WEEK # 3,15 - 21 January 2024

In this issue:

A. Announcements 

B. Workshops/ Conferences

C. Visitors/ MoU/ Agreement Signing 

D. Faculty & Staff Travel

E. Classified (Job)

 

A. Announcement

 

1) Invitation: Information session and Seminar by Prof. MINO Takashi, Deputy Director and Project Professor of Tokyo College, The University of Tokyo, Japan

 

Email from Office of International Affairs on 11 January 2024

 

We are pleased to invite you to a Seminar on “Sustainability and Interdisciplinary Research-why, how and by whom” by Prof. MINO Takashi,Deputy Director and Project Professor of Tokyo College, The University of Tokyo, Japan on Wednesday, 17 January 2024 at 15:30 hrs. in AIT Library, Video Conference Room. 

 

Prof. Mino will also introduce Postdoctoral Fellowship opportunities at Tokyo College, The University of Tokyo after the seminar. Detailed information about Prof. MINO and the seminar is attached herewith for your information.

 

To participate, please register here:

https://forms.gle/kZSQQJzFczJAuc1D8

 

We look forward to your participation in this informative seminar!

 

Doctoral students, who are graduating or are in their final year and looking for post doctoral opportunities are highly encouraged to join this seminar!

 

2) The hybrid session on "Low Light Imaging of the Earth at Night" by Dr. Chirstopher D. Elvidge

AIT Extension is pleased to invite you to the hybrid session on "Low Light Imaging of the Earth at Night" by Dr. Chirstopher D. Elvidge, Director of Earth Observation Group, Colorado School of Mines on Wednesday, 24 January 2024 at 14:00 hrs. 
 
Venue: Creator Space, Entrepreneurship Center (EC), AIT Extension Building
 
 
Looking forward to welcoming you to the session.
 
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3) AIRI Regional Forum II : Sustaining Rural Revitalisation: Innovation and Collaboration
Email from the School of Environment, Resources & Development on 15 January 2024.
Cordially be invited to attend the AIRI Regional Forum II.  All interested in this topic can join. 
 
Title:   Sustaining Rural Revitalization: Innovation and Collaboration
Date:  Wednesday, 24th January 2024
Time:  14:00 hs 
Place:  AIT Conference Center, Robert B Banks Auditorium
 
 

4) Foreign Language Program Survey [January Semester]

Email from AIT Language Center on 8 January 2023.

 Dear AIT Community,

In order for the Language Center to plan and organize our foreign language courses, we would like to hear from you with regards to your own needs of taking a foreign language course.  Please disregard this survey form if you (or your kids) don’t have any plans of taking a foreign language course this year.

Kindly complete this survey [click] by January 17 to give us enough time to prepare the courses.  

Thank you for your cooperation.

5) Library Orientation for New Students (15th - 19th January 2024)

Email from AIT Library on 8 January 2024.

Please be informed that the AIT Library will organize an orientation program for new students on-site from the 15th to 19th of January 2024.

During the session, you will have the opportunity to learn about the following:

  • Library Overview
  • Library Resources and Services
  • How to search for Library materials and use online databases
  • Accessing e-resources off-campus

There are 10 on-site orientation sessions available. You can select only one session that best fits your schedule from the options below:

Schedule (On-site)

DATE MORNING SESSION AFTERNOON SESSION
Monday, 15th January 9:00 - 10:00 AM 1:00 - 2:00 PM
Tuesday, 16th January 9:00 - 10:00 AM 1:00 - 2:00 PM
Wednesday, 17th January 9:00 - 10:00 AM 1:00 - 2:00 PM
Thursday, 18th January 9:00 - 10:00 AM 1:00 - 2:00 PM
Friday, 19th January 9:00 - 10:00 AM 1:00 - 2:00 PM

For online students, there will be a Zoom Orientation on the 19th January 2024 from 2:00 - 3:00 PM.

To participate, kindly register by sending an email to library@ait.ac.th.

For any students who are unable to attend any of the scheduled sessions, please get in touch with the Library at library@ait.ac.th. We will be happy to arrange a group orientation at a time that is convenient for you. We eagerly anticipate your presence at the orientation.

6) Updated Library Database Subscriptions for 2024

Email from AIT Library on 15 January 2024.

AIT Library regrets to inform you that, due to our limited budget, we must cancel the subscription to three databases for the year 2024:

 
 
 
AIT Library regrets to inform you that, due to our limited budget, we must cancel the subscription to three databases for the year 2024:
  1.  Emerald Market Case Studies
  2.  Web of Science
  3.  Science Online

However, for the year 2024, AIT Library will continue to subscribe to the following databases:

Online Journal Databases:

  1.  ACM Digital Libraryhttps://library.ait.ac.th/2019/04/21/acm-digital-library/
  2.  ASCE Library: https://library.ait.ac.th/2019/04/21/asce-library/
  3.  EBSCO Business Sources Complete: https://library.ait.ac.th/2019/04/21/ebsco-business-source-complete/
  4.  Emerald Management eJournal Premier: https://library.ait.ac.th/2019/04/21/emerald-management-e-journal-premier/
  5.  IEEE Electronic Library: https://library.ait.ac.th/2019/04/21/ieee-iel-eletronic-library/
  6.  ScienceDirect: https://library.ait.ac.th/2019/04/22/sciencedirect/
  7.  Springer Nature eJounals: https://library.ait.ac.th/2019/04/21/springerlink-e-journal/
  8.  Wiley Online Journals: https://library.ait.ac.th/2022/03/31/wiley-online-journals-is-now-available/

E-Books Databases:

  1.  Elesevier eBooks: https://library.ait.ac.th/2021/06/21/elsevier-e-books/
  2.  Springer Nature e-Books: https://library.ait.ac.th/2021/06/21/springer-nature-e-books/
  3.  Knovel eBooks: https://library.ait.ac.th/2019/04/21/knovel/

Single title of Journal:

  1.  Nature Online: https://www.nature.com/

          Note: Science Online can be used until the end of February 2024. (link: https://www.science.org/journal/science)

E-Magazines & Periodicals: https://library.ait.ac.th/2021/06/21/e-magazines-periodicals/

Plagiarism Check System:

  1.  Turnitin (Please contact AIT Helpdesk)

Reference Tools:

  1. Mendeley Reference Manager: https://library.ait.ac.th/2019/04/21/reference-manager/

Free Access to E-Learning Resource on Every Step of the Research Journey:

  1. Elsevier Researcher Academy: https://library.ait.ac.th/2020/02/06/elsevier-research-academy

Open Access Theses & Dissertations:

  1. ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global:  https://search.proquest.com/pqdtglobal/index
  2. PQDT Open: https://pqdtopen.proquest.com/search.html
  3. OATD: Open Access Theses and Dissertations: https://oatd.org/
  4. EBSCO: Open Dissertations: https://biblioboard.com/opendissertations/

For checking the Impact Factor of Journals, you can visit Scimago at https://www.scimagojr.com/journalrank.php
Simply input the title in the search bar to find the available journal metrics.

The library apologizes for any inconvenience this may cause you. If you need any case studies or articles not available in our subscribed databases, please feel free to send the title or link to the Library, and we will do our best to provide you with the requested material. We are committed to supporting your study and teaching to the best of our abilities.

 

 

  Workshops/ Conferences  
 
 

1) Invitation to participate in the International Conference on “Gender, Geopolitics and Forced Migration,” 04-05 March 2024

Greetings from the Centre on Cender and Forced Displacement (CGFD) at the Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand.
It is our immense pleasure to invite you to participate in the International Conference on “Gender, Geopolitics and Forced Migration” to
be held on 04-05 March 2024 in Bangkok, Thailand. The conference marks International Women’s Month 2024 to “Inspire Inclusion” to
forge Gender Equality by arguing for a gender-sensitive approach to geopolitics in international relations, foreign policy making and national
politics.
Taking feminist perspectives on war, conflicts, displacements, migration, and peace, the three-fold objectives of the conference are:
1. To Investigate the gendered assumptions/stereotypes in the study of forced migration, displacements, international relations, and national
and foreign policy making, including their explicit geopolitical and biopolitical reasoning and how political spatialization renders women
and vulnerable groups even more vulnerable.
2. To examine the implications of militarized notions of territorial citizenship, using the masculinist ideas of power, space, and security and
feminine representations of peace, security, and victimhood.
3. To explore how the practical everyday implications of geopolitics and biopolitics and their intersectionalities impact the causes and
consequences of displacements.
Against this backdrop, the conference intends to address the following questions:
1. How is excessive geopolitics affecting the vulnerable sections of the population in the region? Is it making women even more
marginalized in the public sector?
2. Can geopolitics address the situation of the Afghans, Rohingyas, and Palestinians, for example? Is there a gender dimension to
this problem?
3. Can geopolitical considerations affect the private, too, or are they acutely felt only in the public domains?
4. It is said that toxic geopolitics and noxious masculinity come together in moments of neocolonialism. How does it affect IDPs
and the Stateless?
5. Can peace and security be crafted without gender sensitivities?
Keeping these questions in mind, the four panels for the conference are:
1. Gender, Geopolitics, and Internal Displacements
2. Gender and Geopolitics within the Rubrics of Citizenship and Statelessness
3. Geopolitics and Biopolitics: Everyday Experiences of the Displaced
4. Gender, Geopolitics and Forced Displacements: Cases from Other Regions
 
Please confirm whether you would like to present a paper for 25 minutes. Please contact us at monira@ait.ac.th
and ahsan.monira@gmail.com for paper presentations by February 15, 2024.
 
To attend the conference and participate in the proceedings, please contact Sristy Sen at sristy.sen@gmail.com by February 15, 2024.
Please register through this link: https://forms.gle/KjrZzEaHKSoAif2j9
 
We look forward to seeing you at the conference.
 
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2) Professional Training and Exposure Visit on Climate Smart and Sustainable Agriculture Using Cutting-Edge Technology and IoT
 
Date: 4 – 9 March 2024
Venue: Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand
 
For more information about the program and registration please visit 
 3) Professional Development on Strategic Human Resource Management and Business Leadership

Date: 18-22 March 2024
Venue: Asian Institute of Technology

For more information please visit https://tinyurl.com/37fw54u7

 
 
4) Summer Training Program on Climate Smart and Sustainable Agriculture Using Cutting-Edge Technology and IoT

Duration: 10 – 21 June 2024
Venue: Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand

For more information and registration please visit 
https://extension.ait.ac.th/course/summer-training-program-climate-smart-and-sustainable-agriculture-using-cutting-edge

 
 
 

C. Visitors/ MoU/ Agreement 

 

  • The meeting with the delegation from  Andaman & Nicobar Administration, India and Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA), India scheduled on Wednesday, 17 January 2024
  • Board of Trustees Meeting will be conveyed on Thursday, 18 January 2024.

 

 

 

 

 

D. Faculty & Staff Travel

  • Ms. Chotiros Mongkolchotirat, Director, Office of the President/ Taipei, Taiwan/ 19 - 22 February 2024
  • Ms. Joan Carla Gonzales, OSA/ Singapore/ 23 - 28 January 2024
  • Prof. Manukid Parnichkul, Faculty SET/ Songkhla, Thailand/ 1 - 4 February 2024
  • Prof. Weerakorn Ongsakul/ Faculty SERD/ UK/ 31 January - 3 February 2024
  • Prof. Weerakorn Ongsakul/ Faculty SERD/ Japan/  20 - 23 February 2024
  • Prof. Deepak Sharma, Director, CGC/New Delhi, India/ 22 December 2023 - 12 January 2024
  • Dr. Sanjeev Jayasinghe, Executive Director, OAAA/ Colombo, Sri Lanka/ 10 - 13 February 2024
  • Dr. Sanjeev Jayasinghe, Executive Director, OAAA/ Taipei, Taiwan/ 19 - 22 February 2024
  • Dr. Sanjeev Jayasinghe, Executive Director, OAAA/ Houston, New Jersey, Dalias, San Antonio, Humble/ 22 June - 23 July 2024
  • Mr. Kona Venkata Anantha Kiran, AITX / Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia/  15 - 22 January 2024
  • Dr. Md. Zakir Hossain, AITX/ Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia/ 12 - 16 January 2024

 

 

 

 

 E. Classifieds (jobs) 

Staff Position:

1. Assistant Professor or Associate Professor, SERD-GDS

2. Faculty Position, WEM-SET

3. Associate Professor/Professor, SOM

4. Associate / Assistant Professor, SET-ICT

5. Administrative Officer, GRU (Visa process for AIT's official trips) 

6. Administrative Officer, GRU (Visa process for students and their dependents)

7. Administrative Officer, SET-ICT