The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (Minister Lee Chang-yang) announced on the 2nd that it could recruit latest R&D operators in 3 ways to advertise artificial intelligence (AI) solution commercialization projects through cooperation between demand and provide corporations.

The primary is to support the event and commercialization of AI solutions to be introduced into core facilities and processes in industrial sites through cooperation between demand and provide corporations. The goal is a consortium composed of medium-sized, small and medium-sized enterprises and non-profit organizations, and supports a complete of 5.125 billion won for five latest tasks.

The second is to ascertain a digital collaboration system (industrial data platform) that may collect, connect, and share industrial data between corporations throughout the value chain for every industry, and realize real-time factories of corporations as virtual factories based on AI and digital twins for real-time monitoring and problem solving. The contents support the establishment of a ‘digital collaboration factory’ able to simulation for solution.

The goal is a consortium composed of enormous, medium-sized, small and medium-sized enterprises and non-profit organizations. This yr, for the 7 tasks in the first stage, strategy establishment and data platforms were established, and only about 6 with excellent performance were chosen to initiate the 2nd stage of technology development. 288 billion in support

The last is ‘company-wide DX promotion technology development’, which goals to nurture corporations with growth vision and modern capabilities despite lacking a foundation for digital transformation into corporations with AI utilization capabilities.

The goal is a consortium composed of medium-sized, small and medium-sized enterprises and non-profit organizations. Following strategic consulting on 21 tasks, around 15 consortiums with excellent performance are chosen and a complete of 27 billion won is supported for the second stage of technology development.

The announcement might be posted on the web sites of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy and the Institute for Advancement of Technology from the third, and applications for every R&D project might be accepted until April third, and the ultimate R&D operator might be chosen in April.

Lee Min-woo, director general of commercial technology convergence policy on the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, said, “If a correct AI solution is developed and applied to the commercial site, unprecedented industrial innovation can occur.” The federal government plans to supply support from various angles,” he said.

Reporter Lim Dae-jun ydj@aitimes.com