news – NECTEC : National Electronics and Computer Technology Center https://www.nectec.or.th/en ศูนย์เทคโนโลยีอิเล็กทรอนิกส์และคอมพิวเตอร์แห่งชาติ Wed, 20 Aug 2025 03:03:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://www.nectec.or.th/en/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/favicon.ico news – NECTEC : National Electronics and Computer Technology Center https://www.nectec.or.th/en 32 32 NECTEC and MKCF Partner to Boost Tech Skills for Students in the Mekong Region and Korea https://www.nectec.or.th/en/about/news/mkcf-collaboration.html Wed, 20 Aug 2025 03:00:08 +0000 https://www.nectec.or.th/en/?p=22349

NECTEC, in collaboration with the Mekong-Republic of Korea Cooperation Fund (MKCF), is launching a project to enhance computational skills for students in Mekong countries and the Republic of Korea. The project, titled “Enhancing Computational Skills for Students in Mekong Countries and the Republic of Korea through Coding, IoT, and AI Learning” (CAIoT4CT) secured funding of $486,454 from the MKCF.

A hybrid meeting was held on August 15, 2025, to kick off the project, led by NECTEC’s Educational Technology Research Team. Participants from the Republic of Korea and CLMV (Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam) joined the active discussion. NECTEC welcomed Mr. Madhurjya K. Dutta, Director of the MKCF, to the meeting.

The project aims to equip students in the region with essential skills in Coding, the Internet of Things (IoT), and Artificial Intelligence (AI). Rather than directly training students, the initiative will focus on a train-the-trainer model, providing teachers with the necessary knowledge and tools. This approach ensures a broader and more sustainable impact on the education sector.

The two-and-a-half-year project is structured in three phases:

  • First Year: Development of course materials and online training.
  • Second Year: On-site workshops to provide hands-on experience.
  • Final Phase: An innovation contest where students will apply their skills to develop projects centered on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) within the Mekong River Basin.

This initiative is a significant step toward cultivating computational thinking, problem-solving, and innovation among the next generation, preparing them for a technology-driven future.

]]> NECTEC Expert Emphasizes Tech Transfer for Sustainable Growth https://www.nectec.or.th/en/about/news/sustainable-growth.html Fri, 07 Mar 2025 09:01:13 +0000 https://www.nectec.or.th/en/?p=22219

Bangkok, Thailand – 26 February 2025, – Dr. Chalee Vorakulpipat, Research Group Director of the Communication and Networks Research Group at the National Electronics and Computer Technology Center (NECTEC), National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA), Thailand, delivered a compelling presentation at a recent side event organized by the Asian and Pacific Centre for Transfer of Technology (APCTT) and the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR). The event, titled “Fostering Regional Cooperation for Sustainable Development through Technology Transfer and Innovation.

Dr. Chalee shared valuable overviews and perspectives on the critical role of technology transfer and innovation in driving sustainable development across the Asia-Pacific region. He also shared target objectives (human capacity and technology, social and environmental impact and economic growth), strategies and target sectors. Additionally, he emphasized the readiness of knowledge transfer in AI, AI-based cybersecurity, data privacy, and its supporting infrastructure, including cloud computing and high-performance computing (HPC), highlighting their roles in advancing capacity building and technological growth.

Dr. Chalee’s expertise in communication and network technologies provided a valuable contribution to the discussions on fostering regional cooperation.

The APCTT-DSIR side event served as a platform for experts, policymakers, and stakeholders to exchange ideas and explore collaborative opportunities in technology transfer and innovation. The event highlighted the importance of regional partnerships in addressing pressing challenges and promoting sustainable development in the Asia-Pacific region.

]]> University of Luxembourg and NECTEC Expand Research Collaboration in Electronics, Computer, Telecommunications, and Information Technologies https://www.nectec.or.th/en/about/news/2025mou-luxembourg.html Wed, 26 Feb 2025 07:02:40 +0000 https://nectec.or.th/en/?p=22166

On February 21, 2025, H.E. Mr. Patrick Hemmer, Ambassador of Luxembourg to Thailand, presided over the ceremony for the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)on research and development collaboration in Electronics, Computer, Telecommunications, and Information Technologies. The event marked a partnership between the University of Luxembourg and the National Electronics and Computer Technology Center (NECTEC), part of the National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA).

The ceremony took place at the Bussakorn Room, NECTEC Building, Thailand Science Park, Pathum Thani Province. Professor Marie-Hélène Jobin, Vice Rector for Partnerships and International Relations at the University of Luxembourg, and Dr. Chai Wutiwiwatchai, Executive Director of NECTEC, participated in the ceremony. Witnesses included Professor Pascal Bouvry, Dean of the Faculty of Science, Technology and Medicine (FSTM) and Dr. Piyawut Srichaikul, Deputy Executive Director of NECTEC.

This MOU builds upon a collaboration that began in 2018 in High-Performance Computing (HPC) and Cloud Computing. The new agreement broadens the scope to include Electronics, Computer Science, Telecommunications, and Information Technologies. The expanded partnership aims to foster joint research efforts, knowledge exchange, personnel development, and advanced technology training. The ultimate goal is to promote cutting-edge technology applications and long-term collaborative research while strengthening bilateral relations.

The event also featured presentations on past achievements, outcomes from practical workshops, and future directions for upcoming projects in areas such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), Big Data, HPC, and Security. The event also included an introduction to European funding opportunities that can be jointly applied for (delivered by Dr. K.R.M.H. Tatas H.P. Brotosudarmo, EURAXESS Worldwide Representative for ASEAN), as well as discussions aimed at developing strategies for collaboration.

This ceremony and workshop mark a significant milestone in advancing the partnership between the University of Luxembourg and NECTEC. It underscores their commitment to expanding research and development efforts that will contribute to global scientific and technological progress.
]]> NECTEC Annual Report 2022 https://www.nectec.or.th/en/about/news/nectec-annual-report-2022.html Thu, 26 Oct 2023 10:32:34 +0000 https://www.nectec.or.th/en/?p=22104
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]]> NECTEC actively collaborates to move ASEAN’s microelectronics and ICT https://www.nectec.or.th/en/about/news/scmit-51.html Fri, 20 Oct 2023 07:50:15 +0000 https://www.nectec.or.th/en/?p=22084

Dr. Kalaya Udomvitid, Deputy Executive Director of NECTEC, was a Thailand representative attended the 51st Meeting of the ASEAN Sub-Committee on Microelectronics and Information Technology (SCMIT-51) on 16 October 2023 at Bohol, the Philippines.

The Meeting was attended by delegates from Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR., Malaysia (online), Myanmar, the Philippines, and Vietnam.

The meeting agreed and confidence that SCMIT would be an important sub-committee for ASEAN Committee on Science, Technology and Innovation (COSTI) under the current global trend of digital transformation in which digital technology within SCMIT’s expertise is the key. SCMIT should contribute and collaborate actively to move ASEAN’s microelectronics and ICT forward through sharing, accelerating, and strengthening regional collaboration.

In this connection, Dr. Kalaya presented the progress of Thailand National AI Strategy.

Furthermore, Thailand proposed project “ASEAN-EU Workshop on AI Ecosystem” of which it has been supported by the meeting. Thailand also proposed project  “Learning technologies with KidBright Platform” and it has been endorsed by the meeting. These 2 projects will be a new initiatives to SCMIT.

More than that, the meeting discussed on the plans of SCMIT which included:

  1. National initiatives which can be elevated to the ASEAN Level.
  2. Developing ASEAN’s Capabilities in industry 4.0, IOT and SMART Technology
  3. 5G and Beyond
  4. Artificial intelligence and advanced commuting
  5. Manufacturing on semiconductors

All SCMIT focal points put strong effort to be the core sub-committee under COSTI and no left one behind in the digital transformation in the region.  

]]> NECTEC and NICT deepen a partnership through NECTEC-NICT Joint Technical Workshop 2023 https://www.nectec.or.th/en/about/news/nict-workshop-2023.html Thu, 31 Aug 2023 09:42:28 +0000 https://www.nectec.or.th/en/?p=22020

On 24 August 2023, Dr. YANO Hiroyuki, Vice President and Member of the Board of Directors of National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) of Japan, along with the delegation from NICT joined NECTEC-NICT Joint Technical Workshop 2023 at NECTEC Building, Pathumthani, Thailand.

The main objectives are to be a stage for researchers from both sides to level up their knowledge and work and to identify mutual benefit activities, under the collaborative subjects.  This workshop covered 4 topics:  Frontier:  Terahertz Technology, Smart Farming, AI Technology and 5G Consortium.

Three main sessions were 1) lecture about introduction of strategic field R&D  2) research collaboration discussion and   3) laboratories visit.   

In this connection, Dr. Piyawut Srichaikul, Deputy Executive Director of NECTEC delivered welcome all delegates. 

During lecture introduction of strategic field R&D session, three topics were presented were addressed as follows:

  • Overview of B5G/6G R&D at NICT
    by Dr. HOSAKO Iwao, Executive Director of Unit Beyond 5G Research and Development Promotion Unit
  • Universal Communication Technology
    by Dr. UCHIMOTO Kiyotaka, Director General of Universal Communication Research Institute, and
  • AI Research Activities
    by Dr. Thepchai Supnithi, Director of Artificial Intelligence Research Group (AINRG)

After lecture session, researchers of both sides presented topic of collaboration includes

  • Frontier: Terahertz Technology
    NICT : THz wireless transceivers and devices used in them
    NECTEC : Metasurfaces for Terahertz Waves
  • Smart Farming
    NICT : Gathering farming sensor data using device-to-device communications
    NECTEC : Development of Digital Herbs crop Recipe for Management and Yield Prediction using AI technology
  • AI Technology
    NICT : Towards security-aware next-generation speech system – research introduction of NICT side
    NECTEC : Spoof Detection in Automatic Speaker Verification
  • 5G
    NICT : Future Life with Beyond 5G/6G and Architecture for Cross-Industry Orchestration
    NECTEC : 5G Private Network for Manufacturing in Sandbox testbed at SMC/EECi

In addition, NECTEC hosted NICT team to visit NECTEC key laboratories; Communication and Networks Research Group,  Image Processing and Understanding Research Team (IPU), Spectroscopic and Sensing Devices Research Group and smart farming system demonstration by Intelligent Systems and Networks of Digital Agriculture Technology Research Team.

Last, Dr.Chai Wutiwiwatchai, Executive Director of NECTEC delivered closing remark. He stated that it has been heartening to see such a interactive discussions among researchers of both organizations. He was certain that the information gathered from this event will commit both to work together more closely towards common goal.

]]> “KidBright” 1 of 5 Best Educational Technologies in APEC Economies’ Minds https://www.nectec.or.th/en/about/news/2023kidbright-top5.html Thu, 08 Jun 2023 09:26:27 +0000 https://www.nectec.or.th/en/?p=21998

On 23rd and 25th May 2023, Dr. Saowaluck Kaewkamnerd, Educational Technology Research Team Leader of Communication and Networks Research Group and a representative of KidBright team, jointly provided information of KidBright in APEC Webinar: Digital Innovation and Educational Opportunities, which is an activity under APEC Project entitled ‘APEC PPSTI 01 2021 Digital Innovation and Educational Opportunities’. This project is mainly conducted by National Agency for Research and Development of Chile with the purposes of driving as well as promoting educational technologies for the improvement of child’s learning process within APEC economies, particularly the improvement of child’s learning process after the Covid-19 pandemic. Additionally, the project also emphasizes on gender equality by giving a precedence to educational technologies that are partly and/or wholly developed by women. In this event, KidBright was presented as 1 of the 5 best educational technologies that received the highest votes from APEC economies and be able to demonstrate suitability for supporting K-12 child’s learning process.

Apart from presenting KidBright through a video presentation produced by a content creator team from Chile (please find the link ‘KidBright’ attached here with), Dr. Saowaluck also provided details in perspectives of implementation, difficulties and challenges when applying KidBright with Thai schools, together with showing a future plan for this technology.
]]> NECTEC makes it possible to know which sound is real speech or fake speech https://www.nectec.or.th/en/about/news/biometric-spoof.html Fri, 02 Jun 2023 10:47:59 +0000 https://www.nectec.or.th/en/?p=21985

Spoof Detection for Automatic Speaker Verification Project under ASEAN IVO was launched during May 30-31, 2023.

Researchers from Artificial Intelligence Research Group (AINRG), NECTEC organized Kick off Meeting of the project “Spoof Detection for Automatic Speaker Verification” at De Prime Rangnam Hotel, Bangkok. This is a starting point to implement joint research activities for the Spoof Detection for Automatic Speaker Verification (ASV). This joint research was successfully funded ASEAN IVO in amount of 80,000 USD to study a spoof detection system for automatic speaker verification.

The human voice is one of the biometric indicators representing a person’s identity. The objective of this project focuses on automatic speaker spoofing detection, including examining the use of AI to fake speech (Audio Deepfake) to reduce errors, to improve an accuracy of Automatic Speaker Verification (ASV) detection and to study multi-lingual spoofing detection. 

The Kick-off Meeting provides participants the essential information about spoof detection technique and related work, brainstorm and discuss the work breakdown and project plan.

This project is a joint research project between:

  1. NECTEC
  2. Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology (SIIT), Thammasat University
  3. Chulalongkorn University 
  4. Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST), Japan
  5.  National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), Japan  
  6. University of Computer Studies, Yangon (UCSY), Myanmar   
  7. Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD), Brunei 
]]> NECTEC researchers participated in AI ​​for Social Good: 2nd Virtual Project Meeting https://www.nectec.or.th/en/about/news/aiforsocialgood-2nd-meeting.html Sat, 14 Jan 2023 09:32:52 +0000 https://www.nectec.or.th/en/?p=21957 Read more]]>

On 11st January 2023, Dr. Suttipong Thajchayapong, Research Team Leader, together with Dr. Pawarat Nontasil, Researcher of Strategic Analytics Networks with Machine Learning and AI Research Team (SAI), Data Science and Analytics Research Group (DSARG), NECTEC, NSTDA, joined in the AI for Social Good: 2nd Virtual Project Meeting as an expert team from government sector. The other organizations that also participated in the meeting were including the Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU), the Australian National University (ANU), the National University of Singapore (NUS), and the Office of National Higher Education Science Research and Innovation Policy Council (NXPO).

The 1st draft reports of 4 projects were presented in the meeting, including (1) Responsible Data Sharing, AI Innovation and Sandbox Development: What are the fundamental obstacles to accessing medical and healthcare data in Thailand & how can these be mitigated using data sharing guidelines and through the development of a digital health sandbox, (2) Raising Awareness of the Importance of Data Sharing and Exchange to Advance Poverty Alleviation in Thailand: Poverty Reduction in Thailand, (3) AI in Pregnancy Monitoring: What are the technological challenges that Bangladesh would need to prepare for embed AI into the continuous pregnancy monitoring system?, and (4) Mobilizing AI for Maternal Health in Bangladesh (MAMaH)

Regarding the project titled “Raising Awareness of the Importance of Data Sharing and Exchange to Advance Poverty Alleviation in Thailand”, Dr. Suttipong participated in this project by providing sharable information related to the Thai People Map and Analytics Platform (TPMAP) that targets poverty alleviation, jointly developed with the Office of National Economic and Social Development Council, and the Thai Small and Medium Enterprise for Government Procurement System (SME-GP), jointly developed with the Office of SME Promotion to promote SME access to government procurement. Dr. Sarah Logan presented the 1st draft project report, which illustrated initial policy recommendations such as Thai policymakers should consider using a framework to encourage information sharing between government agencies and between provincial authorities and TPMAP, and between the small business sector and SME-GP. Dr. Suttipong added that as a researcher from NECTEC, NSTDA, we are looking for tangible results that can actually be used. Therefore, if the final results/findings of the project could lead to further discussion with policy makers who currently run TPMAP and SME-GP on what further actions should be implemented, this will bring great benefit to the country.

]]> NECTEC hosts ASEAN IVO Forum 2022 to strengthen research collaboration projects among ASEAN and Japan https://www.nectec.or.th/en/about/news/asean-ivo-forum-2022.html Tue, 06 Dec 2022 08:30:30 +0000 https://www.nectec.or.th/en/?p=21885

Bangkok, Thailand – On 29-30 November 2022, NECTEC co-hosted by Chulalongkorn University and the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), Japan organized hybrid ASEAN IVO Forum 2022. The event aimed to seek and identify strategic ICT research areas in the ASEAN region and to promote collaborative projects.

Three main sessions in this forum consisted of (1) Steering Committee meeting, (2) oral presentation session and (3) project review.  The forum was attended by over one hundred delegates from ASEAN Member States (AMS) and Japan.

“NICT and ASEAN countries, we are strongly committed to assist its developing member countries in the use of ICT for development.”

Two invited speakers have been in the spotlight by two presentations regarding Thailand ICT policy.

  • Presentation entitled “ICT R&D Policy” was presented by Ms. Kasama Kongsmak, Executive Vice President of Digital Economy Promotion Agency (DEPA), Thailand

  • Presentation entitled “ICT R&D Program” was presented by Dr. Sarun Sumriddetchkajorn, Acting Executive Vice President of National Science and Technology Development Agency, Thailand

In the oral presentation session, there were 20 presenters sharing their ideas to use ICT for resolving current global issues for example food sustainable, environment protection, disaster prevention, smart community, global health problems.

In this connection, 3 NECTEC researchers shared their concept ideas as follow:

1. Emotional Utility of Climate Change Awareness : Understanding People’s Mood and Tone
by Dr. Pawarat Nontasil, Strategic Analytics Networks with Machine Learning and AI Research Team

2. Spoofing Detection in Automatic Speaker Verification
by Dr. Kasorn Galajit, Digital Agriculture Technology Research Team

3. Automatic Service Recording System Using Network-Based Monitoring Approach
by Dr. Boonchai Ngamwongwattana, Technology Support Services Division

Furthermore, NECTEC as a project leader in ASEAN IVO projects also reported the progress.  Three projects are as follows.

  1. Visual IoT Network for Environment Protection and Disaster Prevention
  2. Relay Station Network Based on Low-power Wide-area Network (LPWAN) Technologies for Disaster Management
  3. A mesh-topological, low-power wireless network platform for a smart watering system
Dr. Jessada Karnjana was a representative to progress of three projects.

The forum was adjourned by steering committees reviewed ongoing projects and set direction ASEAN IVO policy and administrative matters. 
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