WILUS CEO Dr. Jin Sam Kwak received a ministerial commendation from the Ministry of Science and ICT on May 23, 2018. The national R&D project conducted by WILUS was nominated as an excellent project for its achievements in the ICT R&D project.
On December 21, 2017, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) certified the MPEG-H 3D audio binaural rendering technology developed by WILUS as a New Excellent Technology (NET).
The unique binaural rendering technology developed by WILUS, which realizes stereoscopic sound through two-channel output, has been adopted as a standard and applied in products such as Ultra-HD TVs.
NET certification (신기술 인증) is designed to facilitate the early discovery of excellent new technologies developed by Korean companies, research institutes, and universities. The program promotes the commercialization of these new technologies and aims to facilitate early market entry.
Dr. Ju-hyung Son, WILUS Wi-Fi standards expert, attended the ‘Joint workshop for IETF/IEEE standard’ hosted by the Open Standards and ICT Association. Dr. Son gave talks on Standardization phases of WLAN technology and IEEE 802.11ax HEW standards.
CEO of WILUS, Dr. Jin Sam Kwak was selected and awarded by the Ministry of Science and ICT of Korea for the achievements on Wi-Fi standardization. Dr. Kwak was presented with the award (표준화 유공분야 장관표창) by the Minister of Science and ICT of Korea.
WILUS was selected and awarded as the Young IP Pioneers Award (청년지식재산인상) by the Presidential council on Intellectual Property. The Young IP Pioneers Award is given to organizations and individuals that encourage the development, protection, utilization and commercialization of IP.
Dr. Woo Jin Anh, WILUS Wi-Fi standards expert, attended the ‘Seminar for Standardization for IOT Connectivity’ hosted by the Telecommunications Technology Association (TTA), and he gave talks on Standardization phases for 'IEEE 802.11ba’.
Minseok Noh, WILUS mobile standards expert, participated in 5G STC under the Telecommunications Technology Association (TTA). The 5G STC is the team in charge of 5G-related standardization.
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The Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) presented WILUS Inc. with a certification of ‘Excellence in Employee Invention Promotion’ on June 26, 2017. This designation recognizes WILUS’s systematic approach to IP portfolio development and exemplary inventor compensation system.
As an R&D-based research lab, ideas and patents are WILUS’s most important assets. WILUS encourages researchers to actively apply for patents in order to secure protection for their valuable innovations and provides exceptional compensation to inventors at each stage of the patent acquisition process.
KIPO’s ‘Excellence in Employee Invention Promotion’ program is intended to promote the adoption of employee invention rewards and fair compensation policies for inventors by identifying SMEs that are leaders in this area.
Dr. Juhyung Son, Wi-Fi standards expert of WILUS, attended the ‘workshop on wireless technologies for IOT’ hosted by the Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences (KICS). Dr. Son gave talks on 'Next Generation Wi-Fi: IEEE 802.11ax'
Dr. Jin Sam Kwak, CEO of WILUS, attended the ‘workshop on unlicensed wireless network technologies’ hosted by the Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences (KICS). Dr. Kwak gave talks on 'Next Generation Wi-Fi: IEEE 802.11ax'.