Jung Uck Seo, who acted as 2003– 2004 IEEE Region 10 director, passed away on 11 January at the age of 70.
While operating at Korea Telecom, the IEEE Life Fellow led the advancement of the TDX-1 digital telephone changing system. Later on he worked to advertise the code department numerous gain access to technique of encoding information sources. CDMA, called 2G, enabled information to be sent over a single radio-frequency provider by one transmitter, or to utilize a single RF provider frequency with several transmitters.
Seo likewise served in management positions for a number of South Korean federal government departments consisting of the Agency for Defense Development and the Korean Communications Agency.
Early days in defense innovation
After making a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Seoul National University in 1957, Seo signed up with the Republic of Korea Air Force Academy, in Cheongju, as a trainer of interactions and electronic devices. 3 years later on he left for the United States to go to Texas A&M University, in College Station. He made master’s and postgraduate degrees in electrical engineering there in 1963 and 1969, respectively.
He went back to South Korea in 1969 and signed up with the recently developed Agency for Defense Development, in Daejon, as an area chief. There he established innovations for the military, consisting of a walkie-talkie, a telephone connecting system, and a portable calculator. Seo increased through the ranks and became called president of the electronic devices and interactions department.
He left in 1982 to sign up with Seoul National University, where he taught for a year as a teacher of electro-magnetic field theory.
In 1983 he signed up with Korea Telecom (now KT Corp.), in Seongnam-si, where he functioned as senior executive vice president. He supervised of R&D for digital changing and quality control systems. Throughout his time at the firm, he led the advancement of the Time Division Exchange, or TDX-1– a digital changing system that was released throughout the nation’s telecom networks in 1984.
A leader in telecoms in South Korea
In 1991 Seo was designated by the South Korean federal government to function as minister of science and innovation. In this function, he authorized federal government financing for research study and advancement.
After 2 years he delegated end up being president of the Korea Institute of Science and Technology, in Seoul, where he led the effort to advertise CDMA innovation. Seo and a group of KIST scientists dealt with Qualcomm to establish CDMA innovation for cellular networks. In 1996 mobile interactions providers in South Korea started to supply CDMA cordless services, ending up being the very first business providers worldwide to use the innovation.
In addition to his management at KIST, Seo acted as president and vice chairman of SK Telecom, a cordless operator and previous movie supplier in Seoul. He was president of the Korea Accreditation Board, which runs accreditation programs for management and systems accreditations based upon worldwide requirements.
A long-lasting member of IEEE– Eta Kappa Nu, Seo was called a distinguished member in 2012,
