Announcement of the selection of research center

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Announcement of the selection of research center

We are excited to announce the results of the selection of the research center for the development of the blockchain and Klaytn ecosystem. (Research Center Program Announcement, PR)

Influential blockchain research institutes applied (7 proposals from 62 research institutes from 11 countries were received) to the BRC Program, The whole process of selecting a BRC with applicants, reviewers and governance council has been honored.The proposals from all the applicant’s were excellent and we really thanks for application once again.

BRC Center Program applicants :
Only the materials of the proposal applicants who agreed to release the presentation video will be released.

• 1.Klaytn Research Center for WEB 3.0 Life
  • Presentation materials : link (Thank you Web3.0 team for agreeing to release the materials.we recommend that you download it for good video quality.)
• 2.Klaytn LAB Blockchain Program
• 3.The Klaytn-UBC Blockchain Ecosystem (KUBE)
  • Presentation materials : link (Thank you UBC team for agreeing to release the materials)
• 4.SNU Blockchain Research Center
• 5.SET Global Blockchain Research Center
• 6.DEAR center Decentralized Autonomous Research center
• 7.Blockchain Research Center (KAIST/NUS) (Final selection of BRC)
  • 3rd review presentation materials : link (Thank you KAIST/NUS team for agreeing to release the materials)

Finally, we have selected the “Blockchain Research Center (KAIST/NUS)” Team. The KAIST/NUS research consortium is led by Dr Min Suk Kang, Assistant Professor, School of Computing, KAIST and Dr Prateek Saxena, Associate Professor, School of Computing, NUS, both of whom hold extensive blockchain research experience. They will work closely with an international team of principal investigators from six other universities - UC Berkeley, Princeton University, Georgia Institute of Technology, Northern Arizona University, Yonsei University, and Carnegie Mellon University – to conduct BRC’s research and outreach activities.

We really appreciate all the hard work and good content of the proposal. Please understand that we couldn’t be with other applicants this time due to the limited budget and resources of the research center program. Klaytn will grow further and make sure to invite other applicant’s center next time. All review processes were reviewed with fairness and objectivity regardless of conflicts of interest.

An open seminar will be held by the Blockchain Research Center (KAIST/NUS) team. We will update you soon.

Additionally, the details of all reviews are shared as follows (For transparency):

3rd review result

1. BRC 3rd Review Overview

1.1 3rd review

• Evaluation by the Klaytn Governance Council and Expert’s based on the evaluation criteria(RFP)
• (Online) Additional presentation(25 min) + live Q&A (35 min)
• 3rd review score : Gc’s average score(50%) + Expert’s average score(50%)
• Total Score(200%) : 2nd review result(100%) + 3rd review result(100%)
• The applicant with the highest total score will be selected as the grantee for the research center

1.2 Applicants

• SET Global Blockchain Research Center
• SNU Blockchain Research Center
• Blockchain Research Center (KAIST/ NUS)

1. 3 Reviewers

• Governance Council
  • Kracker labs
  • GroundX
  • AhnLab Blockchain Company
  • maekyung media group
  • Wemade
• Expert’s
  • Klaytn Foundation
    • Kyoo Il Kim (Michigan State University)
    • Khoong Hock Yun (Tembusu Partners)
  • Krust Universe
    • Colin Kim (Core Development)
    • Terry Wilkinson (Ecosystem Development)
    • Neo Yiu (Technology Advocacy)
    • Uno Lee (Klaytn Strategy & Treasury)
  • Krosslab
    • Juksun, Kate
  • Jaesun Han (former GroundX CEO)

2. BRC 3rd Review Result:

2.1 Total Score :

• Rank 1 : Blockchain Research Center (KAIST/NUS) (Final selection of BRC)
• Rank 2 : SNU Blockchain Research Center
• Rank 3 : SET Global Blockchain Research Center
• Total score detail:
  
  

2.2 3rd review Average Score :

• Rank 1 : Blockchain Research Center (KAIST/NUS)

  • 82.53(Average Score) = 80.94 (Gc’s Average Score * 0.5 ) + 84.12 (Expert’s Average Score* 0.5)

• Rank 2 : SNU Blockchain Research Center

  • 74.03 (Average Score) = 78.44 (Gc’s Average Score * 0.5 ) + 69.62 (Expert’s Average Score* 0.5)

• Rank 3 : SET Global Blockchain Research Center

  • 73.17(Average Score) = 73.9 (Gc’s Average Score * 0.5 ) + 72.45 (Expert’s Average Score* 0.5)

• 3rd review scores:

  • Normal Distribution
    • Average Score : 76.24
    • Standard Deviation: 11.94
    • -1 <= x <=1 → 0.68, -2 <= x <=2 → 0.95
      
      

• Max Score: 97.39

• Min Score: 49.0

• Median Score: 76.75

2nd Review Result

1. BRC 2nd Review Overview :

1.1 2nd review

• Evaluation by the Klaytn Governance Council based on the evaluation criteria(RFP)
• Average score of GCs.
• The top two applicants (or three) will be selected for the 3rd review according to the results of 2nd review.

1.2 Applicants

• Klaytn Research Center for WEB 3.0 Life
• Klaytn LAB Blockchain Program
• The Klaytn-UBC Blockchain Ecosystem (KUBE)
• SNU Blockchain Research Center (3rd review selection of BRC)
• SET Global Blockchain Research Center (3rd review selection of BRC)
• Blockchain Research Center (KAIST/NUS) (3rd review selection of BRC)
• DEAR center Decentralized Autonomous Research center

1. 2 Klaytn Governance Council Reviewers

• Wemade
• LGE
• Maeil Business
• Hankyung
• SKN
• AhnLab
• Celltrion
• Kracker labs
• KaKao Pay
• POST VOYAGER
• Gumi

2. BRC 2nd Review Result :

2.1 GC’s Average Score :

• Top3 Team Selected (for the 3rd review),

  • The 3rd evaluation will be notified individually.

• Scores:

• Normal Distribution

  • Average Score : 69.74
  • Standard Deviation: 5.15
  • -1 <= X <=1 → 0.68, -2 <= X <=2 → 0.95
  

• Max Score: 75.90

• Min Score: 61.24

• Median Score: 70.31

• Score Detail:
  

  

2.2 GC’s Score Detail :