Hong, Sungpyo, Ph.D.

Position : Chair Professor Born on Jan. 28, 1948

Affiliation : Division of General Studies, UNIST, Ulsan, Korea

Tel. : +82-52-217-2030

e-Mail : sungpyo@unist.ac.kr

Education

1986 05 Ph.D. & M.A. in Mathematics, The University of Rochester, USA

1980 02 M.S. in Mathematics, Seoul National University, Korea

1978 02 B.S. in Mathematics (Cum Laude), Sogang University, Korea

Experiences

2013 07 Chair Professor, UNIST

2013 03 Professor Emeritus, POSTECH

1986 12 – 2013 02 Assistant, Associate, Professor POSTECH

2008 01 – 2012 08 Director, Center for Excellence in Education, POSTECH

2006 06 – 2008 05 Special Committee for Study of Common Educational

Curriculum (KRF)

2003 03 – 2005 02 Chairman, Department of Mathematics, POSTECH

2001 01 – 2003 12 Editor, Bulletin of KMS

1998 01 – 2000 12 Editor, Communications of KMS

1996 09 – 1998 08 Chairman, Department of Mathematics, POSTECH

1991 01 – 1991 12 Visiting Professor, Oregon State University, USA

1986 09 – 1986 12 Visiting Professor, Oregon State University, USA

Awards

2011 12 2011 Proud POSTECHIAN Awards (Service part)

1995 02 Best Teacher Awards, POSTECH

1993 02 Best Teacher Awards, POSTECH

Books

1. Sungpyo Hong, Foundations of Euclidean Geometry (in Korean), Kyung Moon Sa, 273 pages, 2000, 3-rd ed. 347 pages, 2005, 4-th ed. 366 pages, 2008.

2. Jin Ho Kwak & Sungpyo Hong, Linear Algebra (in English), ISDN 0-8176-3993-3, Birkhauser, Boston, 370 pages, 1997, and 2-nd ed. by Springer, 2004.

Fields of Interest

Differential Geometry, Lorenzian Geometry.