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< Photos from KAIST-POSTECH Science War (photographed by Student Junhyeok Park of KAIST Freshman Course) >

The future leaders of science at KAIST and POSTECH (President Seong Keun Kim) held their annual science and sporting event at POSTECH for two days from September 20th to 21st. The 'KAIST-POSTECH Science War (hereafter KA-PO War)' is a festival consisting of science and sports games and various side events to promote exchange and cooperation between the two universities. It is also known by the nickname 'Science War'.

KA-PO War consists of △Science Games △e-Sports △Athletics, and the two universities compete in a total of 7 events including hacking competitions, artificial intelligence programming (AI), science quizzes, League of Legends (LOL), baseball, basketball, and soccer. In particular, the 9-hour ‘hacking competition’ and the ‘AI programming’ competition, which pits the AI design strategies of the two universities against each other, are famous for its competitions that are not easily seen at other universities.

The future science leaders of KAIST and POSTECH competed with their brains and physical strength even in the rain, and in the competition where the university that wins more than 4 out of 7 events wins, KAIST won with a score of 6 to 1 after fierce matches.

In addition, for this KAIST competition, Byeong-cheol Kim, the CEO of POSTECH Holdings and an alumnus of the Department of Industrial Management at POSTECH, donated 10 million won for the preparation of this event.

< Photos from KA-PO War site (photographed by Student Junhyeok Park of KAIST Freshman Course) >

KA-PO War Director Henry Kwon (KAIST Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering) said, “I would like to thank the planning team and supporters who worked hard to make it a successful event. This year’s KA-PO War shined even brighter because of the students from both universities who cheered passionately and played games despite the hot weather and rain. I hope this will be an opportunity to further strengthen the bond and sense of belonging among engineering students.”

KA-PO War Preparatory Committee Chairman Sa-joon Hong (POSTECH Department of Physics) said, “As if to manifest this year’s motto, ‘BLAST,’ the intense heat swept through the competition, and regardless of the outcome, the students from both universities took away unforgettable and precious memories.”

As a kind of student festival jointly held between the two universities, which have been held annually since 2002, KAIST-POSTECH Science Wars is held under a different name each year depending on the venue. This year, it was held at POSTECH, thus called ‘KA-PO War.’