Iran RS&GIS participants find training very useful
Fourteen participants from Iran attended a short training course on "Remote Sensing and GIS for Development" conducted by Dr. Nitin K. Tripathi and Visiting Associate Professor Dr. Saied Pirasteh from Remote Sensing & GIS field of study, School of Engineering and Technology, from 5-12 February 2007. The participants were mid-career professionals from academic institutions, organizations of engineering associations and the mayor's offices from different cities in Iran.

Prof. Kanchana recognized as the “mother of Internet” in Thailand
In an article on “A Brief History of ICT in Thailand”, written by Hugh Thaweesak Koanantakool which was published in the Bangkok Post’s Database Section on 7 February 2007, recognized Prof.

Prof. Haddawy: “Education not Serving Thai Software”
'Innovation' of the Bangkok Post Database Section (page D2), on 14 February 2007, published a news based on the interview of Prof. Peter Haddawy, Vice President for Academic Affairs. The news, “Education not serving Thai software” was written by Don Sambandaraksa.

RID assigns AIT and TU to conduct a 20-million Baht Tha Chin river basin management project
Royal Irrigation Department (RID) of Thailand directly assigned AIT and Thammasat University to conduct a study of Tha Chin river basin management as part of the Royally Initiated Projects under His Majesty the King of Thailand.

AIT carries on version of an Open Courseware initiative
AIT recently decided to carry on with the launch of AIT's own version of an Open Courseware. The initiative was in line with the ones proposed by MIT and the Open Courseware consortium. The decision was reached at the President's Advisory Council Meeting held on 8 February 2007.The initiative is aimed to further raise AIT's profile as a unique provider of knowledge in specific areas of development, technology and management in an Asian context.

AIT Alumnus receives Inventor’s award

from the National Research Council of Thailand

Dr. Theeraphat Serirangsan (left), Prime Minister's Office presents
Inventor’s award to AIT alumnus Dr. Siriwan Suebnukarn
(right).

Dr. Siriwan Suebnukarn , an
alumnus of AIT's Computer Science and Information Management program,
School of Engineering and Technology, received the Thai Inventor’s
Award on February 2, 2007 at the BITEC Exhibition and Convention Hall,
Bangkok.

AARM's project goes to World Bank Global Competition finals
'Women in Aquaculture in Nepal,' a project initiated by AIT's Aquaculture and Aquatic Resources Management (AARM) and the Institute of Agriculture and Animal Sciences (IAAS), Rampur, Chitwan, Nepal goes to the World Bank Global Competition finals.

ScienceDirect.com lists 'A Bayesian approach ... learning system' as the number one most downloadable article

An article written by an AIT alumni and co-authored by an AIT professor that was published in Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, Volume 38, Issue 1, 1 Sept 2006, pages 5-24 is listed as the number one most downloaded article among the top 25 most downloadable articles for the period July-Sept 2006 on ScienceDirect.

Call for proposals of the France/AIT Network programme

AIT and the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs launch the first Call for Proposals of the France/AIT Network programme.

The regional programme France/AIT - Network carries joint research projects for scientific development in the ASEAN region established by an agreement between the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE) and the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT). The programme aims to promote and support scientific and technological cooperation between French research institutions and universities, AIT and other research institutions and universities based in Asia, and the public, non-governmental and private sectors.

Dr. Amararatne Yakupitiyage heads AARM FoS

Prof. Sivanappan Kumar, Dean of School of Environment, Resources and Development (SERD) on 7 February appointed Dr. Amararatne Yakupitiyage as new coordinator of the Aquaculture and Aquatic Resources Management (AARM) Field of Study for a period of two years, effective 1 January 2007.