"We are focusing on supporting students so that they publish more research papers and, based on them, launch tech startups. To that end, we operate a variety of academic exchange programs." Lee Seong-whan, Dean of the Korea University Graduate School of Artificial Intelligence, introduced the 'industrialization of research results' as the operating direction of the AI Graduate School that he is pursuing with particular emphasis this year. He also set a goal of producing 10 AI startups by the time the 10-year AI Graduate School support project ends. Korea University was selected for the AI Graduate School support project and newly established its Department of Artificial Intelligence in 2019. Professor Lee Seong-whan was then the head of the Department of Artificial Intelligence. He was also serving as the first president of the Korean Artificial Intelligence Association. At that time, Korea University established the AI Graduate School by operating existing doctoral programs and integrated master's-doctoral programs. The goals were to produce outstanding talent in the AI field and to improve research performance. Three years have passed since then, and there have been many changes at the Korea University AI Graduate School. First, the number of full-time faculty increased from 7 to 11. In addition, Professor Klaus-Robert Müller, a world-renowned scholar in the field of machine learning, participates as an adjunct professor. Research capabilities and education quality have improved accordingly. The 11 full-time faculty members published 12 papers this year in journals in the global top 10%, as of the end of last August. Of these, 8 were papers presented at top global conferences. The total is expected to comfortably exceed 20 by year-end. That works out to about 2 papers per full-time faculty member. In particular, Professor Müller, who participates as an adjunct professor, gives lectures and conducts joint research at Korea University twice a year. He visits Korea for two weeks each time. He also held a seminar on the 7th. The number of students has grown as well. The number of students in the integrated master's-doctoral program, only 28 in the first year, has grown nearly eightfold to about 200 as of this year. Admission quotas have increased every year, with 65 admitted in 2021 and 74 this year. "We thought hard about a differentiated system that only the Korea University AI Graduate School can offer. We decided to create a curriculum that supports not only research for papers but also turning research results into tech startups. As a result, we have been able to produce 3 to 4 AI startups so far." Dean Lee actively utilized the Pre-Startup Package run by the Korea Institute of Startup & Entrepreneurship Development. It is a program that provides not only startup funding but also various kinds of support during the preparation process. He spared no technical support so that projects could be selected for the startup package starting from the research process carried out with students. AIBIZ is a representative example. It is an AI startup that develops a solution that predicts quality by running deep learning on sensor information obtained from semiconductor manufacturing processes as data. Dean Lee explained, "AIBIZ was able to start up in 2020 when its founder was selected for the Pre-Startup Package with an AI algorithm developed in graduate school," adding, "The full support of the AI Graduate School played a major role." Using the exchange student program and participating in overseas academic conferences are also indispensable activities. Dean Lee said, "Just as important as researching and studying with an excellent faculty is going abroad, even briefly, to exchange ideas and train. Since the end of last year, we have been sending exchange students to Johns Hopkins University in the U.S. and have been carrying out various activities, such as participating in the 'ACL2022' conference held in Dublin, Ireland." Asked whether there is anything disappointing, he pointed out, "Continued government attention and support are needed." He said that while the number of students grows every year, government budget support remains at its initial level. He pointed out, "We provide scholarships and support for overseas exchange to graduate students, and as the number of students increases each year the costs are multiplying, but government support has not increased at all from the 2019 level, the first year of establishment. It needs to be changed to 'customized support' according to the size of the AI graduate school." He then said, "Going forward, we will set up an exchange and cooperation channel to consider ways for AI graduate schools to share research results and create synergy."