On October 8th in Japan, AIT President Said Irandoust participated as one of the four speakers at the University Presidents' Breakfast Meeting, which was co-chaired by Professor Hiroshi Komiyama, President of the University of Tokyo, and Professor Susan Hockfield, President of MIT, on the theme "Universities and Society".

Alliance for Global Sustainability (AGS)

The president had an opportunity to meet and interact with many university presidents, and rectors, and also discuss with Professor Komiyama, Professor Hockfield, and the Chalmers President, Professor Karin Markides, AIT's keen interest in becoming an associate member of the Alliance for Global Sustainability (AGS) initiative http://globalsustainability.

As a result of AIT President Said Irandoust’s successful participation at the 3rd Asian Science and Technology Forum (ASTF), held in Tokyo from 4-5 October, prospects are good for AIT to collaborate with some key agencies promoting science and technology in Japan and the Asian region.

Illegal activity conducted via the Internet is a very real threat to everyone, AIT experts say. Owing to the impressive technical capability of cyber criminals manipulating the connectivity of the Internet, any person, company, or government with an online presence containing information assets is at risk.

AIT congratulates Dr. Ram C. Bhujel, affiliated faculty member in the Aquaculture and Aquatic Resources Management (AARM) Field, whose proposal submitted under the EU-FP7 Programme has been selected for funding. The 36-month project titled Sustainable Aquaculture Research Networks in Sub-Saharan Africa (SARNISSA) will start in January 2008, and be coordinated by the University of Stirling, UK, with AARM-AIT as one of the key partners in the project.

The Dean of the School of Engineering (SET), Professor Worsak Kanok-Nukulchai, recently unveiled a report on some of the School’s performance indicators and goals for the coming years. The report indicated that SET’s August 2007 student intake was up almost 60% over the previous year.

The Dean of the School of Engineering (SET), Professor Worsak Kanok-Nukulchai, recently unveiled a report on some of the School’s performance indicators and goals for the coming years. The report indicated that SET's August 2007 student intake was up almost 60% over that of the previous year.

Congratulations to Dr. Ram C. Bhujel, Affiliated Faculty, in the Aquaculture and Aquatic Resources Management (AARM) Field whose proposal submitted under the EU-FP7 Programme has been selected for funding. The 36-month project entitled "Sustainable Aquaculture Research Networks in Sub-Saharan Africa - (SARNISSA)" will start in January 2008, and be coordinated by the University of Stirling, UK, with AARM-AIT, as one of the key partners in the project.

The AIT-Golden Jubilee Fundraising Campaign (GJFC) and the AIT Community School are organizing a gala concert "Children of the World" based on the theme of the U.N. day to  be held on the 19th of October, 2007 at the AIT Centre Auditorium at 9:30 a.m.

Tickets  for the show are being sold by Ms. Lucena D. Talaid, who can be contacted at (02)524-6316 ,  and at the AIT Community School (AITCS), Ms. Nerja - 02 524-5899;  Ms. Nwe Nwe - 02  524-6171 or at AITCS office - 02 524-5984. The proceeds from the tickets will be given by  GJFC to the AIT Community School.

As businesses and other institutions increase their online presence and dependency on information assets, the number of computer incidents also rises. Consequently, businesses and organizations are finally increasing their security postures. Waiting until the incident occurs is too late to begin planning how to address the situation.

Complete information is available at: http://www.interlab.ait.ac.th/training/2007/inetCrime.html .