Taewook Heo

ETRI (Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute) will help humanity to realize a Smart World that is more abundant, convenient, and safe by creating harmony between humanity, technology and the environment. Since its foundation in 1976, ETRI, a global ICT research institute, has been making its immense effort to provide Korea a remarkable growth in the field of ICT industry. ETRI delivers Korea as one of the top ICT nations in the World, by unceasingly developing world’s first and best technologies. Korea, the wasteland of Science and Technology, became ICT leading nation through indomitable will and challenging spirit. In the 1980s, one-phone-per-house which brought significant changes to the everyday lives of Koreans was realized by the development of TDX; Time Division Exchange, fully digital electronic switching system. Korea stated to dominate the world’s semiconductor industry by its development of 4M DRAM successfully. During 1990s ETRI once again astonished world by commercializing CDMA for the very first time in the world. In 2000s ETRI developed Terrestrial DMB, WiBro, and 4G LTE-Advanced which became the foundation of Mobile Communication. Building on its past success, ETRI continues to dedicate in R&D to maintain its place among world’s best research institutes leading creative economy. With its vision of being ‘ICT Innovator, For a Great Tomorrow’, ETRI will challenge continuously to develop creative and innovative technologies to be responsible for world ICT industry beyond Korea by creating innovative research achievement, securing global IP competitiveness and establishing world-class advanced management system.