Eunok Paek

Senior Research Engineer
LG Electronics

Eunok Paek is a senior research engineer of LG Electronics' central research organization, called LG Corporate Institute of Technology. LG Electronics is a leading manufacturer of home appliances, better known by its brand name, "Goldstar". LGCIT has been a research organization for LG group, but currently its R & D activities are focused on electronics and telecommunication.

During the past few years, Eunok has been a leader of R & D projects for developing software for digital televisions, functions of which range from user interface and closed caption decoding to device drivers and embedded database management system. Her previous projects had to do with providing natural and easy-to-use human interface software, by using various technologies from artificial intelligence and natural language processing.

Before joining LGCIT in 1995, she spent 4 years as a lecturer and research associate at Seoul National University. Her classes were mainly on artificial intelligence and mathematical logic, and her research interests were on providing a formal framework for knowledge representation and reasoning.

Eunok holds a bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering from Seoul National University and a PhD in Computer Science from Stanford University.

Eunok is a member of the boards of directors of the Association of Korean Women Scientists and Engineers, a non-profit organization to provide a forum for women scientists and engineers in Korea. She is also a member of the Women Information Scientists Association.



 
 
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