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Dr. Adisorn Lertsinsrubtavee, Director of the Internet Education and Research Laboratory (intERLab) at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), recently hosted Ms. Francini Hak, a Research Collaborator from the ALGORITMI Research Center at the University of Minho, Portugal, for a week of discussions. The visit, supported by the Erasmus+ KA171 International Mobility Program, provided an opportunity for both institutions to explore areas of mutual interest and potential future collaboration. During her visit, Ms. Hak engaged with Dr. Adisorn and the…

Bangkok is grappling with a severe air pollution crisis, forcing authorities to implement work-from-home (WFH) measures on January 20-21, 2025. This drastic step comes as PM2.5 levels are projected to soar beyond safe limits, posing a significant threat to public health. PM2.5, tiny airborne particles, are a major concern. These invisible pollutants can penetrate deep into our lungs and even enter the bloodstream, causing a range of health problems from asthma and lung inflammation to serious conditions like heart disease…

Prof. Kanchana Kanchanasut was invited to share her experiences in AINTEC conference and Virtual SIGCOMM-SEA pods in South East Asia initiations at SIGCOMM conference in Sydney on August 6, 2024 as part of SIGCOMM Inclusion and Diversity program. Supported by ACM SIGCOMM, ISOC and THNICF, AINTEC Travel grantees have a great opportunity to attend SIGCOMM 2024 at Sydney.

intERLab spearheaded a remarkable project which focused on the development of an IoT platform (SEA-Hazemon) designed to monitor forest fires and air pollution, employing cutting-edge LoRa technology. The project was funded by the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) and this project was showcased at NBTC’s Broadcasting and Telecommunications Research and Development Fund for Public Interest (BTFP) event on November 16, 2023, at PEARL Bangkok, and received an overwhelming response from attendees, including students, researchers and the general public who…

Dr. Adisorn Lertsinsrubtavee’s pioneering research paper, titled “Detection of Forest Fires and Pollutant Plume Dispersion through IoT Air Quality Sensors,” has been featured in the new October 2023 volume of the esteemed Environmental Pollution journal. The other authors who contributed to this paper are Prof. Thongchai Kanabkaew from the Faculty of Public Health, Thammasat University and Dr. Sunee Raksakietisak, Thai-Australian Technological Services Center (TATSC), based in Bangkok, Thailand. In the paper, the authors discuss the integration of Internet of Things…

Congratulations to Raunak Mukhia, intERLab’s Research Associate, on his paper acceptance at the 18th Asian Internet Engineering Conference (AINTEC 2023) which will be held from 12 – 14 December 2023, in Hanoi, Vietnam. The paper, entitled “Performance Evaluation of LoRaWAN Forest Fire Monitoring Network in the Wild” has been authored by Raunak Mukhia and Dr. Adisorn Lertsinsrubtavee, intERLab director. More details on AINTEC 2023 can be found on the official website.

Airparif, the independent regional air quality observatory for the greater Paris region, had announced the expansion of its renowned AIRLAB Microsensors Challenge to Bangkok, Thailand, for the year 2023. AIT’s involvement in the challenge was marked by the dedicated efforts of two distinguished teams: the intERLab team, led by Dr. Adisorn Lertsinsrubtavee, and a team of accomplished researchers from the School of Environmental, Resources, and Development (SERD), led by Prof. Nguyen Thi Kim Oanh, who independently evaluated the performance of…

intERLab’s Professor Kanchana Kanchanasut has been awarded the ACM Recognition of Service Award in appreciation for her contributions to leadership in building and developing the SIGCOMM community in the South East Asia.