Sungpyo Hong

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.