Conversation with scholars of quantum technology… “A tremendous contribution to human progress”
On the afternoon of the 19th (local time), President Yoon Seok-yeol visited the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, Switzerland, and had conversations with scholars of quantum technology.
President Yoon first greeted, saying, “It is an infinite honor to meet you at this hall of truth where world-renowned scholars such as Einstein and von Neumann have nurtured their dreams, and where 22 Nobel laureates have been produced.”
President Yoon said, “(Vice President Günter) told me that this is an engineering college created to develop Switzerland’s industrial technology, and that 22 Nobel Prize winners would come out of this pure science field. .
Then he said, “Isn’t it that a fundamental scientific theory was derived again while obsessing over problem solving in the process of researching practical industrial technologies?
President Yoon said, “Quantum technology is a field that studies very fine materials on a quantum level in the microscopic world.” “he said.
President Yoon said, “Regarding quantum science, which has become a core technology in the era of the 4th industrial revolution, various research results are coming out in Korea, and great interest in each country is gathering in quantum technology.”
He added, “The Korean government has selected this quantum science as one of the future national strategic technologies and is concentrating its capabilities at the national level.
The meeting was attended by experts in quantum technology research, including Vice President Günther Department, Andreas Ballaf, Director of the Quantum Center, and Klaus Enslin, Director of the National Center for Quantum Science and Technology Research Competence.
/yunhap news
