🔸 Brian Impact’s ‘PaperShop’ support agreement signed last year with Modulabs to support AI and software research has yielded various research results in just over a year.

🔸 To date, 35 research papers supported by ‘PaperShop’ have been published, with many accepted at prestigious international conferences such as CVPR, NeurIPS, ICML, and ACL.

🔸 On July 12, a results-sharing event will be held with Modulabs to present major research outcomes from ‘PaperShop’.

[SEOUL, REPUBLIC OF KOREA – July 11, 2024] Brian Impact Foundation has announced the achievements of its AI and software research support program, ‘PaperShop,’ which has seen multiple research papers accepted at prestigious AI conferences worldwide. To celebrate these accomplishments, Brian Impact will host a results-sharing event on July 12 with Modulabs.

In November last year, Brian Impact signed a support agreement with Modulabs to launch the ‘PaperShop‘ research support program. This program aims to enable independent AI and software research beyond traditional academic settings. The program provides up to 200 million KRW annually to support researchers whose papers are accepted by major international journals or conferences.

To date, ‘PaperShop’ has supported a total of 35 research papers, including 15 in 2023, 5 in Q1 2024, and 15 in Q2 2024. Of these, 33 focus on AI, representing 94% of the total. Significantly, five of the Q2 papers were accepted at CVPR 2024 (Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition), one of the top three conferences in computer vision. Other papers have been accepted at leading conferences such as NeurIPS (Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems), ICML (International Conference on Machine Learning), and ACL (Association for Computational Linguistics).

‘PaperShop’ encourages researchers to explore diverse AI topics. Supported studies include technical advancements in data processing speed and accuracy, as well as projects addressing social issues. These projects range from Korean Sign Language recognition and automated ESG evaluation to image data augmentation for breast cancer diagnosis and solutions for missing medical data. Additionally, research on AI reliability and safety, such as harmful object detection systems and Machine unlearning for data privacy, has also been conducted.

Brian Impact and Modulabs will host a results-sharing event on July 12 to present the research outcomes and insights gained through the ‘PaperShop’ program and provide a platform for networking and discussing future research directions. Those who wish to participate can register on the Modulabs website.

Hyo-Eun Lee, Director at Brian Impact, stated, “Creating an environment where anyone can conduct AI research, regardless of institutional or resource limitations, will accelerate the integration of AI into various societal needs. Brian Impact will continue to lower the barriers to AI research through ‘PaperShop,’ fostering an environment where more individuals can focus on their research passions.”