Lee Kwang-Hyung

(English) Lee Kwang-Hyung, President of KAIST, is known by various monikers such as a futurologist who has a calendar 10 years from now on the desk, an eccentric professor who watches TV placed upside down, the godfather of the first-generation venture businesses, and an actual character on the Korean TV drama “KAIST,” but calls himself a person who nurtures people’s dreams.

While working as a professor of computer science at KAIST, Lee earned his nickname, the godfather of the first-generation venture businesses, by producing many talented first-generation venture entrepreneurs, and establishing the new department of bio and brain engineering, the first convergence department at KAIST. Lee has made the unprecedented move of creating a blueprint 10 years into the future, including establishing the Moon Soul Graduate School of Future Strategy. He has served as the 17th president of KAIST since 2021.

Song Ji-Na, writer of the popular SBS drama “KAIST,” describes Lee Kwang-Hyung, who plays himself as an eccentric character in the drama, as “a professor who embraces students who are crazy about something, keeps them being crazed, and even gets crazed with them.” In actuality, he encourages those who are absorbed in what they love to study to become venture entrepreneurs. 

With his childhood dream of becoming a scientist like Thomas Edison, he majored in industrial engineering at university and started studying computer science to keep pace with the changes of the world when he was studying abroad. After that, he continued to acquire new knowledge—from artificial intelligence and bio information to futurology. He always stresses that “the size of your dreams determines the size of your life.”

We All Shine on Our Own Stars is a life guide for all young people, offered by an author who has proven through his own life that anyone can make a change if they discover what it is they really want to do. His life philosophy, articulated through 12 subjects, will act as a guidepost for young people who face an uncertain future and he also suggests useful guidelines for older generations who are standing at the inflection point of life.

Lee’s works include the Future of the World, Future Management Based on Three-dimensional Future Forecast, and Three-dimensional Creativity Development Method by Professor Lee Kwang-Hyung. He edits and publishes KAIST Future Strategy, which guides the direction in which Korean society should move ahead every year.

(Chinese) 虽然被称为“颠倒看电视的怪才教授”、“ KAIST风投创业教父”、“第四次产业革命的领路人”、“关注10年后日历的未来学家”等，但他称自己为“寻找梦想的人”。

在担任韩国科学技术院（KAIST）计算机科学系教授时，他培养出了大批韩国第一代风投企业家，被誉为“明星风投企业之父”，并新设了韩国科学技术院最早的融合学科——生物及脑工程系。之后设立了韩国最早的未来学研究机关——Moon Soul未来战略研究生院等，以独特的步伐领先于时代10年，开创了未来的新局面。2021年，他开始担任韩国科学技术院第17任校长。

对于在人气SBS电视剧《KAIST》中登场的这位怪才教授原型人物，剧作家宋智娜这样说过：“教授不仅理解这些痴迷于有趣事物的学生们，让他们继续痴迷，还和他们一起痴迷。”实际上，他带领那些热爱自己喜欢的事情胜过学业的学生，帮助他们实现成为风投创业家的梦想。

作者自幼梦想成为像爱迪生那样的科学家，大学主修产业工学专业，在留学时期开始学习计算机，之后研究人工智能、生物信息和未来学等专业领域，为了追求梦想，不断开拓新的道路。他总是强调：“梦想的大小就是人生的大小。”

《我们都在自己的星星上发光》是李光亨校长为年轻人准备的人生指南，他通过自己的人生道路证明了只要找到真正想做的事情，任何人都可以改变自己。他以12个主题阐述了自己的人生哲学，不仅是为所有迷失人生方向的年轻人提供指引，也为人生转折点处徘徊的中年人提供了有用的指导。

作者著有《世界的未来》、《从三维未来预测看未来经营管理》、《李光亨教授的三维创造力发展法》等，每年还编辑出版引领韩国社会前进方向的杂志《KAIST未来战略》。

I was instantly attracted to this book the moment I saw the title. It’s because the title is like what I used to say to people. The star is myself as well as my dream. Like the author’s saying, “If you hold a dream, you can see and catch an opportunity,” I believe that this book will support those who chase dreams against the difficulties of reality. - Kim Bong-Jin, Founder of People of Delivery and Chairperson of Woowa Brothers Corporation (2022)

Recently, KAIST has been undergoing revolutionary changes to nurture irreplaceable, creative leaders. It is Lee Kwang-Hyung who is driving these changes. He has taken the most audacious, creative ideas in the world and put those ideas into action throughout his life. This book captures the seeds of his leadership. - Jeong Jae-Seung, brain scientist (2022)

Seeing geese when I visited KAIST really made an impression on me. Learning that it’s an incumbent president who made KAIST such a warm place by inviting the geese as a part of their family, I was even more amazed. This book illustrates the eccentric professor’s life philosophy. I would like to recommend this book for the youth who want to live their own lives. - Im Jeong-wook, Co-president of TBT (2022)

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