IITP, Microsoft collaborate to build global network for fostering AI workers

A total of 34 Korean artificial intelligence (AI) researchers have successfully announced the results of their internships in a program jointly organized by the Ministry of Science and ICT, the Institute of Information & Communications Technology Planning & Evaluation (IITP) and Microsoft Research Asia (MSRA), aimed at fostering a global AI workforce. According to the IITP, the three sides jointly held 2025 Korea Day @ MSRA in Beijing on Monday and Tuesday, where the interns and MRSA researchers shared their latest achievements. Participating in the event were IITP President Hong Jin-bae, MSRA Managing Director and Corporate Vice President Lidong Zhou and more than 50 other researchers, professors and participating interns. In order to train IT workers, the IITP has been running the internship program in cooperation with MSRA since 2011. Among more than 170 graduates, 48 have been hired by leading IT companies in and outside of Korea, 33 have taken faculty positions at top universities such as Seoul National University (SNU) and Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, and 25Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times