On 3rd November 2017, Prof. Banchong Mahaisavariya, Acting President of Mahidol University attended the opening ceremony of Mahidol – AIST Research Unit (MARU). MARU was initiated by the collaboration between Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), and the Faculty of Information and Communication Technology, Mahidol University. MARU aims to support long-term joint interdisciplinary research in high performance computing, cyber security, data analytics, as well as other related academic activities.