Combining World-Class Clinical Data with High-Performance Computing… Jointly Building Infrastructure for Medical AI Research

President Seung-Il Park of Asan Medical Center Says “We Will Successfully Apply Next-Generation Medical AI Solutions in Clinical Practice… Delivering Personalized Healthcare Services”

▲ At the signing ceremony for the “Business Agreement to Promote Medical AI Research” held on March 3 at the Executive Conference Room in the East Building of Asan Medical Center.
(From left) President Chong Rae Park of UNIST and President Seung-Il Park of Asan Medical Center pose for a commemorative photo.

Asan Medical Center is joining forces with Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) to establish a collaborative framework aimed at generating innovative research outcomes in the field of medical artificial intelligence (AI).

On March 3, Asan Medical Center (President Seung-Il Park) and UNIST (President Chong Rae Park) signed a “Business Agreement to Promote Medical AI Research” at the East Building Conference Hall of Asan Medical Center. President Seung-Il Park, President Chong Rae Park, and representatives attended the signing ceremony from both institutions who discussed plans for future collaboration.

The agreement is designed to accelerate the development of next-generation medical AI solutions by combining Asan Medical Center’s extensive clinical experience and high-quality medical data with UNIST’s high-performance AI computing infrastructure and data science expertise, creating an integrated environment for data utilization.

Under the agreement, the two institutions will collaborate in various areas, including jointly building and operating infrastructure for medical AI research, forming a joint Data Research Steering Committee, signing comprehensive agreements on data usage and intellectual property (IP), granting researchers mutual priority access to infrastructure, and jointly pursuing government-funded projects as well as organizing academic conferences and symposia.

To achieve tangible research outcomes, both institutions will actively link their core resources. Asan Medical Center will provide UNIST researchers with access to its in-hospital research facilities and medical data, along with a dedicated external VPN for secure research activities and GPU resources for pilot studies and initial model validation. This collaboration is expected to enable the development and validation of medical AI models that can be applied directly in clinical practice.

UNIST will provide Asan Medical Center researchers with storage and processing systems for large-scale medical data analysis, as well as high-capacity GPU resources for training and developing massive AI models. In the future, the collaboration plans to gradually expand to include next-generation computing technologies such as quantum computing.

President Seung-Il Park of Asan Medical Center said, “This agreement will combine Asan Medical Center’s world-class clinical data with UNIST’s cutting-edge AI capabilities, serving as a driving force for innovation in medical practice. We will strive to successfully apply next-generation medical AI solutions in clinical settings, delivering more precise and safe personalized care for critically ill patients.”

President Chong Rae Park of UNIST stated, “Convergent research combining AI and biomedical expertise will form an important foundation for the future development of precision medicine. By linking the foundational science, data science, and computing technologies accumulated by UNIST’s Graduate School of Medical Science and AI and biomedical researchers with Asan Medical Center’s clinical capabilities, we aim to produce tangible outcomes.”