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I am a full professor
of computer engineering (royally appointed by His Majesty the King of
Thailand: official
announcemnet), and the director of City Context Lab at
the Department of Computer Engineering,
Faculty of Engineering, at Chiang Mai University, Thailand. I served as
the Head of the Department from September 2021 to 2025. My research focusses on Urban Informatics,
where I analyze large-scale digital
footprints, including mobile network data, GPS traces, social media data, public
transit data, and other sensory data to better understand urban dynamics and functioning
of cities across various contexts, such transportation and social
interaction.
I’m originally from Chiang Mai, Thailand. I
received my B.S.(hons) and M.S. both in Electrical Engineering in 2003 and 2005 respectively from the
Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, USA. I received a
Ph.D. in Computer Science &
Engineering from
the University of North Texas, Denton, Texas, USA in 2009. I then
joined the SENSEable
City Laboratory at Massachusetts Institute of
Technology (MIT) as a postdoctoral researcher until January 2011 and
continue my association with the Lab as a research
affiliate since. In 2011, I went to the United
Kingdom (UK) and joined the Digital Interaction group at the Culture Lab (now Open
Lab), Newcastle
University as a research associate. Before coming to Chiang Mai
University in June 2014, I was a Lecturer in Computing (assistant
professor) at the Computing and Communications Department
at The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK
(October 2012 - July 2014).
For prospective students
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+ If you are interested in doing a
Ph.D. in Computer Engineering at Chiang Mai University under my
supervision, please contact me to discuss a
research proposal.
+ You should have a strong background
in machine learning, data mining, and statistics.
+ You should be capable of programing
with a high level language such as R or Matlab.
+ Please also read this
for information about our Ph.D. program.
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News
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Dec 2025
+ His Majesty
the King of Thailand has graciously granted royal approval for my promotion
to the rank of Full Professor, with effect from 10 October 2022. (Official Announcement of
the Office of the Prime Minister, CMU news, ENGR news)
Nov 2025
+ I
co-organized the 1st
International Workshop on AI Technologies, Engineering, and Society (AITES
2025) in conjunction with iSAI-LCP, hosted by
PSU, Phuket, Thailand.
+ My master’s
student, Mayme Moon Zin, presented her side project “Applying TF-IDF
Weighting Method and BM-25 Algorithm in Myanmar News Retrieval” at
AITES 2025, Phuket, Thailnad. This is a
collaborative work with Dr. Myo Thida at the University of Illinois
Chicago.
October 2025
+ I gave a
keynote talk on “Urban Informatics: a data-driven approach to
sustainable cities” at the International
Student Conference on Earth and Environmental Research (ISCEER 2025). [Youtube
link]
+ Our paper, “Origin-Destination
Demand Prediction for Shared Mobility Service Using Fully Convolutional
Neural Network,” has been accepted and published in Research in
Transportation Business & Management. Another successful
collaboration with Dr. Merkebe Demissie, a
long-time colleague and friend at the University of Calgary, Canada.
September
2025
+ Students and
I kicked off the AIoT workshop series at the
University of Helsinki, Finland. [news]
+ Our paper,
titled “Evaluating
the accessibility impact of integrated micromobility and transit systems: a
case study of Calgary, Canada,” has been published in the Public
Transport. This is a collaborative work with the University of Calgary.
January 2025
+ Our paper “Characterizing
Physical Space Utilization Using Wi-Fi Network Connectivity Data” won
the Best Paper Award from NICAM 2025 conference, and is now published in
the Procedia of Multidisciplinary Research.
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