A Sejong University research team has been selected for a government-funded cultural content research and development project. The university said Friday that the team, led by professor Kim Soo-yeon of the Department of English Data Convergence, will participate in the 2026 Korea Creative Content Agency R&D Program funded by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and supported by the Korea Creative Content Agency. Under the initiative, Kim’s team plans to carry out a project to develop a personalized artificial intelligence (AI) agent technology designed to enhance cultural accessibility for people in culturally underserved communities. Kim, concurrently director of the university’s Institute of Humanities, Intelligence and Technology, will lead the project, which will run through December 2028. The project budget is estimated at 4.44 billion won ($2.95 million), of which 3.6 billion won will be provided by the government. The university said its Industry-Academy Cooperation Foundation will serve as the lead R&D institution. Joint research partners include the Gyeongbuk Institut
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