Prof. Fusanori Miura and Dr. Motoyuki Suzuki, from Yamaguchi University, Japan visited RS&GIS on 18th February 2013 and they were warmly welcomed by Dr. Nitin K. Tripathi, Coordinator of RS&GIS and Dr. Masahiko Nagai. They discussed about Japanese Student Exchange Program for 3 weeks that will start on coming 01 March 2013, also On-line Education by Video-conference with RS&GIS FoS. Photos can be seen here.
RSGIS Seminar about "Reports of Recent Natural Disasters in Japan" by Dr. Suzuki and Dr. Haruma from Yamaguchi University on Friday, 25 Jan 2013 at room W208 Academic Building from 09:30 am ~ 10:30 am. Photos can be seen here.
SET Seminar "Efficient LiDAR Processing with LAStolls" by Dr. Martin Isenburg will be on Wednesday, 23rd January 2013 at room W208 Academic Building from 10:00 am ~ 11:30 am. Photos can be seen here.
SET Seminar "Introduction to Micro-Satellite Technology and its Project" by Dr. Yukihiro Takahashi, Director of Space Mission center, Creative Research Institution, Hokkaido University, Japan will be on Tuesday, 22nd January 2013 at room E220 Academic Building during 11:30 ~ 12:30 noon. Photos can be seen here.
Special Seminar "Status and Future Direction of GEO Grid" by Dr. Yoshio Tanaka, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology will be on Tuesday, 22nd January 2013 at room E220 Academic Building during 10:30 ~ 11:30 am. Photos can be seen here.
Congratulations to Ms. Chitrini Mozumder, our RS&GIS doctoral student of Dr. Nitin Kumar Tripathi, from the School of Engineering and Technology (SET) on having been awarded two Best Paper Awards during last November. She participated in the 33rd Asian Conference in Remote Sensing (ACRS 2012, 26-30 Nov, 2012, Pattaya, Thailand) and 4th International Conference on Geo-Information Technology for Natural Disaster Management (GIT4NDM 2012, 7-8 Nov, 2012, Colombo, Sri Lanka). Her presented paper titled was "Use of Multiple Satellite Images in multiple scales for feature extraction and image classification: a case study of Ramsar wetland in north east India" in ACRS 2012 and a poster titled " impact of monsoon flooding on a Ramsar wetland in north east India" in GIT4NDM 2012. Ms. Mozumder’s paper won the best student paper award in ACRS 2012 and best poster award in GIT4NDM 2012.
Farewell Party for 2012 December graduates will be on Monday, 5:00 ~ 6:30 PM 17th December 2012 at room E220 Academic Building. Photos can be seen here.
All are welcome to
MoA Signing Ceremony and Research
Highlight presentation by AIT and University of Souel,
Korea (UoS)
Final Thesis
Presentation of Mr. Phonesavanh Sivanthong,
a candidate for the degree of Master of Engineering in the Remote Sensing and Geographic
Information Systems FoS, School of Engineering and Technology as schedule
on
Thursday, 06th December 2012
Final Thesis
Presentation of Mr. Chaiyasith Boonyasirinan,
a candidate for the degree of Master of Science in the Remote Sensing and Geographic
Information Systems FoS, School of Engineering and Technology as schedule
on
Tuesday, 04th December 2012
The Doctoral Comprehensive Final Examination of
Mr. Mohammad Shahzad Sarfraz, a candidate for the degree of
Doctor of Philosophy in Remote Sensing
and Geographic
Information Systems FoS is scheduled on 13:00~14:00 hours Friday,
30 November 2012 at room W208, Academic Building. His dissertation Title is:
"Influence of Urban and Peri-urban
Habitat Dynamics of Dengue Vector Larval Density and Its Epidemic
Implications: A Geoinformatics Based Holistic Analysis for Dengue Risk
Zonation
Final Thesis
Presentation of Mr. Keneizhatuo,
a candidate for the degree of Master of Engineering
in the Remote Sensing and Geographic
Information Systems FoS, School of Engineering and Technology as schedule
on
Tuesday, 04th December 2012
The Doctoral Comprehensive Final Examination of
Mr. Vasan Choengsaad, a candidate for the degree of
Doctor of Philosophy in Remote Sensing
and Geographic
Information Systems FoS is scheduled on 15:30~17:00 hours
Monday, 03 December 2012 at room W208, Academic Building. His dissertation Title is:
"Effective Visual Perception of
Multivariate Location-based Graph Symbol Design for Information
Augmentation in Mapping
The Doctoral Comprehensive Final Examination of
Mrs. Naruemon Phongaksorn, a candidate for the degree of
Doctor of Technical Science in Remote Sensing
and Geographic
Information Systems FoS is scheduled on 11:00~12:30 hours Monday,
03 December 2012 at room W208, Academic Building. His dissertation Title is:
"Geospatial Land Suitability Modeling
for Biofuel Crops using Fuzzy AHP
The Doctoral Comprehensive Final Examination of
Mr. Yongyoot Witheetrirong, a candidate for the degree of
Doctor of Technical Science in Remote Sensing
and Geographic
Information Systems FoS is scheduled on 09:00~10:30 hours Monday,
03 December 2012 at room W208, Academic Building. His dissertation Title is:
"Geospatial Analysis of Contributing
Factors on Nitrogen Content in Groundwater in Nakhon Pathom Province,
Thailand
The Doctoral Comprehensive Final Examination of Mr. Wataru Ohira, a candidate for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems FoS is scheduled on 16:00~18:00 hours Friday, 30 November 2012 at room W208, Academic Building. His dissertation Title is: "Optimizing Mangrove Planning Based on Tsunami Inundation Simulation with Stilt Root Morphological Modeling". Photos can be seen here.
RS&GIS special lecture about "Wavelet-based spatio-temporal fusion of Observed Rainfall with NDVI in Sri Lannka" by Dr. Yann Chemin on 13:00 ~ 14:00 hrs at room W208 Academic Building. All interested are most welcome. Photos can be seen here.
Final Thesis
Presentation of Mr. Chathura Hasanda Wickramasinghe,
a candidate for the degree of Master of Science in the Remote Sensing and Geographic
Information Systems FoS, School of Engineering and Technology as schedule
on
Tuesday, 20th November 2012
There will be a SET Seminar about Thematic Mapping for Fisheries Oceanography on 20 Nov 2012 from 09:00 hrs ~ 10:30 hrs by Dr. Masahiko Honzawa, RESTEC, Japan. The venue is at room W208 Academic Building, RS&GIS Meeting Room. All are invited. Photos can be seen here.
2012 November Doctoral Progress Presentation schedule can be seen as follow.
Prof. Obaidullah Obaid, Minister of Higher Education – Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, visits AIT on 1st November 2012 for having discussion on topics of UG Program, PG program and Research collaboration. There are four UG’s programs to be mentioned as priority : Civil&Infra, ICT, Electronic Eng. and Information Technology. The expected number is a hundred being supported by Afghanistan Government from 2013 and of course they will come and begin from bridging program before joining a regular class at AIT. In addition, they are establishing a Faculty of Environment Engineering and also need some support from AIT including course curriculum development and Lab capacity management too. This would lead to be a partnership agreement in near future. Regarding PG, it is under the proposal stage by Ministry of Higher Education to receive funding from World Bank. They already requested as a 5 years support for PG education. Photos can be seen here.
All are invited to join Workshop between AIT and ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization) on Ionospheric Scintillation Monitoring using GPS at Milton E. Bender Auditorium on 17th October 2012 on 10:00 hours onward. The schedule can be seen here and photos can be seen here.
A meeting between Dr. Sarwar Jamal (IGIS-NUST, Pakistan) and Dr. Nitin K. Tripathi (RS&GIS Coordinator) held on 1 PM at room W208 Academic Building on 11th October 2012 and photos can be seen here.
How GIS mapping help to prevent Dengue outbreak in India, see here.
Welcome Party for 2012 August Semester Students of RS&GIS FoS was held on Wednesday 26 Sep 2012 after 6 PM onwards at SU Cafe upstairs of Cafeteria. Photos can be seen here.
RS&GIS
Seminar
RS&GIS FoS has accepted to organize Asian Summer School program from 19th - 31st August 2012. The participants are from Chubu University (Japan), Pukyong National University (PKNU, Korea) , Fuzhou University (China), Center for Environmental Planning and Technology (CEPT, India), University of Alberta, Kasetsart University (Thailand) and AIT will attend lectures on issues related to sustainable development in Asia and lectures on Geoinformatics and its contribution, in order to deepen the awareness on status and issues in Asia where a rapid development is taking place. Participants are expected to realize rapid development and issues in Asia through site visit as well. Photos can be seen here and here.
Orientation for
RS&GIS New Students intake for August 2012 will held
on
SET
Seminar
Seychelles Interns at AIT visited Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems on 9th August 2012 at 10:00 hours. They were warmly welcomed by RS&GIS Coordinator Dr. Nitin K. Tripathi, Dr. Taravudh Tipdecho and Mr. Vattikuti R. Chowdhary at room W208 Academic Building. Photos can be seen here.
Final Thesis
Presentation of Mr. Ishida Tsushima,
a candidate for the degree of Master of Science in the Remote Sensing and Geographic
Information Systems FoS, School of Engineering and Technology as schedule
on Friday, 10th August 2012
Final Thesis
Presentation of Miss Jiraporn Kulsoontomrat,
a candidate for the degree of Master of Science in the Remote Sensing and Geographic
Information Systems FoS, School of Engineering and Technology as schedule
on
Wednesday, 8th August 2012
RS&GIS Special Lecture about "Algorithm development of global GPP estimation from GCOM-C/SGLI" by Associate Prof. Dr. Kanako Muramatsu (Nara Women's University) at room W208 Academic Building from 11:00 PM ~ 12:00 noon. Photos can be seen here.
Final Thesis Presentation of Mr. Parinya Boonrodyu, a candidate for the degree of Master of Science in the Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems FoS, School of Engineering and Technology is schedule on Friday, 20 July 2012 from 10:00 ~ 11:30 hours at room W208, Academic Building. His Thesis Title is "Integration of Geoinformatics and Archaeological based Historical Phenomena Explanation Incase of Wiang Kum Kam, Chiang Mai, Thailand". Photos can be seen here.
The Doctoral Comprehensive Final Examination of Mr. Poonsak Miphokasap, a candidate for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems FoS is scheduled on 08:00~10:00 hours Friday, 20 July 2012 at room W208, Academic Building. His dissertation Title is: "Estimation of Sugarcane Biophysical and Biochemical Parameters from Hyperspectral Remote Sensing". Photos can be seen here.
Orientation for Summer Education Camp and Study Tour United Group of Institutions 2012, India was held at room E220 Academic Building, AIT on 10 July 2012 10:00 am and Ms. Tripti, SET Dean Dr. Nitin Afzulpurkar and colleagues welcome them. Dr. Nitin K. Tripathi joined them later time. Photos can be seen here.
RS&GIS
will have a
WORKSHOP
about
"STRATEGIES FOR URBAN FLOODING
MANAGEMENT
117th AIT Graduation Ceremony held on 1st June 2012 at Grand Hall, Thailand Science Park Convention Center, National Science & Technology Development Agency, Pathumthani, Thailand. Some of our RS&GIS students photos can be seen here.
Farewell Party for Graduation Students and Dr. Neelakantan Sajikumar was held at SU Cafe on 5 pm, 29th May 2012. Photos can be seen here.
RS&GIS gathers and activated in Tree Planting near to the South-West of Academic Building and near by pond on 29th May 2012. Photos can be seen here.
Mr. Takayuki Kawai, a manager from International affair division, JAXA visited RS&GIS on 28th May 2012 at room W208 Academic Building. He was warmly welcomed by Dr. Nitin K. Tripathi, Coordinator of RS&GIS and Dr. Yashikazu Kamiya and discussed about further relation. Photos can be seen here.
Congratulations to Mr. Vaibhav Katiyar, our graduating student for his internship in France for six months (From Jun 2012 to Dec 2012). He will be serving under the organization of INRIA (National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Control), Sophia Antipolis, France. His research team is STARS (Spatio-Temporal Activity Recognition Systems) and his project title is "Assessing walking parameters for apathetic patients using RGB-D sensors (e.g. Kinect)".
Final Presentation on Special Study of Miss Tuvshinjargal Dalaichuluun, a candidate for the Diploma of AIT in the RS& GIS FoS is scheduled on Tuesday, 22 May 2012 from 15:30 ~ 16:30 hours at room W208, Academic Building. Photos can be seen here.
RS&GIS gives Group Training on Applications of GIS in Planning and Management for Pakistan Executive and it will be started from 22nd May ~ 31st May 2012. Photos can be seen here.
Final Thesis Presentations for the degree of Masters and Doctoral Progress Presentations in the Remote Sensing & GIS Field of Study, School of Engineering and Technology are already scheduled during April and May of 2012.
Acting SET_Dean Dr. Nitin K. Tripathi and Dr. Mukand S. Babel meet the Chinese Visitors at SET Meeting room in the morning 10:30 am Tuesday, 24-April-2012. Photos can be seen here.
Closing Ceremony of LULCM Project was held on 10 am Thursday, 12th April 2012 at room W208 Academic building. SET_Dean Dr. Nitin Afzulpurkar also was presided and giving certificates to the participants and taking pictures with the Resource Persons of RS&GIS and photos can be seen here.
Dr. Nitin K. Tripathi and Dr. Babel received visitors from Sam Higginbotom Institute of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences (SHIATS) India at room W208 Academic Building on 1:30 pm ~ 2:00 pm Tuesday 26-03-2012. Photos can be seen here.
RS&GIS gave a "Training for Advanced Satellite Image Processing for LULCM Project" which was started on 10 am Tuesday, 26th March 2012 at room W208 Academic building. This project is especially for 7 officers from National Land Commission and Druk Green Power Corporation Limited (Bhutan). Photos can be seen here.
Dr. Nitin K. Tripathi RS&GIS Coordinator and Dr. Sarawuth Ninsawat (Presenter) visited Kasetsart University on 23rd March 2012 for RS&GIS Seminar. Both of them were warmly welcomed and had a good time. RS&GIS would like to acknowledge their good-will and especially like to thank to Dr. Pravara Tanapura, Dr. Chomchid, Dr. Suppanika, Dr. Suchitra and Head of Department for their well organized to make this Seminar. Photos can be seen here and here.
RS&GIS Expert Seminar Series on Topic: Interferometry SAR (IFSAR) for Thailand by David Hisdal, Vice President Asia & Australia, Intermap Technologies Inc., was held at RS&GIS Seminar Room (W208) Academic Building from 2 pm ~ 3 pm yesterday 28th February 2012. Intermap Technologies have wide experience in using IFSAR for DEM generation. David prepared to discuss the technical nature of his IFSAR, the advantages of a hybrid product and some ideas on how it can be used to create a national framework for risk assessment and management. These products are basic ingredients in cooking Disaster Risk Resilience cuisine specially from floods, landslides etc. All interested were invited and welcome. Photos can be seen here.
------------------------------------------------------------------------AIT under Water----------------------------------------------------
Welcome Party for New Students will be on Friday, 6 pm (02-Sep-2011) at HBO TV room. Photos can be seen here.
Congratulations to Mr. Malik (Mr. M. Shahzad Sarfraz) for his achieving a Research Prize in Prosper. Net Competition in Japan. Photos can be seen here.
Orientation for August Semester New Students and JAXA and MITSUBISHI presentations Event were hold at Milton Bender Auditorium on 11 August 2011 from 1:30 PM ~ 4:00 PM. Photos can be seen here.
Terrestrial Survey course students have a practical exam at room W202 and photos can be seen here.
Closing Ceremony of Student Summer Exchange Program from UNITED Group of Institutions, India was held at Milton Bender Auditorium, AIT on 6th July 2011 and photos can be seen here.
Awarding Certificates and Closing Ceremony of Training Course for GIS and Remote Sensing in Irrigation Planning from 6 June - 1 July 2011 held at room B-201, AIT Conference Center and photos can be seen here.
Orientation for Summer Education Camp and Study Tour United Group of Institutions, India was held at Milton Bender Auditorium, AIT on 23 June 2011 and RS&GIS Coordinator Dr. Nitin K. Tripathi and colleagues welcome them. Photos can be seen here.
Commissioner of Higher Education from Pakistan visit RS&GIS today on 24 June 2011 and Dr. Taravudh Tipdecho and colleagues welcome them and give some presentation. Photos can be seen here.
The Doctoral Comprehensive Final Examination of Mr. Weerakaset Suanpaga, a candidate for the degree of Doctor of Engineering in Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems FoS is scheduled on 10:00~11:30 hours Monday, 20 June 2011 at room W208, Academic Building. His dissertation Title is: "Level of Riding Service Models for Pavement Monitoring by Using the Phase Array Type L-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar (PALSAR)". Photos can be seen here.
Dr. Nitin K. Tripathi, Coordinator, RS&GIS and Associate Dean - SET represented Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) in the Counseling for Integrated Masters Program in Jawaharlal Nehru Technical University, Kakinada (JNTUK), Andhra Pradesh, India during 9 and 10 June 2011. There were 60 seats available and all the seats were filled. These 60 students will study for 3.5 years in JNTUK and later 1.5 Years in AIT. Photos can be seen here.
Congratulations to our Graduates who will join the 115th anniversary of AIT Graduation Day on 26 May 2011 tomorrow and their preparation and rehearsal photos for today can be seen here. Tomorrow Lives Show can be seen here.
Mr. Mian Muhammad Zulqarnain Aamir, Joint Secretary to Government of Pakistan visit RS&GIS today and meet with some Pakistani Students. He was welcomed by RS&GIS Field Coordinator Dr. Nitin K. Tripathi and other faculty and staff. Photos can be seen here.
Advanced ArcGIS Desktop Training from 9th ~ 13th May 2011 held successfully by Course Coordinator Dr. Niin K. Tripathi and his team at RS&GIS Lab room E233 and photos can be seen here.
The Final Thesis Presentations for 2011 April from Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems Field of Study will be held at room W208 Academic Building.
Doctoral Progress Presentations from Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems Field of Study are continuing during April 2011 in room W208, Academic Building.
You are cordially invited to participate for Thank You Party and Farewell Party to Dr. Honda Kiyoshi, Dr. Marc Souris, Dr. Biswajit Sarma and Congratulation to graduated student on Wednesday, 4 May at AIT SU CAFE (2nd floor, cafeteria) from 5.30 PM onward. Photos can be seen here.
His Excellency Sri Tarun Gogoi, the Chief Minister of Assam, India, visited with his wife to see AIT and meet the President Said Irandoust and other faculty and students on 3rd May 2011. He was accompanied by His Excellency Pisan Manawapat, Ambassador of Thailand to India, Ms. Potchmas Saengthein, Secretary from Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Ranjit Barthakur, Chief Investment Advisor- Govt of Asam, Mr. Deepak Miglani, Secretary, Head of Chancery, Embassy of India in Thailand. Their visit was, on the invitation of President Said and Dr. Nitin Tripathi, Coordinator, Remote Sensing and GIS during their meeting with Chief Minister in Assam, India in April 2008. Hope this will pave a way for stronger bondage of AIT with Northeastern States of India. Photos can be seen here.
Dr. Sarawut Ninsawat,
a candidate for faculty position in RS&GIS
will deliver a talk on “Interoperable
Geoinformatics with OGC Web Services”
Bangkok Post interviewed Dr. Taravudh Tipdecho from RS&GIS / SET and displayed the article in (20 April 2011) Newspaper !
Dr. Taravudh Tipdecho,
a candidate for faculty position in RS&GIS
will deliver a talk on “Transformation Model based on
OBIA approach, in case orthoimage generation”
Farewell Party for RS&GIS Faculty Prof. Michiro Kusanagi held joyfully by RS&GIS Coordinator, Faculties, Staff and Students at Academic Building meeting room W208 from 3 pm ~ 4:30 pm on 31st March 2011. Photos can be seen here.
SET Seminar on
NASA
Programs and International Cooperation by
Mr.Justin Tilman, NASA Attaché
Prospective Thai Students visit Remote Sensing & GIS Field of Study on 23rd March 2011 "RTG announcement and AIT Open House". They are warmly welcomed by Dr. Taravudh Tipdecho, Students and Staff. Photos can be seen here.
Web based Application for
Marine Environmental Mapping &
Visualization Seminar by Dr. Durairaju Kumaran Raju,
Tropical Marine Science Institute,
National University of Singapore will be on 16 February 2011, Wednesday
from 11:00 ~ 12:00 hrs at Milton Bender Auditorium and
GPS Training on
Real Time Surveying using GPS
presented by
Dr.
Durairaju Kumaran Raju
and Mr. Kanakappan Santosh will
be on
16th and 17th Feb 2011 from
09:00 ~ 12:00hrs
and 13:00 ~ 16:00 hrs
at RS&GIS rooms W208 and E220. The training
course includes the following basic tasks needed to conduct RTK surveys using
GPS technology such as
(1). Real Time Surveying using GPS; (2).Advantages of Real Time
Surveying and (3).Demonstration
of Trimble RTK GPS,
(a)
Create a job
file
SET Seminars on
"GIS for Local Government and Urban Management in Japan
A School level meeting for Faculty and Students Exchange between University of Seoul, Korea and SET was held in room 238 Academic Building. Photos can be seen here.
The qualifying examination for advancement to candidacy of Mr. Wataru Ohira, a candidate for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems FoS, School of Engineering and Technology is scheduled on Thursday, 10 February 2011 from 14.00-15.30 hrs at room W208 Academic Building. All interested persons are invited to attend. Photos can be seen here.
A high level delegation from United Group of Institutions, India visited Remote Sensing and GIS Lab on Thursday, 3rd February 2011 to see the educational and research facilities. The delegation comprised of Dr. Jagdish Gulati, President, UGI; Dr. A.B. Sammaddar, Advisor, UGI; Mr. Satpal Gulati, Vice President and Mr. Gaurav Gulati, Director, UGI. Dr. Taravudh explained them the role of RS&GIS in development and course offerings and possible collaborations. UGI informed that they will send a group of BACHELOR DEGREE students and faculty for summer course/ internship and will explore how some joint programs can be initiated. Photos can be seen here.
RS&GIS bought FieldSpec Handheld Spectroradiometer and demonstration and installation for the device is continuing in our GIS Lab. Photos can be seen here and here.
Prof. Takayuki
AOKI
Remote Sensing and GIS Field of Study organizes “DGPS Product presentations" by UPS Company on Trimble DGPS and REPCO Company on NovAtel DGPS at room W208, Academic Building on 04 June 2010 Friday from 10:00 ~ 12:00 hours. UPS presentation photos can be seen here and REPCO presentations Photos can be seen here.
AIT's 113th Graduation Ceremony held successfully on Wednesday, 26th May 2010 at AIT Conference Center.
Final Thesis Presentation of Miss Nithima Nuengjummong, a candidate for the degree of Master of Science in the Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems FoS, School of Engineering and Technology is schedule on Tuesday, 11 May 2010 from 14:00 ~ 15:00 hours at room W208, Academic Building. Photos can be seen here.
Final Thesis Presentation of Miss J. Elaine J. Layug, a candidate for the degree of Master of Engineering in the Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems FoS, School of Engineering and Technology is schedule on Monday, 11 May 2010 from 13:00 ~ 14:00 hours at room W208, Academic Building.
The
qualifying examination for advancement to candidacy of
Mrs. Diep Thi Hong Nguyen, a candidate for the degree of
Doctor of Technical Science in Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems FoS,
School of Engineering and Technology
is schedule on
Monday,
10 May 2010
Final Thesis Presentation of Mrs. Jannet Bencure, a candidate for the degree of Master of Engineering in the Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems FoS, School of Engineering and Technology is schedule on Monday, 07 May 2010 from 16:00 ~ 17:00 hours at room W208, Academic Building. Photos can be seen here.
Final Thesis Presentation of Miss Asamaporn Sitthi, a candidate for the degree of Master of Science in the Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems FoS, School of Engineering and Technology is schedule on Friday, 07 May 2010 from 14:00 ~ 15:00 hours at room W208, Academic Building. Photos can be seen here.
The
qualifying examination for advancement to candidacy of
Mrs. Duangtar Novacek, a candidate for the degree of
Doctor of Technical Science in Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems FoS,
School of Engineering and Technology
is schedule on
Friday,
07 May 2010
Final Thesis Presentation of Mr. Chudech Losiri, a candidate for the degree of Master of Science in the Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems FoS, School of Engineering and Technology is schedule on Thursday, 06 May 2010 from 14:00 ~ 15:00 hours at room W208, Academic Building. Photos can be seen here.
Congratulations to 2010 GIS Best Students Mr. Ram Sevak Dahal (Nepal) and Ms. Chayaluck Tummasiri (Thailand) who were the Top Scoring Students in AT76.01 Geographic Information Systems course. Dr. Nitin K. Tripathi, Coordinator, RS&GIS FoS presenting prizes to them. Photos can be seen here.
Final Thesis Presentation of Miss Rezwana Kaiser, a candidate for the degree of Master of Science in the Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems FoS, School of Engineering and Technology is schedule on Monday, 03 May 2010 from 13:00 ~ 14:00 hours at room W208, Academic Building.
Final Thesis Presentation of Mr. Uday D. Pimple, a candidate for the degree of Master of Engineering in the Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems FoS, School of Engineering and Technology is schedule on Monday, 03 May 2010 from 10:30 ~ 11:30 hours at room W208, Academic Building. Photos can be seen here.
Vice President for Academic Affairs (VPAA) position at AIT held on 28th and 29th April. The 6 Candidates presented their thoughts on “Pedagogical Development, Academic Quality Assurance and Accreditation at AIT” and among them RS&GIS FoS Coordinator Dr. Nitin Tripathi is one of the candidates and photos can be seen here.
The
qualifying examination for advancement to candidacy of
Mr. Poonsak Miphokasap, a candidate for the degree of
Doctor of Technical Science in Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems FoS,
School of Engineering and Technology
is schedule on
Thursday,
29 April 2010
The
qualifying examination for advancement to candidacy of
Mr. Muhammad Shahzad Sarfraz,
a candidate for the degree of
Doctor
of Philosophy in Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems FoS, School of Engineering and Technology
is schedule on
Tuesday,
27 April 2010
Final Thesis
Presentation of Miss Sar Sophyra,
a candidate for the degree of Master of
Engineering in the Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems FoS,
School of Engineering and Technology is schedule on Tuesday, 27 April 2010
from 10:30 ~ 11:30
hours at room W208, Academic Building. Her Thesis Title is:
"Estimation of Above Ground Biomass and Carbon Stock using Remote Sensing: A Case Study in Mondulkiri Forest, Cambodia
Dr. Rui Fernandes (Head of SEGAL) from University of Beira Interior visit AIT on the mission of research collaboration on GPS application. He is focusing on to establish GPS network in Thailand including Chiangmai, Songkhla, and Bangkok (AIT). He was welcomed by RS&GIS Field of Study Coordinator Dr. Nitin Tripathi, Associate Professor Dr. Kiyoshi Honda, Lab Manager Dr. Taravudh Tipdecho, Mr. Hamid and Mr. Myo San. In the afternoon, Dr. Taravudh, Mr. Hamid and Mr. Myo San facilitate him with Roof survey for pre-survey on GPS station. Photos can be seen here.
The
qualifying examination for advancement to candidacy of
Mr. Worawaj Onnom, a candidate for the degree of
Doctor
of Philosophy in Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems FoS, School of Engineering and Technology
is schedule on
Tuesday,
30 March 2010
Asian Institute of Technology is
organizing South East
as a centre on European GNSS for international cooperation and Local development
SEAGAL
workshop on
European GNSS (Global Navigations Satellite Systems)
in Thailand during March 15- 17, 2010. You can register for
the workshop by sending a confirmatory email at
st105883@ait.ac.th or
hammid1981@gmail.com.
For more information please visit
SEAGAL.
Ms. Ayako Kosegaki, Officer in charge of AIT,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
Final Thesis Presentation of Mr. Prabin Kishor Pury, a candidate for the degree of Master of Engineering in the Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems FoS, School of Engineering and Technology as schedule on Friday, 12 February 2010 from 11:00 ~ 12:00 hours at room W208, Academic Building. His Thesis Title is: "Near Real Time Traffic Parameter Monitoring." Photos can be seen here.
Delegation of "National Research and Education networks" (NREN's) from South Asian countries supported by the World Bank visited Remote Sensing and GIS Field of Study on Jan 27, 2010. They were shown the Sensor WebGIS Capabilities developed in RS&GIS FoS by the group of Dr. Kiyoshi Honda and also online education program "UNIGIS" by Dr. Nitin Tripathi. Photos can be seen here.
On 23 January 2010 SET Open House Day, a group of University Thai Students visited Remote Sensing & GIS Field of Study and they were warmly welcomed by Associate Professor & Field Coordinator Dr. Nitin Tripathi, Dr. Taravudh Tipdecho and team. Photos can be seen here and video can be seen here.
Final Research Presentation of Mr. Saranchai Pisitbanyong a candidate for the degree of Master of Engineering in the Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems FoS is scheduled on Friday, 22 January 2010 from 11:00 ~ 12:00 hours at room W212, Academic Building. His Research Title is: "Land Price and Land Suitability Analysis by Integrated GIS and Fuzzy Logic: Case Study of Housing Site Selection in Thanyaburi District, Pathumthani, Thailand." Photos can be seen here.
New Year Greetings and Acknowledgement of RS&GIS Students and Field Coordinator Dr. Nitin Tripathi on 14 Jan 2010 and photos can be seen here.
RS&GIS FoS Orientation for January 2010 held at room W208 Academic Building on 12 January 2010 in the afternoon and photos can be seen here.
Dr. Nitin K. Tripathi, Coordinator, Associate Professor, Dr. Taravudh Tipdecho and team from RS&GIS/SET visited officially to Agricultural Land Reform Office (ALRO) and met Deputy Secretary-General Werachai Narkwiboonwong (AIT-Alumni MSc-1986 Human Settlements and Development) for AIT Promotion and give presentation to ALRO’s staff on 04 January 2010, Monday. The visit shows more positive with ALRO’s scholarship for 2011 as a result. We do appreciate and thanks to Miss Rujee Rodcha (Doctoral student from RS&GIS) for her supports in the morning visit. After that in the afternoon, Dr. Nitin K. Tripathi, Dr. Taravudh Tipdecho and team visited to Royal Thai Survey Department, as also for AIT Promotion and had presentation to some interested groups who willing to continue MEng / PhD at AIT. The visit was "Marvelous" to say talking closely to them and we came to know the specific requirements from them for their further study at AIT. All thanks to Mr. Saranchai Pisitbanyong (Master Student) who backup and supported all rounds of this visit. Photos can be seen here.
Univ. Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) with 40 students and 4 Faculty members will have a study tour to AIT under the Global Outreach Program and will visit as Scheduled to RS&GIS and GIC during 15 Dec ~ 17 Dec 2009. Some photos can be seen here.
The doctoral comprehensive final examination of
Mrs. Suwisa Mahasandana, a candidate for the degree of
Doctor of Engineering in Remote Sensing and Geographic
Information Systems FoS is scheduled on 11:00~12:30 hours Friday,
11 December 2009 at W208, Academic Building. Her dissertation Title is: "Spectral Modelling for Marine Water
Quality Estimation in Bangpakong Estuary, Thailand
RS&GIS
will have
One Day
Workshop on
Final Research Presentation of Mr. Muhammad Shahzad Sarfraz a candidate for the degree of Master of Science in the Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems FoS is scheduled on Friday, 04 December 2009 from 15:00 ~ 16:30 hours at room W212, Academic Building. His Research Title is: "RS-GIS Based Characterization of Urban Environment Factors Related to Dengue Infection Risk." Photos can be seen here.
The doctoral comprehensive final examination of Mr. Nakarin Chaikaew, a candidate for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems FoS is scheduled on 15:00~16:30 hours Friday, 04 December 2009 at W212, Academic Building. His dissertation Title is: "Disease Patterns, Hotspots and Diffusion in Chiang Mai Province, Thailand". Photos can be seen here.
The doctoral comprehensive final examination of Miss Sujittra Charoenhrunyingyos, a candidate for the degree of Doctor of Technical Science in Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems FoS is scheduled on 12:00~13:30 hours Friday, 04 December 2009 at W212, Academic Building. Her dissertation Title is: "Estimation of Soil Hydraulic Properties through Data Assimilation in Agro-Hydrological Model". Photos can be seen here.
We would like to inform about recent event of Software Industry Promotion Agency (SIPA) under Thailand Information and Communication Technology (ICT) on 26 November 2009. Dr. Taravudh Tipdecho from our RS&GIS FoS received Thailand ICT Award 2009 for Research and Development on that day and also he will be a country representative to have competition by this December in Melbourne, Australia (Asia Pacific Region). Photos can be seen here and here.
Opening Ceremony of International Workshop Training Course on "Integrated Coastal Zone Planning and Management using Geoinformation Technologies" held at room W208 Academic Building, RS&GIS / SET on 09:00 ~ 10:30 hours Monday, 23 Nov 2009 and some photos can be seen here .
The doctoral comprehensive final examination of Mr. Veerachai Tantipat, a candidate for the degree of Doctor of Engineering in RS&GIS is scheduled on 14:00~15:30 hours Monday, 23 November 2009 at room W212 Academic Building. Photos can be seen here.
The doctoral comprehensive final examination of Mr. Thilantha L. Dammalage, a candidate for the degree of Doctor of Technical Science in RS&GIS is scheduled on 13:00~14:00 hours Wednesday, 18 November 2009 at ET110 Energy Building. His dissertation Title is: "Wavelet Transform Application to C/A Code Multipath Mitigation at GPS Reference Station for Accuracy Improved Differential GPS Corrections." Photos can be seen here.
The doctoral comprehensive final examination of Mr. Dang Quang Tinh, a candidate for the degree of Doctor of Technical Science in RS&GIS is scheduled on 11:00~12:00 hours Wednesday, 18 November 2009 at room W208 Academic Building. His dissertation Title is: "Use of Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems for Management and protection Against Extreme Floods in the Red River Basin of Vietnam." Photos can be seen here.
E-Learning Lecture Series using the WINDS satellite in real-time from University of Tsukuba, Japan is continued to be delivered at room W216, Academic Building since 3 September 2009 until 19 November 2009 as scheduled. All interested people are welcomed to attend. Photos can be seen here, here and here.
Dr. Yuichi Ono, Chief, Disaster Risk Reduction, UNESCAP along with his colleagues Dr. Sanjay Srivastava, Regional Advisor, Mr. Shoji Matsubara, Expert, visited Remote Sensing and GIS FoS, Asian Institute of Technology on 16th Nov 2009. They discussed the possible collaborative work on preparing a report on natural disaster and mitigation in Asian and Pacific region. They all are welcomed by Dr. Nitin K. Tripathi, Coordinator, RS&GIS along with Dr. Kiyoshi Honda, Dr. Y. Kamiya and Dr. Taravudh Tipdecho team and presented the past works and activities of remote sensing and GIS related to disaster mitigation. Photos can be seen here.
AIT Project on GNSS highlighted in the Asia Survey and Mapping Newsletter can be browse from here.
The Qualifying Examination for Advancement to Candidacy of Miss Siriwan Hassarangseea, a candidate for the degree of Doctor of Technical Science in Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems FoS School of Engineering and Technology is scheduled on Thursday, 15:00 ~ 16:30 hours, 05 May 2009 at room W208, Academic Building. All interested persons are invited. Her presentation title is: "Geospatial Hotspots and Analysis of Determinants of Tuberculosis in Si Sa Ket Province, Thailand". Photos can be seen here.
JAXA project engineers Messrs. S. Kogure and Fujita visited RS&GIS to have meeting with AIT, NECTEC and other local engineering community on 29 October 2009, 10:00 ~ 12:00 hours at room W208, West Academic Building (RS&GIS/SET/AIT). Meeting about the Multi-GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System; Navigation and precise positioning system a grade up of GPS) by using new concept Quasi Zenith Satellite (QZSS), which scheduled to be launched next year. Photos can be seen here.
SET Workshop on Strategic Review and Planning 2009 held at Holiday Inn Hotel, Pattaya and photos can see here.
RS&GIS FoS will organize "A Workshop on Free and Open Source Software and Application in GIS" during this month of October 15 at Milton Bender Auditorium in Association with Osaka City University, Japan and University of Montpellier, France. Students from RS&GIS are strongly advised to attend. Others are also invited. Photos can be seen here.
Belated Final Defense Presentation of Mr. Sarn Aksarannugraha from RS&GIS FoS held at room W208, Academic Building on 27 August 2009 and 29 September 2009. Photos can be seen here.
RS&GIS FoS Get-together Party was held on 25 September 2009 Friday at Golf Club Park Restaurant in the evening. The party was arranged to welcome our new students, express gratitude to Dr. Kibe and Dr Nagai for their services to our FoS. Photos can be seen here!
SET Open House Program was held on AIT 50th Anniversary Day, dated 08 September 2009 and photos can be seen here!
Let's Welcome Dr. Masahiko NAGAI from University of Tokyo, Japan as our RS&GIS FoS new Visiting Faculty. He can be reached at room W213 Academic Building and his contact number is +66-2-524 5592.
Prof Pierre Defourny from the Department of Environmental Sciences and Land Use Planning, Faculty of Bio-engineering, Agronomy and Environment, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium visited RS&GIS on 31 Aug 2009, Monday and had a meeting with Associate Professor and Acting Coordinator Dr. Nitin K. Tripathi. Photos can be seen here!
Visitors from India leaded by Mr. Kiran Kiran Madhunapantula | Director, Offshore Development Center|coMakeIT, India, Mr. BSN Kumar, CEO, ObjectOne, India; Mr. V. Ramesh, Vice President, Indo-Thai Business Association visited RS&GIS FoS to meet faculty and experts to explore the possibilities of conducting coastal development projects in India where using Remote Sensing and GIS. They were welcomed by Dr. Nitin K. Tripathi, Associate Professor and Acting Field Coordinator and photos can be seen here.
Orientation for 2009 August New Students of RS&GIS FoS held on 14 August 2009 at Academic Building room W208 and photos can be seen here.
Many Students and Parents visited AIT on 14 July 2009 "Visit AIT Day" and some students visited to RS&GIS FoS and they were welcomed and greeted by Dr. Nitin K. Tripathi, Associate Professor and Acting Coordinator of RS&GIS, Dr. Taravudh Tipdecho, Adjunct Faculty and Lab Manager, staff and students. Photos can be seen here!
Mr. V. Ramesh, Vice Chairman, Indo-Thai Business Association led a delegation from Andhra Pradesh, India and visited to RS&GIS FoS on 18 June 2009. They were welcomed by Dr. Shiseiro Kibe, Coordinator, RS&GIS FoS and Dr. Nitin K. Tripathi, Indian Faculty Representative at room W208 Academic Building. They discussed developing Education Program with Indian Institutions in key areas such as Geoinformatics, Rural Development, Agribusiness, ICT, Nanotech, Biotech, Energy and water management. Members of the delegation were: Mr. K. Sudhakar Rao, Commissionor, Right to information, Dr. T. Reddy, Chairman, Mr. B.S.N. Kumar, Director, Object One Information System, Mr. Kiron M., Director, coMakeIT, Hyderabad and Netherlands, Dr. V. Janaki, Professor, Laproscopic Surgeon, Niloufer Hospital. They were very supportive of initiating an AIT Academic Program in Andhra Pradesh for sustainable development related to rural development and healthcare using IT. Photos can be seen here!
A Seminar on "Recent Developments in GIS Technology and New Opportunities for Leveraging the Full Power of GIS – Everywhere by Everyone" by Mr. Bill Shepherd, Senior Manager and Strategic Business Development from ESRI-Asia, Singapore at room W208 Academic Building on Friday, 15 May 2009 from 10:00 ~ 11:30 hours. Photos can be seen here!
Qualifying Examination for Advancement to Candidacy of
Mr. Apiruk Puckdeevong's
Final Defense Presentations for this 2009 April - May Schedule are here!
A Special Lecture on "Weather Modification Technologies" by Prof Dr. I.V. Murali Krishna Jawahar Lal Nehru Technology Institute Hyderabad, India has held at room E222 during 11:00 - 12:00 hours, on Tuesday, 21 April 2009. Photos can be seen here.
Mr. SONG Chaozhi, Deputy Director General of State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping (SBSM) of China and Mr. WANG Qian, Director Foreign Affairs Office, China pay a visit to RS&GIS FoS and they were welcomed by Acting Coordinator Associate Prof. Dr. HONDA Kiyoshi at room W202 and photos can be seen here.
Doctoral Proposal Defence of Mr. Hamid Mehmood held at RS&GIS FoS Meeting room W208 from 08:30 hrs ~ 10:00 hrs on 19 March 2007. Photos can be seen here.
Remote Lecture Series using WINDS Satellite from Malaysia Multimedia University (MMU) on 16 March 2009, Prof. Hairul Azhar Abdul Rashid lectured about "Optical OFDMA as Possible Technology for Fiber-To-The-Home" and 17 March 2009, Prof. Bok-Min Goi lectured about "Cryptology and Information Security". The Events are held at room W216, RS&GIS FoS/SET and photos can be seen here.
A Workshop on "GNAT (GNSS Network Alliance of Thailand)" and its practical use" at Geoinformatics Center, was organized by GIC/RS&GIS FoS and Ultimate Positioning (UP) Co., Ltd, Thailand on 26th February, 2009 from 1.00 P.M to 4.30 P.M. Photos can be seen here.
Remote Lecture Series using WINDS Satellite from University of Tsukuba (Japan) on 24 February 2009, Prof. Neantro Saavedro-Rivano lectured about "APEC and its Role in the Process of East Asian Regional Integration" held at room W216, RS&GIS FoS/SET and photos can be seen here.
Remote Lecture Series using WINDS Satellite from University of Tsukuba (Japan) on 23 February 2009, Assist. Prof. Naoki Shirakawa lectured about "Downstream Effects of Reservoirs - Environmental Flow Problem" held at room W216, RS&GIS FoS/SET and photos can be seen here.
Remote Lecture Series using WINDS Satellite from AIT, Thailand on 17 February 2009 lectured about "Space Environment Preservation II" by Prof. Sieshiro Kibe held at room W216, RS&GIS FoS/SET and photos can be seen here.
Remote Lecture Series using WINDS Satellite from AIT, Thailand on 16 February 2009 lectured about "Space Environment Preservation" by Prof. Sieshiro Kibe held at room W216, RS&GIS FoS/SET and photos can be seen here.
Remote Lecture Series using WINDS Satellite from University of Tsukuba (Japan) on 10 February 2009 lectured about "Economic Globalization" by Prof. Shouzou Kitta held at room W216, RS&GIS FoS/SET and photos can be seen here.
A special lecture on "Satellite Remote Sensing Applications for Geohazard Mapping and Monitoring" by Prof. Dr. Vern Singhroy, a Senior Research Scientist from Canada Centre for Remote Sensing was held at Milton Bender Auditorium on 06 February 2009 from 13:00 hrs ~ 14:30 hrs. Photos can be seen here.
Orientation for 2009 January New Students of RS&GIS FoS held on 13 January 2009 at Academic Building room W208 and photos can be seen here.
AIT's 110th Graduation Ceremony was held on December 19 at the AIT Conference Center Auditorium and can reach from here.
The
Doctoral
Comprehensive Final
Examination
of Miss Arisara Charoenpanyanet, a candidate
for the degree
of Doctor of Technical Science in
RS&GIS / SET has
scheduled on Friday 28th November 2008 from 09:00 ~ 11:00 hrs
The
Doctoral
Comprehensive Final
Examination
of Miss Wutjanun Muttitanon,
a candidate for the degree
of Doctor of Technical Science in
RS&GIS / SET has
scheduled on 14th November 2008, Friday from 09:00 ~ 11:00 hrs
Doctoral Progress Presentations from Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems Field of Study are scheduled during November 2008 at room W208, Academic Building.
Final Thesis Presentation of Mr. Truong Hung Phuong, a candidate for the degree of Master of Science in the RS& GIS FoS is scheduled on Wednesday, 12 November 2008 from 10:00 ~ 11:30 hours at room W208, Academic Building. Photos can be seen here
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The
Doctoral
Comprehensive Final
Examination of
Mr. Anujit Vansarochana, a candidate
for the degree of Doctor of Engineering in the RS&GIS FoS / SET has
scheduled on 28th October 2008, Tuesday from 09:00 ~ 11:00 hrs
There is an "International Training Program on ITCZM using Geoinformation Technologies" held at AIT Conference Center and room E233 Academic Building from 15 ~ 26 September 2008, organized by Associate Professor Dr. Nitin K. Tripathi, RS&GIS FoS and photos can be seen here.
Seminar on GPU Computing for Numerical Simulation by Prof. Takayuki Aoki from "The Global Scientific Information and Computing Center, Tokyo Institute of Technology" held at room W208, Academic Building on 13:00 hrs ~ 14:00 hrs, Tuesday, 09 September 2008. Photos can be seen here.
A Delegation led by Prof. Dr. J. L. Van Genderen, ITC, Netherlands and Iranian RS/GIS Scholars from K. N. Toosi University of Technology, Tehran visited to RS&GIS FoS on 02 September 2008. They all are warmly welcomed by RS&GIS FoS Coordinator Prof. Seishiro Kibe, Associate Prof. Dr. Nitin K. Tripathi, Prof. Michiro Kusanagi and other faculty and staff at room W208 Academic Building. Photos can be seen here.
Welcome Party to August 2008 Students was held at room E220 Academic Building on 15 Aug 2008 around 15:30 ~ 16:30 hrs. Photos can be seen here .
Final Thesis Presentation of Miss Shi Liang, a candidate for the degree of Master of Science in the Remote Sensing & Geographic Information Systems Field of Study, School of Engineering and Technology is scheduled on Wednesday, 23 July 2008 from 10:00 ~ 12:00 hours at room W208, Academic Building.
During Visit AIT Day on 15 July 2008, Prospective SET Applicants, Thai Students and their Parents visited around AIT and SET Laboratories and Centers. Photos can be seen here.
The Doctoral Comprehensive Final Examination of Mr. Chalermchai Pawattana, a candidate for the degree of Doctor of Engineering from our Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems Field of Study, School of Engineering and Technology is scheduled on Tuesday, 17 June 2008 during 10:00 ~ 12:00 hours at room W208, Academic Building.
Final Thesis Presentations for Master Students from Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems Field of Study are continuing during April ~ May 2008 in room W208, Academic Building.
Final Thesis Presentation of Mr. Yottanut Paluang, a candidate for the degree of Master of Science in the RS& GIS FoS is scheduled on Thursday, 23 April 2008 from 14:00 ~ 15:30 hours at room W208, Academic Building. Photos can be seen here.
Six participants from the Continuing Education Program of Agricultural Innovation Managers of the Philippines visited to RS&GIS FoS on 22 April 2008 and they all are warmly welcomed by Field Coordinator Prof. Seishiro Kibe and Manager Dr. Taravudh Tipdecho at meeting room W208 Academic Building. These Participants are mostly University Presidents from the 14 regions of the Philippines who are serving as Chairpersons of the regional consortia of agencies involved in Agriculture and Natural Resources R&D. They are Dr. JOSE BACUSMO, Dr. ROMEO QUILANG, Dr. FELICIANO ROSETE, Dr. ROGELIO COLTING, Dr. RUPERTO SANGGALANG and Dr. RICHARD JUANILLO. Photos can be seen here.
Final Thesis Presentation of Mr. Ton Binh Minh, a candidate for the degree of Master of Science in the Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems FoS is scheduled on Thursday, 23 April 2008 from 13:00 ~ 14:00 hours at room W208, Academic Building. Photos can be seen here.
Doctoral Progress Presentations from Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems Field of Study are continuing during April ~ May 2008 in room W208, Academic Building.
RS&GIS Seminar on
Special Seminar on "Open Standards in Web GIS" by Dr. Venkatesh Raghwan, Professor from Osaka City, held in Academic Building room E222 on Thursday, 06 March 2008, during 11:15 ~ 12:00 hours. Dr. Raghwan is an authority in Open Source Software in Geospatial Techniques and also Adjunct Faculty in RS&GIS FoS.
Seminar on Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) by Dr. Noriyuki Aibe from Tsukuba University held in room W208 Academic Building on 12 February 2008, 10:00 ~ 11:00 hours. Photos can be seen here.
RS&GIS Seminar on FOSS4G (Free and Open Source Software for GIS) by Dr. Yann H. Chemin from Geographic Information Science and Image Processing Laboratory, Social Science Division, International Rice Research Institute, Philippine on 09:00 –10:00 Hrs, Thursday, 07 February, 2008 at room E222 Academic Building. Dr. Yann is an alumnus of AIT and is a renowned scientist using FOSS as the base for all his research and programming needs. The seminar is aimed at promoting use of Open Source Concept in Software development for research purpose. You are cordially invited along with others who are interested. Photos can be seen here.
30 Students from Centre for Environmental Planning & Technology (CEPT), Ahmedabad, India on Study Tour under Prof. Anjana Vyas, Coordinator visited to RS&GIS FoS on 23rd January 2008. They were greeted and warmly welcomed by Dr. Nitin Kumar Tripathi, Associate Professor gave the Demonstration of GIS facilities & application in RS&GIS FoS. Photos can be seen here.
During January 14 ~ 16, International Conference on "Health GIS 2008" held at Montien Riverside Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand. Photos can be seen here.
A short course training on "Disaster Planning & Management and Overview of GIS" was coordinated by Dr. Nitin Kumar Tripathi and Dr. Saied Pirasteh during January 11 ~ 13 , 2008 at Academic Building, RS&GIS Field of Study room W208. There were 10 Trainees from Engineering Association of Iran attended. Photos can be seen here.
The Masters Dissertation Proposal on Hospital Emergency Response System using Internet GIS, Vehicle Tracking and RFID is defended by Ms. Irum Memon at room W208, Academic Building on Tuesday, 18th December 2007. Committee Members presented were Dr. Nitin Kumar Tripathi, (Chairman), Dr. Yousuke Noumi, (Member), Dr. Mark Souris, (Member) and Mr. Saksin Chongolnee, (External Member). Photos can be seen here.
SET Farewell and Year-end Lunch Party held on 14th December 2007 from 11:30 ~ 13:30 hours at beside Chalerm Prakiat building and photos can be seen here.
Congratulations to our RS&GIS FoS students who graduated in this 108th Graduation Ceremony on 20 Dec 2007.
Final Thesis Presentation of Mr. Heng Bauran, a candidate for the degree of Master of Science in the RS&GIS FoS is scheduled on Thursday, 06 December 2007 from 09:00 ~ 10:30 hours at room W208, Academic Building. Photos can be seen here.
Doctoral Progress Presentations from Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems Field of Study are continued as scheduled during Nov ~ Dec 2007 in room W208, Academic Building. Photos can be seen here.
Final Thesis Presentation of Miss Duan Minyan, a candidate for the degree of Master of Engineering in the Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems Field of Study is scheduled on Thursday, 29 November 2007 from 10:00 ~ 11:30 hours at room W208, Academic Building. Photos can be seen here.
RS&GIS Seminar on "Vehicle Tracking and Navigation System and Its Scope" by Mr. Saksin Chongolnee, CEO from CaraCAD, Bangkok held at room E206 on Wednesday, 14 Nov 2007 from 1:30 PM ~ 3:00 PM. The Seminar is organized by Dr. Nitin Tripathi, Associate Professor from RS&GIS FoS and photos can be seen here.
Dr. Yousuke Noumi, Visiting Faculty from RS&GIS FoS, delivered a Special Lecture on “STRIPE Method for Accurate DEM generation” on 31 October 2007 for students of AT76.01 Course. It was well appreciated by students. Photos can be seen here and for more details, please contact ynoumi@ait.ac.th.
RS&GIS
Get-Together Party held at room W208 Academic Building on 18 October 2007, 14:30 hours and photos can be seen here.Special Lectures by Guest Speakers from India on 3rd October 2007 at room E222 Academic Building from 11:00 ~ 12:00 noon and photos can be seen here.
Special Presentation about "Modeling of and Simulations of Environmental Disasters" by Prof. Jean Serra, University of Paris-East, France held on Friday, 21 September 2007 at room W208, Academic Building and photos can be seen here.
RS&GIS Seminar on Spatiotemporal Analysis of Hanoi City using the Area Informatics Approach by Prof. Mamoru Shibayama and Open Source Geospatial Technologies by Prof. Venkatesh Raghavan held on Monday, 17 September 2007 at Milton Bender Auditorium from 13:00 hrs to 15:00 hrs and photos can be seen here.
The delegates from JAXA and Tsukuba University visited RS&GIS for "Preparatory Meeting about the Distance Education using Giga bite Internet satellite WINDS. The delegates members were Mr. Toshio Higuchi , HIREC (JAXA Contractor), Mr. Osamu Yamanaka from JAXA and Professor Dong Cai, Associate Professor Keisuke Kamayama from Tsukuba University. They were welcomed by RS&GIS FoS Coordinator Dr. Xiayong Chen, Prof. Seishiro Kibe and Prof. Michiro Kusanagi. Photos can be seen here.
A Special Lecture on "Poverty Mapping" held by Dr. Stephen Haslett on 2:00 PM, 10 September 2007 at room W208, Academic Building and photos can be seen here.
Orientation for UNIGIS@AIT online Master’s and Professional Diploma in GIScience and Systems has conducted on 8 September 2007 at AITCC. Photos can be seen here.
Delegation from the Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Iran visited to RS&GIS FoS on 29 August 2007 to discuss on our Interdisciplinary Program in Disaster Preparedness, Mitigation and Management Program. They are welcomed and explained by Prof. Seishiro Kibe and Dr. Nitin Tripathi at RS&GIS computer lab and conference room. The members from the delegation were Dr. Hossein Mohebi (Vice Chancellor of Education), Dr. Naser Mohseninia, (Dean of Faculty of Literature & Humanities), Dr. Asedollah K., Mr. Akbar Alavi, Ms. Leila Araghipoor and Mr. Iman Seifollahi. Photos can be seen here.
The Indian Delegation for Training and Study who visited AIT during 21 ~ 29 August also visited RS&GIS FoS. The members from delegations were Prof. A.K. Mishra, Dean(Planning and Administration), Prof. S.K. Duggal, Prof. R.K. Srivastava and Dr. R.P. Tiwari. They have a time together with our faculty Dr. Nitin Tripathi (Associate Prof.), Mr. Yoshida (Visitiing Scientist) and Mr. Jothiganesh (Research Associate) and photos can be seen here.
The Seminar by Prof. Samaddar was canceled on 23 Aug 2007 at room W208 Academic Building.
There will be a "Special RS&GIS Seminar on 3D QUASI GIS" by Professor A. B. Samaddar, Director, NIT, Allahabad, India at room W208 Academic Building on Thursday from 13:30 hrs ~ 15:00 hrs which organized by RS&GIS FoS Associate Professor Dr. Nitin Tripathi. All interested are most welcome.
Orientation to RS&GIS New Students In-take August 2007 held in room E220 Academic Building on 15 August 2007 and the New Students are warmly welcome by RS&GIS FoS Coordinator Dr. Xiayong Chen, Dr. Kiyoshi Honda, Prof. Seishiro Kibe, Prof. Michiro Kusanagi, other faculty, staff and senior students. The photos can be seen here.
Congratulations to our 3 belated students (Mr. Aadit Shrestha, Mr. Jagvijay Pratap Singh Gill and Miss Diva Malla) who successfully defended their Inter-Semester Final Exams recently.
Dr. Ahmed Murad from United Arab Emirates (UAE) visits RS&GIS FoS on Thursday, 02 August 2007 and he is welcomed by Dr. Nitin Tripathi, Associate Professor and other faculties and staff from RS&GIS at room W208, Academic Building. Photos can be seen here.
Belated Final Defense Presentation of Miss Diva Malla from RS&GIS FoS held on 06 July at room W208, Academic Building. Her theses title is "GIS based Earthquake Risk Assessment: A Case Stdy in Lalitpur Sub-Metropolitan City, Nepal."
Prospective Students (estimated to be around 120) divided into 3 groups visited to our RS&GIS FoS laboratories in SET on 02 July 2007, which was also the remarkable AIT-Day! They all were joyfully welcomed and explained by Dr. Kiyoshi Honda, Dr. Nitin Tripathi, Prof. Seishiro Kibe, Dr. Taravudh Tipdecho and other staff. Photos can be seen here.
Belated Final Defense Presentation of Mr. Jagvijay Pratap Singh Gill from RS&GIS FoS held on 02 July at room W208, Academic Building. His theses title is "Real Time Observation and Simultation of Soil Moisture Using Agro-Hydro logical Model and Field Server."
Belated Final Defense Presentation of Mr. Aadit Shrestha from RS&GIS FoS held at room W208 on 25 June 2007 and photos can be seen here. His theses title is "Implementation of OpenGIS Sensor Observation Service for Remote Field Operation."
5 Senior Afghan officials from NEPA and 2 officials from RRC-AP visited to AIT Environmental Facility and also visited to RS&GIS on 15 June 2007 Friday afternoon. They are welcomed by RS&GIS Acting Coordinator Prof. Seishiro Kibe and Manager Dr. Taravudh. Photos can be seen here.
Ms. Sara Mayfield, Geographic Specialist of US/DOD and Mr. Somyet Sutheerat, Senior Political Specialist of US Embassy has visited to our RS&GIS FoS on 29 May 2007. Ms. Sara M. is heavily involved in the Foreign Map Procurement Program and on her way back to US after collecting the maps and geographical information from South East Asia. They are welcomed by our RS &GIS FoS Acting Coordinator Prof. Kibe and Faculties and provided them with the latest information on related activities in Thailand and the summary of our educational and research activities. Photos can be seen here.
Let's Welcome Dr. Yousuke Noumi from Okayama University of Science, Japan as our RS&GIS FoS new Visiting Associate Professor. He will be here with us until 20 February 2008. He can be reached at room W213 Academic Building and his contact number is +66-2-524 5592.
2007 April Final Defense Presentations schedule and the photos can be seen here.
Doctoral Progress Presentations schedule during April ~ May 2007.
Welcome and Farewell about Dr. Takahiro Endo from (JICA) Japan and his short mission to RS&GIS FoS as visiting faculty. He gave one lecture, one lab session and practical work with the RS&GIS FoS students. Photos can be seen here.
Special Lecture on "Remote Sensing Related Activities in Japan" by Dr. Takashi MORIYAMA, Head of the Disaster Mitigation Center, Office of Satellite Utilization, JAXA will be held at room Milton E. Bendor. Jr. Auditorium on Thursday, 19 April 2007 from 13:00 hrs ~ 15:00 hrs. RS&GIS students are recommended to attend. Photos can be seen here.
Residents from AIT Campus experienced natural disaster by strong wind and rain on Wednesday, 11 April 2007. Some photos can be seen here.
AIT President Prof. Said Irandoust signed three partnership agreements – an MoA, MoU and Agreement of Cooperation – between AIT and the Research and Consulting Company of Shakhes-Sazan (RCCSS), Esfahan, Iran. This AIT-Iran Collaboration held on Saturday, 24 March 2007 and the AIT President, also thanked and commended to our Associate Professor Dr. Nitin Tripathi and former Visiting Associate Professor Dr. Saeid Pirasteh for their instrumental role in bringing this partnership to fruition. Photos can be seen here.
Mini-Symposium for Creating Open Cyber Society in Asia by the Ultra Fast Internet Satellite WINDS was held on Friday, 16 March 2007 at RS&GIS FoS room W216 during 11:00 - 15:20 hours and photos can be seen here.
Special lecture about "Ecosystem modeling/data assimilation" was given by Prof. Yoshifumi Yasuoka from Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo, Japan at room W212, Academic Building on Tuesday, 13 March 2007 and photos can be seen here.
Mini-Symposium for Creating Open Cyber Society in Asia by the Ultra Fast Internet Satellite WINDS will be on Friday, 16 March 2007 at RS&GIS FoS room W216 during 11:00 - 15:20 hours. This is the direct discussion from AIT (Thailand), MMU (Malaysia) and University of Tsukuba (Japan). Sponsors are University of Tsukuba, JAXA and KDDI. For more information, please contact Prof. Seishiro Kibe.
Dr. Nitin K. Tripathi and Visiting Associate Professor Dr. Saied Pirasteh from RS&GIS FoS, conducted a short training course on "Remote Sensing and GIS Development" at AIT Conference Center from 5-12 February 2007 . Fourteen participants from Iran attended and photos can be seen here.
Let's Welcome Dr. Mohammad Firuz Ramli from Malaysia and Dr. Wataru Takeuchi from Japan as our RS&GIS FoS new visiting faculties for this year 2007. Dr. Mohammad Firuz Ramli can be reached at room W223 and his contact no. is +66-2-524 5573. Dr. Wataru Takeuchi is seconded by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and can be reached at room W220 and his contact number is +66-2-524 5587.
Dr. Yann Chemin, who is our recent RS&GIS Graduate, has given a special lecture about "Free & Open Source Software" on Friday 26 Jan 2007 at room E222 and photos can be seen here.
The qualifying examination for Advancement to Candidacy of Miss Chomchid Imvitthaya, a candidate for the degree of Doctor of Technical Science in Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems FoS, School of Engineering Technology will be held at room W208 on Tuesday, 06 Feb 2007 during 08:30hrs - 10:00 hrs. All interested persons are invited. The presentation title is: "Calibration for BIOME-BGC Model through Data Assimilation with Remote Sensing Data".
The qualifying examination for Advancement to Candidacy of Miss Sujittra Charoenhirungingyos, a candidate for the degree of Doctor of Technical Science in Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems FoS, School of Engineering Technology will be held at room W208 on Tuesday, 16 Jan 2007 during 08:30hrs - 10:00 hrs. All interested persons are invited. The presentation title is: "Agricultural Drought Monitoring and Assessment based on Agrohydrological Model".
Welcome to our New Students intake for this January 2007 Semester! Orientation for them held at room W208 on 2 PM, 08 Jan 2007. They are welcomed by RS&GIS FoS Coordinator Dr. Xiaoyong Chen, Faculty and staff. Photos can be seen here.
Congratulations to our RS&GIS FoS successful Doctoral and Master Graduates in this AIT 106th Graduation on 15 Dec 2006. Photos can be seen here.
The Progressive and Final Defence presentations schedule of RS&GIS during November 2006 and photos can be seen here.
On 21 November 2006, Prof. Said Irandoust, President of AIT, received Mr. Rudolf W. Matindas (left), Head of National Coordinating Agency for Surveys and Mapping (BAKOSURTANAL), Indonesia accompanied by 9 staff members. Joining the meeting were Dr. Nitin Tripathi, Associate Professor, SET/RS&GIS; Prof. Seishiro Kibe, Visiting Professor, SET/RS&GIS; and Mr. Kyaw Soe Hlaing, Alumni Relations Coordinator, ERCO.The purpose of the visit was to explore and discuss possible collaboration between BAKOSURTANAL and AIT. Mr. Matindas expressed willingness for flexible masters and doctoral programs as well as conducting short trainings courses for Bakosurtanal and other GIS/ Remote Sensing related organizations in Indonesia. He has also shown interest in use of GIS for Tsunami and Forest Fire related works of AIT. Later he visited RS&GIS FoS and the faculty and senior staff members. Photos can be seen here. For more information, please contact Dr. Nitin K. Tripathi, Associate Professor of Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System, School of Engineering and Technology, e-mail: nitinkt@ait.ac.th and or telephone +66 (0)2 524 –6392.
Our Faculty and Staff from RS&GIS participated as Exhibitor with AIT Booth at the International Conference on Space Technology and Geo-Informatics 2006 from 5-8 November 2006 at the Jomtien, Pattaya City, Chonburi, Thailand.
A Special Lectures about "Thesis Writing and Technical Presentation and Essence of Photogrammetry in Current and Future HRS Data" and "Mapping Capability of HRSI (High Resolution Satellite Imagery) based on Photogrammetry" by Prof. Shunji Murai from University of Tokyo was held in RS&GIS room W208 on Thursday, November 02, 2006 and photos can be seen here.
Another congratulation to Dr. Nitin Kumar Tripathi, also a faculty from our RS&GIS was acknowledged by School of Engineering and Technology, for his paper that has been ranked No. 8 in the list of the 25 most read papers in Science and Technology of Advanced Materials Journal on "Air pollution monitoring and GIS modeling: a new use of nanotechnology based solid state gas sensors".
Dr. Kiyoshi Honda, a faculty from our RS&GIS was acknowledged and congratulated by School of Engineering and Technology for his paper that has been ranked No. 1 in the list of the 25 most read papers of the Agricultural Water Management Journal for April-June quarters of 2006.
Seminar on "Cluster and GRID computing for RS based crop growth simulation" by Mr. Md.Shamin Akhter, Assistant Professor from Computer Science Department, American International University-Bangladesh was held in RS&GIS FoS presentation room W208 last Friday, September 29, 2006 and photos can be seen here.
There will be "Short Training Courses for Remote Sensing & GIS" by Dr. Nitin K. Tripathi, Associate Professor from our RS&GIS FoS, during October 2006 ~ January 2007.
Seminar on "Lineaments behavior for karst development to identify water potential zones in Pabdeh anticline Zagros mountains SW Iran" by Dr. Saied Pirasteh, a Visiting Associate Professor and Postdoctoral Fellow, at room E222, on Wednesday, September 13, 2006 and photos can be seen here.
Seminar on "Open Source Software in Geoinformatics" held in Milton Bender Auditorium, organized by AIT and AgIT on September 8, 2006. The Seminar Organizing Secretary is Dr. Nitin K. Tripathi, Associate Professor and the Schedule and photos can be seen here.
A Special Presentation about "Serving Large Volume Satellite Image on Web GIS" by Mr. Shanmugam Ganesh, Channel Manager - Asia from ER-Mapper, Singapore at room E206 on September 7, 2006. Mr. Ganesh was FoS Alumni and welcomed by Dr. Nitin Tripathi (RS&GIS Associate Professor), faculty, students and staff and photos can be seen here.
Dr. Jagat Gunatilke, Associate Professor and 25 members of RS&GIS Master Students from University of Peridiniya, Sri Lanka has visited to RS&GIS and they are welcomed and discussed about academic and research activity of RS&GIS by Dr. Kiyoshi Honda and Dr. Nitin Tripathi at Room W208 (Academic Building) on September 04, 2006. Photos can be seen here.
Prof. M. Shahidul Islam from University of Chittagong, Bangladesh has visited to RS&GIS FoS on August 30, 2006 Wednesday and welcomed by RSL Manager Dr. Taravudh Tipdecho. Photos can be seen here.
Orientation Day to New Students and welcome to Dr. Seishiro KIBE, a new faculty from Japan was held on 15th August, 14:30 hrs at room W208 (Academic Building). Photos can be seen here.
Mr. Yann Henri Chemin, a candidate for the degree of Doctor of Technical Science in RS&GIS FoS, SET has his Doctoral Comprehensive Final Examination on Friday, August 11, 2006 at 14:00 ~ 15:30 hrs in Room W208 (Academic Building). His dissertation was entitled "Fusion of Spatio-Temporal Remotely Sensed Evapotranspiration by Data Assimilation for Irrigation Performance." Photos can be seen here.
Mr. Chanin Tinnachote, (RSC008401), a candidate for the degree of Doctor of Engineering from our Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems, School of Engineering and Technology was held his comprehensive final examination on Friday, July 28, 2006 at 1:30 p.m. in Room W208 (Academic Building).
John F. Kennedy Memorial Foundation presented about "Integrated Disaster Mitigation Program" at Milton E. Bender Auditorium, AIT on June 26, 2006 and photos can be seen here.
Seminar of TOKYO TECH's 10,480 CPU Supercomputer and Scientific Applications by Prof. Takayuki Aoki, from Global Scientific Information Center, Tokyo Institute of Technology was held on 31st May 2006, 14:00 - 15:00 hrs at Room W208, Academic Building. Photos can be seen
here.105th Graduation Ceremony and the Program will be on May 24, 2006.
RS&GIS Doctoral Thesis Presentation of Ms. Ornprapa Pummakarnchana was held on May 11 and photos can be seen here.
RS&GIS Doctoral Defense Presentation of Ms. Kanchana Nakhapakorn was held on May 10.
RS&GIS Students Final Defense Schedule will be on April 18 ~ May 04, 2006 and their memorable moment of truth photos can be seen here.
The Doctoral Comprehensive Final Examination of Mr. Sutat Dansagoonpon, a candidate for the degree of Doctor of Technical Science in the Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems Field of Study, School of Engineering and Technology was held on Wednesday, March 01, 2006, 11:00 ~ 12:15 hrs at room W208, Academic Building. The Title was "Crop Substitution Modeling Using Remote Sensing and GIS."
On Thursday, February 23, 2006, doctoral student Miss Ornpra Pummakarnchana and master student Mr. Jeefoo gave lectures about GIS application through Distant Lecture Series as pilot project from AIT to Japan and Malaysia. Photos can be seen here.
Special lecture about "Developing Ontological Information to Integrate Global Observation Data" by Dr. Masahiko Nagai, a project researcher from The University of Tokyo, Japan at room W208, Academic Building on Wednesday, 22 February 2006. Dr. Masahiko was also FoS Alumni and welcomed by Dr. Xiaoyong Chen (RS&GIS Coordinator), faculty, students and staff and photos can be seen here.
The Delegation from Japanese Chambers of Commerce (JCC) visited to RS&GIS FoS and was welcomed by Coordinator Dr. Xiaoyong Chen, Prof. Michiro Kusanagi and staff at room W216. Pictures can be seen here.
The Information Technology Department, North Bangkok College Lecturer/Coordinator Dr. Nipat Jongsawat and about 60 students visited to RS&GIS FoS and was welcomed by Coordinator Dr. Xiaoyong Chen on Friday, February 3, 2006. Photos can be seen here.
The coming Distant Lecture Series about Digital Asia on February 23 and about Internet Society in Japan, Thailand and Malaysia on March 9 by Dr. Dong Sheng Cai, Internet and e-Society, Tsukuba University, Japan, will be held tentative schedule 3:15 PM ~ 6:00 PM Bangkok Time at RS&GIS FoS room W216. The poster can be seen here.
Prof. Sang Gi Hwang from Pai Chai University, Korea has visited to RS&GIS FoS on 31 January 2006, Tuesday and welcomed and facilitated by Coordinator Dr. Xiaoyong Chen and Dr. Lal Samarakoon, Director of ACRoRS and GAC. Photos can be seen here.
Delegates from Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) paid a visit to RS&GIS FoS and had a meeting. They were welcome by Coordinator Dr. Xiaoyong Chen, Prof. Michiro Kusanagi and staff at room W208. Pictures can be seen here.
Orientation for 2006 new in take students was held on January 9, 2006 and they were welcomed by Dr. Xiaoyong Chen (RS&GIS Coordinator), faculty, students and staff at room W208.
A special presentation about "Analysis of Hydro-Environmental Condition of Northwestern Bangladesh Using Geographic Information System" was held by Dr. Shamsuddin Shahid on Monday, 19 December 2005.
A delegation from Iran has visited RS&GIS FoS today on 30 November 2005. Visitors are welcomed by RS&GIS FoS Coordinator Dr. Xiaoyong Chen and colleagues. Pictures can be seen here.
Special Lecture on "Recent Development of Simulation and Visualization on Tsunami Wave at Pacific Disaster Center (PDC)" has delivered by Mr. Stanley Goosby, Senior Manager, Applications Development and Chef Scientist, PDC Hawaii, USA at room W208 on 15 November 2005.
Dr. A. S. M. Maksud Kamal of Dhaka University of Bangladesh has delivered a seminar on “GIS-based geomorphological approach for seismic microzoning of Dhaka city area, Bangladesh” in room W208, at 2:00 PM on 11 November 2005.
During November 4 ~ 6, 2005, DMAI '2005 International Workshop on Disaster Monitoring & Assessment through Images was held in the Auditorium of AIT Centre, jointly organized by eight working groups of International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS), Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Chinese Academy of Surveying and Mapping (CASM) and Asia GIS Association (AGISA). Photos can be seen here.
On 2nd November 2005, RS&GIS FoS Special Lecture about "NATIONAL PROGRAM OF LAND USE CHANGE MONITORING BY REMOTE SENSING IN CHINA" has delivered by Prof. Zhang Jixian at room W208, Academic Building. He is also Acting President of Chinese Academy of Survey & Mapping (CASM), P.R.China and pictures can be seen.
On 27th October 2005, RS&GIS Seminar on "Open Source Geoinformatics" has delivered by Dr. Venkatesh Raghawan from Osaka City University, at Academic Building room E220. He is also an Adjunct Faculty of RS&GIS FoS and the pictures can be seen here.
Interested persons can approach to read a book given by Dr. Nitin Tripathi, about Proceedings on "Role of Water Science in Transboundary River Basin Management" edited by Dr. Srikantha Herath, Dr. Dusmantha Dutta, U. Wieesakul, Dr. A. Das Gupta to Mr. Chaimongkol for RS&GIS Library.
On 1st September 2005, a team from UNESCAP-Library, visited to RS&GIS FoS and ACRoRS building. They were welcomed by Dr. Xiaoyong Chen (RS&GIS Coordinator) and Dr. Manzul (Senior Research & Training Specialist at ACRoRS) have briefed them about the functioning of program and other data acquisition methods. Some of the pictures taken during the visit can be seen here.
A snack party was organized by RS&GIS Field of Study to thank and farewell Mr. Azfar Moid, lab supervisor. Mr. Azfar has made great contribution to the development, management and maintenance of the laboratory. Dr. Xiaoyong Chen, Prof. Kusanagi and others delivered thanks and best wishes to Mr. Azfar during the party.
On 29th August 2005, a special presentation about "The Indian Ocean Tsunami Response Case" by Sr. Manager Mr. Chris Chiesa from Pacific Disaster Center at AIT Milton E. Bender Jr. Auditorium. The Function was organized by Dr. Nitin from our RS&GIS FoS and pictures could be seen here.
On 17th August 2005, Prof. Hiromichi FUKUI from the Faculty of Policy Management, Keio University, Japan has delivered the lecture on “Digital Asia Network and Geospatial Data Mining”. RS&GIS faculty, staff and students attended the lecture, the pictures could be seen here.
New facilities of video lectures have been added to RS&GIS FoS Labs. Now more number of students can attend the lectures from any of the FoS labs. Some of the pictures are added in Facilities Page.
The orientation party for the new students was held on August 04, 2005. Before the formal orientation, Prof. Shunji Murai of University of Tokyo and Prof. Anthony Yeh of Hong Kong University have also presented their special lectures on APPLICATIONS OF AIRBORNE LASER SCANNER and INTELLIGENT GIS respectively. Some of the pictures taken during the seminar and orientation could be seen here. More pictures.
Very warm welcome to the new students of August 2005 semester. We hope that the new students will have a very great time of their stay in AIT.
H. E. Prof. Xu Guan Hua, Minister, Ministry of Science and Technology, People's Republic of China and delegation visited AIT on 29th July 2005. Dr. Chen, the coordinator of RS&GIS FoS welcomed the respectable delegation to ACRoRS building and explained the working of ACRoRS and RS&GIS FoS. At the moment, the Director of ACRoRS, Dr. Lal Samarakoon was also present along with his team. Some of the pictures taken during the visit are shown here.
New President of AIT Professor Said Irandoust visited RS&GIS FoS on 12th July 2005. The Coordinator of RS&GIS Dr. Chen introduced him about the working of our FoS. All the faculty and staff members were present in the introductory meeting. Some of the pictures taken during the meeting could be seen here.
On June 09, 2005, a delegation from Vietnam's Post & Telecommunications (VNPT) and Post & Telecoms Institute of Technology (PTIT) Hanoi, has visited ACRoRS building. Dr. Chen (RS&GIS Coordinator) and Dr. Vivarad (Project Researcher at ACRoRS) have briefed them about the functioning of program and other data acquisition methods. Some of the pictures taken during the visit can be seen here.
Prof Jean Serra has given a special presentation on "Image Segmentation and Connection" and "Color Image Segmentation" on May 24, 2005 at RS&GIS FoS. Prof. Serra is the author of world renowned book "Image Analysis and Mathematical Morphology". The pictures taken during the presentation are shown here.
On May 11, 2005, an open presentation for the theses was held at RS&GIS FoS for the final semester students. Faculty members, staff and students joined the presentation and gave their critical remarks. After that Hi-Tea was served to the participants. Some of the pictures taken during the session are shown here.
Dr. Kiyoshi Honda has successfully conducted the seminar on “Near Real Time Agriculture Activity Monitoring Using Multi-Temporal Modis Earth Observation Satellite Data” on April 28th and 29th, 2005 at Faculty of Engineering, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand. All the participants got the special attendance certificate after the seminar. Some of the pictures taken during the seminar are shown here.
On April 21, 2005, H.E. Mr. Vivek Katju, Ambassador of India to Thailand visited AIT and met with Prof. Mario T. Tabucanon, Acting President and Provost. He also visited the Remote Sensing & Geographic Information Systems field of study, Bioprocess Technology Laboratory, Microelectronics Laboratory, Nanotechnology Laboratory and the Library. During his visit to RS&GIS FoS, he met with the faculty members, staff and students of the FoS. Coordinator and other faculty members have given him the introduction of our FoS and briefed him about the continuing projects. Some of the pictures taken during his visit to RS&GIS FoS can be seen here.
A welcome party was arranged for the new FoS students, Dr. Junichi Susaki and Dr. Taravudh Tipdecho on March 14, 2005. Many of the faculty members, staff and students gathered together to welcome the new comers. Some of the pictures taken during the party can be seen here.
A delegation from 'Pima County Community College District (West Campus)', USA led by Prof. Doug Shakel of Scienece and Technology Division paid a visit to AIT & attended a seminar on the progress research of Tsunami in Thailand on March 14, 2005. Dr. Kiyoshi Honda from RS&GIS FoS demonstrated his work on MapServer and online Disaster Management Database. The pictures taken during the seminar can be seen here.
On February 18, 2005 Dr. Helene Marchand (post-doctoral student) has presented "Planning and Management in Marine National Parks". The pictures taken during the session can be seen here.
Dr. Nitin K. Tripathi will be acting RS&GIS Coordinator for the period of January 8-11, 2005 during the official trip of Dr. Chen to Phuket.
Welcome to January 2005 Students. The FoS orientation is organized at the visual lab on January 06, 2005. Dr. Chen has explained the FoS history and all the achievements. After that new students have introduced themselves. It is decided that the lab orientation will be on January 7, 2005 at the visual lab. The pictures taken during the session can be seen here.
A farewell to Dr. Duan has been given on December 14, 2004. Faculty members and staff joined in together to recognize his long-term commitment to RS&GIS FoS (formerly STAR Program) and in general to AIT. Dr. Duan is now moving to Vietnam and will also serve as an Adjunct Faculty of RS&GIS FoS in the future. The pictures taken during the party can be seen here.
You are invited to attend the special presentation on "NASA/NOAA Electronic Theater: Earth Science Observations and Visualizations from space in a historical perspective" by Dr. Arthur Frederick Hasler, Scientist, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA. Date: Tuesday, 2 November 2004, Time: 1:30PM - 3:00PM (1-hour presentation, 30-min questions and answers) Venue: Auditorium, AIT Conference Center.
Prof. Michiro Kusanagi has kindly agreed to be Acting Coordinator of RS&GIS FoS during Dr. Chen's official trip to Hangzhou, Shanghai and Beijing (P.R.China) during 12-19 October 2004.
RS&GIS FoS has organised a field trip to Hua Hin on October 9-10, 2004. Faculty, staff and students have joined this activity. During the trip, the group visited Pra Nakhon Khiri Historical Park, Pranburi Forest Park (Mangrove Park), Hua Hin beaches, Kao Sam Roi Yod National Park, Praya Nakorn Cave, etc... Some of the pictures have been uploaded and can be seen here.
The faculty members of RS&GIS FoS have visited the AIT center in Vietnam (AITCV) on September 20, 2004. The two-stage Masters degree program has also been officially started now between AIT and AITCV. Some of the pictures during their visit could be seen here.
Some of the pictures taken during the International Symposium on GeoInformatics for Spatial-Infrastructure Development in Earth & Allied Sciences (GIS-IDEAS) on 16-18 September 2004, could be seen here.
The International Symposium on GeoInformatics for Spatial-Infrastructure Development in Earth & Allied Sciences (GIS-IDEAS) was held in Hanoi, Vietnam on 16-18 September 2004. GIS-IDEAS Symposium in 2004 not only aimed to serve as a forum for scientific exchanges but also as a conduit for technology transfer through tutorial sessions. RS&GIS FoS has actively participated in all the events of the Symposium. Dr. Nitin Tripathi has chaired the session of "Coastal Zone and Oceanography", Dr. Honda has chaired the session of "Water Resource Management" and Dr. Ho Dinh Duan has chaired the session of "Socio-Informatics". More details could be found here <http://gisws.media.osaka-cu.ac.jp/gisideas04/>.
RS&GIS FoS had a promotional trip to China, August 25-28, 2004. Pictures can be seen here.
Delegation from Hong Kong has visited the RS&GIS FoS and Geoinformatics building on September 07, 2004. The pictures can be seen here.
Dr. Nitin Kumar Tripathi will be Acting Coordinator of RS&GIS FoS during August 31 to September 04, 2004.
Pictures taken during the special lecture of Prof. Shunji Murai on August 16, 2004 can be seen here. The lecture was on "Advanced Technologies in Geoinformatics".
Pictures taken during the special lecture of Dr. Tao Cheng can be seen here. The activity was held on August 19, 2004
Pictures taken during RS&GIS Orientation of new students can be seen here. The activity was held on August 16, 2004.
Pictures taken during AFITA Conference can be seen here. The conference was held on August 9-12, 2004 at 4-seasons hotel, Bangkok, Thailand. RS&GIS and AIT actively participated in the conference.
Dr. Kiyoshi Honda will be the Acting Coordinator of RS&GIS FoS in the absence of Dr. Chen who is going to Beijing, China on his official trip from August 25 to 28, 2004.
RS&GIS FoS is pleased to invite you all to attend a Special Lecture on "Multi-Scale Approaches for Detecting the Outlines of Spatial-Temporal Objects" by Dr. Tao Cheng, Senior Research Fellow, Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Venue: Room W208 (Academic Building), Date: Thursday, 19 August 2004, Time: 3.30 pm. All interested person are welcome.
We are pleased to invited you all for a dinner (buffet style) on an occasion of Welcome party for new students August 2004 on Tuesday, 24th August 2004, 6.00 pm. at Korea House. Kindly confirm your participation to the secretary via e-mail or call 5690 by Friday, 20th August 2004. Schedule - Welcome speech by Dean, FoS Coordinator and Director of ACRoRS/GAC - Traditional performance by new students - RS&GIS logo competition - Karaoke contest - etc...
Orientation party of new students has been held on August 16, 2004. Dr. Chen, the coordinator has given a brief introduction of the program, followed by the introduction of faculty and staff members. Students, then introduced themselves.
RS&GIS FoS is pleased to announce a special lecture on "Advanced Technologies in Geoinformatics" by Prof. Shunji Murai of University of Tokyo. Date: Monday 16 August 2004, Time: 1300-1400 hrs., Room: E220. All interested person are welcome.
30 Faculty members of Vietnam National University, Hanoi, have visited RS&GIS FoS on July 14, 2004. The delegation belongs to the Faculty of Geography. Discussion was done on collaboration in Academic and Research areas between two departments. RS&GIS FoS has invited the top Vietnamese faculty members as adjunct lecturers in RS&GIS FoS. The Vietnam National University also made the same kind of proposal for our faculty members. Then the delegation has visited the labs and Geoinformatics building. Finally the lunch at AIT conference center was served. The photographs can be seen here.
On June 01, 2004; Dr. Xiaoyong Chen has been appointed as a Coordinator of Remote Sensing & Geographic Information Systems for next two years. We wish all the best to our new team leader.
RS/GIS organises a seminar on "GIS based integrated approach for Urban Flood Disaster Risk Management". Speaker: Dr. Dushmanta DUTTA, Visiting Associate Professor, WEM Coordinator, Regional Network Office for Urban Safety (RNUS) SCE, Asian Institute of Technology (and Associate Professor, University of Tokyo, Japan). The Venue: W208, Time: 2-3 pm Day/ Date: Friday, 9 April, 2004. You are invited alongwith others who are interested.
STAR Program is now called as Remote Sensing & Geographic Information Systems (RS&GIS) Field of Study (FoS).
STAR Seminar on "GPS Technology Updates", Speaker: Mick Garret, Manager Trimble, Sunnyvale, California, USA. Venue: W-208, Time: 2-3 pm Day/ Date: Friday, 2 April, 2004. You are invited alongwith others who are interested.
STAR Seminar on Assessing Environmental Impacts of Highway Project in GIS Framework - A Quantitative Approach. Speaker: M.L. Agrawal Asst. Prof. Dept. of Civil Engg. Government Engg. College Pt. Ravishankar University Raipur (India) Day/ Date: Thursday, 25 March 2004 Time: 3:00-4:00 p.m. Venue: W 208 You are invited along with others who are interested.
Forty (40) undergraduate students of Faculty of Architecture, Planning and Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia have visited STAR Program along with six (6) faculty members on January 26, 2004. They were interested in STAR graduate program. Dean SAT, STAR Coordinator and Dr. Nitin welcomed the delegation. Pictures taken during the visit can be seen here.
STAR Program is now equipped with its own satellite transceiver for three way video conferencing. The idea is to connect Japan, Malaysia and Thailand through satellite. The basic installation and testing has been done during Jan 14-22, 2004.
STAR Seminar on "Remote Sensing and Biogeographic Assessment for Coastal Zone Management", Speakers: Dr. Varis Ransibrahmanakul and Dr. Olaf Jensen, NOAA National Ocean Service Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment, USA. Venue: E220, Time: 11-12 am, Day/ Date: Thursday, 8 January, 2004. You are invited alongwith others who are interested.
The updated list of offered courses for January semester (2004) can be seen here (November 28, 2003).
Dr. Nitin K. Tripathi will serve as acting STAR Coordinator from November 27 - December 03, 2003 as Prof. Kusanagi will be away from campus during this period.
The Doctoral Progress Defense has been started for STAR Doctoral Students, For more details, please contact STAR secretary.
The final presentation for Masters' Students will be on November 26, 2003. For more details, please contact STAR secretary.
STAR Doctoral student Ms. Daroonwan Kamthonkiat got the best paper award at ACRS2003 in Busan, Korea. Many congratulations to her on this brilliant success.
STAR Promotional activity at ACRS 2003 (November 3-7, 2003) at Busan, Korea
STAR at MAP Asia 2003 (13-15 October, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia). Click here for photos.
STAR organized a special lecture on "Landscaping Natural Resources Management 3D Visualization Remote Sensing and GIS" by Dr. Dr. Daniel BARTHELEMY & Dr. Daniel AUCLAIR (from CIRAD-INRA Team of Researchers). Date October 9th, 2003 (Thursday), Time: 1430h - 1530h, Venue: Room W208 (Visual Lab). CIRAD-INRA "AMAP" French team of researchers is one of the pioneers in the field of 3D Plant Architectural Modelling. Speakers will present some methods used to describe the architecture of plants and some applications e.g., Landscaping, Natural Resources Management, 3D visualization, Remote Sensing and GIS etc... All interested are welcome.
STAR organized a special lecture on "Demonstration of Open Source GRASS GIS Package" by Dr. Venkatesh Raghvan, Associate Professor, Osaka City University, Japan. Venue: E220, Time: 1600-1800hrs, September 23, 2003. All interested are welcome, specially all the students of AT 76.01 MUST ATTEND
Dr. Nitin K. Tripathi will serve as acting STAR Coordinator from September 3-9, 2003 as Prof. Kusanagi will be away during this period.
Certificate awarding ceremony for trainees on August 22, 2003. The training was on "Remote sensing and GIS applied to Peri-Urban planning". Click here for photos.
The welcome and orientation was held on August 18, 2003 for the new students of STAR. Click here for the photos.
STAR Seminar on Indian Earth Observation Mission is scheduled to be on Friday, August 22, 2003. Venue: Room E222, 2nd floor, Academic Building Time: 2:30 – 3:30 pm. You are invited along with others who are interested!
For the students of August 2003 semester! A Laboratory orientation will be on Thursday, August 21, 2003. Venue: Room W208, 2nd floor, Academic Building Time: 2:00 – 3:00 pm.
STAR Seminar on "Making of a GIS software - by JT Maps". Venue: W212, Academic building, Tuesday, August 19, 2003; at 1400hrs.
For the students of August 2003 semester! A very warm welcome from STAR... New Students are required to join our program orientation. This will include Welcome and Introduction of STAR FoS, Tour of Facility, Introduction of faculty, staff and students, and finally Refreshments will be served. Venue: Room W208, 2nd floor, Academic Building Time: 1:30 – 3:00 pm, Monday, August 18 2003.
STAR Promotional Delegation to Vietnam, July 2003, Click here for photos...
Training on Applications of Remote Sensing, GIS and Hydro Dynamic Modeling to flood management, Vietnam, July 21-26, 2003 -- Click here for photos...
The doctoral progress presentation of Mr. Do Minh Phuong (RSC027227), a candidate for the degree of Doctor of Engineering in STAR Program is scheduled on Friday, July 18, 2003; 1300 ~ 1400 hours; W208 (STAR Library), Academic Building. The Title is "Forest Type Identification Based on Texture Analysis Technique with High Resolution Data: A Case Study in Huai-Kha Khaeng National Park"
The doctoral comprehensive examination of Mr. Vu Tuong Thuy (RSC009994), a candidate for the degree of Doctor of Engineering in STAR Program is scheduled on Thursday, 17 July 2003; 10:00-12:00 hours; W208 STAR Visual Lab, Academic Building. The Title is "ALSwave - A New Method for Filtering the Airborne Laser Scanner Data and Extracting the Buildings in Urban Area"
The proposal defenses have been started for Master's Students. For more details, please contact STAR secretary.
STAR Program is organizing an international training course "Applications of Remote Sensing, Geographic Information System and Hydrodynamic Modeling for Flood Management" in Hanoi, Vietnam from 21 to 26 of July, 2003. The experts from AIT and some Japanese universities will deliver their lectures during the course.
The doctoral progress presentation of Ms. Ornprapa Pummakarnchana (RSD029270), a candidate for the degree of Doctor of Technical Science in STAR Program is scheduled on Friday, July 25, 2003; 10:30 ~ 12:00 hours; W208 (STAR Library), Academic Building. The Title is "Air Pollution Monitoring and Controlling by Application of Solid Stale Gas Sensors (based on Nanotechnology) and GIS Modeling "
The doctoral progress presentation of Ms. Daroonwan Kamthonkiat (RSD019869), a candidate for the degree of Doctor of Technical Science in STAR Program is scheduled on Friday, July 18, 2003; 09:00 ~ 10:00 hours; W208 (STAR Library), Academic Building. The Title is "Multi-temporal and Multi-resolution Analysis of Normalized Differential Vegetation Index, Temperature and Other Metrics for Global Irrigated Area Mapping"
The doctoral progress presentation of Ms. Suphan Saykawlard (STD977115), a candidate for the degree of Doctor of Technical Science in STAR Program is scheduled on Friday, July 18, 2003; 11:00 ~ 12:00 hours; W208 (STAR Library), Academic Building. The Title is "Estimating and Monitoring Subsurface Water used for Lowland Irrigated Area in the Dry Season by Remote Sensing and GIS Techniques"
The doctoral progress presentation of Mr. Veerachai Tanpipat, a candidate for the degree of Doctor of Engineering in STAR Program is scheduled on Friday, July 18, 2003; 1500 – 1600 hours; W208 (STAR Library), Academic Building. The Title is "Thailand Forest Fires Burnt Scars Detection in Dry Dipterocarp Forest by Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on Board Terra Satellite (EOS-AM 1)"
STAR Program is pleased to announce a seminar on "Fractal Dimension of Multicast and Multisource Remote Sensing Data for Characterising Spatial Complexity of Urban Landscape" by Mr. Zahurul Islam. Venue: Room W208 (STAR Visual Lab), Date: Monday, June 30, 2003; Time: 1400-1530 hrs.
Semester Curriculum Structure: STAR Program is developing the new Curriculum for the new Semester System which will be implemented from August 2003
