At Korea International Water Week (KIWW) 2024 in Daegu, organized by the Korea Water Resources Association (KWRA) on last November 14, two GIST students won first and fourth prizes in the special Student Competition of the ‘Harnessing Remote Sensing for Water Resources and Climate Resilience’ session.
The session highlighted the role of advanced remote sensing technologies in hydrological monitoring and climate resilience, with invited lectures by renowned scholars like Prof. Venkataraman Lakshmi from the University of Virginia.
At the end of the session, a special Student Competition was held to showcase innovative ideas and fresh perspectives from emerging researchers across various graduate schools, and 10 graduate students who achieved high scores in their applications participated. Each participant delivered a five-minute presentation with a single PPT slide to explain their research on hydrology and remote sensing. Scholars who gave invited lectures evaluated the students without knowing their personal information.
In this competition, Subin Kim, an integrated master’s and Ph.D. student from GIST, won first prize for her project, ‘Soil Moisture Uncertainty and Prediction Using Machine Learning Approach’. Additionally, Nayoung Kwon, a master’s student from GIST, secured the fourth prize for her project, ‘Impact of Altered Snow Patterns on Soil Moisture and Wildfire Trends’.
“By preparing this presentation, I learned how to explain my research in plain language, which helps people not studying hydrology understand it,” said Nayoung Kwon, who won the fourth prize in the competition. “This was valuable, as it provided an opportunity to present in front of many people, and it will help in future oral sessions at conferences,” mentioned Subin Kim, who won first prize.
