Lim, Hyo-young and Lee, Jeong-gu, seniors and members of the Department of Computer Engineering club, \"SSOS\" and Advisor Kwak, Jong-wook
\'Configuring Positioning System in Ad-hoc Network Environments\', produced pilot model
[May 19, 2011]

 Undergraduate students of YU won the best thesis award at the spring academic conference hosted by the Korea Information Processing Society, one of the two top academic socities in the IT sector of Korea.

 They are Lim, Hyo-young (22, female) and Lee, Jung-gu (26) who are both seniors in the Department of Computer Engineering. The main author Lim and co-author Lee received the best thesis award that they completed with the guidance of Professor Kwak, Jong-wook. Of the 478 theses submitted, only 10 are given the best thesis award, which they won despite competing with graduate school students.

 
 Students of the Department of Computer Engineering and their advisor, who won the best thesis award as undergraduates at the Korea Information Processing Society
(from left to right, Professor Kwak Jong-wook, Lim Hyo-young, Lee Jeong-gu)

 The topic of the thesis was \'Configuration of positioning system using DSDV (Destionation Sequenced Distance Vector) routing algorithms in an Ad-hoc network environment\'

 Unlike existing network environments where control is centralized through a fixed infrastructure such as a wired network, station or AP (Access Point), ad-hoc networks are short-distance wireless networks where devices such as laptops or smart phones act as a mobile host to communicate with each other. It has high mobility and flexibility, and is independent from stationary networks making it very useful in disaster-hit areas or military zones.

 In particular due to the recent surge in distribution of smart phones, it is being of high attention commercially. Thus, after thinking of ways to utilize this in kindergarten children management systems, positioning system applications and hardware for smart phones were designed and a prototype was also made.

 Professor Kwak Jong-wook (36, Department of Computer Engineering), who was their advisor, stated, \"I am very happy for the two who worked with great passion going outside for testing as scheduled, despite the fact that it was a very cold day.\" He added, \"The prototype idea that they developed will be applied to amusement park lost-children prevention systems and tourist management systems for tour guides, and thus will be wroth commercializing.\"

 They said that because they worked together since they were freshmen in the Department of Computer Engineering club \"SSOS\" the more trials and more errors they made, the better their teamwork became. They stated, \"This event was a chance for me to assess just how passionate I was for my major and at what level I am. At the same time, it helped me get rid of the vague anxiety I had as I became a senior.\" They also stated smiling, \"We learned that work that one enjoys, one does diligently, and in result, the achievements are also good. We will work harder to contribute in \'IT Powerhouse Korea\'.\"