Call for concept notes

A call is issued for concept notes for the Department For International Development (DFID)-supported Research Into Use (RIU) Challenge Fund.

See details at:
http://www.researchintouse.com/

Applications details at: http://www.

Updates on laptops for new students

Through further negotiation with SVOA, AIT has been able to obtain better CPUs for the SVOA laptop. Instead of the CPU Intel Core T2350 1.86GHz processor announced earlier, the laptop will come with the CPU Intel Core 2 Duo T5200 1.6GHz processor.

27-29 November: Asian Internet Engineering Conference 2007

The Asian Internet Engineering Conference (AINTEC) 2007 is scheduled to be held on 27-29 November 2007 at the Katathani Phuket Beach Resort Hotel in Phuket, Thailand and is co-organized by Internet Education and Research Laboratory (intERLab), AIT, Thailand and the WIDE Project, Japan.

AIT enters Sustainable Development Partnership Initiative with Indonesian enterprise PTDIAIT has signed a 'Sustainable Development Partnership Initiative' with P.T. Damba Intra (PTDI), a public-private enterprise, founded under a partnership initiative with the Government of West Java, Indonesia.

07 September: US Embassy representatives to address human rights

One of the most fundamental concepts underpinning policy decisions at the national and international levels today is human rights. It is therefore important to understand how this concept is interpreted and applied by various governments.

12-14 September: Workshop on Vulnerability Assessment of Freshwater Resources in South and Southeast Asia

The Water Engineering and Management Field of Study, School of Engineering and Technology and the United Nations Environment Programme will jointly organize a Review Workshop on Vulnerability Assessment of Freshwater Resources in South and Southeast Asia.

12 September: Yoga
Yoga classes will be held every Wednesday, starting Wednesday 12 September, at the Language Center, Room 236, from 4:30 to 6 p.m.

The type of yoga featured is called Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan. It consists of exercises or postures (asanas) with specialized breathing (pranayama), hand and finger gestures (mudras), body locks (bhandas), chanting (mantras) and meditations, together or in sequence to create exact, specific effects.

Doctoral Comprehensive Examination Scheduled
Ms. Hla Theingi
(SMP999678), a candidate for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy from the School of Management (SOM) will have her comprehensive examination on Wednesday, 5 September 2007, 1:00 p.m. in SOM Seminar Room, SOM Building.