Visit of Prof. Pairash and Prof. Vilas from Thailand

Research entitled "Joint Study of International Exchange of Academic Information" international scientific research (joint research), Grant-in-Aid Research funded by the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture (research representative: Prof. Kinji ONO) will continue for three years starting from this fiscal year. Two members of a group of researchers from Thailand participating in this joint research, PAIRASH Thajchayapong, Rector of the King Mongkut Institute of Technology Ladkrabang and VILAS Wuwongse, Associate Professor at the Asian Institute of Technology, were invited to visit NACSIS on November 4 to discuss their research.

These discussions focussed on the importance of scientific information exchanges within the Asia-Pacific region and it was proposed to debate scenarios on how scientific information should be circulated and developed.

Mr. PAIRASH also gave a special lecture entitled "Present Status and Future of Thai Academic Information System."


NACSIS Newsletter p.15 (February 1995)