It was announced on the 2nd that Professor Kim Dae-kyung (Department of Statistics, College of Natural Science) has been appointed the next president of the Korean Society for Reliability.

Accordingly, Professor Kim will lead the society for a two-year term from January 1 of next year through 2024.

The Korean Society for Reliability was founded in December 1999 to promote the advancement of reliability theory and to enhance industrial reliability technologies through industry–university–research collaboration. Experts from fields such as statistics, industrial engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, and advanced materials gather to provide reliability education and advisory services to government and public institutions, companies, and the defense sector.

Professor Kim stated, "Building on the foundations laid by past presidents, I will do my utmost to advance the study of reliability and to elevate the society as a forum for academic exchange among industry, academia, and research both domestically and internationally. I will also strengthen ties with related societies at home and abroad."

Professor Kim graduated from the Department of Statistics at Jeonbuk National University (JBNU) and received his Ph.D. from Dongguk University. He has been a professor in the Department of Statistics at JBNU since 1997. He served as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of the Korean Statistical Society (CSAM) of the Korean Statistical Society and has served as an editorial board member and as Vice President for Academic Affairs and Senior Vice President for the Korean Society for Reliability's international journals IJRA and the Journal of Applied Reliability (JAR). He also made major contributions to organizing international conferences, including 'QR2MSE,' held annually in China, and 'JKMS' on software reliability with Tottori University in Japan.