On January 28, 2026, Prof. Piyamitr Sritara, MD, FRCP, President of Mahidol University, signed an Academic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Prof. Dr. Kazuhiro Shiozaki, President of the Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST), Japan. The signing ceremony was witnessed by Dr. Pattanasak Mongkolwat, Dean of the Faculty of Information and Communication Technology, Mahidol University (ICT Mahidol), together with faculty members of the Faculty of ICT, as well as Prof. Dr. Taku Demura, Dean of the Graduate School of Science and Technology, Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST). The Faculty of ICT members who attended the ceremony as witnesses included:
• Dr. Pawitra Liamruk, Deputy Dean for Organizational Development and Special Affairs
• Asst. Prof. Dr. Morakot Choetkiertikul, Instructor of the Computer Science Academic Group and the Software Engineering and Business Analytics Research Clusters (SEBA)
• Assoc. Prof. Dr. Vasaka Visoottiviseth, Chair of the Master of Science Program in Cyber Security and Information Assurance
• Assoc. Prof. Dr. Worapan Kusakunniran, Chair of the Doctor of Philosophy Program in Computer Science, and Head of the Medical Informatics Research Clusters (MI) and Machine Vision and Information Transfer (MVIT) Research Lab
• Asst. Prof. Dr. Thanwadee Sunetnanta, Instructor of the Computer Science Academic Group and Head of the Software Engineering and Business Analytics Research Clusters (SEBA)
• Dr. Pattaraporn Sangaroonsilp, Instructor of the Computer Science Academic Group and the Software Engineering and Business Analytics Research Cluster (SEBA)
The signing aims to promote and strengthen academic collaboration through the implementation of a Doctoral Double Degree Program, with a focus on enhancing international learning experiences for graduate students and further strengthening academic and research cooperation between Mahidol University and the Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST).
