Approximately 3 million pieces of public data related to four material fields—chemicals, metals, ceramics, and textiles—will be made available to the private sector.
The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy and the Ministry of Science and ICT announced today (8th) that they have signed a memorandum of understanding to innovate material research and development (R&D) based on data and artificial intelligence (AI).
The two ministries have agreed to open about 3 million public data items in the material field, built by the Ministry of Industry, through the secure data zones of the Ministry of Science and ICT.
Since 2020, the Ministry of Industry has been accumulating public data in the four fields of chemicals, metals, ceramics, and textiles to enhance the competitiveness of the domestic materials industry and preempt strategic materials.
Through this agreement, approximately 3 million accumulated material data will be made accessible to the public via secure data zones.
This initiative aims to share experimental data containing various material characteristics according to raw materials, composition, and processes, to enhance the R&D success rate of domestic material companies and promote data-driven startups.
A secure data zone is a regulated area designated by the Ministry of Science and ICT and related agencies, providing a system to technically protect and analyze sensitive or undisclosed data.
Currently, eight institutions (ten locations) nationwide are designated to provide undisclosed data in various fields such as transportation, employment, and health.
With this memorandum of understanding, the material data from the Ministry of Industry will also be added to the open data list.
After signing the MOU, the two ministries held a “Data·AI-based Material R&D Meeting” with participation from material companies and research institutes to discuss industrial use cases of material data and the spread of AI services in the manufacturing sector.
Lee Seung-ryeol, Director General for Industrial Policy at the Ministry of Industry, stated, “The material industry is one of the fields with great potential for R&D innovation through AI integration,” adding, “I hope the material data accumulated over approximately five years will greatly aid companies in their technological development.”
Song Sang-hoon, Director General for Information and Communications Policy at the Ministry of Science and ICT, remarked, “In the AI era, the opening of high-quality data like material data becomes a core driver of technological innovation,” and “Starting with this cooperation, we will continuously support further acceleration of data-driven industrial innovation.”