Applications Open for the Lead Director to Guide the K-Moonshot 'AI Scientist' Mission

[Financial News] The Ministry of Science and ICT and the National Research Council of Science & Technology (NST) announced on the 7th that they will publicly recruit the Program Director (PD) who will oversee the 'AI scientist' mission under the K-Moonshot Project.
The 'AI scientist' mission aims to develop an AI system that can autonomously carry out the entire research process by 2035, from hypothesis generation to experiment design, verification, analysis and the production of research results.
The selected PD will belong to the National Science AI Research Center (NAIS) under the NST, which is responsible for the AI scientist mission, and will take overall charge of the mission. The PD will have the authority to lead the entire process needed to achieve the mission, including setting the mission roadmap, planning key R&D projects, supporting the planning of gap-technology R&D and budget securing, overseeing the selection, evaluation, management and progress review of related projects, managing outcomes such as technology commercialization and spin-offs, and coordinating cooperation among ministries, dedicated agencies and industry-academia-research partners.
Applications for the PD position will be accepted from the 7th to the 24th, and the final selection and appointment are scheduled for September. The selected PD will be appointed as a special research fellow of the NST and will serve until July 2029. Detailed information on eligibility and required documents can be found in the PD recruitment notice on the NST website.


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