Conference

International young scholars

Conference

2024

2024 Dates and Venue

September 28(SAT) and 29(SUN), 2024, Korea Standard Time
ZOOM Events platform

2024 Outline

Who can participate in?

Middle and high school students regardless of nationality 

Tracks

- Paper Presentation Track (PPT)

- Research Mentoring Track (RMT)

- Open Track (OT)

Programs

■ Lectures from Current Professors at Ive League Universities, MIT, and Stanford: This program features lectures by prominent professors from top universities like MIT, Cornell, Stanford, and UPENN. These lectures will likely cover cutting-edge research and thought leadership in various fields. (Open to all participants)

■ 4 Presentation Sessions: Participants showcase their research shaping the future across various fields, offering a platform for scholars to share their findings and ideas. This program focuses on research paper presentations. (Open to Paper Presentation Track Participants)

■ Data Analysis and Visualization Sessions: These sessions are designed to help teenagers develop research skills. It will cover how to transition from forming opinions to using data analysis and visualization techniques to find evidence to support their claims. It focuses on transitioning from subjective opinions to evidence-based analysis through data analysis and visualization techniques, empowering young researchers to make informed decisions and communicate their findings effectively. (Open to Paper Presentation Track Participants)

■ Research Mentoring Workshops: These workshops equip participants with the skills and tools needed to transform their inquiries into well-structured research proposals, fostering a culture of inquiry and academic excellence. The workshops will cover steps like developing a research question, conducting research, and crafting a research proposal. (Open to Research Mentoring Track Participants)

■ Free Speech Sessions: Participants deliver presentations on various forms of research across all fields. (Open to Open Track Participants)

Language

English

Important Dates

■ Deadline: September 14, 2024 (KST)
■ Announcement of the winners: October 16, 2024
■ Publication of Knowledge to Lead Volume 5, Issue 1 in late October, 2024




2024 Special Lecturers

Stanford University as a faculty member of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies

Research Interests: Social Movements, Family, Korean Studies

Associate Professor, Department of Government at Cornell University

Research Interests: International Relations, Chinese Foreign Policy, Asian Security

Associate Professor of EECS and in IDSS, [AI+D], MIT

Research Interests: Applications of machine learning to operations research (supply chains), LLM based OPT+ML applications, and more

Associate Professor of Radiology, Perelman School of Medicine at University of Pennsylvania

Research Interests: Quantum optics, bio-optics, physical and mathematical sciences, image analysis, nonlinear inverse scattering problem, tomography, optics, plasmonics, electromagnetic theory, optical microscopy

2024 Conference Schedule (KST)

SEP 28 (SAT) PPT – STEM PPT – SS RMT OT
08:30 - 10:30

Lecture 1 - Introduction to Statistics

(Associate Professor of Radiology, Perelman School of Medicine at University of Pennsylvania)
10:30 – 12:30 Presentation Session Presentation Session RMT - Workshop Free Speech
12:30 - 13:00 Lunch
13:00 - 14:30 Data Analysis and Visualization Simulation Session Data Analysis and Visualization Simulation Session RMT - Workshop Free Discussion
14:30 - 16:30

Lecture 2 - Understanding LLMs: a brief introduction to Transformers

(Associate Professor of EECS and in IDSS, [AI+D], MIT)

 

 

SEP 29 (SUN) PPT – STEM PPT – SS RMT OT
08:30 - 10:30

Lecture 3 - A Particularly Consequential Election: What the 2024 US Presidential Election Means for East Asia (Esp South Korea)

(Associate Professor, Department of Government at Cornell University)
10:30 – 12:30

Lecture 4 - The Long-Term Political and Social Consequences of Authoritarianism in South Korea

(Stanford University as a faculty member of the Freeman Spogli Institute for Int'l Studies)
12:30 - 13:00 Lunch
13:00 - 15:00 Presentation Session Presentation Session RMT - Workshop Free Speech
15:00 - 17:00 Data Analyzing and Visualization Simulation Session Data Analyzing and Visualization Simulation Session None None


*** Lecture topics are to be updated by August.

*** Please note that the detailed program schedule and content may be subject to minor changes depending on circumstances.




Awards

  Judging Awards
PPT – STEM (2 Groups)
  • Paper evaluated by Professor 45%
  • Oral Presentation evaluated by Professor 35%
  • Participation (including debate) 20%

 

For each group,

  • - 1st: Awarded by Professor (1)
  • - 2nd: Awarded by Professor (2)
  • - 3rd:  Awarded by Professor (3)
  • - 4th: Awarded by the Organizing Committee (4) 
PPT – SS (2 Groups)
  • - Paper evaluted by Professor 45%
  • - Oral Presentation evaluated by Professor 35%
  • - Overall participation 20%

For each group,

  • - 1st: Awarded by Professor (1)
  • - 2nd: Awarded by Professor (2)
  • - 3rd:  Awarded by Professor (3)
  • - 4th: Awarded by the Organizing Committee (4) 
RMT (STEM 1 group / SS 1 group)
  • - Progress evaluated by Mentor 35%
  • - Outcome 50%
  • - Overall participation 15%

For each group,

  • - 1st: Awarded by Professor (1)
  • - 2nd: Awarded by Professor (1)
  • - 3rd:  Awarded by Professor (2)
  • - 4th: Awarded by the Organizing Committee (3) 
  • - 5th: Awarded by HOBY Korea (5)
OT
  • - Submitted materials 45%
  • - Oral presentation 35%
  • - Overall participation 20%
  • - 1st: Awarded by the Organizing Committee (1) 
  • - 2nd: Awarded by HOBY Korea (2)
  • - 3rd: Awarded by EASE (3)
  • - 4th: Awarded by Green Environmental Practice Headquaters (5)

Benefits

  Benefits
PPT – STEM (2 Groups)
  • - A Ph.D. candidate or someone with a Master's degree or above leads a session.
  • - Professor gives feedback to each participant (paper and oral presentation).
  • - Participants receive Certificate of Recognition with the signature of Professor who gave your paper feedback.
  • - Participants receive Certificate of Participation issued by the Committee.
  • - Participants can publish their full papers in HOBY Korea Journal KNOWLEDGE TO LEAD Volume 5 Issue 1 (ISSN 2765-0626). (Optional. Not applicable if already published or scheduled for publication in another journal.)
PPT – SS (2 Groups)
  • - A Ph.D. candidate or someone with a Master's degree or above leads a session.
  • - Professor gives feedback to each participant (paper and oral presentation).
  • - Participants receive Certificate of Recognition with the signature of Professor who gave your paper feedback.
  • - Participants receive Certificate of Participation issued by the Committee.
  • - Participants can publish their full papers in HOBY Korea Journal KNOWLEDGE TO LEAD Volume 5 Issue 1 (ISSN 2765-0626). (Optional. Not applicable if already published or scheduled for publication in another journal.)
RMT (STEM 1 group / SS 1 group)
  • - Participants receive Certificate of Participation issued by the Committee.
  • - Participants can publish the research proposals they produced during the conference in the HOBY Korea Journal, KNOWLEDGE TO LEAD Volume 5 Issue 1 (ISSN 2765-0626).
OT
  • - Participants receive Certificate of Participation issued by the Committee.