Adjunct Professor from Faculty of ICT, Mahidol University, Thailand.

Research Interests:

Artificial Intelligence, Decision-Theoretic Problem Solving, Medical and Public
Health Informatics, Intelligent Medical Training Systems.

Academic Degrees:

• Doctor of Philosophy, Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (August 1991)
• Master of Science, Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (December 1986)
• Bachelor of Arts, Department of Mathematics, Pomona College, Claremont, California (May 1981)

Honors: 

• Ranked 1st among computer scientists in Thailand, Research.com, 2022, 2023, 2024.
• Ranked among top 2% of most cited scientists worldwide by Stanford University based on lifetime research, 2021, 2022, 2023.
• Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg Fellow (awarded twice), First: June – Aug 2017, May –Dec 2016, Second: June – Aug 2018.
• Ranked 19th in Thailand among scientists across all fields;
• Ranked 1st among computer scientists.
• CSIC “Ranking of scientists in Thai Institutions according to their GSC profiles” under EU FP7 program ACUMEN, http://www.webometrics.info/en/node/101, Feb 2015.
• Gold Medal in World Cup of Computer Implemented Inventions from The International Federation of Inventors’ Associations (IFIA) and Microsoft, Beijing, 2008 (jointly with Dr. Siriwan Suebnukarn and Phattanapon Rhienmora).
• Graduate School/Univ. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Foundation Research Award, 1999.
• Fulbright Fellow, National Institute of Development Administration, Bangkok, Thailand, Spring 1997.
• Outstanding research award, College of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 1997.
• Nominated for ACM Doctoral Dissertation Award, 1992.
• Shell Oil Company Fellow, 1990-91.
• Cognitive Science/Artificial Intelligence Fellow, (awarded three times) University of Illinois, 1989-90, 1988-89 and 1987-88.
• Avery Brundage Scholar, 1988-89.
• University Summer Fellow, University of Illinois, 1989.
• Member Tau Beta Pi, Phi Kappa Phi honor societies.