Enhance research and development strategic planning capacity with V-COMPAS system

On the morning of April 26, the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST) in collaboration with the Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information (KISTI) organized the 2023 Vietnam - Korea Workshop on Enhancing the capacity for strategic planning of research and development with the V-COMPAS System under the guidance of experts from KISTI.

Attending the workshop were: Prof. Dr. Le Truong Giang, Vice President of the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology; Dr. Le Quynh Lien, Head of the International Cooperation Department of the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology; Mr. Dao Manh Thang, Deputy Director of the National Agency for Science and Technology Information; Dr. Hyuck Jai Lee, Director of the V-COMPAS Project, along with technical assistants and experts from the Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information...

The workshop is a continuation of training activities for VAST researchers with the aim of improving the effectiveness of using the V-COMPAS System in the process of scientific and technological research and development. The workshop focuses on training activities, guiding how to operate and exploit the V-COMPAS System effectively for VAST researchers. The event also opens up opportunities for researchers in research and development (R&D) projects to update competitive technologies, seize opportunities, and handle risks in R&D.

Speaking at the opening of the workshop, Prof. Dr. Le Truong Giang, Vice President of the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, said that the COMPAS system (technology competitiveness analysis system) was developed to support the decision-making process in research and development activities. This system detects and analyzes global technology activities based on input information sources such as scientific articles and patents. COMPAS has been successfully applied in Korea and has now been transferred to the National Agency for Science and Technology Information for operation and exploitation with the Vietnamese version (V-COMPAS). This is a good opportunity for Vietnamese scientists in general and scientists at the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology in particular to access and use it for research and development purposes.

Prof. Dr. Le Truong Giang believes that equipping tools to support research and technology management activities, helping scientists search, look up and support information analysis, find new technologies, and keep up with world technology trends is extremely necessary. At the same time, science and technology managers need tools to evaluate technology, helping to invest in the right direction with priority technology sectors.

Sharing the same view, Mr. Dao Manh Thang, Deputy Director of the National Agency for Science and Technology Information, shared that KISTI has had many cooperation, association and support activities with research institutions in Vietnam. One of the successes of this international cooperation is that the National Agency for Science and Technology Information has built, transferred, operated and exploited V-COMPAS, of which the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology is one of the 6 units selected for testing.

Introducing V-COMPAS, Dr. Hyuck Jai Lee emphasized that the Workshop is a good opportunity to introduce and train researchers of the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, the leading unit in scientific and technological research in Vietnam, to effectively apply the system in the process of planning and implementing R&D.

On this occasion, Dr. Hyuck Jai Lee also briefly introduced the development history of KISTI, cooperation activities with Vietnamese partners in the process of developing the V-COMPAS system, an overview of the V-COMPAS system, basic search and analysis functions and analysis models. Trainees practiced on the V-COMPAS system with sample data provided with technical support from experts from the Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information and technical assistants from Misotech Company.

Currently, the COMPAS system is further developed to support the decision-making process in research and development activities. This system detects and analyzes global technological activities based on input sources such as scientific articles and patent data platforms. It meets the need to establish a system to support regular analysis of information on global competitive technology. The system helps solve one of the biggest difficulties that participants in R&D projects encounter: Regularly monitoring information, objectively comparing analysis with technology, industry and market trends; Monitoring and responding to competitive technology.

COMPAS integrates 10 useful modules for planning and implementing R&D. It is designed with simple, intuitive modules, easy to access on the Web platform. COMPAS provides diverse analysis reports, based on information from patents, scientific articles and commercial reports to serve the needs of users. The service is personalized by allowing users to directly search and specify the target technology./.

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