ITServ Increases Storage Quota, Improves Service
A. MAIL SERVER MIGRATION FOR IMPROVED SERVICES

Starting November 8th in the evening, ITServ will roll out a new mail
system that will give users a disk storage quota of 100 Mb compared to
the current 10 Mb. This system is also expected to provide:

faster response times (new NAS storage back-end)
improved reliability (3 servers instead of 1, new storage
format avoiding mailbox corruption)
more flexible quota management with a grace period (instead of
immediately bounced mails)

More improvements will follow after this first stage, such as an
improved web mail.

SOM faculty member's paper gets published

SOM faculty member Dr. Roy Kouwenberg's paper was recently accepted for publication. The paper entitled 'Linkages between Extreme Stock Market and Currency Returns' is co-authored by Phornchanok Cumperayot, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand and Tjeert Keijzer, AEGON Asset Management, Netherlands.

AIT Responds... Pakistani Earthquake

While efforts are currently underway by governments, international organizations and other aid agencies to help support the tens of thousands of people whose homes and livelihoods have been devastated by the recent earthquake, AIT would also like to make a contribution to this end by appealing for donations from members of the AIT Community.

AIT Responds... Pakistani Earthquake

While efforts are currently underway by governments, international organizations and other aid agencies to help support the tens of thousands of people whose homes and livelihoods have been devastated by the recent earthquake, AIT would also like to make a contribution to this end by appealing for donations from members of the AIT Community.

Prof. Irandoust appoints Deans, Director AIT Extension and Admin. Office Heads

Prof. Said Irandoust, AIT President recently announced the selection and designation of the following persons. Appointments to take effect 01 November 2005:

School Deans

School of Sustainable Development - Professor Sivanappan Kumar
School of Engineering and Technology - Professor Worsak Kanok-Nukulchai
School of Management and Entrepreneurship - Professor I. M. Pandey

Director AIT Extension

Dr. Jonathan Shaw

The appointments of the School Deans and Director AIT Extension will be for a one-year period following which there will be discussions with a focus on performance and achievement before renewal of term.

AIT, AITAA to hold 3rd Prominent Alumni Lecture Series

The Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) and the AIT Alumni Association (AITAA) will hold the 3rd AIT Prominent Alumni Lecture Series on Monday, 17 Oct., 1:00 p.m. at the Milton E. Bender Jr. Auditorium.

From left: Dr. Xiaoyong Chen, faculty member of SAT; Prof. Vilas Wuwongse, VP External Relations; Prof. Said Irandoust, AIT President; Liu Baoli, Deputy Director General, Dept. of International Cooperation and Exchanges, Ministry of Education and Ai Hongge, Interpreter of MOE.

Prof.

From left, Mr. Anura Dissanayake, Director, Secondary Education Modernization Project, Ministry of Education; Prof. Said Irandoust, AIt President; Mr. Sanjeev Jayasinghe, Director of Promotions and Mr. Nihal Herath, Technical Advisor SEM Project, Ministry of Education

AIT President visits Sri Lanka

AIT President Prof.

From Bulletin online to e-Bulletin

Based on a recommendation from the President's Advisory Council (PAC), our existing Bulletin Online will also be issued as e-Bulletin by PSSU, the Office of VP-External Relations.

e-Bulletin is a reader friendly --all text only-- online publication that will
be emailed directly to you weekly; so you can read and be aware of the recent
development, activities, reports and other information materials of interest to
the AIT Community.

Professor Said Irandoust (left), AIT President and H.E. Mr. Makhtumkuli Akmuradov
H.E. Mr. Makhtumkuli Akmuradov visits AIT
H.E Mr. Makhtumkuli Akmuradov, Minister of Nature Protection, Turkmenistan and the Chair of Interstate Sustainable Development Commission (ISDC) for Central Asia on 26 Sept.