News

AIT staff buses pick up 15 minutes earlier on 24 May

In view of the 105th Graduation Ceremony on 24 May 2006 in the Thailand Science Park Convention Center wherein the 7 AIT buses will be used as transportation by the graduands, guests, faculty and staff, please be informed that the morning pickup in the respective starting points of the buses will be moved 15 minutes earlier to assure that the buses will arrive in AIT at 7:15 a.m.

From 7:15 to 7:45 a.m., graduands, guests, faculty and staff will board the buses going to the Thailand Science Park Convention Center to attend the graduation ceremony.

Faculty members' graduation schedule adjusted

The final schedule of graduation activities for faculty members with some adjustments to comply with the requirements of the palace is as follows:

Monday, 22 May 2006, at 2 p.m.: photo session of graduands and faculty

Please note that the schedule of photo session of graduands and faculty has been moved from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the AIT Conference Center auditorium.

SOM organizes 12th Asia Pacific Management Conference

The 12th Asia Pacific Management Conference (APMC –2006), organized by the School of Management in collaboration with the National Cheng Kung University (Taiwan), will be held at AIT 17 to 19 November 2006. The conference aims to provide a forum for academics and professionals to share experiences and knowledge for managing competitiveness in the knowledge economy.

EU-Thai application deadline postponed

An open call for proposals 2006 of the Corrigendum to the European Union -Thailand Economic Co-operation Small Projects Facility has postponed the deadline for grant applications to 4 p.m. Wednesday, 14 June 2006.

Any application received after the deadline will automatically be rejected even if the postmark indicates a date preceding the deadline or if the delay is due to the private courier service.

AIT not to participate in the first Tri-Institution Sports Day

Due to the difficulty to mobilize the AIT community, the Infrastructure Office regrets to inform the AIT community that AIT will not participate the very first AIT-Thammasat University- National Science and Technology Development Agency Tri-Institution Sports Day planned for 30 June 2006, as announced earlier.

SOM professor to chair roundtable

The Centre for Organizational Studies (COS), Escuela de Alta Dirección y Administración (EADA), Barcelona,
is organizing the 12th 2006 COS Roundtable from 3 to 5 November 2006 in Ashridge, one of the world's foremost business schools located in the United KingdomUK. The theme for the Round Table is: 'Creating Culturally Competent Firms - Strategies for Gaining from Cultural Pluralism.

SET welcomes new faculty member

Computer Science and Information Management, School of Engineering and Technology, welcomes its newest faculty member, Dr. Matthew N. Dailey, who joined the school in April 2006 as an assistant professor.

Dr. Dailey earned his B.S. (1992) and M.S. (1995) in Computer Science from North Carolina State University, and his Ph.D. (2002) in Computer Science and Cognitive Science from the University of California, San Diego.

More shops open to serve the AIT community

In the objective of making more services available to the AIT community, three more shops have recently opened:

Bhandari Botanical Spa – Spa lovers in AIT can now enjoy health-enriching massage in a relaxing environment without leaving the campus.

International Housewives Club organizes activities for all AITians

The AIT International Housewives Club is organizing exercise, meditation, cooking, laughing and outing classes for all in the AIT community. Interested people please call Ext. 6258 for further information.

Overnight parking in Admin and Academic areas prohibited

The Safety, Security and Sports Unit seeks cooperation from the AIT community on matters of parking. Overnight parking in the Admin and Academic areas is prohibited. Car owners are requested to respect this rule because many AITians and guests can not find a space to park their cars when going to work or visit AIT due to overnight parked cars.