Vol. 7November 2022
〜 Working with you to reach the world 〜

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E D U C A T I O NDIVISION FOR GLOBAL EDUCATION (DGE*)*DGE plans and implements activities and programs related to NAIST's global network in areas including academic agreements and related student

exchange, double degree programs, studying abroad, international student support, overseas faculty development, international collaborative laboratories and NAIST overseas offices.

NAIST Thailand Office 5th Anniversary Symposium
NAIST Thailand Office 5th Anniversary Symposium "NAIST and Thai
Universities for Research and Education Collaboration Symposium 2022Towards the Post-Pandemic New Normal" was held on September 6th, 2022.
This symposium was organized to commemorate the 5th anniversary of theNAIST Thailand Office, which was established in March 2017 in the Faculty ofEngineering at Kasetsart University as a central point in Asia for global
collaboration in education and research. It was held in a hybrid format, onsiteand online, and attracted about 100 participants.
In a post-pandemic situation where global mobility had become possible
once again, from NAIST Prof. Jun Ohta (Vice President/Executive Director), Prof.
Kenichi Matsumoto (Director of NAIST Thailand Office, Division of InformationScience), Prof. Minoru Okada (Division of Information Science) and Prof.
Hiroshi Takagi (Division of Biological Sciences) visited Bangkok to meet faculty
members from partner institutions (Kasetsart University, Chulalongkorn
University, Mahidol University, King Mongkut‘s University of Technology
Thonburi and Chiang Mai University) and Thai alumni who are actively working
worldwide including Japan and Thailand.
In the symposium, Prof. Ohta gave an opening address as a representative ofNAIST. Then Dr. Peerayuth Charnsethikul, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering ofKasetsart University, gave a speech on behalf of Thai partner universities andexpressed his expectations for future collaboration and further academicexchange. Then Mr.
Takeshi Uchida, First
Secretary of Embassyof Japan in Thailand,
discussed
expectations for the futureroles of the NAIST
Thailand Office inProf. Hiroshi TakagiProf. Minoru Okada
academic exchange
between the two countries and Prof. Matsumoto introduced the history of thecollaboration between NAIST and partner universities.
After the opening remarks, in Session 1 representatives from each partner
institution gave presentations on their relationship with NAIST. In sessions 2-4,
professors from NAIST talked about their history of collaboration with Thai
universities in each division and Thai alumni/students presented their researchand introduced their lives at NAIST.
In session 5, Prof. Matsumoto introduced the Thai Virtual Office with six Thai
students who work as student assistants, who also introduced themselves.
At the end of symposium, Dr. Teerapong Buaboocha, the Head ofDepartment of Biochemistry, Chulalongkorn University, gave closing remarks
and the symposium ended as a great success.

Prof. Jun Ohta

Prof. Kenichi Matsumoto

NAIST THAI VIRTUAL OFFICE

Office Hours | 4TH Thursday of every month

Mr. Wassapon Watanakeesuntorn

Diplomatic Delegation Visits to NAIST
Australian Embassy Delegation Visit to NAIST (June 3, 2022)
Ms. Janine Pitt, Counselor for Education and Research ofAustralian Embassy Tokyo, visited NAIST on June 3rd, 2022.
Ms. Pitt introduced how Australian Government promotesinternational student mobility through the New Colombo Plan andthe Destination Australian Program. She explained that Australia
wants to increase student exchange between Japan and Australia
through the above programs as well as through double degree
programs. After the courtesy visit, the delegation visited theUbiquitous Computing Systems Laboratory to see its Smart Home.

Ambassador of Israel to Japan visit to NAIST (June 8, 2022)
Mr. Gilad Cohen, Ambassador of Israel to Japan, visited NAIST on
June 8th, 2022. Ambassador Cohen discussed how Israel promotes
innovation creation as a nation and actively develops academiaindustry collaboration with NAIST executives. Israel also aims tostrengthen ties with Japanese institutions and the Embassy offered
to help in the conclusion of agreements with Israeli institutions. The
delegation then visited the Division of Information Science Director,Prof. Michiko Inoue and Affiliate Prof. Fukuhito Ooshita introduced
the Japan-Israel joint research project funded by JST, ICT for a
Resilient Society, of which he was the principal investigator. In
closing, they visited the Organic Electronics Laboratory.

Kasetsart University Delegation Visit (September 22, 2022)
On September 22nd, Prof. Kanapol Juthamanee (Director ofKasetsart University Institute for Advanced Studies (KUIAS)), Prof.
Tanapon Chaisan (Assistant to the President for Research andCreation) and Prof. Nisa Leksungnoen (Vice Director of KUIAS forAcademic Affairs) visited NAIST. After the courtesy visit, delegatesvisited the Software Engineering Laboratory in the Division ofInformation Science, and the Nanomaterials and Polymer Chemistry
Laboratory in the Division of Materials Science, where KU graduates
are currently working as faculty. In the afternoon, delegates visited
three laboratories in the Division of Biological Science, the Plant
Growth Regulation Laboratory, the Plant Developmental Signaling
Laboratory, and the Plant Secondary Metabolism Laboratory.

Tag Rugby Event with Ikoma
Junior Rugby Club (June 5)

Takayama Rice Planting &Matcha Tea Event (June 4)
NAIST and Ikoma city held a rice
planting & matcha tea event onJune 4th for international students
and local community members toexperience planting rice by hand
and then relax and enjoy matcha
and Japanese sweets together.

INTERNATIONAL
ACADEMICPARTNERSHIPS 2022.6.2~11.1
110 overseas partnerships
from 28 countries/regions
as of November.1, 2022

Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember Delegation Visit(September 15, 2022)
On September 15th, 11 faculty members and students from theInstitut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember (ITS), represented by Dr. I
Ketut Eddy Purnama (Dean, Faculty of Industrial Technology), Dr.
Diana Purwitasari (Vice Dean) and Prof. Mauridhi Hery visited NAIST.
After the courtesy visit, the delegates visited the Social Computing
Laboratory and the Large-Scale Systems Management Laboratory(both of the Division of Information Science).

10 members of the NAIST community
participated in a tag rugby event heldat the nearby Kitayamato Grounds bythe Ikoma Junior Rugby Club (IJRC).
This event was organized by IJRC forthe NAIST to introduce tag rugby andto strengthen ties with the community.

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