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Desirable Suggestions for Korean Geo-technology R&D through Analysis of the Global Grand Challenges and Moonshot Projects

글로벌 과학난제 도전연구프로젝트 분석을 통한 우리나라 지질자원기술에의 바람직한 제언

  • Kim, Seong-Yong (Future Geo-Technology Strategy Research Center, The Korea Institute Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM)) ;
  • Sung, Changmo (Policy Research Institute, The Korean Academy of Science and Technology (KAST))
  • 김성용 (한국지질자원연구원 미래전략연구센터) ;
  • 성창모 (한국과학기술한림원 정책연구소)
  • Received : 2019.12.30
  • Accepted : 2020.02.01
  • Published : 2020.02.28
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Abstract

Remarkable scientific and technological achievements are mainly shown in the 'super-convergence' or 'convergence of convergence' among cross- disciplinary fields, and advanced countries are promoting the 'high-risk, high-return research' ecosystem. Google LLC is carrying out numerous new challenges in terms of a non-failure perspective. Innovative research by the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has produced such breakthroughs as the Internet, GPS, semiconductors, the computer mouse, autonomous vehicles, and drones. China is pioneering a 'Moon Village' and planning the world's largest nuclear fusion energy and ultra-large particle accelerator project. Japan has also launched 'the moonshot technology development research system' to promote disruptive innovation. In Korea, the government is preparing a new research program to tackle the global scientific challenges. Therefore, it is necessary to determine the reasonable geoscientific challenges to be addressed and to conduct a preliminary study on these topics. For this purpose, it is necessary to conduct long-term creative research projects centered on young researchers, select outstanding principal investigators, extract innovative topics without prior research or reference, simplify research proposal procedures, innovate the selection solely based on key ideas, and evaluate results by collective intelligence in the form of conferences.

괄목할만한 과학기술성과는 이종분야간 초융합 또는 융합의 융합에서 주로 나타나고 있으며, 기술경쟁국들은 고위험 고수익 연구생태계를 추진하고 있다. 구글은 실패를 두려워하지 않는 관점에서 수많은 새로운 도전을 수행하고 있고, 미국 고등연구계획국(DARPA)의 혁신적인 연구추진은 지금까지 인터넷, GPS, 반도체, 마우스, 자율주행차, 드론 등과 같은 획기적인 성과물을 만들었다. 중국은 달기지 개척, 세계 최대 규모의 핵융합 에너지와 초대형 입자가속기 프로젝트를 추진 중이며, 일본도 '문샷형 기술개발연구제도'를 착수하여 파괴적 혁신창출을 추진하려 한다. 우리나라도 글로벌 과학난제의 도전과 해결을 위해 신규 연구프로그램을 준비하고 있다. 따라서 지질자원기술 연구자가 중심이 되어 도전하고 해결하며 공감할 수 있는 과학난제의 주제 발굴과 이들 주제에 관한 사전연구 등이 필요하다. 이를 위해서는 신진연구자 중심의 장기 창의연구사업, 우수한 과제책임자 선정, 선행연구나 참고문헌도 없는 획기적 주제 도출, 과제제안절차 간소화, 아이디어 중점 선정시스템 혁신, 컨퍼런스 형태의 집단지성에 의한 결과평가 등이 필요하다고 사료된다.

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