Doctoral Thesis Dissertation
Mr. H. Kodikara Arachchi (TCC008438), a candidate for the degree of Doctor of Engineering in Telecommunications FoS, School of Advanced Technologies will have his final examination on Monday, 7 June 2004 at 10:00-11:00 a.m. in room TC 210.
His dissertation is entitled 'Improving Rate Distortion Characteristics in Offline Video Coding'
All interested persons are welcome.
AIT to Celebrate World Environment Day
AIT, on June 4, 2004 will celebrate the World Environment Day with various activities that includes a campus environment walk, tree planting, exhibition and panel debate respectively.
8:00 a.m.: Campus Environmental Walk
Participants are advised to assemble at 7:45 a.m. at one of the following starting locations.
Prof. Jean-Louis Armand (right), AIT President and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Abdul Razak Chik, Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic) exchange accord marking AIT-UUM cooperation
AIT, UUM sign accord
AIT and the Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) on May 20, 2004 signed an agreement on exploratory and development cooperation.
API Now Accepts Fellowships Applications
The Asian Public Intellectuals (API) Fellowship Program, Institute of Asian Studies, Chulalongkorn University is now accepting API fellowships from various circles. Deadline of application is August 31, 2004.
API - funded by The Nippon Foundation - aims to enable fellows to pursue intellectual, cultural and professional projects in other participating Asian countries according to one of a three predetermined themes.
Prof. Jean-Louis Armand (left), AIT President delivers the welcome address to the symposium participants
AIT Hosts 4th AIT-KIST International Symposium
On May 20, 2004, AIT hosted the 4th AIT-KIST (Korean Institute of Science and Technology) International Cooperation Symposium at Room B-206, AIT Conference Center.
Prof. Mario T. Tabucanon (left) delivers the opening address at the conference
AIT, ISS and UL Held International Conference on GenDev
AIT, the Institute of Social Studies (ISS) (Women, Gender & Development Department), the Netherlands and the University of Leeds (UL) (Centre for Development Studies Department), UK held the International Conference on Gender, Development (GenDev) and Public Policy in an Era of Globalization on May 17 - 18, 2004 at the AIT Conference Center.
SCE Welcomes Visiting Faculty from University of Tokyo
Dr. Yoshitaka Kato (left) joined AIT's School of Civil Engineering on May 15, 2004. Seconded to AIT by the University of Tokyo, Dr. Kato will serve the Institute a 3-month tenure during which period he will be based at the Structural Engineering field of study while conducting researches under the Regional Network Office for Urban Safety, an academic center jointly run by the School of Civil Engineering, AIT and the International Center for Urban Safety Engineering (ICUS) under the Institute of Industrial Science at the University of Tokyo (Japan).
Dr. Kato is on leave as Assistant Professor in ICUS. He completed his doctoral studies in Civil Engineering from the University of Tokyo in 1999. His research interests are in the fields of concrete material and maintenance management, specifically in the areas of mass transport properties of hardened cement composites, deterioration mechanism of concrete, and the utilization of non-destructive inspection to evaluate concrete structures.
Doctoral Thesis Dissertation
Ms. Nittaya Kijtewachakul (AID007226), a candidate for the degree of Doctor of Technical Science in Agricultural Systems and Engineering FoS, SERD, will have her final examination on Monday, May 24, 2004, at 10:00-12:00 a.m., in Room 216, AFE Bldg.
AIT Conference Center Functions
May 24- May 30, 2004
Date
Time
Room
Group Name/Organizer
Mon. 24 May
08:30-17:00
B108
Sri Lankan Training of Trainers Batch II
(STOT-2)
c/o Mr. Rey, AITE, Tel. 5225
08:30-17:00
B223
Subsoil Investigations and Pavement Design
(SIPD)
c/o K. Harissadee, AITE, Tel.
AIT to Celebrate World Environment Day
AIT, on June 4, 2004 will celebrate the World Environment Day with various activities that includes a campus environment walk, tree planting, exhibition and panel debate respectively.
8:00 a.m.: Campus Environmental Walk
Participants are advised to assemble at 7:45 a.m. at one of the following starting locations.