The article
“Professor Beats Daunting Odds, Upheaval to Link Thailand to
Internet” is highlighted under the Hall of Fame’s
Exclusive Series. It tells the story of the AIT computer scientist's
pioneering role to bring the Web to life in Thailand in the
1980s.
READ:
“Professor Beats Daunting Odds, Upheaval to Link Thailand to
Internet”
The Internet Hall of Fame states on its website that it is
“chronicling the contributions of its 2013 inductees in an interview
series that profiles their work,” and this month Thailand's Prof.
Kanchana Kanchanasut is featured.
Visit the Internet Hall of Fame website: HERE
INTERNET HALL OF FAME 'PIONEER'
Prof. Kanchana made history on 26 June 2013 when she became the first
Thai national and one of the first persons from Asia to be inducted
into the Internet Hall of Fame by the Geneva-based Internet Society.
The director of the Internet Education and Research
Laboratory (intERLab) was named in the 'Pioneer' category,
which recognizes individuals who were instrumental in the early design
and development of the internet. She was among 32 new inductees from
around the world this year, including Jimmy Wales founder of Wikipedia.
Former US Vice President Al Gore and Tim Berners-Lee are notable
previous Hall of Fame inductees.
Among her many career accomplishments, Prof. Kanchana is widely
credited as being the person who introduced email and the internet to
Thailand twenty-five years ago. She also successfully registered the
country's first top-level internet domain name ".th" in 1988.
READ:
About Prof. Kanchana’s work on using mobile technology during
disasters
READ: Prof.
Kanchana's Profile
WATCH: Prof. Kanchana's Acceptance
Speech