New students (above) queue at the orientation seminar registration and listen to briefings (below) from AIT officials
AIT Orientation Day
Approximately 788 new students have enrolled at AIT for the August 2004 intake. The Institute, on 16 August 2004, held an orientation seminar for the new students at the AIT Conference Center.
Applications now accepted for Sumitomo Foundation Research Grant
The Sumitomo Foundation of Japan is now accepting applications for its Fiscal 2004 Grant for Japan-Related Research Projects.
Applicants must be Asian (non-Japanese) researchers.
Prof. Kanchana Kanchanasut (standing, middle), Director of intERLab and Distributed Education Center (DEC), AIT, welcomes participants to the Workshop
IntERLab conducts Hands-on Internet Network Operation Center Training
The Internet Education and Research Laboratory (intERLab) of the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) is conducting a hands-on Internet Network Operation Center Training for 15 network engineers from Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, and Thailand from 16 to 24 August 2004 at AIT.
The workshop is a joint activity organized by intERLab and the WIDE Project (Japan) as a collaboration under the Asia Broadband Human Resource Development.
Water Virtual Learning Center at AIT
AIT is to take part in the United Nation's Water Virtual Learning Center (WVLC). This was the subject of the discussion during the visit to AIT of Dr. Colin Mayfield and Dr. Velma Grover from the International Network for Water, Environment and Health (INWEH) of the United Nations University (UNU) on 19-21 July 2004. The Center will serve as a regional base for UN's 'Virtual Academy'.
The 'academy' was initiated to impart the fundamentals of water management on a global level.
APN Awards RNUS/WEM US$45,000
The Asia Pacific Network (APN) for Global Change Research recently awarded AIT's Regional Network Office for Urban Safety (RNUS) and the Water Engineering and Management (WEM) field a US$45,000 to carry on a year-long research.
Visiting AIT
On August 20, 2004 a delegation from the Banking University of Ho Chi Minh City (BUHCMC), Vietnam visited AIT. The delegation was comprised of Dr. Nguyen Van Ha, Rector; Dr. Ho Dieu, Vice Director; Dr. Nguyen Thi Nhung, Vice Director; Dr. Vuong Duc Hoang Quan, Interim Director; and Mr. Le Tan Phat, Manager/ Training Department
The BUHCMC delegation, from left: Mr. Le Tan Phat, Manager, Training Department; Dr. Bo Ba Khang, Associate Professor, SOM; Dr. Nguyen Van Ha, Rector; Prof.
AIT Conference Center Functions
23 August - 29 August 2004
Date
Time
Room
Group Name/Organizer
Mon. 23 Aug.
08:30-17:00
B108
Solid Waster Management System for Environment Preservation
(SWMEP)
c/o K. Harissadee, AITE, Tel. 5275
08:30-17:00
B144
Education Management and Trainer Training (SESIP-3)
c/o K. Voravate, AITE, Tel.
New students (above) queue at the orientation seminar registration and listen to briefings (below) from AIT officials
AIT Orientation Day
Approximately 788 new students have enrolled at AIT for the August 2004 intake. The Institute, on 16 August 2004, held an orientation seminar for the new students at the AIT Conference Center.
Applications now accepted for Sumitomo Foundation Research Grant
The Sumitomo Foundation of Japan is now accepting applications for its Fiscal 2004 Grant for Japan-Related Research Projects.
Applicants must be Asian (non-Japanese) researchers.
Prof. Kanchana Kanchanasut (standing, middle), Director of intERLab and Distributed Education Center (DEC), AIT, welcomes participants to the Workshop
IntERLab conducts Hands-on Internet Network Operation Center Training
The Internet Education and Research Laboratory (intERLab) of the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) is conducting a hands-on Internet Network Operation Center Training for 15 network engineers from Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, and Thailand from 16 to 24 August 2004 at AIT.
The workshop is a joint activity organized by intERLab and the WIDE Project (Japan) as a collaboration under the Asia Broadband Human Resource Development.