10 May: A Preview of the Economics of Knowledge seminar
The School of Management is going to organize a seminar on 'A Preview of the Economics of Knowledge' on Thursday, 10 May 2007, 11:00 a.m. in Room 108.
The speaker will be Professor Martin J. Beckmann, emeritus professor of Economic, Brown University in Providence, RI, USA and emeritus professor of Applied Mathematics, Technical University of Munich, Germany.
Nine Thai faculty/researchers to conduct joint RTG-sponsored research projects with AIT faculty
Nine faculty members from several Thai universities will jointly conduct research projects with AIT faculty through the funding of the Royal Thai Government.
AIT President has a fruitful trip to Nepal
AIT President, Prof. Said Irandoust had a fruitful trip in Nepal during 16-19 April 2007, which was coordinated by the AIT Alumni Association Chapter in Nepal, lead by its President, Mr. Ramesh Bista together with Mr. Suraj Vaidya, President and CEO of VOITH Industries, Nepal (also member of the AIT School of Management Board). Mr. Arjun Kant Mainali, Charge d' Affaires, Embassy of Nepal and the UNEP.RRC.AP Office also assisted in facilitating some of the important meetings.
Prof. Vilas notes that the hottest topic in databases today is the native XML
Prof. Vilas Wuwongse, AIT Vice President for External Relations and Chair of the 12th International Conference on Advanced Database Applications recently held in Bangkok, noted that the hottest topic in databases today is the native XML (eXtensible Markup Language) database.
Lahore College for Women University to establish cooperation and linkage with Gender and Development Studies at AIT
As part of a move toward expanding and re-energizing the UNESCO network of Women's Universities, AIT's Gender and Development Studies is to establish a link with Lahore College for Women University (LCWU). Founded in 1922 in Lahore, Pakistan as Lahore College for Women, this institution that gained its university charter in 2002, has a mission to serve the female population of Pakistan and hence the nation through the dissemination of knowledge, the development of new knowledge, the preservation of knowledge.
HEC to provide scholarships for master' students leading to doctoral degree program at AIT
On 2 May 2007, AIT President Said Irandoust will be traveling to Islamabad together with Dr. Naveed Anwar, to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan.
AIT to sign MoU to launch DBA program in India
Prof. Said Irandoust, AIT President, has been invited to serve as Chief Guest in the MoU signing ceremony between AIT and Pearl School of Business which will take place in New Delhi on 30 April 2007. Professor I.M. Pandey, Dean, School of Management will also be accompanying him to this event, which will see the launch of the Doctor of Business Administration DBA in India, by the Pearl School of Business in partnership with AIT. Representatives from the media and industry persons have also been invited to the event.
AIT to have joint research collaboration with Ume University, Sweden
AIT will be further strengthening its research work in the field of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) and Polyaromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH) in the region in collaboration with Ume University, Sweden.
Jonkoping University, Sweden, plans to start two-stage master's degree program with AIT
Following the visit of Professor Roy Holmberg, Dean, School of Engineering, Jonkoping University to AIT on 6 March 2007, there was the keen interest from Jonkoping University to start two-stage programs at the master's level in partnership with AIT, targeting the August intake in 2008. Jonkoping University has appointed Professor Holmberg as the Chair of the Task Force to develop in consultation with AIT further modalities of its implementation.
AIT Vice President for Research participates in Convention of Biodiversity Meeting
From 15-18 April 2007, Prof. S.K. Rakshit, Vice President for Research, on invitation attended a meeting of the Secretariat of the Convention of Biodiversity (CBD) at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.