Kakao Mobility said on the 2nd that it signed a research cooperation agreement with the Ajou University Graduate School's Department of DNA Plus Convergence to cultivate convergent talent in advanced mobility and conduct joint research.
The agreement was pursued to cultivate advanced convergent talent that will lead the rapidly changing mobility industry through close cooperation between the two institutions and to strengthen data-driven research collaboration.
Kakao Mobility is expanding technology investment and talent acquisition in future mobility fields such as Autonomous Driving and robots based on its vision as a "physical artificial intelligence (AI)-based future mobility corporations." Through this collaboration, it plans to build a more practical research environment by combining academic research capabilities with real industry data and to enhance industrial competitiveness.
The two institutions will promote cooperation focused on ▲ research on mobility services and public contributions based on Kakao Mobility data ▲ industry-academia cooperation to cultivate specialized personnel in advanced mobility ▲ joint use of research infrastructure ▲ dissemination of research outcomes.
In particular, Kakao Mobility will provide the vast data and analytics infrastructure accumulated through platform operations and support the dissemination of research outcomes through joint workshops and conference presentations. It will also strengthen students' hands-on experience through internship programs and jointly carry out field-oriented research.
Moon Hee-jin, head of technology at Kakao Mobility, said, "At the inflection point where the future of mobility is evolving into physical AI, we expect the synergy created by the meeting of Ajou University's outstanding talent with our AI and data capabilities," adding, "We will continue to cooperate so that domestic mobility talent can gain global competitiveness and contribute to building a virtuous cycle of technology in which academia and industry grow together."
Ajou University Professor Yoo Jeong-hoon said, "This agreement has created a research environment that leverages world-class mobility data and infrastructure," adding, "Through cooperation with Kakao Mobility, we will work to cultivate core talent that will lead the future mobility industry."