On October 14 and 15, 2026, Asst. Prof. Dr. Morakot Choetkiertikul, an instructor in the Software Engineering and Business Analytics Research Cluster (SEBA) and the Computer Science Academic Group at the Faculty of Information and Communication Technology, Mahidol University (ICT Mahidol), visited research partners at The University of Osaka and the Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST), Japan. The visit follows the doctoral double degree program that Mahidol University and NAIST signed in January 2026, and it opened discussions on a strategic partnership and faculty exchange between the two institutions. It also prepared research internships for ICT students in summer 2027.
October 14, 2026 – The University of Osaka: At the Software Engineering Laboratory, Asst. Prof. Dr. Morakot Choetkiertikul met Prof. Yoshiki Higo and Prof. Raula Gaikovina Kula. The laboratory will host two ICT students in summer 2027. Both sides agreed to set the research topics before the students arrive in May 2027 and to aim the work at a journal publication.
October 15, 2026–Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST): At the NAIST International Affairs Division, Asst. Prof. Dr. Morakot Choetkiertikul met Prof. Hisaji Maki, Specially Appointed Professor (International Exchange) and Vice Director of the Strategic Initiative for Global Leadership Development. They discussed two next steps for the partnership, a faculty exchange program between Mahidol University and NAIST, and the possibility of Mahidol University joining NAIST’s strategic partnership program with support from its courtesy budget. Prof. Maki also introduced NAIST’s support for students from Asia, including the Japanese Government (MEXT) scholarship through embassy recommendation, support for double degree students, and research funding programs of the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST).
At the Software Design and Analysis Laboratory, Asst. Prof. Dr. Morakot Choetkiertikul met Prof. Hajimu Iida and Asst. Prof. Dr. Brittany Reid to plan the summer 2027 internship. The laboratory will host two ICT students and will continue the research of this year’s interns. He also visited Prof. Kenichi Matsumoto and Asst. Prof. Dr. Youmei Fan at the Software Engineering Laboratory.
Together with the POSL laboratory at Kyushu University, the partner laboratories in Japan will host six ICT students for research internships in summer 2027.
