquarters (HQ) and secondary units in the form of research centers. IBS plans to establish a total of 50 research centers, employing 3,000 people.
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IBS research centers are divided into several categories: HQ, campus, extramural, and pioneer research. HQ Centers' research groups are affiliated solely with IBS. Campus Centers are based in the nation's science and technology universities (
KAIST
,
DGIST
,
UNIST
,
GIST
and
POSTECH
). Extramural Centers are based in universities other than science and technology universities (
Seoul National University
,
Sungkyunkwan University
,
Korea University
,
Yonsei University
,
Ewha Womans University
, and
Pusan National University
). Pioneer Research Centers (PRC) are headquarters-based centers headed not by a director, but by a group of up to five chief investigators.
The centers are located at IBS HQ in Daejeon and relevant universities in
Seoul
,
Suwon
,
Daegu
,
Ulsan
,
Pohang
,
Busan
,
Daejeon
, and
Gwangju
. The annual budget for each center ranges from 2 to US$10 million. Once launched, centers run with no fixed time frame to conduct their research.
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There are two affiliated organizations: the
National Institute for Mathematical Sciences
(NIMS),
[26]
and the
Rare Isotope Science Project
(RISP).
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Educational Programs
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IBS School, University of Science and Technology
IBS School is a graduate program jointly founded by IBS and the
University of Science and Technology
(UST) in Korea.
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The school opened in September 2015 to foster young scientists in basic science by using HQ Centers' facilities.
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IBS Young Scientist Fellowship (YSF)
IBS has been running this program since 2013 to provide opportunities for early career researchers
[30]
(postdocs with less than 5 years' experience or those under the age of 40 with a PhD) to gain research experience by carrying out independent research within IBS centers.
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See also
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References
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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Feldman, Michael (September 20, 2018).
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.
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. Retrieved
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.
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"PNU's IBS Center for Climate Physics boosts climate research with new Supercomputing Facility"
.
IBS Center for Climate Physics
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. Retrieved
November 14,
2019
.
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"IBS Supercomputer 'Olaf' Debuts in the List of Top 10 Green Supercomputers"
.
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. Retrieved
May 22,
2017
.
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.
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. Retrieved
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2017
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.
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a
b
Park, Soo Bin (May 17, 2012).
"South Korean research centre seeks place at the top"
.
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.
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:
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.
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. Retrieved
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2016
.
Each centre will have an average annual budget of 10 billion won, and will be directed by a world-class scientist, employed on a 10-year contract.
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"National Institute for Mathematical Sciences"
.
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"Welcome to RISP"
.
risp.ibs.re.kr
. Retrieved
April 4,
2016
.
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"UST University of Science and Technology"
.
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2016
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Science, ibs, 基礎科學硏究院, ibs Institute for Basic.
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Nature
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490
(7420): 331?334. October 18, 2012.
Bibcode
:
2012Natur.490..331.
.
doi
:
10.1038/490331a
.
ISSN
0028-0836
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